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Product sales reach €99.9 Billion
- Product sales were €99,852 million in 2004
- The largest sales related to chemical, rubber and plastic products where the total value of non-confidential sales
was €28,239 million
- Electrical (including computers) and optical equipment were valued at €25,622 million
- Food, drink and tobacco generated sales of €16,988 million
- These three product groupings accounted for €70,849 million, or 71% of total product sales
The Central Statistics Office today published results from the 2004 PRODCOM inquiry. This publication details the value and volume of in excess of 2,100 products manufactured in Ireland and sold by industrial enterprises during 2004.
The survey covers all industrial enterprises with three or more persons engaged, and which are wholly or primarily
engaged in industrial production and industrial services in the Mining, Quarrying, Manufacturing, Electricity and Gas
Industries.
A similar survey using the same product classification is being carried out in the other Member States of the European
Union. This will allow the production of EU aggregates for up to 5,800 industrial products manufactured within the Union.
There is a direct link between this classification of products and the classification used in foreign trade statistics, the
Combined Nomenclature. It is thus possible to combine production and trade data to derive related indicators such as
consumption.
Consideration is currently being given to publishing this data in electronic form only through the CSO website from
reference year 2005 onwards. Please feel free to provide any feedback to the contacts below.
The publication can be purchased from:
The Central Statistics Office, Information Section, Skehard Road, Cork
The Government Publications Sale Office, Sun Alliance House, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.
Price: €20.00
For further information contact:
George Hussey (021 453 5540)
Statistician
or
Iris McCarthy (021 453 5527)
Industry: Results, Analysis & Publication
Central Statistics Office
Phone: LoCall 1890 313 414 / (021) 453 5000/ (01) 498 4000
Fax: (021) 453 5553
Internet: www.cso.ie (PDF 669KB)
E- mail: Industry_RAP@cso.ie
28 February 2006
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