Thanks to The Register, here is a nice graph of the decline of manufacturing in the UK since 1945. You'll notice one small problem with the "decline" bit.
Manufacturing consists of 14 sub-sectors listed below with the percentage of the total they account for. For IoP purposes DB and DC are combined as both are small. The larger the percentage contribution, the more likely the impact on the overall manufacturing growth rate will be significant.
DA - Food, drink & tobacco (14.9%) DB - Textiles & clothing (2.6%) DC - Leather & leather products (0.3%) DD - Wood & wood products (1.9%) DE - Paper, printing & publishing (13.2%) DF - Coke, refined petroleum & nuclear fuels (1.7%) DG - Chemicals & man-made fibres (11.3%) DH - Rubber & plastic products (5.0%) DI - Non-metallic mineral products (3.6%) DJ - Basic metals & metal products (10.9%) DK - Machinery & equipment (8.3%) DL - Electrical & optical equipment (11.1%) DM - Transport equipment (10.9%) DN - Other manufacturing (4.4%)
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Date: 2010-02-22 04:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-02-22 06:49 pm (UTC)