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Appendix 13

(Chapter 6: Employment)

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

323

Industry

Food products

Beverages

Tobacco

Sep 1982

Establishments

Sep 1983*

Sep 1984

Sep 1982

Persons engaged

Sep 1983*

Sep 1984

1 137

1 019

985

18 559

17 196

16 996

27

31

30

4 640

4 839

4 648

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3

3

883

894

977

Textiles (including knitwear from yarn)

4 991

4912

5 068

111 588

111 781

115 429

Wearing apparel, except footwear and knitwear from yarn

9 128

9 129

9 602

251 367

256 429

265 353

Leather and leather products, except footwear and wearing

apparel

222

213

227

2 820

3 110

3 385

Footwear except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear

554

530

553

7 327

6 639

7 786

Wood and cork products, except furniture

1 166

1 096

1 071

6 346

5 877

5 656

Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal

1 540

1 342

1 392

9 712

8 765

8 677

Paper and paper products

1336

1 328

1 394

12 284

11 909

13.006

Printing, publishing and allied industries

2 881

2 933

3 122

27.902

28 407

29 193

Chemicals and chemical products

690

767

816

7 919

8 318

8 216

Products of petroleum and coal

6

6

339

207

203

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Rubber products

357

342

329

3 482

2 953

3. 090

Plastic products

5 104

5 126

5 426

83 043

82 730

92 355

Non-metallic mineral products, except products of petroleum

and coal

400

382

385

4 415

4 546

4 223

Basic metal industries

296

268

273

4 544

3.539

3 538

Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment

7 438

6 473

6 718

73 514

66 480

67 578

Machinery except electrical

2.359

3 169

3 530

14 467

17 794

20 049

Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies

2 440

2 372

2 503

118 843

131 297

143 867

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Transport equipment

487

565

611

18 066

15 213

13 798

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

1 534

1 706

1 694

44 804

46 700

45 968

Other manufacturing industries

2.993

3.105

3 254

29 273

29 450

30 718

Total

47 089

46 817

48 992

856 137

865 073

904 709

Note: Figures are based on results of an industry updating exercise and therefore may not be comparable with previous years.