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Appendix 13
(Chapter 4: Employment)
Number of Establishments and Employment in Manufacturing Industry Analysed by Main Industrial Groups
Industry
Establishments
Persons engaged
Dec 1974 Dec 1975 Dec 1976 Dec 1974 Dec 1975 Dec 1976
Food products
Beverages
Tobacco
Textiles
:
:
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Wearing apparel, except footwear
1,139
1,114
1,190
14,225
14,347
15,209
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28
27
27
2,891
2,682
2,958
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817
795
784
3,405
3,411
3,902
98,222 112,922 115,912
6,848
7,073
8,622
188,458
238,958 265,913
Leather and leather products, except footwear and
wearing apparel
165
168
138
2,076
2,462
2,359
Footwear except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear
487
450
468
4,218
4,335
4,976
Wood and cork products, except furniture
1,217
1,159
1,223
6,998
7,595
7,691
Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal
1,217
1,178
1,236
7,436
7,534
8,494
Paper and paper products
Printing, publishing and allied industries
Chemicals and chemical products
:
:
:.
:
940
915
1,009
7,236
7,442
9,002
1,542
1,578
1,881
19,297
19,812
22,353
459
420
439
5,731
5,197
5,534
Products of petroleum and coal
1
3
3
8
= 15
18
Rubber products
358
336
359
6,897
6,101
6,312
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Plastic products...
3,809
3,437
3,844
59,074
63,706
76,994
Non-metallic mineral products, except products of
petroleum and coal
304
274
303
3,243
3,347
3,947
Basic metal industries
245
251
302
3,098
3,106
3,807
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and
equipment
4,799
4,974
6,113
52,446
57,322
69,781
Machinery except electrical
1,330
1,228
1,354
10,900 11,926
11,971
Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and sup-
plies
856
891
1,228
64,669
66,353 88,057
Transport equipment
239
217
248
14,064
11,133 11,810
Professional and scientific, measuring and controlling equipment, and photographic and optical goods...
Other manufacturing industries
282
318
442
11,221 13,177 18,449
1,644
1,609
1,968
16,903
18,590 21,415
Total
31,318
31,034
36,303 600,128
678,857 773,746
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.