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Appendix 13
(Chapter 4: Employment)
Number of Establishments and Employment in Manufacturing Industry Analysed by Main Industrial Groups
Industry
Food products
Establishments
Dec 1974
Persons engaged Dec 1975 Dec 1974
Dec 1975
1,139
1,114
14,225
14,347
Beverages
Tobacco
Textiles
Wearing apparel, except footwear
28
27
:
:
2,891
2,682
:
4
:
3
817
795
+
3,405
3,411
98,222
112,922
6,848
7,073
188,458
238,958
Leather and leather products, except footwear and wearing apparel
165
168
2,076
2,462
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
487
450
4,218
4,335
1,217
1,159
6,998
7,595
1,217
1,178
7,436
7,534
:
Products of petroleum and coal
Rubber products
:
:
:
:
:
:
:.
:
940
915
7,236
7,442
1,542
1,578
19,297
19,812
459
420
5,731
5,197
1
3
8
15
358
336
6,897
6,101
Plastic products...
3,809
3,437
59,074
63,706
Non-metallic mineral products, except products of petroleum and
coal
304
274
3,243
3,347
Basic metal industries
!!
245
251
...
+
3,098
3,106
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
Machinery except electrical
Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies
Transport equipment
4,799
4,974
52,446
57,322
1,330
:
:
1,228
10,900
11,926
856
891
64,669
66,353
239
217
14,064
11,133
Professional and scientific, measuring and controlling equipment,
and photographic and optical goods
282
318
11,221
13,177
Other manufacturing industries
+
:
1,644
1,609
16,903
18,590
Total
31,318
31,034
600,128 678,857
Note: Figures refer to manufacturing establishments registered with or recorded by the Labour Department as well as other manufacturing establishments. As from December 1974, the coverage of the survey of manufacturing employment was enlarged by incorporating establishments recorded by the Business Registration Office.