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Appendix 14

(Chapter 5: 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

Textiles

Establishments

Persons engaged

Sep 1983

Sep 1984

Sep 1985

Sep 1983

Sep 1984

Sep 1985

I

404

390

377

5 879

68

71

64

1 022

5. 309

1 189

5 674

990

14

14

12

3 575

3 436

3 145

Bleaching and dyeing

327

350

375

13 975

15 073

16 657

Cotton knitting

301

296

275

4 190

3839

3 760

Cotton spinning

28

28

27

8 678

8 035

7 405

Cotton weaving

320

308

286

16 388

16 418

13 819

Embroideries

294

299

289

2.600

2417

2.349

Knitwear from yarn

1 881

1 927

1 886

44 428

47 531

48 388

Made-up textile goods, except wearing apparel

305

351

324

3.595

3 768

3 472

Other textile finishing

131

143

150

2 159

2 205

2218

Textile stencilling and printing

290

309

320

3.403

3 614

3 817

Woollen knitting

80

62

54

296

280

281

Woollen spinning

9

9

897

838

846

Wearing apparel, except footwear

Garments except knitwear from yarn and leather garments Gloves

7.339

7 776

7 383

226 629

233 890

226 458

346

358

330

6 523

- 6 466

Handbags

848

830

749

12 388

12 011

5.800

9 758

Footwear, except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear

Footwear, except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear

530

553

532

6 639

7 786

7.450

Wood and corks products, except furniture

Rattan articles

Wooden articles

196

186

155

1 408

1.308

1 027

408

379

366

1 753

1 639

1 587

1

Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal

Wooden furniture and fixtures

| 072

1 115

1 051

7 062

6 829

6 571

Paper and paper products

Containers and boxes of paper and paperboard

899

953

977

7 521

8 401

8 370

Printing, publishing and allied industries

Job printing

Newspaper printing

2.306

2 426

2.501

18 586

18 835

19 473

42

41

42

5.930

6 123

6 123

Chemicals and chemical products

Drugs and medicines

297

312

308

2 439

2 431

2 476

Rubber products

Rubber footwear

107

97

85

1 302

1 240

1 029

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