Appendix 13
(Chapter 6: Employment)
Number of Establishments and Employment in Manufacturing Industry Analysed by Main Industrial Groups
323
Industry
Food products
Beverages
Tobacco
Sep 1982
Establishments
Sep 1983*
Sep 1984
Sep 1982
Persons engaged
Sep 1983*
Sep 1984
1 137
1 019
985
18 559
17 196
16 996
27
31
30
4 640
4 839
4 648
_3
3
3
883
894
977
Textiles (including knitwear from yarn)
4 991
4912
5 068
111 588
111 781
115 429
Wearing apparel, except footwear and knitwear from yarn
9 128
9 129
9 602
251 367
256 429
265 353
Leather and leather products, except footwear and wearing
apparel
222
213
227
2 820
3 110
3 385
Footwear except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear
554
530
553
7 327
6 639
7 786
Wood and cork products, except furniture
1 166
1 096
1 071
6 346
5 877
5 656
Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal
1 540
1 342
1 392
9 712
8 765
8 677
Paper and paper products
1336
1 328
1 394
12 284
11 909
13.006
Printing, publishing and allied industries
2 881
2 933
3 122
27.902
28 407
29 193
Chemicals and chemical products
690
767
816
7 919
8 318
8 216
Products of petroleum and coal
6
6
339
207
203
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Rubber products
357
342
329
3 482
2 953
3. 090
Plastic products
5 104
5 126
5 426
83 043
82 730
92 355
Non-metallic mineral products, except products of petroleum
and coal
400
382
385
4 415
4 546
4 223
Basic metal industries
296
268
273
4 544
3.539
3 538
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
7 438
6 473
6 718
73 514
66 480
67 578
Machinery except electrical
2.359
3 169
3 530
14 467
17 794
20 049
Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies
2 440
2 372
2 503
118 843
131 297
143 867
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Transport equipment
487
565
611
18 066
15 213
13 798
Professional and scientific, measuring and controlling equipment, and photographic and optical goods
1 534
1 706
1 694
44 804
46 700
45 968
Other manufacturing industries
2.993
3.105
3 254
29 273
29 450
30 718
Total
47 089
46 817
48 992
856 137
865 073
904 709
Note: Figures are based on results of an industry updating exercise and therefore may not be comparable with previous years.