PRODCOM Product Sales 2009

Net Selling Value of Prodcom products totals €86,517 million in 2009

The Central Statistics Office today published results from the 2009 PRODCOM inquiry on its website at http://cso.ie/shorturl.aspx/37 

Nearly 80% of Irish product sales are classified in the following four NACE classes

• Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and preparations
• Manufacture of computer, electronic, optical and electrical equipment
• Manufacture of food products
• Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products

Prodcom is the European Union’s standard classification of production statistics. It contains over 3,900 products, of which approximately 43% are produced and/or sold by Irish industrial enterprises. Its scope relates to the NACE activity codes from 07 to 33.

The business activity classifications used in this Statistical release are based on the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community i.e. NACE Rev. 2.

Details of EU aggregates and individual member state data can be found on the Eurostat website at

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/prodcom/introduction

For further information contact:

Kevin Phelan, Statistician 021 4535208

Statistician

or

Mary Duggan, Higher Excutive Officer  021 4535584
Structural Business Statistics: Results, Analysis & Publications
Central Statistics Office

Phone: LoCall 1890 313 414 / (021) 4535000/ (01) 4984000
Fax: (021) 4535553
Internet: http://www.cso.ie
E- mail Industry_RAP@cso.ie

16 July 2010

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