Appendix 14
(Chapter 4: Employment)
Number of Establishments and Employment in Selected Manufacturing Industries
Industry
Food
Bakery products
Canning and preserving of fruits and vegetables
Beverage
Soft drinks and carbonated waters
Textiles
Bleaching and dyeing
273
Establishments
Persons engaged
Sep 1978 Sep 1979 Sep 1980
Sep 1978 Sep 1979 Sep 1980
558
537
579
6,378
5,870
6,649
97
115
100
2,694
2,694
2,594
13
12
14
3,021
2,907
3,362
307
318
314
11,426
12,503
12,010
Cotton knitting
301
343
341
4,597
5,243
4,621
Cotton spinning
31
34
41
16,965
17,113
16,381
Cottor weaving
398
398
439
24,596
27,947
21,764
Embroideries
206
232
252
1,983
2,665
2,747
Knitwear from yarn
901
998
1,314
25,738
27,078
34,893
Made-up textile goods, except weaving apparel
198
218
306
2,325
3,343
4,348
Other textile finishing
97
122
119
2,501
2,850
2,773
Textile stencilling and printing
191
191
205
2,609
2,595
2,821
Woollen knitting
932
785
643
13,555
11,123
6,962
Woollen spinning
17
19
20
1,325
1,467
1,793
Weaving apparel, except footwear
Garments except knitwear from yarn
Gloves
Handbags
Raincoats
6,471
6,904
7,151
205,695
215,787
215,863
368
462
460
10,983
12,522
11,121
702
834
860
13,686
16,509
15,620
77
88
99
3,256
3,504
4,596
Footwear, except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear Footwear, except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear
449
426
509
6,100
5,827
6,629
Wood and corks products, except furniture
Rattan articles
Wooden articles
264
276
255
2,203
2,517
2,005
-456
478
484
2,302
2,431
2,380
Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal
Wooden furniture and fixtures
1,145
1,171
1,309
7,718
8,131
9,288
Paper and paper products
Paper boxes
692
833
847
6,724
8,118
7,520
Printing, publishing and allied industries
Job printing
1,583
1,835
1,994
15,225
16,717 17,743
Newspaper printing
38
44
41
3,877
4,289
4,201
Chemicals and chemical products
Drugs and medicines
Rubber products
Rubber footwear
208
238
251
1,880
2,169
2,245
174
216
172
4,270
3,753
3,059