(a) the details of growth rate and contribution of manufacturing sectors viz.
textiles, wearing apparel, rubber, plastic products, electricals, machinery, apparatus
and furniture during the last three years; and
(b) the reasons for the negative rate of growth, if any, as well as contribution to
growth by the said sectors?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DR. E.M. SUDARSANA NATCHIAPPAN)
(a): The details of the growth rate of the manufacturing sector and industry subgroups viz,
textiles, wearing apparel, rubber, plastic products, electrical machinery apparatus and
furniture, during the last three years, along with their weights (relative contribution), as
per the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), are given in the Table below.
Table: Growth Rate and Weights of Industry Groups at NIC2-digit.
NIC 2-digit Industry descriptions Weights Annual Growth Rates of IIP industry (per thousand) (%) /Sectors 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 17 Textiles 61.64 6.7 -1.3 5.9 18 Wearing apparel; dressing 27.82 3.7 -8.5 10.4 and dyeing of fur 25 Rubber and plastics products 20.25 10.6 -0.3 0.2 29 Machinery and equipment n.e.c. 37.63 29.4 -5.8 -4.7 31 Electrical machinery 19.8 2.8 -22.2 0.6 & apparatus n.e.c. 36 Furniture; manufacturing n.e.c. 29.97 -7.5 -1.8 -5.1 Manufacturing 755.27 9.0 3.0 1.3 General (IIP) 1000 8.2 2.9 1.1Source: Central Statistics Office.