Monday, July 23, 1973
REPORT ON CENSUS OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS
More than 670,000 people were employed in the manufacturing industry,
according to the report of the 1971 Census of Manufacturing Establishments
published today.
In 1970, the total sales of this sector amounted to $18,049 million.
The report said that the textile and wearing apparel groups dominated
the industry, accounting for 45.5 per cent of the total employment and 47.7
per cent of total sales.
However, in terms of the total number of establishments these two
industry groups constituted only 37.2 per cent. The total number of establishments
recorded by the census as at August 4, 1971 was 26,149.
The report said that other important industry groups included plastic
products, electrical appliances, fabricated metal products, food manufacturing,
and printing and publishing.
By far the biggest number of establishments, 17,962 (or 68.7 per cent
of the total) were concentrated in premises in domestic buildings, but they
were responsible for only 27.2 per cent of total employment, 23 per cent of
total floor area and 20.4 per cent of total sales,
On the other hand, the report says that 67.3 per cont of total
employment, 66.9 per cent of total floor area and 75 per cent of total sales
were concentrated in the 4,122 establishments (15.8 per cent of the total)
housed in premises in manufacturing/industrial buildings.
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