Manufacture of machinery and equipment in Europe - Issue number 10/2006 - Products Statistics in Focus

This publication describes the structure and development of this sector, based on the latest available statistical information from a variety of official sources. The size of the workforce, the turnover and value added generated, and indicators on country specialisation. Comparison of average personnel costs, productivity and profitability. Importance of small enterprises and differences in productivity by size-class. The main products sold and the evolution of production and employment over the last ten years in the sector and its subactivities. Exports: Origin and destination, type of product, evolution in comparison with total production.