Series Information
The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) has been providing statistical information on the country's manufacturing and electricity industries since 1976 (1968 E.C.) annually, to alert policy interventionists on the changes taking place in the sector. As part of this mission, this 28th survey on manufacturing and electricity industries for 2002/03 (1995 E.C) was conducted in 2004.
Abstract
The presence of adequate and current statistical data in various economic sectors that are considered essential for development planning, socio-economic policy formulation and economic analysis is vital in promoting the economic development of a country. Based on this general objective, the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) has been conducting surveys of various economic activities, of which, the annual Large and Medium Scale Manufacturing Industries survey is one.
Manufacturing is defined here according to International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC Revision-3.1) as "the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products, whether the work is performed by power-driven machines or by hand, whether it is done in a factory or in the worker's home, and whether the products are sold at wholesale or retail. The assembly of the component parts of manufactured products is also considered as manufacturing activities."
CSA has been publishing results of the survey of Manufacturing and Electricity Industries on annual basis since 1968 Ethiopian Calendar to provide users with reliable, comprehensive and timely statistical data on these sectors. In this respect, this survey, which is conducted on annual basis, is the principal source of industrial statistics on large and medium scale manufacturing industries in the country.
The survey questionnaire is designed to answer questions about number of establishments, number of persons engaged, wages and salaries paid by industrial group, sex, nationality and occupation, paid-up capital, gross value of production, industrial and non-industrial costs. value added, operating surplus, quantity of production and raw materials consumed, fixed assets, investment and production capacity and etc..
The main objectives of the annual survey of Large and Medium Scale Manufacturing and Electricity Industries are to:
1.Obtain basic statistical data that are essential for policy makers, planners and researchers by major industrial group.
2.Collect basic quantitative information on employment, volume of quantitative information on employment, volume of production and raw materials, structure and performance of the country's Large and Medium Scale Manufacturing and Electricity Industries.
3.Compile statistical data which will be an input to the System of National Accounts (SNA), on Large and Medium Scale Manufacturing and Electricity establishments as a whole and by major industrial group.
4.Obtain the number of proprietors engaged in these sectors and find out the major problems that create stumbling blocks for their activities.The identification of the problems is required for planning and executing any type of government intervention program.