Business Statistical Yearbook of Ireland 2015

Introduction - Industry

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This chapter contains information on the industrial sector. The data is drawn from the annual Census of Industrial Production (CIP) and the various short-term industrial releases of the CSO. The information is broken down by sector using the standard EU-wide NACE classification NACE Rev. 2. Further information on classifications in the CSO website. Industrial statistics are compiled by the CSO using inquiries to industrial firms. The most detailed inquiry is the CIP, which is an annual census of such firms designed to provide information on the structure of industry. The CIP covers firms with three or more persons engaged and consists of two separate but closely related inquiries, one covering enterprises and the other covering local units.

Volume indices of production for industrial sectors

11.1 Volume indices of production for industrial sectors
Base Year 2010=100
	NACE
Industrial sector	code	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014

Mining and quarrying	5-9	100	84.9	75.8	109.9	113.5

Food products and beverages	10,11	100	112.8	115.6	116.7	129.3

Textiles and wearing apparel	13-15	100	89.1	78.6	80.2	82.4

Wood and wood products	16	100	91.5	82.9	90.7	86.3

Paper and paper products:
publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media	17-18	100	89.7	87.6	85.3	91.8

Chemicals and pharmaceuticals	20-21	100	95.8	88.9	84.9	122.4

Rubber and plastic products	22	100	98.7	94.0	97.1	90.1

Other non-metallic mineral products	23	100	99.9	86.3	86.2	91.7

Basic metals and fabricated metal products	24-25	100	112.5	98.9	106.4	117.6

Electrical and optical equipment	26-27	100	82.1	90.1	80.1	77.4
Computer, electronic and optical products	26	100	79.9	88.3	77.6	75.1
Electrical equipment	27	100	117.4	118.1	121.2	113.1

Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified	28	100	113.4	119.8	121.1	137.7

Transport equipment	29-30	100	99.5	93.0	87.8	68.6

Manufacturing industries	10-33	100	100.1	98.9	96.4	119.7

Transportable goods industries	5-33	100	99.9	98.5	96.6	119.4
of which
Industries mainly or wholly producing
Capital goods		100	99.0	106.8	107.3	124.0
Intermediate products		100	99.9	99.6	98.7	91.7
Consumer goods		100	100.2	95.8	92.9	123.2
Durable consumer goods		100	106.6	107.6	94.7	102.1
Non-durable consumer goods		100	100.1	95.5	92.9	123.6

Energy producing industries	05,06,19,35	100	96.5	95.4	91.2	110.5

Industries	5-35	100	99.6	98.1	95.9	117.9
Source: CSO

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Industrial Production increased by 22.9% in 2014. The Chemical and Pharmaceuticals sector had the largest increase of 44.2% in 2014 while Food products and beverages sector showed its largest increase, of 10.8%, in the last 3 years.

Census of Industrial Production

11.2 Census of Industrial Production (CIP) - industrial enterprises 2009-2012

					Percentage change
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2009 - 2012	2011 - 2012
Turnover - total (€million)	109,736	105,754	112,300	112,327	2.4	0.0
Intermediate consumption (€million)	68,787	65,376	67,708	66,315	-3.6	-2.1
Gross value added (€million)	33,670	34,742	38,242	38,083	13.1	-0.4
Industrial enterprises (number)	5,029	4,782	5,133	4,580	-8.9	-10.8
Persons engaged (number)	195,542	185,183	188,684	178,651	-8.6	-5.3
Source:CSO

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The industry sector stabilised in 2012 in terms of turnover and gross value added. Turnover for industrial enterprises increased by a negligible amount to €112.3 billion. Intermediate consumption saw a 2.1% decrease to just over €66.3 billion. Gross value added decreased by 0.4% to just under €38.1 billion. This decrease was the first year-on-year fall in gross value added in a number of years. Since 2009, gross value added has increased by 13.1% from €33.7 billion to €38.1 billion.

	2009	2010	2011	2012
Turnover	109.735706	105.753766	112.299726	112.327
Intermediate consumption	68.786893	65.375503	67.707839	66.315
Gross value added	33.670298	34.741724	38.241732	38.083

Main aggregates for enterprises in each industrial sector, 2012

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	2009	2012
Mining and quarrying (05 - 09)	1.28041095393326	0.858849295246725
Food and beverages (10 - 11)	20.2632167874329	23.5001783764606
Chemicals and pharmaceuticals (20 - 21)	36.1836392614087	37.4055023847731
Computer, electronic, optical and electrical equipment (26 - 27)	16.6583481952538	9.93908759690376
Electricity, gas,water and waste management (35 - 39)	7.16906127163387	8.08190077756967
Other manufacturing sectors (12,15-19,22-25,28-33)	18.4453235303375	20.2144815690462

11.3 Main aggregates for enterprises in each industrial sector, 2012

11.3 Main aggregates for enterprises in each industrial sector, 2012

		Number		Gross		Number of
	NACE	of		value	Labour	Persons
Industrial sector	code	Enterprises	Turnover	added	costs	engaged
			€m	€m	€m
Mining and quarrying	5-9	109	965	410	222	3,523
Manufacture of food products and beverages	10-11	607	26,397	7,531	1,672	39,225
Food products	10	579	23,269	6,131	1,403	35,742
Beverages	11	28	3,128	1,401	270	3,483
Textiles and textile products	13-14	157	336	112	68	2,026
Textiles	13	107	227	72	49	1,302
Wearing apparel	14	50	108	40	20	724
Leather and related products	15	10	34	15	4	117
Wood and wood products, except furniture	16	222	578	87	104	2,753
Pulp, paper and paper products; publishing and printing	17-18	408	1,587	545	345	7,587
Paper and paper products	17	101	529	201	125	3,011
Printing and reproduction of recorded media	18	307	1,058	344	220	4,576
Chemicals and chemical products	20	105	8,522	2,740	475	7,168
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations	21	62	33,495	13,223	1,065	14,313
Rubber and plastic products	22	246	1,159	376	250	6,765
Other non-metallic mineral products	23	304	1,458	304	307	5,925
Basic metals and fabricated metal products	24-25	678	1,779	415	448	10,688
Basic metals	24	103	597	-28	97	1,787
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	25	575	1,181	443	351	8,901
Electrical and optical equipment	26-27	200	11,164	2,787	1,005	17,372
Computer, electronic and optical products	26	106	10,409	2,587	870	13,926
Electrical equipment	27	94	755	200	135	3,446
Machinery and equipment n.e.c.	28	272	2,120	830	416	9,564
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	29	47	541	121	110	2,808
Tobacco; coke and refined petroleum products; transport equipment and furniture and repair and installation of machinery and equipment	12,19,30,31,33	519	4,235	1,072	357	7,633
Other manufacturing	32	161	8,879	3,644	1,207	25,060
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	35	211	7,862	3,516	836	10,529
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	36 to 39	262	1,216	354	215	5,595
Water collection, treatment and supply	36	7	6	3	1	28
Sewerage	37	43	168	40	30	684
Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	38	208	1,036	308	184	4,861
Remediation activities and other waste management services	39	4	6	3	1	22
All industries	5-39	4,580	112,327	38,083	9,107	178,651
Transportable goods industries	5-33	4,107	103,249	34,213	8,056	162,527
Manufacturing industries	10-33	3,998	102,284	33,803	7,835	159,004
Source: CSO

Open in Excel: 11.3 Main aggregates for enterprises in each industrial sector, 2012 (XLS 16KB)

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The composition of industrial turnover in Irelands’ economy has changed significantly in recent years. In 2009, Computer, electronic, optical and electrical equipment accounted for 16.7% of all industrial turnover in Ireland, whereas by 2012, this figure had decreased to 9.9%. The Food and beverages sector had increased its share of turnover from 20.3% in 2009 to 23.5% in 2012. The Chemicals and pharmaceuticals sector had further increased its share of all industrial turnover from 36.2% in 2009 to 37.4% in 2012.

The Chemicals and pharmaceutical sector combined with the Food and beverages sector accounted for approximately 61% of Irelands’ industrial turnover in 2012.

Industrial gross output per person engaged, 2012

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	Gross output
Carlow	147.288
Cavan	364.435
Clare	244.916
Cork	1179.087
Donegal	232.521
Dublin	648.54
Galway	160.972
Kerry	527.665
Kildare	487.528
Laois	234.386
Leitrim	211.013
Limerick	507.028
Longford	394.094
Louth	188.678
Mayo/Roscommon	875.215
Meath	261.569
Monaghan	313.697
Offaly	189.315
Sligo	224.514
Tipperary/Kilkenny	661.711
Waterford	482.773
Westmeath	306.86
Wexford	310.162
Wicklow	379.861

11.4 Main aggregates for industrial local units by county, 2012

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Cork had the highest value of gross output per person engaged in Ireland at €1.18 million in 2012. Mayo and Roscommon combined was the next highest at €875,000 per person engaged, while Tipperary and Kilkenny combined were third with €662,000. The three counties with the lowest value of gross output per person engaged were Carlow at €147,000, Galway at €161,000 and Louth at €189,000.

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11.4 Main aggregates for industrial local units by county, 2012

Region, County	Number of units	Total engaged	Wages and Salaries	Gross output	Industrial inputs
		No.	€m	€m	€m
Border
Cavan	100	4,720	157	1,720	1,332
Donegal	185	4,463	116	1,038	604
Leitrim	40	941	31	199	105
Louth	167	4,410	145	832	442
Monaghan	118	3,189	92	1,000	733
Sligo	69	2,840	105	638	252
Midland
Laois	69	995	34	233	167
Longford	56	1,915	57	755	415
Offaly	87	3,803	131	720	409
Westmeath	104	3,574	112	1,097	558
West
Galway	252	11,740	411	1,890	847
Mayo and Roscommon	194	7,153	261	6,260	1,037
Dublin
Dublin	1,020	32,440	1,346	21,039	6,216
Mid-East
Kildare	201	9,160	470	4,466	1,632
Meath	217	5,658	229	1,480	909
Wicklow	151	4,767	187	1,811	872
Mid-West
Clare	159	6,463	273	1,583	677
Limerick	214	7,491	349	3,798	2,266
Tipperary North Riding	88	3,315	124	877	540
South-East
Carlow	92	2,651	84	390	226
Waterford	126	7,585	308	3,662	1,812
Wexford	172	5,098	155	1,581	788
Tipperary South and Kilkenny	211	7,000	292	5,949	1,835
South-West
Cork	693	27,170	1,276	32,036	10,285
Kerry	139	3,790	131	2,000	648
Non-Attributable	1	7,992	541	3,662	984
All Industries	4,925	180,323	7,417	100,715	36,591
Source: CSO

Statistical Yearbook of Ireland 2015

Industry

Introduction - Industry

Volume indices of production for industrial sectors

Census of Industrial Production

Main aggregates for enterprises in each industrial sector, 2012

Industrial gross output per person engaged, 2012

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