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However, the rubber footwear and wigs industries continued to decline,
registering decreases in manpower of 2,037 and 1,970, respectively.
The four largest industries, in terms of employment, remained the manufacture of textiles and textile made-ups (266,330), plastic products
(74,312), electrical products and machinery (66,960), and metal products other
than machinery (50,613).
During the survey, a total of 15,368 vacancies were recorded in
1,147 establishments.
The main vacancies fell within the garments industry
(4,590), electronics (3,246), plastics (1,333) and cotton spinning and weaving
(793).
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