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Appendia

Industrial undertakings and persons employed

United Nations

standard

industrial classification

numbers

in main industrial groups

Industry

(Chapter 2

I

Employment)

Industrial undertakings and persons employed in selected industries in some main industrial groups

Industrial undertakings

279

Industrial undertakings

Persons employed

United Nations

standard

industrial

1963

1964

1963

1964

Industry

classification

Persons employed

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

28

29

31

2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 6 2 2

12

Metal mining

...

numbers

585

528

1963

1964

1963

1964

23

Manufacture of textiles

14

Clay pits and quarrying

Non-metallic mining

Food manufacture...

Beverages

Tobacco manufacture

:

65

65

1,633

1,680

Cotton spinning.....

33

34

19,574

21,053

7

80

42

Wool spinning

7

7

1,911 2,049

482

467

10,251

9,652

25

24

2,120

2,064

6

1,800

1,490

24

Cotton weaving.

Finishing

Knitting

Cordage, rope and twine

Footwear and wearing apparel

249

252

26,289

28,227

168

162

5,534

5,533

399

398

21,527

23,312

27

24

587

503

Manufacture of textiles

1,101

1,094 82,555 86,855

Footwear except rubber footwear

77

63

1,555

1,806

Footwear and wearing apparel

Manufacture of wood and cork

1,152

1,065

66,003 61,409

Wearing apparel except footwear Made-up textile goods except wearing

1,021

945 62,924 58,361

apparel

54

57 1,624

269

281

1,242

4,410 4,284

31

Chemicals and chemical products

Manufacture of furniture...

242

251

4,135

3,951

Medicines

36

324

34

802

823

Cosmetics

27

Paper

152

145

2,523

2,656

6

209

166

Paints and lacquers

11

11

825

859

Printing and publishing

:

775

776

13,424

13,315

34

Leather and leather products

26

25

427

293

30

Rubber products

183

181

9,294

9,440

35

32

33

35

36

37

Electrical apparatus

38

Transport equipment

39

51

Electricity and gas

61

34

Chemicals and chemical products

Products of petroleum and coal ..

Non-metallic mineral products

Basic metal industries

Metal products

Manufacture of machinery

122

:

118

3,446

3,502

2

23

23

102

98

2,576

2,501

35

Matches

Basic metal industries

Rolling mills

Metal products

Tin cans

Enamelware Vacuum flasks

Electro-plating

Needles

1

1

278

265

:

223

24

2,028

2,066

40

18

8

67

56

1,235

1,155

19 4,033

3,244

1,192

1,184

106

106 1,514

1,250

5

6

792

818

115

130

3,794

3,902

Hurricane lamps

2

280

314

Hand torch cases

45

44

1,000

1,013 33,392

32,763

6,895 5,891

Pressure stoves and lanterns

27

27

2,066 1,891

472

452 6,996

5,691

Wrist watch bands

73

76 2,260 3,299

201

196

37

12,484 13,688

Electrical apparatus

Hand torch bulbs

120

123

15,026 14,286

Torch batteries

50

14

===

49 3,121

3,202

14 2,185

1,640

Miscellaneous manufacturing industries...

1,441

1,425

51,503 50,542

38

Transport equipment

Shipbuilding and repairing

28

71

72

73

Telephones...

84

Motion picture industry

85

Laundry and dry cleaning

Totals

Wholesale and retail trade

Transport

C

Storage and warehousing...

:

:

7

7

3,463 3,717

Shipbreaking

7

8

762

741

Aircraft repair

292

29

9,683

9,287

8 1,356

649

2 1,251

1,279

39

Miscellaneous manufacturing industries

22

22

21

10,078 10,319

Artificial pearls

36

26

1,833

1,285

23

21

4,411 4,304

Buttons

36

32

1,105

914

Bakelite ware

30

28

969

1,211

1

:

1

2,496 2,845

:

12

11 1,277 1,243

212

200 3,427 2,448

71

:

8,348 8,215 354,394 350,174

Plastic ware Plastic flowers

Fountain pens

Transport

Tramways

Motor buses

825

845

25,086

26,853

342

318

16,991

15,175

8

7

208

248

1

1

1,622

1,612

3

3

8,168 8,521

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