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Appendix III

Industrial undertakings and persons employed

United Nations

standard

industrial

classification numbers

in main industrial groups

Industry

Industrial undertakings

1966

(Chapter 2:

Employment)

Industrial undertakings and persons employed

in selected industries in some

main industrial groups

285

Persons employed

United Nations

1967

1966

1967

standard

industrial

Industry

Industrial undertakings

31

24 9 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 O F N ~ **

12

21

14

19

20

22

23

Metal mining

Clay pits and quarrying

Non-metallic mining

Food manufacture

Beverages

Tobacco manufacture

:

2

2

501

473

classification numbers

Persons employed

1966

1967

1966

1967

:

62

54

1,674

980

23

Manufacture of textiles

Cotton spinning

33

33

20,101 21,525

10

10

57

61

Wool spinning

10

11 2,710 2,944

506

516

9,201

9,622

26

28 2,639

2,136

6

5 1,530

1,332

24

Cotton weaving

- Finishing

Knitting

Cordage, rope and twine

Footwear and wearing apparel

237

255

31,277 30,623

212

218

7,480 7,685

581

604

36

36

33,028 648

33,416

645

Manufacture of textiles

1,383

1,462 101,622 104,682

Footwear except rubber footwear

91

112

1,489

2,221

24

Footwear and wearing apparel

1,419

1,545 75,636 80,307

Wearing apparel except footwear Made-up textile goods except wearing

1,254

1,355

71,845 75,987

25

Manufacture of wood and cork

377

apparel

74

78

397

5,186

4,981

2,302 2,099

31

Chemicals and chemical products

26

Manufacture of furniture.....

349

420 4,183

4,487

Medicines

37

38

887

946

27

Paper

Cosmetics

4

4

205

248 2,988

170

3,755

-

177

28

Printing and publishing

896

865

15,175

15,508

די

29

Leather and leather products

39

38

632

720

24

34

30

Rubber products

228

255

9,232

11,091

35

35

Chemicals and chemical products

126

127

4,080

4,127

32

Products of petroleum and coal...

4

3

10

10

33

Non-metallic mineral products

110

109

2,798

2,837

34

Basic metal industries

130

135

2,765 2,537

35

Metal products

1,394

1,551 34,265

38,608

36

Manufacture of machinery

37

Electrical apparatus

38

39

575

606

6,705 6,339

37

278

293

31,153 31,718

Telephones...

51

61

71

72

73

Transport equipment

Miscellaneous manufacturing industries...

Electricity and gas

Wholesale and retail trade

Transport

Storage and warehousing

135

179

16,114 15,975

38

1,837 2,029 65,598 76,469

:

9

10

4,487 3,788

10

759

606

39

Paints and lacquers Matches

Basic metal industries

Rolling mills

Metal products

Tin cans

Enamelware Vacuum flasks

Electro-plating Needles

Hurricane lamps

Hand torch cases

Pressure stoves and lanterns

Wrist watch bands

Electrical apparatus

Hand torch bulbs

Torch batteries

Transport equipment

Shipbuilding and repairing

Shipbreaking

Aircraft repair

Miscellaneous manufacturing industries

14

14

844

891

1

1

240

217

17

:

16

1,223

989

51

46

1,042 1,014

21

19

2,526

2,679

8

7

1,210

1,243

149

164

1,471

1,640

6

7

619

662

2

2

198

209

48

44

4,708

4,645

29

31

1,906

2,463

:

77

93

4,045 4,848

5555

55

19

32535

49

3,907

4,039

21 2,871 3,043

202

232

29 10,307

9,625

410

391

1,642

1,952

24

27

11,573

8,241

Artificial pearls

25

14

859

745

Buttons

31

33

731

745

26

28

4,567

3,723

Bakelite ware

29

31

1,185

1,212

1

1

...

4,804 4,357

84

Motion picture industry

11

13 1,709

1,839

85

Laundry and dry cleaning

236

266 2,512 2,663

71

Transport

Totals

10,413

11,232 424,155 443,972

Plastic ware Plastic flowers Fountain pens

Tramways Motor buses

1,099

1,239

33,773

40,019

341

328

17,963

15,803

171

174

::

::

1

1,737

1,609

6

7

9,636

6,437

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