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Appendix 13
(Chapter 4: Employment)
Number of Establishments and Employment in Manufacturing Industry Analysed by Main Industrial Groups
Establishments
Persons engaged
Industry
Food products
Beverages
Sep 1978
Sep 1979 Sep 1980
Sep 1978
Sep 1979 Sep 1980
1,129
1,139
1,194
16,366
16,448
18,241
30
27
28
4,108
3,899
4,394
Tobacco
3
3
787
784
836
Textiles (including knitwear from yarn)
4,540
4,677
5,013
121,103
127,943 124,573
Wearing apparel, except footwear and knitwear from yarn
7,905
8,616
8,991
238,222
254,808 255,677
Leather and leather products, except footwear and
wearing apparel
138
149
212
2,305
2,331
3,690
Footwear except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear
449
426
509
6,100
5,827
6,629
Wood and cork products, except furniture
1,257
1,308
1,312
7,384
8,355
7,766
Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal
1,333
1,361
1,541
8,983
9,430
10,901
Paper and paper products
1,056
1,220
1,296
9,352
11,349
11,807
Printing, publishing and allied industries
2,103
2,450
2,589
23,170
25,391
26,449
Chemicals and chemical products
488
$76
633
6,170
7,074
7.646
Products of petroleum and coal
5
5
5
39
121
143
Rubber products
390
443
398
5,950
5,240
4,769
Plastic products
4,305
4,622
4,816
85,507
91,596
86,314
Non-metallic mineral products, except products of
petroleum and coal
358
368
392
4,490
4,777
4,853
Basic metal industries
334
341
331
4,027
4,746
4,907
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and
equipment
6,743
7,376
7,707
74,283
84,243
84,753
Machinery except electrical
1,373
1,480
1,778
11,969
13,483 14,132
Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies
1,481
1,823
2,188
94,207 118,225
119,141
Transport equipment
315
330
396
13,409 14,401
14,984
Professional and scientific, measuring and controlling
equipment, and photographic and optical goods
587
878
1,215
25,763 38,148 48,479
Other manufacturing industries
2,427
2,580
2,862
27,379 31,123 31,056
Total
38,749
42,199
45,409
791,073 879,742 892,140
Note: In order to facilitate comparison with results of the Labour Force Survey and the Industrial Wage Survey, the September
figures of the Manufacturing Employment Survey are used instead of the December ones.