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Appendix 12
(Chapter 4: Employment)
Number of Establishments and Employment in Manufacturing Industry Analysed by Main Industrial Groups
Industry
Establishments Persons employed
1973
1974
1973
1974
:
:
Food products
Beverages
Tobacco
Textiles
Wearing apparel, except footwear
Leather and leather products, except footwear and wearing apparel
Footwear except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear
Wood and cork products, except furniture
Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal
Paper and paper products
Printing, publishing and allied industries
Chemicals and chemical products
:
1,118
1,031
14,352
13,625
33
25
:
:
3,213
2,864
:
4
831
817
:
3,600
2,989
107,223
94,699
:
+
:
Products of petroleum and coal
Rubber products
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
F.
:
6,135
5,027
181,179
169,110
123
120
1,768
1,704
512
413
4,747
3,945
1,128
974
7,553
6,215
1,092
976
7,855
6,379
846
777
8,103
6,525
1,369
1,316
19,285
18,319
347
306
6,007
5,204
2
1
15
8
388
333
7,277
6,621
Plastic products
3,631
3,158
70,560
56,121
Non-metallic mineral products, except products of petroleum and coal...
302
264
4,238
3,042
Basic metal industries
242
211
3,058
2,892
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
4,393
3,976
54,431
48,518
Machinery except electrical
1,149
1,035 10,997
9,650
Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies
:
794
677
70,345 60,930
Transport equipment
218
202
13,942 13,716
Professional and scientific, measuring and controlling equipment, and
photographic and optical goods
218
217
9,872 10,485
Other manufacturing industries
+
:
1,461
1,218 19,541 14,530
Total
+
29,105
25,250 626,392 555,919
Note: Figures for 1973 and 1974 refer to manufacturing establishments registered with or recorded by the Labour Department as well as other manufacturing establishments. Comparable figures for 1972 and earlier years are not available as figures prior to 1973 refer to only those registered with or recorded by the Labour Department,
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