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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1983

1980 GROSS MANUFACTURING OUTPUT TOTALS $107 890 MILLION

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SOME $107 890 MILLION WORTH OF GROSS OUTPUT WERE PRODUCED WITHIN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN 1980, ACCORDING TO SUMMARY FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

OF THE TOTAL, $72 281 MILLION (67%) WERE SPENT ON MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES CONSUMED IN THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION, WHILE ANOTHER $19 883 MILLION (18%) WERE PAID OUT AS COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES.

THE REMAINDER WAS MADE UP OF MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES ($9 148 MILLION OR 9%), AND OPERATING SURPLUS ($6 578 MILLION OR 6%).

THE STATISTICS WERE DERIVED FROM THE SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR THE REFERENCE YEAR 1980, COVERING ESSENTIALLY THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, BUT INCLUDING ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGED IN MINING AND QUARRYING, AND IN THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER.

THE 1980 SURVEY WAS ONE IN A SERIES OF ANNUAL INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS CONDUCTED TO ASCERTAIN THE STRUCTURAL AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VARIOUS ECONOMIC SECTORS AND TO UPDATE THE IR CONTRIBUTION TO THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT.

THE SALIENT FINDINGS RELATING TO THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ARE GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS 1-

A. ANALYSIS BY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY GROUP

INDUSTRY GROUP

NO. OF MFG. EST.

COMP. OF EMPLOYEES

(SMN)

CONSUMPTION OF MATERIALS SUPPLIES AND

INDUSTRIAL

SERVICES

(SMN)

NAT.

ACCTS.

GROSS

VALUE

OUTPUT ADDED

(SMN)

(SMN)

FOOD

BEVERAGES

884

557

2 620

4 315

1 275

AND TOBACCO

TEXTILES (INCLU—

4 356

2 808

12 501

17 626

4 052

DING KNITTING)

WEARING APPAREL.

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EXCEPT KNITWEAR

8 090

5 611

15 933

24 619

7 158

AND FOOTWEAR

LEATHER, WOOD AND 2 898 CORK PRODUCTS

620

1 677

2 658

775

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