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Appendix 13

(Chapter 4: Employment)

Number of Establishments and Employment in Manufacturing Industry Analysed by Main Industrial Groups

Industry

Establishments

Persons engaged

Dec 1974 Dec 1975 Dec 1976 Dec 1974 Dec 1975 Dec 1976

Food products

Beverages

Tobacco

Textiles

:

:

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Wearing apparel, except footwear

1,139

1,114

1,190

14,225

14,347

15,209

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28

27

27

2,891

2,682

2,958

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817

795

784

3,405

3,411

3,902

98,222 112,922 115,912

6,848

7,073

8,622

188,458

238,958 265,913

Leather and leather products, except footwear and

wearing apparel

165

168

138

2,076

2,462

2,359

Footwear except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear

487

450

468

4,218

4,335

4,976

Wood and cork products, except furniture

1,217

1,159

1,223

6,998

7,595

7,691

Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal

1,217

1,178

1,236

7,436

7,534

8,494

Paper and paper products

Printing, publishing and allied industries

Chemicals and chemical products

:

:

:.

:

940

915

1,009

7,236

7,442

9,002

1,542

1,578

1,881

19,297

19,812

22,353

459

420

439

5,731

5,197

5,534

Products of petroleum and coal

1

3

3

8

= 15

18

Rubber products

358

336

359

6,897

6,101

6,312

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Plastic products...

3,809

3,437

3,844

59,074

63,706

76,994

Non-metallic mineral products, except products of

petroleum and coal

304

274

303

3,243

3,347

3,947

Basic metal industries

245

251

302

3,098

3,106

3,807

Fabricated metal products, except machinery and

equipment

4,799

4,974

6,113

52,446

57,322

69,781

Machinery except electrical

1,330

1,228

1,354

10,900 11,926

11,971

Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and sup-

plies

856

891

1,228

64,669

66,353 88,057

Transport equipment

239

217

248

14,064

11,133 11,810

Professional and scientific, measuring and controlling equipment, and photographic and optical goods...

Other manufacturing industries

282

318

442

11,221 13,177 18,449

1,644

1,609

1,968

16,903

18,590 21,415

Total

31,318

31,034

36,303 600,128

678,857 773,746

Note: Figures refer to manufacturing establishments registered with or recorded by the Labour Department as well as other manufacturing establishments. As from December 1974, the coverage of the survey of manufacturing employment was enlarged by incorporating establishments recorded by the Business Registration Office.