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Appendix 14

(Chapter 6: Employment)

Number of Establishments and Employment in Selected Manufacturing Industries

Industry

Food

Bakery products

Canning and preserving of fruits and vegetables

Beverage

Soft drinks and carbonated waters

Establishments

Persons engaged

Sep 1982

Sep 1983*

Sep 1984

Sep 1982

Sep 1983*

Sep 1984

496

404

390

6 692

5879

5.309

88

68

71

1 248

1 022

1 189

13

14

14

3 359

3 575

3 436

Textiles

Bleaching and dyeing

319

327

350

13.196

13 975

15 073

Cotton knitting

343

301

296

4 967

4 190

3.839

Cotton spinning

44

28

28

9 681

8 678

8 035

Cotton weaving

354

320

308

15 939

16 388

16 418

Embroideries

290

294

299

2 949

2 600

2 417

Knitwear from yarn

1 621

1 881

1 927

39 826

44 428

47 531

Made-up textile goods, except wearing apparel

347

305

351

4 022

3 595

3 768

Other textile finishing

101

131

143

1 965

2159

2 205

Textile stencilling and printing

204

290

309

2 522

3.403

3 614

Woollen knitting

418

80

62

4 557

296

280

Woollen spinning

14

9

8

942

897

838

Wearing apparel, except footwear

Garments except knitwear from yarn and leather garments

Gloves

7 348

7 339

7 776

220 267

226 629

233 890

379

346

358

7606

6 523

6.466

Handbags

889

848

830

13 417

12 388

12 011

Footwear, except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear

Footwear, except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear

554

530

553

7 327

6 639

7.786

Wood and corks products, except furniture

Rattan articles

Wooden articles

208

196

186

I 394

1 408

1 308

454

408

379

1931

1 753

1 639

Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal

Wooden furniture and fixtures

1 325

1 072

1 115

7 941

7 062

6 829

Paper and paper products

Containers and boxes of paper and paperboard

873

899

953

7 144

7 521

8 401

Printing, publishing and allied industries

Job printing

Newspaper printing

2 247

2.306

2 426

40

42

41

18 302

4.989

18 586

5 930

18 835

6 123

Chemicals and chemical products

Drugs and medicines

280

297

312

2401

2 439

2 431

Rubber products

Rubber footwear

143

107

97

1 882

1 302

1 240

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