Census of Industrial Production 2009

Foreign owned enterprises account for nearly 80% of manufacturing turnover in 2009

The detailed Census of Industrial Production 2009 released by the Central Statistics Office today reveals that foreign owned enterprises with three or more persons engaged, employed 83,704 persons, had a turnover of €79,325m and gross value added of €24,858m. Foreign owned enterprises accounted for just under 10% of all enterprises surveyed and nearly 80% of the manufacturing turnover during 2009.

Irish owned enterprises employed 90,511 persons, had a turnover of €21,138m and gross value added of €4,759m in 2009.

Main results for Manufacturing Local Units

• Almost 53% of the gross output of Irish owned manufacturing firms was exported compared to 95% for foreign owned firms; 35.1% of the value of materials purchased by Irish owned firms was imported compared to 83.2% for foreign owned firms.

• The gross output of Irish owned manufacturing firms was €18,803m — this represents 20.7% of total gross output.
  
  

Main results for Industrial Enterprises

• Total turnover of the 5,029 enterprises covered was €109,736m.

• Purchases of goods and services amounted to €76,152m.

• Persons engaged totalled 195,542.

• Labour costs in the year amounted to €10,159m, of which wages and salaries accounted for €8,109m.

Please note that all data tables for 2009 are available on CSO’s Statbank service at:

Local Units Industrial = Click here

Local Units Manufacturing = Click here

Enterprises Industrial = Click here

Enterprises Manufacturing = Click here

These tables present a detailed picture (for both local units and enterprises) of the structure and activity of Industrial Production in 2009. Short-term indicators of trends in industrial production, turnover, employment and earnings, stocks and capital assets are published regularly to monitor current developments.

For further information contact:
Kevin Phelan (021) 453 5208 or                                      Phone:LoCall 1890 313 414
Mary Duggan (021) 453 5584                                         (021) 453 5000 or (01) 498 4000
Results, Analysis and Publications Section                        Fax: (021) 453 5553
Structural Business Statistics                                          Internet: http://www.cso.ie/
Central Statistics Office                                                  E-mail: Industry_RAP@cso.ie

20 June 2011

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