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Census of Industrial Production 2007


Industrial local units with three or more persons engaged had a gross output of €123,170m in 2007 and a net output of €73,398m, the detailed Census of Industrial Production 2007 released by the Central Statistics Office today reveals. The gross output was up 7% on the 2006 figure and the net output increased by 7.5%.


Employment in industrial local units increased by about 1.3% to 241,077. A total of €9,437m was paid in wages and salaries in the year.


Recent improvements to the CSO Central Business Register has led to a significant increase in the number of enterprises/local units with 3 or more persons engaged being identified and covered in the 2007 Census of Industrial Production. The expanded coverage has led to a discontinuity between the results for 2007 and those published previously. These improvements are largely due to increased access to administrative data sources that support the Register.


Other results for Industrial Local Units

Almost 35% of the gross output of Irish owned manufacturing firms was exported compared to 93% for foreign owned firms; 35.9% of the value of materials purchased by Irish owned firms was imported compared to 86.1% for foreign owned firms.


The gross output of Irish owned manufacturing firms increased to €24,170m - this represents 21% of total gross output, up slightly on the previous year. The numbers employed in the Irish owned manufacturing firms increased by 5,558 to 120,302.


Main results for Industrial Enterprises
Total turnover of the 5,558 enterprises covered was €133,427m.


Purchases of goods and services amounted to €93,624m.


Persons engaged totalled 238,584.


Labour costs in the year amounted to €11,289m, of which wages and salaries accounted for €9,354m.


Please note that the Census of Industrial Production publication has been discontinued and all data tables for 2007 are available on CSO's data dissemination service at:


http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/database/eirestat/industry%20sector/industry%20sector.asp

These tables present a detailed picture (for both local units and enterprises) of the structure and activity of industry in 2007. 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
Industry Division                                                         Internet www.cso.ie
Central Statistics Office                                                E-mail: Industry_RAP@cso.ie


7 October 2009


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