annual business survey of economic impact 2008 appendix - Forfás

ANNUAL BUSINESS
SURVEY OF
ECONOMIC IMPACT
2008
APPENDIX

Table of Contents
Appendix A:
Real Growth Figures for Direct Expenditure & Value Added (accounting for price changes) 2
Appendix B:
Detailed Survey Results for Irish-owned Manufacturing and Internationally Traded Services 3
Appendix C:
Detailed Survey Results for foreign-owned Manufacturing and Internationally Traded Services 21
Appendix D:
Detailed Survey Results for all Manufacturing and Internationally Traded Services 39

Appendix A - Real Growth Figures (Accounting for price changes)
Percentage Change 2007-2008
Manufacturing International Traded Services
Sales 0.1 3.1
Value Added -2.1 1.7
Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy 0.5 5.1
Percentage Change 2007-2008
Irish-Owned Client Companies
Foreign-Owned Client Companies
Manufacturing International Traded Services
Sales 3.4 1.6
Value Added 7.2 -5.2
Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy -0.8 8.2
In order to account for price changes the following Central Statistics Office indices were applied as follows:
The Manufacturing Output Price Index (MOPI) to manufacturing sales, value added and direct expenditure;
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) to internationally traded services sales, value added and direct expenditure
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Appendix B - IRISH-OWNED Manufacturing and Internationally Traded Services
B1 Total Sales – Irish owned Companies 2000-2008
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 22,834,082 23,857,152 23,553,561 22,814,853 23,850,349 25,275,402 27,317,906 30,796,556 31,003,369 0.7% 3.9%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 19,405,192 20,087,556 19,898,488 18,908,799 19,442,159 20,204,658 21,750,298 24,717,217 24,477,469 -1.0% 2.9%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 10,535,120 10,985,659 11,021,997 10,233,375 10,397,077 10,543,375 11,141,807 12,891,930 12,834,789 -0.4% 2.5%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 578,499 603,362 557,442 355,698 292,648 250,944 272,147 294,071 263,257 -10.5% -9.4%
Wood & Wood Products 590,690 720,172 633,586 755,152 847,941 856,908 874,070 761,088 552,882 -27.4% -0.8%
Paper & Printing 644,329 659,396 640,505 555,960 534,862 503,103 576,142 574,323 544,644 -5.2% -2.1%
Chemicals 327,680 370,450 400,993 311,085 340,452 374,126 361,483 453,371 508,088 12.1% 5.6%
Rubber & Plastics 647,041 649,942 659,042 624,819 657,641 745,557 814,297 942,768 988,907 4.9% 5.4%
Non-Metalic Minerals 1,402,667 1,423,397 1,528,469 1,546,405 1,653,431 1,735,831 2,067,067 2,263,298 1,960,757 -13.4% 4.3%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 1,120,927 1,095,990 1,049,550 1,129,793 1,184,536 1,285,380 1,421,780 1,489,836 1,564,294 5.0% 4.3%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 767,372 730,333 530,004 596,703 482,455 599,943 674,910 744,953 786,313 5.6% 0.3%
Electrical equipment 344,401 332,597 270,686 302,538 323,966 324,039 368,433 321,410 324,169 0.9% -0.8%
Machinery & Equipment 736,914 659,883 665,025 626,121 686,513 762,511 825,977 1,033,138 1,135,646 9.9% 5.6%
Transport Equipment 121,436 111,537 127,431 91,385 99,518 101,371 130,280 120,871 153,558 27.0% 3.0%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 604,949 655,957 675,732 692,306 639,552 643,717 684,341 673,511 639,874 -5.0% 0.7%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 983,168 1,088,880 1,138,027 1,087,459 1,301,567 1,477,852 1,537,563 2,152,647 2,220,290 3.1% 10.7%
Information, Communications & Other Services 3,428,891 3,769,597 3,655,073 3,906,054 4,408,189 5,070,743 5,567,608 6,079,340 6,525,900 7.3% 8.4%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 177,930 205,906 185,144 166,185 159,071 192,415 209,272 361,371 343,581 -4.9% 8.6%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 949,660 1,128,837 964,046 759,349 884,524 1,030,126 1,168,420 1,354,871 1,478,625 9.1% 5.7%
Other IT & Computer Services 316,887 430,379 191,581 253,111 264,902 241,221 213,840 211,630 222,438 5.1% -4.3%
Financial Services 442,806 397,785 526,348 711,086 922,713 1,152,325 1,092,332 1,575,063 1,678,497 6.6% 18.1%
Business, Education & Other Services 1,541,608 1,606,690 1,787,953 2,016,322 2,176,980 2,454,656 2,883,742 2,576,405 2,802,759 8.8% 7.8%
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B2 Total Sales per Employee – Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
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Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 158.7 169.0 173.8 185.7 198.9 205.1 213.5 230.9 245.6 6.4% 5.6%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 165.7 176.6 180.8 189.5 202.4 207.5 216.9 240.3 256.1 6.6% 5.6%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 242.1 249.6 262.7 272.8 280.9 277.2 297.9 315.3 341.1 8.2% 4.4%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 88.3 98.7 99.6 92.0 109.1 112.6 116.2 142.2 144.3 1.5% 6.3%
Wood & Wood Products 126.6 155.8 158.3 173.5 180.6 178.0 167.7 203.3 189.9 -6.6% 5.2%
Paper & Printing 97.1 103.1 107.8 115.9 118.0 113.5 123.5 131.6 132.7 0.9% 4.0%
Chemicals 133.7 138.9 152.6 141.3 138.4 140.8 141.4 166.4 190.8 14.7% 4.5%
Rubber & Plastics 123.0 125.6 123.9 128.4 152.2 153.4 166.5 191.2 198.2 3.6% 6.1%
Non-Metalic Minerals 150.4 166.2 166.4 180.3 191.3 220.3 233.1 262.3 267.1 1.9% 7.4%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 97.2 101.9 103.9 112.1 122.6 128.6 136.9 156.3 174.8 11.9% 7.6%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 155.4 171.5 113.3 122.0 123.4 141.3 148.0 143.4 157.1 9.5% 0.1%
Electrical equipment 89.2 94.0 87.5 106.3 112.6 117.5 128.2 130.5 141.9 8.7% 6.0%
Machinery & Equipment 109.9 109.4 115.1 121.4 131.5 143.2 150.3 171.2 196.8 14.9% 7.6%
Transport Equipment 72.5 123.7 137.3 131.2 147.0 138.4 140.3 143.4 131.3 -8.4% 7.7%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 94.0 99.3 104.4 116.5 123.9 128.4 119.9 127.5 133.7 4.9% 4.5%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 275.7 267.2 260.3 270.4 310.3 335.3 350.0 348.5 360.1 3.3% 3.4%
Information, Communications & Other Services 128.0 137.3 143.6 169.4 184.6 196.0 201.3 199.5 213.1 6.8% 6.6%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 116.4 134.0 109.6 124.3 133.8 144.1 157.5 181.9 175.2 -3.7% 5.2%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 89.6 96.4 98.2 86.5 100.7 111.2 123.1 149.2 159.0 6.5% 7.4%
Other IT & Computer Services 229.5 286.7 195.2 271.8 354.9 417.7 196.8 164.3 166.7 1.5% -3.9%
Financial Services 292.0 280.3 413.7 493.7 551.0 520.0 512.2 518.2 467.5 -9.8% 6.1%
Business, Education & Other Services 131.0 142.2 153.0 190.8 189.5 196.7 211.8 170.8 194.2 13.7% 5.0%
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B3 Total Exports – Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
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Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 9,127,198 9,190,454 8,845,995 8,824,653 9,080,034 9,799,201 10,974,161 12,943,283 13,426,519 3.7% 4.9%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 7,579,242 7,458,198 7,323,271 7,150,973 7,072,606 7,444,643 8,421,408 9,872,937 10,007,755 1.4% 3.5%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 4,784,444 4,652,943 4,729,469 4,589,234 4,687,086 4,932,173 5,619,088 6,486,158 6,390,044 -1.5% 3.7%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 313,069 338,144 320,700 178,100 155,402 142,427 142,524 173,916 166,543 -4.2% -7.6%
Wood & Wood Products 109,231 125,998 107,476 132,572 134,212 128,045 149,547 164,445 131,953 -19.8% 2.4%
Paper & Printing 116,408 132,469 128,719 123,263 104,707 115,487 108,872 110,393 98,452 -10.8% -2.1%
Chemicals 135,577 164,960 171,505 149,962 155,752 187,491 188,855 237,519 289,667 22.0% 10.0%
Rubber & Plastics 235,199 248,239 269,427 287,862 286,775 312,337 294,211 394,993 446,335 13.0% 8.3%
Non-Metalic Minerals 336,668 340,283 349,327 339,374 308,340 324,004 406,499 508,651 447,353 -12.1% 3.6%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 235,956 233,295 253,515 281,179 262,302 244,832 313,476 329,853 374,354 13.5% 5.9%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 520,680 454,235 272,099 348,728 253,933 290,157 350,094 399,921 426,784 6.7% -2.5%
Electrical equipment 189,735 173,706 129,990 158,879 177,094 195,431 219,005 186,664 210,858 13.0% 1.3%
Machinery & Equipment 322,186 269,422 253,320 235,701 276,323 299,463 313,868 495,613 577,888 16.6% 7.6%
Transport Equipment 54,914 34,220 46,681 40,225 39,370 40,551 47,820 40,691 74,637 83.4% 3.9%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 205,971 245,615 267,234 258,287 183,041 200,368 192,324 197,648 200,877 1.6% -0.3%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 19,204 44,669 23,811 27,606 48,271 31,876 75,223 146,472 172,011 17.4% 31.5%
Information, Communications & Other Services 1,547,956 1,732,256 1,522,724 1,673,680 2,007,428 2,354,558 2,552,753 3,070,346 3,418,764 11.3% 10.4%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 41,979 26,677 23,051 21,471 31,160 43,076 100,694 138,674 148,847 7.3% 17.1%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 535,686 684,670 622,394 491,641 532,154 655,745 713,690 819,043 923,058 12.7% 7.0%
Other IT & Computer Services 292,175 404,039 174,191 226,537 246,854 226,074 184,165 177,233 184,743 4.2% -5.6%
Financial Services 194,768 159,962 290,754 398,962 544,756 655,662 532,199 828,763 882,932 6.5% 20.8%
Business, Education & Other Services 483,348 456,909 412,334 535,069 652,503 774,003 1,022,004 1,106,632 1,279,184 15.6% 12.9%
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B4 Exports as a Percentage of Sales – Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
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Percentage Percentage
Point Change Point Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
% % % % % % % % % % %
Total - All Sectors 40.0% 38.5% 37.6% 38.7% 38.1% 38.8% 40.2% 42.0% 43.3% 1.3% 3.3%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 39.1% 37.1% 36.8% 37.8% 36.4% 36.8% 38.7% 39.9% 40.9% 0.9% 1.8%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 45.4% 42.4% 42.9% 44.8% 45.1% 46.8% 50.4% 50.3% 49.8% -0.5% 4.4%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 54.1% 56.0% 57.5% 50.1% 53.1% 56.8% 52.4% 59.1% 63.3% 4.1% 9.1%
Wood & Wood Products 18.5% 17.5% 17.0% 17.6% 15.8% 14.9% 17.1% 21.6% 23.9% 2.3% 5.4%
Paper & Printing 18.1% 20.1% 20.1% 22.2% 19.6% 23.0% 18.9% 19.2% 18.1% -1.1% 0.0%
Chemicals 41.4% 44.5% 42.8% 48.2% 45.7% 50.1% 52.2% 52.4% 57.0% 4.6% 15.6%
Rubber & Plastics 36.3% 38.2% 40.9% 46.1% 43.6% 41.9% 36.1% 41.9% 45.1% 3.2% 8.8%
Non-Metalic Minerals 24.0% 23.9% 22.9% 21.9% 18.6% 18.7% 19.7% 22.5% 22.8% 0.3% -1.2%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 21.1% 21.3% 24.2% 24.9% 22.1% 19.0% 22.0% 22.1% 23.9% 1.8% 2.9%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 67.9% 62.2% 51.3% 58.4% 52.6% 48.4% 51.9% 53.7% 54.3% 0.6% -13.6%
Electrical equipment 55.1% 52.2% 48.0% 52.5% 54.7% 60.3% 59.4% 58.1% 65.0% 7.0% 10.0%
Machinery & Equipment 43.7% 40.8% 38.1% 37.6% 40.3% 39.3% 38.0% 48.0% 50.9% 2.9% 7.2%
Transport Equipment 45.2% 30.7% 36.6% 44.0% 39.6% 40.0% 36.7% 33.7% 48.6% 14.9% 3.4%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 34.0% 37.4% 39.5% 37.3% 28.6% 31.1% 28.1% 29.3% 31.4% 2.0% -2.7%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 2.0% 4.1% 2.1% 2.5% 3.7% 2.2% 4.9% 6.8% 7.7% 0.9% 5.8%
Information, Communications & Other Services 45.1% 46.0% 41.7% 42.8% 45.5% 46.4% 45.9% 50.5% 52.4% 1.9% 7.2%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 23.6% 13.0% 12.5% 12.9% 19.6% 22.4% 48.1% 38.4% 43.3% 4.9% 19.7%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 56.4% 60.7% 64.6% 64.7% 60.2% 63.7% 61.1% 60.5% 62.4% 2.0% 6.0%
Other IT & Computer Services 45.1% 46.0% 41.7% 42.8% 45.5% 46.4% 45.9% 50.5% 52.4% 1.9% 7.2%
Financial Services 23.6% 13.0% 12.5% 12.9% 19.6% 22.4% 48.1% 38.4% 43.3% 4.9% 19.7%
Business, Education & Other Services 56.4% 60.7% 64.6% 64.7% 60.2% 63.7% 61.1% 60.5% 62.4% 2.0% 6.0%
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B5 Total Payroll Costs – Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
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Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 4,038,060 4,563,208 4,571,543 4,346,149 4,429,280 4,746,057 5,153,050 5,591,303 5,703,176 2.0% 4.4%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 3,135,986 3,321,808 3,418,663 3,316,789 3,360,103 3,528,084 3,758,408 4,128,438 4,096,458 -0.8% 3.4%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 1,225,527 1,302,433 1,349,835 1,267,943 1,263,485 1,355,509 1,382,911 1,561,328 1,535,877 -1.6% 2.9%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 123,899 135,031 131,550 98,350 81,301 73,676 78,599 79,647 72,513 -9.0% -6.5%
Wood & Wood Products 106,238 120,036 108,787 125,230 145,262 149,045 159,536 136,689 120,905 -11.5% 1.6%
Paper & Printing 187,933 196,675 191,196 172,817 169,395 172,284 196,902 184,450 178,558 -3.2% -0.6%
Chemicals 67,050 78,049 84,357 75,164 84,666 96,029 98,834 105,527 107,456 1.8% 6.1%
Rubber & Plastics 126,576 134,124 142,686 142,245 144,918 149,999 169,675 182,336 195,127 7.0% 5.6%
Non-Metalic Minerals 292,036 308,548 327,356 337,065 369,726 340,600 403,249 419,051 378,646 -9.6% 3.3%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 291,472 296,828 285,826 307,535 306,265 340,200 363,327 403,713 405,386 0.4% 4.2%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 134,546 142,222 153,340 166,665 133,163 166,427 179,504 233,489 241,867 3.6% 7.6%
Electrical equipment 78,580 78,233 77,966 75,675 83,351 87,822 95,442 84,813 87,570 3.3% 1.4%
Machinery & Equipment 162,429 161,041 167,802 155,368 167,963 184,211 206,751 229,868 249,032 8.3% 5.5%
Transport Equipment 30,732 20,698 26,268 21,109 20,258 22,318 31,465 30,935 37,211 20.3% 2.4%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 143,621 155,256 162,063 168,256 174,797 164,641 194,513 195,272 189,070 -3.2% 3.5%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 165,350 192,635 209,630 203,369 215,551 225,323 197,701 281,321 297,239 5.7% 7.6%
Information, Communications & Other Services 902,073 1,241,400 1,152,880 1,029,360 1,069,177 1,217,973 1,394,641 1,462,865 1,606,718 9.8% 7.5%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 52,096 52,595 57,956 51,432 47,812 55,337 70,710 107,087 108,590 1.4% 9.6%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 439,583 558,142 466,357 383,682 421,141 481,097 523,783 525,206 576,135 9.7% 3.4%
Other IT & Computer Services 60,448 70,026 50,305 42,585 36,894 37,225 35,395 40,429 45,232 11.9% -3.6%
Financial Services 42,896 52,604 54,981 66,326 84,441 109,427 120,613 161,839 199,926 23.5% 21.2%
Business, Education & Other Services 307,050 508,033 523,280 485,334 478,890 534,887 644,141 628,303 676,835 7.7% 10.4%
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B6 Total Payroll Costs Per Employee – Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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Per Annum
Change
2007-2008
Per Annum
Change
2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 28.1 32.3 33.7 35.4 36.9 38.5 40.3 41.9 45.2 7.8% 6.1%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 26.8 29.2 31.1 33.2 35.0 36.2 37.5 40.1 42.9 6.8% 6.1%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 28.2 29.6 32.2 33.8 34.1 35.6 37.0 38.2 40.8 6.9% 4.7%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 18.9 22.1 23.5 25.4 30.3 33.1 33.6 38.5 39.8 3.2% 9.7%
Wood & Wood Products 22.8 26.0 27.2 28.8 30.9 31.0 30.6 36.5 41.5 13.7% 7.8%
Paper & Printing 28.3 30.8 32.2 36.0 37.4 38.9 42.2 42.3 43.5 3.0% 5.5%
Chemicals 27.4 29.3 32.1 34.2 34.4 36.1 38.7 38.7 40.3 4.2% 5.0%
Rubber & Plastics 24.1 25.9 26.8 29.2 33.5 30.9 34.7 37.0 39.1 5.7% 6.3%
Non-Metalic Minerals 31.3 36.0 35.6 39.3 42.8 43.2 45.5 48.6 51.6 6.2% 6.4%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 25.3 27.6 28.3 30.5 31.7 34.0 35.0 42.3 45.3 7.0% 7.6%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 27.2 33.4 32.8 34.1 34.1 39.2 39.4 44.9 48.3 7.5% 7.4%
Electrical equipment 20.4 22.1 25.2 26.6 29.0 31.9 33.2 34.4 38.3 11.3% 8.2%
Machinery & Equipment 24.2 26.7 29.0 30.1 32.2 34.6 37.6 38.1 43.2 13.3% 7.5%
Transport Equipment 18.3 23.0 28.3 30.3 29.9 30.5 33.9 36.7 31.8 -13.2% 7.1%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 22.3 23.5 25.0 28.3 33.9 32.8 34.1 37.0 39.5 6.9% 7.4%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 46.4 47.3 48.0 50.6 51.4 51.1 45.0 45.5 48.2 5.9% 0.5%
Information, Communications & Other Services 33.7 45.2 45.3 44.7 44.8 47.1 50.4 48.0 52.5 9.3% 5.7%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 34.1 34.2 34.3 38.5 40.2 41.4 53.2 53.9 55.4 2.8% 6.3%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 41.5 47.7 47.5 43.7 47.9 51.9 55.2 57.8 61.9 7.1% 5.1%
Other IT & Computer Services 43.8 46.6 51.3 45.7 49.4 64.5 32.6 31.4 33.9 8.0% -3.1%
Financial Services 28.3 37.1 43.2 46.0 50.4 49.4 56.6 53.2 55.7 4.6% 8.8%
Business, Education & Other Services 26.1 45.0 44.8 45.9 41.7 42.9 47.3 41.7 46.9 12.6% 7.6%
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B7 Total Materials Purchases – Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
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Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 11,948,094 12,047,909 11,400,903 10,893,922 11,273,506 11,591,436 12,251,298 13,748,608 13,933,047 1.3% 1.9%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 11,204,769 11,260,368 10,774,132 10,310,867 10,704,810 11,013,270 11,510,891 12,894,473 13,005,687 0.9% 1.9%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 6,884,273 6,928,369 6,685,499 6,259,807 6,495,145 6,601,762 6,831,267 7,668,835 7,813,763 1.9% 1.6%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 261,304 263,210 236,823 163,783 130,624 117,329 117,150 129,855 116,982 -9.9% -9.6%
Wood & Wood Products 347,155 444,569 383,934 436,797 481,041 464,970 444,989 409,232 304,527 -25.6% -1.6%
Paper & Printing 274,709 280,760 261,153 227,982 225,349 193,417 232,092 235,558 234,967 -0.3% -1.9%
Chemicals 152,499 149,426 167,821 138,978 153,127 160,565 152,112 199,950 237,998 19.0% 5.7%
Rubber & Plastics 305,570 310,612 307,497 279,352 282,725 347,971 391,610 464,451 489,318 5.4% 6.1%
Non-Metalic Minerals 513,130 574,218 539,284 633,655 725,631 737,840 887,188 912,450 796,848 -12.7% 5.7%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 552,757 509,004 513,139 559,461 551,251 600,942 689,735 711,394 755,459 6.2% 4.0%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 480,010 422,861 287,495 327,600 247,295 274,430 284,441 339,403 331,080 -2.5% -4.5%
Electrical equipment 184,261 167,589 141,714 144,054 137,045 156,302 177,670 158,713 166,602 5.0% -1.3%
Machinery & Equipment 407,283 322,205 324,152 312,177 346,528 377,334 403,020 517,146 581,858 12.5% 4.6%
Transport Equipment 62,749 60,543 73,187 54,876 57,821 55,469 76,211 57,090 67,061 17.5% 0.8%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 282,577 282,440 290,110 299,075 289,767 267,732 289,624 274,317 265,115 -3.4% -0.8%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 496,490 544,561 562,325 473,268 581,461 657,206 533,783 816,078 844,109 3.4% 6.9%
Information, Communications & Other Services 743,325 787,541 626,770 583,055 568,697 578,166 740,408 854,135 927,360 8.6% 2.8%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 64,533 80,991 54,945 52,033 42,026 43,738 39,074 57,994 46,269 -20.2% -4.1%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 154,058 165,383 117,074 141,731 167,362 159,207 183,498 197,627 174,434 -11.7% 1.6%
Other IT & Computer Services 25,369 30,833 24,689 9,676 6,358 6,228 15,445 9,896 10,872 9.9% -10.0%
Financial Services 2,930 2,061 2,736 2,160 5,302 13,469 23,402 42,411 48,186 13.6% 41.9%
Business, Education & Other Services 496,435 508,273 427,326 377,455 347,649 355,525 478,989 546,206 647,598 18.6% 3.4%
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B8 Materials Purchased in Ireland – Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Per Annum
Change
2007-2008
Per Annum
Change
2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 8,191,035 8,945,163 8,387,542 7,951,532 8,086,700 8,169,404 8,344,274 9,312,239 9,335,623 0.3% 1.6%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 7,792,698 8,460,083 8,034,700 7,605,574 7,772,448 7,853,137 7,901,584 8,807,591 8,816,471 0.1% 1.6%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 5,677,803 6,075,399 5,683,342 5,266,915 5,443,954 5,578,482 5,736,048 6,316,341 6,417,150 1.6% 1.5%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 108,549 102,136 107,647 47,403 33,339 20,735 18,366 23,963 18,042 -24.7% -20.1%
Wood & Wood Products 249,658 365,229 288,575 330,044 318,725 294,696 225,190 227,545 177,388 -22.0% -4.2%
Paper & Printing 125,164 132,084 141,591 118,407 112,913 75,446 95,663 110,445 115,822 4.9% -1.0%
Chemicals 53,116 66,966 97,793 68,746 62,207 73,484 80,455 85,258 68,512 -19.6% 3.2%
Rubber & Plastics 81,389 94,407 121,309 136,396 94,203 101,423 74,940 87,023 102,337 17.6% 2.9%
Non-Metalic Minerals 374,347 445,785 430,528 505,141 557,215 566,298 636,412 615,043 517,488 -15.9% 4.1%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 218,621 205,940 207,831 238,900 232,429 233,915 259,211 290,635 323,624 11.4% 5.0%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 104,884 121,600 82,294 104,489 74,106 67,634 66,741 87,760 75,301 -14.2% -4.1%
Electrical equipment 65,426 64,448 53,567 57,672 46,913 42,585 48,222 44,901 49,976 11.3% -3.3%
Machinery & Equipment 150,226 152,804 146,487 151,320 160,438 158,380 160,991 204,727 223,068 9.0% 5.1%
Transport Equipment 19,513 20,550 36,800 27,760 22,404 18,086 25,482 19,579 20,525 4.8% 0.6%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 125,983 137,864 142,036 168,972 175,350 126,775 126,513 120,516 115,832 -3.9% -1.0%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 438,018 474,871 494,900 383,408 438,252 495,198 347,351 573,854 591,405 3.1% 3.8%
Information, Communications & Other Services 398,337 485,081 352,843 345,958 314,252 316,266 442,690 504,649 519,152 2.9% 3.4%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 47,814 49,189 23,483 29,057 24,107 24,391 31,061 43,509 30,297 -30.4% -5.5%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 61,416 82,902 49,635 82,909 79,509 75,985 81,257 104,092 90,496 -13.1% 5.0%
Other IT & Computer Services 9,416 9,673 5,130 1,950 1,698 1,869 8,440 5,351 5,415 1.2% -6.7%
Financial Services 2,848 1,572 1,256 672 764 1,586 4,591 7,285 6,617 -9.2% 11.1%
Business, Education & Other Services 276,844 341,745 273,338 231,370 208,174 212,435 317,341 344,412 386,328 12.2% 4.3%
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B9 Total Services Purchases – Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 3,483,851 3,728,871 3,503,951 3,403,532 3,522,873 3,775,447 4,118,720 4,681,470 4,713,469 0.7% 3.9%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 2,826,743 3,016,477 2,830,387 2,800,066 2,876,558 3,033,628 3,327,214 3,696,247 3,603,918 -2.5% 3.1%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 1,381,887 1,477,726 1,469,068 1,541,198 1,522,219 1,581,377 1,738,759 2,006,860 1,936,090 -3.5% 4.3%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 73,472 74,977 65,649 53,145 47,319 44,405 49,500 60,242 52,031 -13.6% -4.2%
Wood & Wood Products 87,622 118,645 113,463 129,838 136,623 127,625 128,691 122,245 91,318 -25.3% 0.5%
Paper & Printing 92,654 98,163 86,624 82,916 70,674 73,137 80,804 71,074 64,805 -8.8% -4.4%
Chemicals 63,660 71,628 84,048 59,800 72,377 80,268 81,683 84,177 91,112 8.2% 4.6%
Rubber & Plastics 90,351 82,644 78,715 89,064 95,086 102,402 108,569 121,060 128,403 6.1% 4.5%
Non-Metalic Minerals 400,464 434,754 279,481 185,388 213,362 204,726 208,353 288,340 250,278 -13.2% -5.7%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 132,015 120,247 119,710 131,181 127,792 140,542 141,044 153,172 163,432 6.7% 2.7%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 75,038 83,822 76,065 77,633 69,413 76,342 85,735 104,390 113,528 8.8% 5.3%
Electrical equipment 34,461 41,507 36,924 38,231 41,997 43,808 46,410 38,921 42,016 8.0% 2.5%
Machinery & Equipment 79,651 87,493 80,948 79,866 87,647 102,455 102,390 114,599 127,091 10.9% 6.0%
Transport Equipment 10,431 10,163 11,157 8,421 9,337 10,270 11,825 11,347 15,396 35.7% 5.0%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 95,872 100,999 112,692 122,415 99,942 98,466 114,051 110,690 113,349 2.4% 2.1%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 209,165 213,707 215,842 200,972 282,771 347,805 429,400 409,130 415,068 1.5% 8.9%
Information, Communications & Other Services 657,108 712,394 673,564 603,465 646,315 741,820 791,505 985,223 1,109,551 12.6% 6.8%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 41,579 40,582 40,274 31,989 33,148 48,533 58,595 105,527 110,998 5.2% 13.1%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 291,292 308,503 242,161 190,884 225,838 247,147 294,912 303,217 349,821 15.4% 2.3%
Other IT & Computer Services 56,225 65,206 43,638 48,725 41,230 43,134 10,259 9,283 10,996 18.5% -18.5%
Financial Services 49,582 59,328 57,785 63,210 85,437 127,353 143,405 186,390 217,215 16.5% 20.3%
Business, Education & Other Services 218,431 238,775 289,707 268,657 260,662 275,652 284,334 380,806 420,521 10.4% 8.5%
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B10 Services Purchased in Ireland – Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 3,013,334 3,232,968 2,955,171 2,863,515 3,017,119 3,246,406 3,322,488 3,762,750 3,776,757 0.4% 2.9%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 2,473,634 2,678,504 2,385,914 2,359,230 2,477,980 2,656,789 2,733,589 3,046,776 2,965,789 -2.7% 2.3%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 1,263,990 1,393,553 1,261,418 1,275,508 1,276,080 1,376,268 1,383,118 1,618,479 1,563,270 -3.4% 2.7%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 60,150 58,094 54,472 43,444 37,877 37,176 41,140 43,722 34,908 -20.2% -6.6%
Wood & Wood Products 77,515 108,965 103,682 123,384 129,040 121,226 118,258 109,929 83,069 -24.4% 0.9%
Paper & Printing 83,840 87,789 73,552 74,394 64,189 65,741 72,249 64,290 57,342 -10.8% -4.6%
Chemicals 55,886 64,820 76,130 54,592 64,332 70,920 67,482 72,416 77,026 6.4% 4.1%
Rubber & Plastics 78,333 72,836 70,455 80,556 84,519 88,069 90,044 100,296 110,202 9.9% 4.4%
Non-Metalic Minerals 293,294 319,965 201,226 146,736 172,065 159,757 153,868 210,389 180,236 -14.3% -5.9%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 120,685 112,903 109,984 120,651 118,574 128,354 124,918 133,989 142,960 6.7% 2.1%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 61,229 67,641 60,135 64,933 56,452 63,127 72,563 84,517 90,904 7.6% 5.1%
Electrical equipment 27,722 34,594 32,461 33,334 35,436 33,502 37,302 30,755 33,606 9.3% 2.4%
Machinery & Equipment 69,423 67,798 67,657 64,311 73,659 84,128 80,995 92,401 100,634 8.9% 4.8%
Transport Equipment 9,597 7,812 8,477 6,574 7,174 8,115 10,063 8,878 12,487 40.6% 3.3%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 64,919 71,783 75,511 86,778 83,229 81,127 90,485 91,978 91,834 -0.2% 4.4%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 207,050 209,951 190,755 184,033 275,355 339,280 391,105 384,735 387,309 0.7% 8.1%
Information, Communications & Other Services 539,700 554,463 569,257 504,285 539,139 589,617 588,899 715,973 810,969 13.3% 5.2%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 39,130 38,588 38,333 29,288 27,768 36,118 49,895 88,411 95,035 7.5% 11.7%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 213,986 231,052 187,168 148,516 173,817 180,544 211,553 213,243 250,148 17.3% 2.0%
Other IT & Computer Services 44,689 48,982 31,251 30,150 28,804 29,637 8,916 7,976 9,100 14.1% -18.0%
Financial Services 38,136 19,789 56,571 61,490 83,426 105,722 97,374 112,983 132,526 17.3% 16.8%
Business, Education & Other Services 203,758 216,052 255,934 234,841 225,323 237,596 221,161 293,360 324,160 10.5% 6.0%
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B11 Total Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy* – Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Per Annum
Change
2007-2008
Per Annum
Change
2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 15,242,428 16,741,339 15,914,257 15,161,195 15,533,100 16,161,867 16,819,812 18,666,292 18,815,557 0.8% 2.7%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 13,402,319 14,460,395 13,839,277 13,281,593 13,610,531 14,038,011 14,393,581 15,982,806 15,878,717 -0.7% 2.1%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 8,167,320 8,771,385 8,294,595 7,810,366 7,983,520 8,310,258 8,502,077 9,496,148 9,516,297 0.2% 1.9%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 292,598 295,261 293,669 189,196 152,517 131,587 138,105 147,331 125,463 -14.8% -10.0%
Wood & Wood Products 433,411 594,230 501,044 578,658 593,027 564,967 502,985 474,164 381,362 -19.6% -1.6%
Paper & Printing 396,938 416,548 406,339 365,619 346,496 313,471 364,814 359,185 351,722 -2.1% -1.5%
Chemicals 176,052 209,835 258,280 198,502 211,205 240,433 246,770 263,202 252,994 -3.9% 4.6%
Rubber & Plastics 286,298 301,367 334,450 359,197 323,640 339,491 334,658 369,655 407,667 10.3% 4.5%
Non-Metalic Minerals 959,677 1,074,298 959,110 988,942 1,099,006 1,066,655 1,193,528 1,244,483 1,076,371 -13.5% 1.4%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 630,778 615,670 603,641 667,086 657,268 702,469 747,456 828,336 871,970 5.3% 4.1%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 300,659 331,463 295,769 336,086 263,721 297,188 318,808 405,767 408,071 0.6% 3.9%
Electrical equipment 171,727 177,275 163,994 166,681 165,700 163,909 180,965 160,470 171,152 6.7% 0.0%
Machinery & Equipment 382,078 381,643 381,946 370,999 402,060 426,720 448,737 526,996 572,735 8.7% 5.2%
Transport Equipment 59,842 49,060 71,545 55,443 49,836 48,520 67,011 59,392 70,223 18.2% 2.0%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 334,523 364,903 379,611 424,006 433,377 372,543 411,511 407,767 396,736 -2.7% 2.2%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 810,418 877,456 895,285 770,810 929,158 1,059,802 936,157 1,239,910 1,275,953 2.9% 5.8%
Information, Communications & Other Services 1,840,110 2,280,944 2,074,979 1,879,603 1,922,569 2,123,856 2,426,231 2,683,486 2,936,840 9.4% 6.0%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 139,040 140,372 119,771 109,777 99,687 115,846 151,666 239,007 233,921 -2.1% 6.7%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 714,986 872,095 703,161 615,108 674,467 737,626 816,592 842,541 916,778 8.8% 3.2%
Other IT & Computer Services 114,553 128,682 86,686 74,685 67,396 68,731 52,751 53,756 59,747 11.1% -7.8%
Financial Services 83,880 73,965 112,809 128,488 168,631 216,736 222,578 282,106 339,069 20.2% 19.1%
Business, Education & Other Services 787,651 1,065,830 1,052,552 951,545 912,388 984,918 1,182,643 1,266,075 1,387,323 9.6% 7.3%
* “Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy” is defined as total payroll costs, Irish-sourced raw materials and services purchased in Ireland.
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FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
B12 Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy* as Percentage of Sales– Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
* “Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy” is defined as total payroll costs, Irish-sourced raw materials and services purchased in Ireland.
Percentage
Point Change
2007-2008
Percentage
Point Change
2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 66.8% 70.2% 67.6% 66.5% 65.1% 63.9% 61.6% 60.6% 60.7% 0.1% -6.1%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 69.1% 72.0% 69.5% 70.2% 70.0% 69.5% 66.2% 64.7% 64.9% 0.2% -4.2%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 77.5% 79.8% 75.3% 76.3% 76.8% 78.8% 76.3% 73.7% 74.1% 0.5% -3.4%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 50.6% 48.9% 52.7% 53.2% 52.1% 52.4% 50.7% 50.1% 47.7% -2.4% -2.9%
Wood & Wood Products 73.4% 82.5% 79.1% 76.6% 69.9% 65.9% 57.5% 62.3% 69.0% 6.7% -4.4%
Paper & Printing 61.6% 63.2% 63.4% 65.8% 64.8% 62.3% 63.3% 62.5% 64.6% 2.0% 3.0%
Chemicals 53.7% 56.6% 64.4% 63.8% 62.0% 64.3% 68.3% 58.1% 49.8% -8.3% -3.9%
Rubber & Plastics 44.2% 46.4% 50.7% 57.5% 49.2% 45.5% 41.1% 39.2% 41.2% 2.0% -3.0%
Non-Metalic Minerals 68.4% 75.5% 62.7% 64.0% 66.5% 61.4% 57.7% 55.0% 54.9% -0.1% -13.5%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 56.3% 56.2% 57.5% 59.0% 55.5% 54.7% 52.6% 55.6% 55.7% 0.1% -0.5%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 39.2% 45.4% 55.8% 56.3% 54.7% 49.5% 47.2% 54.5% 51.9% -2.6% 12.7%
Electrical equipment 49.9% 53.3% 60.6% 55.1% 51.1% 50.6% 49.1% 49.9% 52.8% 2.9% 2.9%
Machinery & Equipment 51.8% 57.8% 57.4% 59.3% 58.6% 56.0% 54.3% 51.0% 50.4% -0.6% -1.4%
Transport Equipment 49.3% 44.0% 56.1% 60.7% 50.1% 47.9% 51.4% 49.1% 45.7% -3.4% -3.5%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 55.3% 55.6% 56.2% 61.2% 67.8% 57.9% 60.1% 60.5% 62.0% 1.5% 6.7%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 82.4% 80.6% 78.7% 70.9% 71.4% 71.7% 60.9% 57.6% 57.5% -0.1% -25.0%
Information, Communications & Other Services 53.7% 60.5% 56.8% 48.1% 43.6% 41.9% 43.6% 44.1% 45.0% 0.9% -8.7%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 78.1% 68.2% 64.7% 66.1% 62.7% 60.2% 72.5% 66.1% 68.1% 1.9% -10.1%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 75.3% 77.3% 72.9% 81.0% 76.3% 71.6% 69.9% 62.2% 62.0% -0.2% -13.3%
Other IT & Computer Services 36.1% 29.9% 45.2% 29.5% 25.4% 28.5% 24.7% 25.4% 26.9% 1.5% -9.3%
Financial Services 18.9% 18.6% 21.4% 18.1% 18.3% 18.8% 20.4% 17.9% 20.2% 2.3% 1.3%
Business, Education & Other Services 51.1% 66.3% 58.9% 47.2% 41.9% 40.1% 41.0% 49.1% 49.5% 0.4% -1.6%
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B13 Total Value Added* – Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 7,402,137 8,080,373 8,648,708 8,517,399 9,053,969 9,908,518 10,947,888 12,366,479 12,356,853 -0.1% 6.6%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 5,373,680 5,810,711 6,293,970 5,797,865 5,860,792 6,157,760 6,912,193 8,126,496 7,867,863 -3.2% 4.9%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 2,268,959 2,579,564 2,867,430 2,432,370 2,379,713 2,360,235 2,571,781 3,216,235 3,084,937 -4.1% 3.9%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 243,722 265,175 254,970 138,769 114,706 89,210 105,498 103,975 94,244 -9.4% -11.2%
Wood & Wood Products 155,914 156,958 136,189 188,516 230,277 264,313 300,389 229,611 157,037 -31.6% 0.1%
Paper & Printing 276,965 280,473 292,727 245,062 238,839 236,550 263,246 267,691 244,872 -8.5% -1.5%
Chemicals 111,521 149,396 149,124 112,307 114,948 133,293 127,689 169,245 178,977 5.8% 6.1%
Rubber & Plastics 251,120 256,686 272,830 256,403 279,831 295,184 314,118 357,258 371,186 3.9% 5.0%
Non-Metalic Minerals 489,072 414,424 709,703 727,362 714,438 793,265 971,526 1,062,508 913,630 -14.0% 8.1%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 436,154 466,738 416,701 439,151 505,493 543,896 591,001 625,269 645,402 3.2% 5.0%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 212,324 223,651 166,443 191,470 165,747 249,170 304,735 301,160 341,706 13.5% 6.1%
Electrical equipment 125,679 123,501 92,049 120,253 144,924 123,929 144,353 123,775 115,550 -6.6% -1.0%
Machinery & Equipment 249,980 250,184 259,925 234,078 252,338 282,721 320,567 401,393 426,696 6.3% 6.9%
Transport Equipment 48,257 40,831 43,087 28,088 32,359 35,632 42,244 52,434 71,101 35.6% 5.0%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 226,499 272,519 272,931 270,816 249,843 277,519 280,666 288,504 261,411 -9.4% 1.8%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 277,513 330,612 359,860 413,218 437,336 472,841 574,380 927,439 961,114 3.6% 16.8%
Information, Communications & Other Services 2,028,457 2,269,662 2,354,738 2,719,534 3,193,178 3,750,757 4,035,695 4,239,983 4,488,990 5.9% 10.4%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 71,818 84,333 89,925 82,163 83,896 100,144 111,603 197,850 186,315 -5.8% 12.7%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 504,310 654,951 604,811 426,734 491,324 623,772 690,010 854,027 954,370 11.7% 8.3%
Other IT & Computer Services 235,292 334,339 123,254 194,710 217,315 191,859 188,137 192,451 200,569 4.2% -2.0%
Financial Services 390,294 336,396 465,827 645,716 831,974 1,011,503 925,525 1,346,262 1,413,096 5.0% 17.4%
Business, Education & Other Services 826,743 859,642 1,070,921 1,370,211 1,568,669 1,823,479 2,120,419 1,649,393 1,734,640 5.2% 9.7%
* Value Added is defined as total sales minus all purchases of raw materials and services
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B14 Total Value Added* Per Employee – Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
* Value Added is defined as total sales minus all purchases of raw materials and services
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Per Annum
Change
2007-2008
Per Annum
Change
2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 51.4 57.2 63.8 69.3 75.5 80.4 85.6 92.7 97.9 5.6% 8.4%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 45.9 51.1 57.2 58.1 61.0 63.2 68.9 79.0 82.3 4.2% 7.6%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 52.1 58.6 68.3 64.8 64.3 62.0 68.8 78.7 82.0 4.2% 5.8%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 37.2 43.4 45.5 35.9 42.8 40.0 45.0 50.3 51.7 2.8% 4.2%
Wood & Wood Products 33.4 33.9 34.0 43.3 49.0 54.9 57.6 61.3 53.9 -12.1% 6.2%
Paper & Printing 41.7 43.9 49.3 51.1 52.7 53.3 56.4 61.3 59.7 -2.7% 4.6%
Chemicals 45.5 56.0 56.7 51.0 46.7 50.2 50.0 62.1 67.2 8.2% 5.0%
Rubber & Plastics 47.7 49.6 51.3 52.7 64.8 60.7 64.2 72.4 74.4 2.7% 5.7%
Non-Metalic Minerals 52.4 48.4 77.3 84.8 82.6 100.7 109.6 123.1 124.5 1.1% 11.4%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 37.8 43.4 41.3 43.6 52.3 54.4 56.9 65.6 72.1 10.0% 8.4%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 43.0 52.5 35.6 39.1 42.4 58.7 66.8 58.0 68.2 17.7% 5.9%
Electrical equipment 32.6 34.9 29.8 42.3 50.4 45.0 50.2 50.2 50.6 0.6% 5.7%
Machinery & Equipment 37.3 41.5 45.0 45.4 48.3 53.1 58.3 66.5 74.0 11.2% 8.9%
Transport Equipment 28.8 45.3 46.4 40.3 47.8 48.7 45.5 62.2 60.8 -2.2% 9.8%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 35.2 41.2 42.2 45.6 48.4 55.4 49.2 54.6 54.6 0.0% 5.7%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 77.8 81.1 82.3 102.8 104.3 107.3 130.8 150.1 155.9 3.8% 9.1%
Information, Communications & Other Services 75.7 82.7 92.5 118.0 133.7 145.0 145.9 139.1 146.6 5.4% 8.6%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 47.0 54.9 53.2 61.5 70.6 75.0 84.0 99.6 95.0 -4.6% 9.2%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 47.6 56.0 61.6 48.6 55.9 67.4 72.7 94.0 102.6 9.1% 10.1%
Other IT & Computer Services 170.4 222.7 125.6 209.1 291.1 332.2 173.1 149.4 150.3 0.6% -1.6%
Financial Services 257.3 237.1 366.1 448.3 496.8 456.4 434.0 442.9 393.6 -11.1% 5.5%
Business, Education & Other Services 70.3 76.1 91.6 129.7 136.5 146.1 155.8 109.4 120.2 9.9% 6.9%
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B15 Value Added* as a Percentage of Sales – Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Business, Education & Other Services 53.6% 53.5% 59.9% 68.0% 72.1% 74.3% 73.5% 64.0% 61.9% -2.1% 8.3%
* Value Added is defined as total sales minus all purchases of raw materials and services
Percentage
Point Change
2007-2008
Percentage
Point Change
2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 32.4% 33.9% 36.7% 37.3% 38.0% 39.2% 40.1% 40.2% 39.9% -0.3% 7.4%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 27.7% 28.9% 31.6% 30.7% 30.1% 30.5% 31.8% 32.9% 32.1% -0.7% 4.5%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 21.5% 23.5% 26.0% 23.8% 22.9% 22.4% 23.1% 24.9% 24.0% -0.9% 2.5%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 42.1% 43.9% 45.7% 39.0% 39.2% 35.5% 38.8% 35.4% 35.8% 0.4% -6.3%
Wood & Wood Products 26.4% 21.8% 21.5% 25.0% 27.2% 30.8% 34.4% 30.2% 28.4% -1.8% 2.0%
Paper & Printing 43.0% 42.5% 45.7% 44.1% 44.7% 47.0% 45.7% 46.6% 45.0% -1.6% 2.0%
Chemicals 34.0% 40.3% 37.2% 36.1% 33.8% 35.6% 35.3% 37.3% 35.2% -2.1% 1.2%
Rubber & Plastics 38.8% 39.5% 41.4% 41.0% 42.6% 39.6% 38.6% 37.9% 37.5% -0.4% -1.3%
Non-Metalic Minerals 34.9% 29.1% 46.4% 47.0% 43.2% 45.7% 47.0% 46.9% 46.6% -0.3% 11.7%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 38.9% 42.6% 39.7% 38.9% 42.7% 42.3% 41.6% 42.0% 41.3% -0.7% 2.3%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 27.7% 30.6% 31.4% 32.1% 34.4% 41.5% 45.2% 40.4% 43.5% 3.0% 15.8%
Electrical equipment 36.5% 37.1% 34.0% 39.7% 44.7% 38.2% 39.2% 38.5% 35.6% -2.9% -0.8%
Machinery & Equipment 33.9% 37.9% 39.1% 37.4% 36.8% 37.1% 38.8% 38.9% 37.6% -1.3% 3.7%
Transport Equipment 39.7% 36.6% 33.8% 30.7% 32.5% 35.2% 32.4% 43.4% 46.3% 2.9% 6.6%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 37.4% 41.5% 40.4% 39.1% 39.1% 43.1% 41.0% 42.8% 40.9% -2.0% 3.4%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 28.2% 30.4% 31.6% 38.0% 33.6% 32.0% 37.4% 43.1% 43.3% 0.2% 15.1%
Information, Communications & Other Services 59.2% 60.2% 64.4% 69.6% 72.4% 74.0% 72.5% 69.7% 68.8% -1.0% 9.6%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 40.4% 41.0% 48.6% 49.4% 52.7% 52.0% 53.3% 54.7% 54.2% -0.5% 13.9%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 53.1% 58.0% 62.7% 56.2% 55.5% 60.6% 59.1% 63.0% 64.5% 1.5% 11.4%
Other IT & Computer Services 74.3% 77.7% 64.3% 76.9% 82.0% 79.5% 88.0% 90.9% 90.2% -0.8% 15.9%
Financial Services 88.1% 84.6% 88.5% 90.8% 90.2% 87.8% 84.7% 85.5% 84.2% -1.3% -4.0%
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B16 Payroll Costs as a Percentage of Total Value Added* – Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
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Percentage Percentage
Point Change Point Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 54.6% 56.5% 52.9% 51.0% 48.9% 47.9% 47.1% 45.2% 46.2% 0.9% -8.4%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 58.4% 57.2% 54.3% 57.2% 57.3% 57.3% 54.4% 50.8% 52.1% 1.3% -6.3%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 54.0% 50.5% 47.1% 52.1% 53.1% 57.4% 53.8% 48.5% 49.8% 1.2% -4.2%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 50.8% 50.9% 51.6% 70.9% 70.9% 82.6% 74.5% 76.6% 76.9% 0.3% 26.1%
Wood & Wood Products 68.1% 76.5% 79.9% 66.4% 63.1% 56.4% 53.1% 59.5% 77.0% 17.5% 8.9%
Paper & Printing 67.9% 70.1% 65.3% 70.5% 70.9% 72.8% 74.8% 68.9% 72.9% 4.0% 5.1%
Chemicals 60.1% 52.2% 56.6% 66.9% 73.7% 72.0% 77.4% 62.4% 60.0% -2.3% -0.1%
Rubber & Plastics 50.4% 52.3% 52.3% 55.5% 51.8% 50.8% 54.0% 51.0% 52.6% 1.5% 2.2%
Non-Metalic Minerals 59.7% 74.5% 46.1% 46.3% 51.8% 42.9% 41.5% 39.4% 41.4% 2.0% -18.3%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 66.8% 63.6% 68.6% 70.0% 60.6% 62.5% 61.5% 64.6% 62.8% -1.8% -4.0%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 63.4% 63.6% 92.1% 87.0% 80.3% 66.8% 58.9% 77.5% 70.8% -6.7% 7.4%
Electrical equipment 62.5% 63.3% 84.7% 62.9% 57.5% 70.9% 66.1% 68.5% 75.8% 7.3% 13.3%
Machinery & Equipment 65.0% 64.4% 64.6% 66.4% 66.6% 65.2% 64.5% 57.3% 58.4% 1.1% -6.6%
Transport Equipment 63.7% 50.7% 61.0% 75.2% 62.6% 62.6% 74.5% 59.0% 52.3% -6.7% -11.3%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 63.4% 57.0% 59.4% 62.1% 70.0% 59.3% 69.3% 67.7% 72.3% 4.6% 8.9%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 59.6% 58.3% 58.3% 49.2% 49.3% 47.7% 34.4% 30.3% 30.9% 0.6% -28.7%
Information, Communications & Other Services 44.5% 54.7% 49.0% 37.9% 33.5% 32.5% 34.6% 34.5% 35.8% 1.3% -8.7%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 72.5% 62.4% 64.4% 62.6% 57.0% 55.3% 63.4% 54.1% 58.3% 4.2% -14.3%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 87.2% 85.2% 77.1% 89.9% 85.7% 77.1% 75.9% 61.5% 60.4% -1.1% -26.8%
Other IT & Computer Services 25.7% 20.9% 40.8% 21.9% 17.0% 19.4% 18.8% 21.0% 22.6% 1.5% -3.1%
Financial Services 11.0% 15.6% 11.8% 10.3% 10.1% 10.8% 13.0% 12.0% 14.1% 2.1% 3.2%
Business, Education & Other Services 37.1% 59.1% 48.9% 35.4% 30.5% 29.3% 30.4% 38.1% 39.0% 0.9% 1.9%
* Value Added is defined as total sales minus all purchases of raw materials and services
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B17 Expenditure on Formal Structured Training - Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
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Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 63,785 66,642 64,278 55,162 50,940 57,695 58,876 70,149 73,397 4.6% 1.8%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 43,653 46,857 48,807 41,080 36,728 41,566 41,823 51,164 53,527 4.6% 2.6%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 15,485 19,899 25,476 17,702 14,572 14,792 15,105 19,169 20,581 7.4% 3.6%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 1,468 1,706 1,804 1,376 1,056 892 813 1,084 1,016 -6.2% -4.5%
Wood & Wood Products 1,239 1,592 1,613 1,542 1,322 1,815 1,999 2,233 2,043 -8.5% 6.5%
Paper & Printing 1,876 1,236 1,263 1,276 1,386 1,602 1,591 1,773 1,777 0.2% -0.7%
Chemicals 744 832 888 1,296 906 1,074 1,545 1,798 1,975 9.8% 13.0%
Rubber & Plastics 1,410 1,803 1,554 1,661 1,660 2,504 2,245 3,141 3,820 21.6% 13.3%
Non-Metalic Minerals 1,613 2,731 2,485 2,818 2,692 2,844 2,055 2,457 2,470 0.5% 5.5%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 6,414 4,456 4,225 4,052 3,986 3,944 5,106 5,753 4,896 -14.9% -3.3%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 3,001 2,909 2,144 2,062 1,720 2,358 2,739 3,861 3,677 -4.8% 2.6%
Electrical equipment 1,372 1,495 826 781 913 2,444 1,283 889 958 7.8% -4.4%
Machinery & Equipment 2,655 2,226 2,230 2,193 1,987 2,294 2,941 3,147 4,302 36.7% 6.2%
Transport Equipment 423 404 328 182 168 229 272 318 520 63.3% 2.6%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 4,984 4,367 2,448 2,505 3,129 3,544 3,040 3,436 3,207 -6.7% -5.4%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 971 1,201 1,522 1,633 1,231 1,232 1,088 2,104 2,284 8.6% 11.3%
Information, Communications & Other Services 20,132 19,786 15,472 14,082 14,212 16,129 17,053 18,985 19,871 4.7% -0.2%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 887 777 511 492 425 801 784 1,473 1,654 12.3% 8.1%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 13,055 10,641 6,633 4,656 5,227 6,238 8,414 8,423 8,229 -2.3% -5.6%
Other IT & Computer Services 902 816 492 616 434 532 371 394 394 0.1% -9.8%
Financial Services 413 497 585 864 752 915 1,326 1,447 1,694 17.1% 19.3%
Business, Education & Other Services 4,876 7,054 7,251 7,455 7,374 7,644 6,158 7,248 7,899 9.0% 6.2%
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B18 Expenditure on Structured Training as a Percentage of Payroll - Irish-owned companies, 2000-2008
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Percentage
Point Change
2007-2008
Percentage
Point Change
2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 1.6% 1.5% 1.4% 1.3% 1.2% 1.2% 1.1% 1.3% 1.3% 0.0% -0.3%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 1.2% 1.1% 1.2% 1.1% 1.2% 1.3% 0.1% -0.1%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 1.3% 1.5% 1.9% 1.4% 1.2% 1.1% 1.1% 1.2% 1.3% 0.1% 0.1%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 1.2% 1.3% 1.4% 1.4% 1.3% 1.2% 1.0% 1.4% 1.4% 0.0% 0.2%
Wood & Wood Products 1.2% 1.3% 1.5% 1.2% 0.9% 1.2% 1.3% 1.6% 1.7% 0.1% 0.5%
Paper & Printing 1.0% 0.6% 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% 0.8% 1.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Chemicals 1.1% 1.1% 1.1% 1.7% 1.1% 1.1% 1.6% 1.7% 1.8% 0.1% 0.7%
Rubber & Plastics 1.1% 1.3% 1.1% 1.2% 1.1% 1.7% 1.3% 1.7% 2.0% 0.2% 0.8%
Non-Metalic Minerals 0.6% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% 0.8% 0.5% 0.6% 0.7% 0.1% 0.1%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 2.2% 1.5% 1.5% 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% 1.4% 1.4% 1.2% -0.2% -1.0%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 2.2% 2.0% 1.4% 1.2% 1.3% 1.4% 1.5% 1.7% 1.5% -0.1% -0.7%
Electrical equipment 1.7% 1.9% 1.1% 1.0% 1.1% 2.8% 1.3% 1.0% 1.1% 0.0% -0.7%
Machinery & Equipment 1.6% 1.4% 1.3% 1.4% 1.2% 1.2% 1.4% 1.4% 1.7% 0.4% 0.1%
Transport Equipment 1.4% 2.0% 1.2% 0.9% 0.8% 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% 1.4% 0.4% 0.0%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 3.5% 2.8% 1.5% 1.5% 1.8% 2.2% 1.6% 1.8% 1.7% -0.1% -1.8%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.0% 0.2%
Information, Communications & Other Services 2.2% 1.6% 1.3% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% 1.3% 1.2% -0.1% -1.0%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 1.7% 1.5% 0.9% 1.0% 0.9% 1.4% 1.1% 1.4% 1.5% 0.1% -0.2%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 3.0% 1.9% 1.4% 1.2% 1.2% 1.3% 1.6% 1.6% 1.4% -0.2% -1.5%
Other IT & Computer Services 1.5% 1.2% 1.0% 1.4% 1.2% 1.4% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% -0.1% -0.6%
Financial Services 1.0% 0.9% 1.1% 1.3% 0.9% 0.8% 1.1% 0.9% 0.8% 0.0% -0.1%
Business, Education & Other Services 1.6% 1.4% 1.4% 1.5% 1.5% 1.4% 1.0% 1.2% 1.2% 0.0% -0.4%
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Appendix C - FOREIGN-OWNED Manufacturing and Internationally Traded Services
C1 Total Sales – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 79,419,459 83,655,999 87,207,556 88,977,160 91,192,876 96,618,639 105,484,715 111,330,097 115,307,613 3.6% 4.8%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 52,701,715 55,579,675 59,011,794 57,561,773 59,995,944 63,037,590 66,727,328 69,477,728 71,061,811 2.3% 3.8%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 3,369,030 3,570,624 3,702,436 5,394,362 4,792,189 5,236,797 5,604,980 5,034,289 6,142,609 22.0% 7.8%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 355,314 342,745 311,398 231,445 184,240 177,063 95,468 75,736 70,084 -7.5% -18.4%
Wood & Wood Products 207,653 225,563 207,158 194,957 210,776 225,114 233,360 254,378 204,469 -19.6% -0.2%
Paper & Printing 382,486 352,691 355,019 391,470 360,342 294,387 288,837 226,052 220,497 -2.5% -6.7%
Chemicals 19,008,319 20,927,796 27,530,875 24,894,145 26,662,199 28,159,068 28,148,303 31,075,800 32,012,626 3.0% 6.7%
Rubber & Plastics 753,915 730,529 735,790 808,772 881,457 862,484 963,727 940,339 827,726 -12.0% 1.2%
Non-Metalic Minerals 365,236 387,910 367,852 292,269 307,285 226,754 241,113 153,988 132,983 -13.6% -11.9%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 767,668 789,926 717,048 681,837 612,509 610,277 779,235 746,698 864,433 15.8% 1.5%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 20,779,028 21,190,955 18,502,294 17,785,139 18,838,832 19,283,017 22,641,528 22,804,423 22,113,286 -3.0% 0.8%
Electrical equipment 1,128,933 1,378,931 996,834 863,848 1,131,358 1,377,266 1,137,727 1,174,900 1,104,786 -6.0% -0.3%
Machinery & Equipment 1,477,365 1,420,895 1,324,230 1,349,354 1,153,261 1,135,627 1,009,401 1,035,557 993,004 -4.1% -4.8%
Transport Equipment 843,707 882,411 820,024 819,713 794,096 801,110 934,577 1,035,125 944,697 -8.7% 1.4%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 3,263,061 3,378,698 3,440,838 3,854,461 4,067,398 4,648,626 4,649,074 4,920,444 5,430,612 10.4% 6.6%
Information, Communications & Other Services 26,717,744 28,076,324 28,195,761 31,415,387 31,196,931 33,581,049 38,757,387 41,852,370 44,245,802 5.7% 6.5%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 80,760 90,044 93,410 116,754 128,814 88,111 80,430 71,309 70,262 -1.5% -1.7%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 24,780,466 26,270,050 25,756,341 28,349,122 28,134,620 30,283,738 34,817,814 36,854,529 39,116,996 6.1% 5.9%
Other IT & Computer Services 130,661 154,326 599,350 662,658 498,179 811,990 1,193,703 1,695,784 2,083,541 22.9% 41.4%
Financial Services 669,237 674,907 870,101 1,214,664 1,426,496 1,453,047 1,761,356 2,336,624 2,022,847 -13.4% 14.8%
Business, Education & Other Services 1,056,619 886,998 876,559 1,072,190 1,008,824 944,164 904,084 894,123 952,156 6.5% -1.3%
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C2 Total Sales per Employee – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
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Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 481.1 539.4 591.0 611.8 635.7 662.1 735.6 789.8 831.1 5.2% 7.1%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 441.3 503.5 557.1 562.6 601.8 629.4 683.8 727.3 768.3 5.6% 7.2%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 339.5 413.2 374.5 569.6 551.2 572.7 598.4 737.6 969.4 31.4% 14.0%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 89.3 122.9 138.9 144.2 145.5 153.9 111.7 123.3 122.2 -0.9% 4.0%
Wood & Wood Products 223.8 253.0 271.5 256.9 318.4 275.0 296.7 339.4 302.6 -10.8% 3.8%
Paper & Printing 179.2 210.6 206.0 231.7 232.6 225.8 213.3 223.5 220.7 -1.2% 2.6%
Chemicals 860.2 954.8 1,255.5 1,095.4 1,157.5 1,222.0 1,335.4 1,399.7 1,446.0 3.3% 6.7%
Rubber & Plastics 174.8 199.0 212.6 234.9 271.2 281.9 286.2 310.2 316.0 1.9% 7.7%
Non-Metalic Minerals 325.2 320.8 360.0 326.2 288.4 308.0 279.4 232.5 218.8 -5.9% -4.8%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 233.7 238.5 215.3 231.8 231.8 267.6 358.6 372.3 418.4 12.4% 7.6%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 635.0 753.6 728.2 778.6 835.3 907.6 1,062.5 1,028.1 1,015.5 -1.2% 6.0%
Electrical equipment 166.6 207.5 195.9 183.7 281.0 342.0 303.2 300.3 309.7 3.1% 8.1%
Machinery & Equipment 169.8 186.3 196.9 224.0 205.1 200.9 261.1 283.1 298.5 5.5% 7.3%
Transport Equipment 137.8 151.0 143.1 145.3 164.4 168.9 171.8 188.4 194.3 3.1% 4.4%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 188.5 187.4 184.8 196.9 198.4 202.6 198.9 212.3 236.7 11.5% 2.9%
Information, Communications & Other Services 585.4 627.9 677.1 728.4 713.0 733.6 845.9 921.2 956.5 3.8% 6.3%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 296.9 268.1 310.1 423.3 439.1 309.1 269.3 211.4 199.1 -5.8% -4.9%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 587.6 630.5 682.8 732.6 714.9 731.5 861.1 963.6 1,010.4 4.9% 7.0%
Other IT & Computer Services 139.7 199.1 516.3 692.6 732.9 889.9 978.6 870.8 992.8 14.0% 27.8%
Financial Services 1,247.3 1,203.8 831.2 932.2 1,060.6 1,041.1 657.5 626.2 521.1 -16.8% -10.3%
Business, Education & Other Services 613.0 645.1 622.2 565.7 483.8 529.2 763.2 764.4 787.4 3.0% 3.2%
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C3 Total Exports – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
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Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 72,538,828 78,184,139 81,801,121 83,722,826 86,122,739 91,398,975 100,239,224 105,912,767 109,871,012 3.7% 5.3%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 47,977,611 51,766,730 55,735,713 54,153,781 56,716,683 59,707,598 63,459,343 66,433,594 68,011,392 2.4% 4.5%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 2,519,708 2,825,161 2,733,093 4,506,058 4,040,711 4,419,003 4,738,933 4,498,204 5,705,363 26.8% 10.8%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 311,479 316,369 287,863 218,573 173,358 163,553 86,448 68,908 63,593 -7.7% -18.0%
Wood & Wood Products 169,075 186,358 170,434 158,847 173,303 186,096 191,970 204,890 165,978 -19.0% -0.2%
Paper & Printing 173,345 141,859 158,940 133,127 116,230 101,551 76,522 71,176 67,107 -5.7% -11.2%
Chemicals 18,197,968 20,335,612 27,089,498 24,213,681 25,996,474 27,522,224 27,590,710 30,344,745 30,803,826 1.5% 6.8%
Rubber & Plastics 534,131 571,776 560,327 618,424 692,043 673,918 706,707 727,109 672,757 -7.5% 2.9%
Non-Metalic Minerals 232,630 236,504 239,988 179,392 176,718 131,291 135,776 56,978 55,918 -1.9% -16.3%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 631,107 643,996 599,850 601,871 551,701 586,467 717,849 694,073 808,000 16.4% 3.1%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 19,268,678 19,994,809 17,713,871 17,122,021 18,191,545 18,564,857 22,028,737 22,176,109 21,654,357 -2.4% 1.5%
Electrical equipment 918,766 1,154,767 923,360 777,024 974,481 1,197,654 975,549 983,427 972,783 -1.1% 0.7%
Machinery & Equipment 1,318,410 1,258,691 1,149,659 1,160,671 1,012,337 989,327 917,021 945,661 904,982 -4.3% -4.6%
Transport Equipment 742,926 797,881 759,472 751,254 736,565 737,188 868,624 947,170 871,986 -7.9% 2.0%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 2,959,389 3,302,947 3,349,360 3,712,840 3,881,216 4,434,469 4,424,496 4,715,145 5,264,741 11.7% 7.5%
Information, Communications & Other Services 24,561,217 26,417,410 26,065,408 29,569,045 29,406,056 31,691,377 36,779,880 39,479,174 41,859,620 6.0% 6.9%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 74,376 86,462 91,527 114,988 126,677 86,849 58,574 40,597 61,821 52.3% -2.3%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 22,954,998 24,794,771 23,909,106 26,854,709 26,700,857 28,729,330 33,122,958 34,873,699 37,209,572 6.7% 6.2%
Other IT & Computer Services 81,013 141,181 525,809 612,136 462,862 758,047 1,121,176 1,609,347 2,005,176 24.6% 49.3%
Financial Services 631,667 640,666 801,507 1,111,813 1,303,340 1,320,220 1,622,618 2,124,509 1,688,008 -20.5% 13.1%
Business, Education & Other Services 819,162 754,330 737,459 875,400 812,321 796,932 854,555 831,022 895,043 7.7% 1.1%
23

C4 Exports as a Percentage of Sales – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
% % % % % % % % % % %
Total - All Sectors 91.3% 93.5% 93.8% 94.1% 94.4% 94.6% 95.0% 95.1% 95.3% 0.2% 0.5%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 91.0% 93.1% 94.4% 94.1% 94.5% 94.7% 95.1% 95.6% 95.7% 0.1% 0.6%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 74.8% 79.1% 73.8% 83.5% 84.3% 84.4% 84.5% 89.4% 92.9% 4.0% 2.7%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 87.7% 92.3% 92.4% 94.4% 94.1% 92.4% 90.6% 91.0% 90.7% -0.3% 0.4%
Wood & Wood Products 81.4% 82.6% 82.3% 81.5% 82.2% 82.7% 82.3% 80.5% 81.2% 0.8% 0.0%
Paper & Printing 45.3% 40.2% 44.8% 34.0% 32.3% 34.5% 26.5% 31.5% 30.4% -3.3% -4.9%
Chemicals 95.7% 97.2% 98.4% 97.3% 97.5% 97.7% 98.0% 97.6% 96.2% -1.5% 0.1%
Rubber & Plastics 70.8% 78.3% 76.2% 76.5% 78.5% 78.1% 73.3% 77.3% 81.3% 5.1% 1.7%
Non-Metalic Minerals 63.7% 61.0% 65.2% 61.4% 57.5% 57.9% 56.3% 37.0% 42.0% 13.6% -5.1%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 82.2% 81.5% 83.7% 88.3% 90.1% 96.1% 92.1% 93.0% 93.5% 0.6% 1.6%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 92.7% 94.4% 95.7% 96.3% 96.6% 96.3% 97.3% 97.2% 97.9% 0.7% 0.7%
Electrical equipment 81.4% 83.7% 92.6% 89.9% 86.1% 87.0% 85.7% 83.7% 88.1% 5.2% 1.0%
Machinery & Equipment 89.2% 88.6% 86.8% 86.0% 87.8% 87.1% 90.8% 91.3% 91.1% -0.2% 0.3%
Transport Equipment 88.1% 90.4% 92.6% 91.6% 92.8% 92.0% 92.9% 91.5% 92.3% 0.9% 0.6%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 90.7% 97.8% 97.3% 96.3% 95.4% 95.4% 95.2% 95.8% 96.9% 1.2% 0.8%
Information, Communications & Other Services 91.9% 94.1% 92.4% 94.1% 94.3% 94.4% 94.9% 94.3% 94.6% 0.3% 0.4%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 92.1% 96.0% 98.0% 98.5% 98.3% 98.6% 72.8% 56.9% 88.0% 54.6% -0.6%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 92.6% 94.4% 92.8% 94.7% 94.9% 94.9% 95.1% 94.6% 95.1% 0.5% 0.3%
Other IT & Computer Services 62.0% 91.5% 87.7% 92.4% 92.9% 93.4% 93.9% 94.9% 96.2% 1.4% 5.6%
Financial Services 94.4% 94.9% 92.1% 91.5% 91.4% 90.9% 92.1% 90.9% 83.4% -8.2% -1.5%
Business, Education & Other Services 77.5% 85.0% 84.1% 81.6% 80.5% 84.4% 94.5% 92.9% 94.0% 1.1% 2.4%
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C5 Total Payroll Costs – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 5,899,111 6,316,694 6,133,891 6,295,056 6,635,961 6,985,788 7,305,704 7,590,444 7,812,971 2.9% 3.6%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 4,120,393 4,287,890 4,144,798 4,260,985 4,503,638 4,692,637 4,880,062 5,072,997 5,074,442 0.0% 2.6%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 339,628 351,269 404,597 403,011 397,905 433,988 484,896 355,163 371,565 4.6% 1.1%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 85,990 80,901 65,182 47,460 39,306 37,431 27,889 21,467 20,651 -3.8% -16.3%
Wood & Wood Products 28,948 33,214 30,443 30,811 31,631 33,429 36,065 36,292 36,198 -0.3% 2.8%
Paper & Printing 76,011 65,928 67,293 70,113 69,607 56,827 60,865 50,173 50,343 0.3% -5.0%
Chemicals 935,374 991,146 1,101,184 1,203,557 1,309,877 1,392,019 1,354,952 1,477,736 1,534,818 3.9% 6.4%
Rubber & Plastics 116,511 116,405 113,412 124,589 120,846 115,980 134,621 133,171 122,197 -8.2% 0.6%
Non-Metalic Minerals 42,500 49,917 46,683 40,419 54,176 38,736 42,037 38,041 34,450 -9.4% -2.6%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 105,237 121,789 126,734 123,710 117,913 111,895 114,868 105,545 116,863 10.7% 1.3%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 1,231,268 1,230,806 958,279 944,011 999,819 988,651 1,086,036 1,220,139 1,128,395 -7.5% -1.1%
Electrical equipment 178,081 204,224 146,854 149,354 165,998 168,125 162,937 184,778 179,629 -2.8% 0.1%
Machinery & Equipment 281,085 267,255 249,116 231,490 233,615 238,686 167,606 158,915 162,584 2.3% -6.6%
Transport Equipment 207,965 219,051 212,348 216,005 209,262 210,256 238,752 275,710 270,090 -2.0% 3.3%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 491,796 555,985 622,673 676,455 753,683 866,616 968,537 1,015,868 1,046,660 3.0% 9.9%
Information, Communications & Other Services 1,778,718 2,028,804 1,989,093 2,034,071 2,132,324 2,293,150 2,425,642 2,517,446 2,738,529 8.8% 5.5%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 9,403 12,374 11,842 10,873 11,739 13,161 15,337 17,816 17,906 0.5% 8.4%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 1,647,856 1,907,542 1,819,871 1,834,475 1,934,525 2,084,373 2,154,359 2,144,932 2,294,661 7.0% 4.2%
Other IT & Computer Services 41,793 30,759 52,923 45,433 35,865 46,389 66,712 104,078 110,211 5.9% 12.9%
Financial Services 20,823 23,862 46,388 60,845 66,929 76,234 142,535 204,064 268,296 31.5% 37.6%
Business, Education & Other Services 58,843 54,267 58,069 82,445 83,266 72,994 46,700 46,556 47,453 1.9% -2.7%
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C6 Total Payroll Costs Per Employee – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 35.7 40.7 41.6 43.3 46.3 47.9 50.9 53.8 56.3 4.6% 5.8%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 34.5 38.8 39.1 41.6 45.2 46.9 50.0 53.1 54.9 3.3% 6.0%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 34.2 40.7 40.9 42.6 45.8 47.5 51.8 52.0 58.6 12.7% 7.0%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 21.6 29.0 29.1 29.6 31.0 32.5 32.6 35.0 36.0 3.0% 6.6%
Wood & Wood Products 31.2 37.3 39.9 40.6 47.8 40.8 45.9 48.4 53.6 10.6% 7.0%
Paper & Printing 35.6 39.4 39.0 41.5 44.9 43.6 44.9 49.6 50.4 1.6% 4.4%
Chemicals 42.3 45.2 50.2 53.0 56.9 60.4 64.3 66.6 69.3 4.2% 6.4%
Rubber & Plastics 27.0 31.7 32.8 36.2 37.2 37.9 40.0 43.9 46.7 6.2% 7.1%
Non-Metalic Minerals 37.8 41.3 45.7 45.1 50.8 52.6 48.7 57.4 56.7 -1.3% 5.2%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 32.0 36.8 38.0 42.1 44.6 49.1 52.9 52.6 56.6 7.5% 7.4%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 37.6 43.8 37.7 41.3 44.3 46.5 51.0 55.0 51.8 -5.8% 4.1%
Electrical equipment 26.3 30.7 28.9 31.8 41.2 41.8 43.4 47.2 50.3 6.6% 8.5%
Machinery & Equipment 32.3 35.0 37.0 38.4 41.6 42.2 43.3 43.4 48.9 12.5% 5.3%
Transport Equipment 34.0 37.5 37.0 38.3 43.3 44.3 43.9 50.2 55.5 10.7% 6.3%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 28.4 30.8 33.4 34.6 36.8 37.8 41.4 43.8 45.6 4.1% 6.1%
Information, Communications & Other Services 39.0 45.4 47.8 47.2 48.7 50.1 52.9 55.4 59.2 6.8% 5.4%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 34.6 36.8 39.3 39.4 40.0 46.2 51.3 52.8 50.7 -3.9% 4.9%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 39.1 45.8 48.2 47.4 49.2 50.3 53.3 56.1 59.3 5.7% 5.3%
Other IT & Computer Services 44.7 39.7 45.6 47.5 52.8 50.8 54.7 53.4 52.5 -1.7% 2.0%
Financial Services 38.8 42.6 44.3 46.7 49.8 54.6 53.2 54.7 69.1 26.4% 7.5%
Business, Education & Other Services 34.1 39.5 41.2 43.5 39.9 40.9 39.4 39.8 39.2 -1.4% 1.8%
26

C7 Total Materials Purchases – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 25,386,734 25,647,877 25,548,678 26,031,388 25,051,984 25,482,571 28,852,218 29,604,988 29,383,958 -0.7% 1.8%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 19,019,339 19,628,584 19,305,467 19,780,391 19,638,435 20,204,474 22,483,832 23,505,036 24,131,861 2.7% 3.0%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 1,087,827 1,139,562 1,192,188 1,160,970 1,176,806 1,288,165 1,344,990 1,168,798 1,224,259 4.7% 1.5%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 216,713 201,504 113,446 69,083 65,825 59,312 46,220 37,408 36,076 -3.6% -20.1%
Wood & Wood Products 83,860 88,323 73,466 72,550 79,544 88,492 91,774 97,209 91,496 -5.9% 1.1%
Paper & Printing 190,613 169,391 160,582 136,932 121,856 100,613 87,667 72,420 71,357 -1.5% -11.6%
Chemicals 3,102,524 3,384,396 3,710,458 3,899,168 4,151,827 4,234,453 4,927,571 6,523,897 6,873,104 5.4% 10.5%
Rubber & Plastics 309,474 266,744 246,210 292,407 302,203 297,458 349,919 327,209 281,573 -13.9% -1.2%
Non-Metalic Minerals 143,654 150,451 131,811 95,695 98,184 72,316 71,249 57,930 56,012 -3.3% -11.1%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 319,724 373,329 384,805 337,961 285,354 277,180 456,646 481,945 586,629 21.7% 7.9%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 10,650,562 10,645,710 10,601,876 11,081,477 10,665,733 11,101,919 12,357,470 12,022,587 12,334,994 2.6% 1.9%
Electrical equipment 599,307 831,190 568,665 603,076 654,886 603,912 600,337 596,310 528,260 -11.4% -1.6%
Machinery & Equipment 818,258 746,076 692,674 601,026 512,260 522,736 441,100 426,822 419,133 -1.8% -8.0%
Transport Equipment 427,666 412,460 369,478 357,278 356,555 369,949 434,904 463,001 405,854 -12.3% -0.7%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 1,069,157 1,219,447 1,059,807 1,072,767 1,167,403 1,187,969 1,273,986 1,229,500 1,223,114 -0.5% 1.7%
Information, Communications & Other Services 6,367,395 6,019,293 6,243,211 6,250,997 5,413,549 5,278,097 6,368,385 6,099,952 5,252,097 -13.9% -2.4%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 14,175 11,288 9,902 11,466 11,116 12,838 12,070 12,495 10,358 -17.1% -3.8%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 5,927,570 5,714,162 5,622,808 5,562,309 4,789,377 4,686,295 5,897,260 5,553,022 4,532,335 -18.4% -3.3%
Other IT & Computer Services 62,334 11,504 353,175 383,060 289,374 341,949 227,420 281,300 391,153 39.1% 25.8%
Financial Services 12 35 194 73 34 53 2,882 3,637 3,497 -3.9% 104.0%
Business, Education & Other Services 363,303 282,305 257,131 294,089 323,648 236,962 228,754 249,498 314,754 26.2% -1.8%
27

C8 Materials Purchased in Ireland – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 5,581,815 6,079,815 6,022,777 5,260,585 4,507,520 3,768,827 3,161,253 3,128,906 2,954,565 -5.6% -7.6%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 4,019,355 4,220,241 3,995,191 3,589,954 3,161,026 2,746,939 2,772,214 2,550,641 2,542,114 -0.3% -5.6%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 718,896 729,922 800,286 732,843 671,241 723,622 757,956 518,682 572,032 10.3% -2.8%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 53,306 52,033 36,224 10,977 9,489 6,958 1,920 915 723 -21.0% -41.6%
Wood & Wood Products 56,186 58,494 52,198 51,890 56,625 66,044 68,448 78,162 75,240 -3.7% 3.7%
Paper & Printing 82,076 76,337 26,979 18,971 15,768 13,967 12,655 11,022 11,120 0.9% -22.1%
Chemicals 412,898 539,693 701,788 655,417 645,380 548,018 539,868 565,946 550,943 -2.7% 3.7%
Rubber & Plastics 67,749 41,641 47,595 52,154 42,870 34,067 30,069 29,107 25,104 -13.8% -11.7%
Non-Metalic Minerals 41,582 40,838 30,775 14,718 18,572 13,486 10,136 9,958 8,084 -18.8% -18.5%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 74,170 111,868 115,157 89,138 74,795 45,076 65,724 60,887 61,328 0.7% -2.3%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 1,787,892 1,675,359 1,144,195 1,045,197 761,791 573,694 662,998 624,454 634,151 1.6% -12.2%
Electrical equipment 105,248 226,016 201,086 247,634 264,480 189,087 126,516 121,776 100,750 -17.3% -0.5%
Machinery & Equipment 208,104 192,527 325,138 300,905 242,327 213,801 110,848 112,038 114,268 2.0% -7.2%
Transport Equipment 146,472 153,054 163,469 36,040 22,245 14,127 34,202 36,878 27,834 -24.5% -18.7%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 264,775 322,460 350,301 334,070 335,443 304,993 350,873 380,816 360,538 -5.3% 3.9%
Information, Communications & Other Services 1,562,461 1,859,574 2,027,586 1,670,631 1,346,495 1,021,888 389,038 578,265 412,450 -28.7% -15.3%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 8,468 5,944 3,715 5,670 5,367 6,537 2,024 2,217 1,909 -13.9% -17.0%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 1,370,137 1,743,393 1,885,292 1,515,177 1,193,498 935,773 351,203 519,709 365,396 -29.7% -15.2%
Other IT & Computer Services 25,660 2,604 52,679 20,584 10,719 8,518 7,341 20,660 15,695 -24.0% -6.0%
Financial Services 12 35 70 54 34 53 1,748 2,157 2,040 -5.5% 90.7%
Business, Education & Other Services 158,183 107,599 85,829 129,146 136,877 71,007 26,723 33,522 27,411 -18.2% -19.7%
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C9 Total Services Purchases – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 19,772,282 20,982,609 22,120,016 25,660,307 25,711,287 26,152,620 31,199,058 33,234,895 35,958,027 8.2% 7.8%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 8,662,493 9,093,127 10,281,660 11,833,815 11,717,235 12,206,299 15,985,278 17,120,866 16,335,149 -4.6% 8.3%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 1,027,772 1,016,792 1,137,239 1,338,738 1,860,018 1,980,931 2,054,838 2,200,688 2,375,849 8.0% 11.0%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 66,010 64,548 53,235 44,366 39,263 31,208 12,099 11,072 10,472 -5.4% -20.6%
Wood & Wood Products 65,568 73,865 66,945 57,456 52,260 65,825 66,050 78,183 57,949 -25.9% -1.5%
Paper & Printing 63,056 66,850 52,960 59,503 54,244 47,472 41,331 31,845 30,818 -3.2% -8.6%
Chemicals 4,312,631 4,703,209 5,763,377 7,158,817 6,482,965 6,914,047 9,929,277 9,663,828 9,868,385 2.1% 10.9%
Rubber & Plastics 91,777 97,066 90,110 117,431 128,284 106,448 100,699 109,411 89,556 -18.1% -0.3%
Non-Metalic Minerals 49,767 53,993 45,710 39,943 52,354 41,264 34,538 32,371 26,843 -17.1% -7.4%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 173,130 180,798 178,867 192,038 141,760 150,502 75,727 78,719 56,196 -28.6% -13.1%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 2,106,413 2,055,755 2,136,254 2,062,310 2,012,253 1,947,758 2,517,299 3,446,767 2,248,747 -34.8% 0.8%
Electrical equipment 101,425 121,227 109,768 110,476 240,882 163,877 122,523 116,312 114,027 -2.0% 1.5%
Machinery & Equipment 153,326 179,256 142,390 106,191 89,121 104,249 107,628 130,074 132,862 2.1% -1.8%
Transport Equipment 98,861 107,417 103,599 109,459 83,384 90,681 109,588 132,447 122,822 -7.3% 2.7%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 352,756 372,350 401,206 437,087 480,447 562,036 813,682 1,089,149 1,200,625 10.2% 16.5%
Information, Communications & Other Services 11,109,789 11,889,482 11,838,356 13,826,492 13,994,052 13,946,321 15,213,780 16,114,029 19,622,878 21.8% 7.4%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 9,312 7,736 4,269 10,860 13,798 7,780 12,768 13,859 13,430 -3.1% 4.7%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 11,018,550 11,774,646 11,692,877 13,613,176 13,775,108 13,316,018 14,350,917 14,938,295 18,229,101 22.0% 6.5%
Other IT & Computer Services 14,328 10,167 31,001 36,254 43,132 406,054 631,516 937,690 1,153,703 23.0% 73.1%
Financial Services 10,547 16,281 29,099 30,563 30,159 36,608 73,978 101,791 102,983 1.2% 33.0%
Business, Education & Other Services 57,053 80,652 81,110 135,639 131,855 179,860 144,602 122,394 123,662 1.0% 10.2%
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C10 Services Purchased in Ireland – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 10,500,263 10,525,679 10,296,353 11,090,374 9,423,926 8,469,963 8,938,869 9,345,408 10,238,007 9.6% -0.3%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 2,957,321 2,911,234 3,154,395 3,439,504 3,025,061 2,878,462 3,157,892 3,368,369 3,171,147 -5.9% 0.9%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 331,661 369,251 457,262 446,199 450,489 464,440 486,536 320,130 344,184 7.5% 0.5%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 37,366 34,591 28,557 19,693 13,955 13,191 9,675 8,824 7,729 -12.4% -17.9%
Wood & Wood Products 54,604 63,372 53,685 47,698 44,691 52,915 51,061 71,747 52,946 -26.2% -0.4%
Paper & Printing 58,909 62,403 43,569 51,511 46,710 42,505 36,431 27,791 26,890 -3.2% -9.3%
Chemicals 787,728 735,451 999,706 1,483,626 1,106,225 998,252 1,023,677 1,123,810 1,151,847 2.5% 4.9%
Rubber & Plastics 67,746 73,515 65,018 76,043 78,919 64,948 67,908 74,344 62,089 -16.5% -1.1%
Non-Metalic Minerals 40,203 43,179 35,147 31,444 43,518 34,459 31,518 29,952 24,893 -16.9% -5.8%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 77,299 72,828 79,949 88,820 72,784 73,305 63,216 62,999 45,132 -28.4% -6.5%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 1,005,006 893,560 848,349 651,088 568,879 578,809 762,377 947,399 647,789 -31.6% -5.3%
Electrical equipment 62,527 88,383 81,727 82,776 150,627 95,882 72,922 79,334 82,044 3.4% 3.5%
Machinery & Equipment 120,113 141,944 112,611 78,933 62,849 74,090 64,380 63,594 72,530 14.1% -6.1%
Transport Equipment 87,910 91,245 85,105 79,479 55,476 60,653 62,274 65,912 63,354 -3.9% -4.0%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 226,249 241,513 263,713 302,194 329,938 325,014 425,917 492,532 589,720 19.7% 12.7%
Information, Communications & Other Services 7,542,942 7,614,444 7,141,958 7,650,870 6,398,865 5,591,501 5,780,977 5,977,038 7,066,860 18.2% -0.8%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 5,510 3,772 2,413 4,958 3,824 2,263 10,521 11,460 11,152 -2.7% 9.2%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 7,482,479 7,560,074 7,080,988 7,570,250 6,319,032 5,461,138 5,609,735 5,770,098 6,870,618 19.1% -1.1%
Other IT & Computer Services 11,951 8,346 15,496 16,314 15,154 63,243 87,763 102,874 88,051 -14.4% 28.4%
Financial Services 6,345 10,116 15,237 16,579 15,053 17,608 41,846 65,560 71,033 8.3% 35.2%
Business, Education & Other Services 36,658 32,136 27,824 42,769 45,802 47,249 31,111 27,046 26,005 -3.8% -4.2%
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C11 Total Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy* – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
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Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 21,981,189 22,922,188 22,453,021 22,646,014 20,567,408 19,224,578 19,405,826 20,064,758 21,005,543 4.7% -0.6%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 11,097,069 11,419,365 11,294,384 11,290,442 10,689,724 10,318,038 10,810,169 10,992,008 10,787,704 -1.9% -0.4%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 1,390,184 1,450,442 1,662,144 1,582,054 1,519,634 1,622,050 1,729,389 1,193,975 1,287,781 7.9% -1.0%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 176,663 167,525 129,964 78,130 62,750 57,580 39,485 31,206 29,103 -6.7% -20.2%
Wood & Wood Products 139,739 155,080 136,326 130,399 132,947 152,387 155,575 186,201 164,383 -11.7% 2.1%
Paper & Printing 216,997 204,667 137,841 140,595 132,084 113,298 109,950 88,986 88,352 -0.7% -10.6%
Chemicals 2,135,999 2,266,290 2,802,677 3,342,599 3,061,482 2,938,289 2,918,497 3,167,492 3,237,607 2.2% 5.3%
Rubber & Plastics 252,006 231,561 226,024 252,785 242,635 214,995 232,598 236,623 209,390 -11.5% -2.3%
Non-Metalic Minerals 124,285 133,934 112,605 86,581 116,266 86,681 83,691 77,951 67,427 -13.5% -7.4%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 256,706 306,485 321,840 301,668 265,493 230,276 243,808 229,431 223,324 -2.7% -1.7%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 4,024,166 3,799,724 2,950,824 2,640,296 2,330,489 2,141,153 2,511,411 2,791,992 2,410,335 -13.7% -6.2%
Electrical equipment 345,856 518,623 429,666 479,765 581,105 453,094 362,375 385,888 362,423 -6.1% 0.6%
Machinery & Equipment 609,302 601,726 686,865 611,328 538,791 526,577 342,834 334,548 349,383 4.4% -6.7%
Transport Equipment 442,347 463,350 460,922 331,525 286,983 285,035 335,229 378,500 361,278 -4.6% -2.5%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 982,819 1,119,958 1,236,686 1,312,719 1,419,064 1,496,622 1,745,328 1,889,215 1,996,917 5.7% 9.3%
Information, Communications & Other Services 10,884,121 11,502,823 11,158,636 11,355,572 9,877,683 8,906,539 8,595,657 9,072,750 10,217,839 12.6% -0.8%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 23,381 22,089 17,971 21,502 20,930 21,960 27,882 31,494 30,967 -1.7% 3.6%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 10,500,471 11,211,009 10,786,151 10,919,902 9,447,055 8,481,284 8,115,297 8,434,738 9,530,675 13.0% -1.2%
Other IT & Computer Services 79,404 41,709 121,098 82,331 61,738 118,149 161,816 227,612 213,957 -6.0% 13.2%
Financial Services 27,180 34,013 61,695 77,478 82,016 93,895 186,129 271,782 341,370 25.6% 37.2%
Business, Education & Other Services 253,684 194,003 171,722 254,360 265,945 191,250 104,534 107,124 100,869 -5.8% -10.9%
* “Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy” is defined as total payroll costs, Irish-sourced raw materials and services purchased in Ireland.
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FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
C12 Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy* as Percentage of Sales – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
Percentage Percentage
Point Change Point Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
% % % % % % % % % % %
Total - All Sectors 27.7% 27.4% 25.7% 25.5% 22.6% 19.9% 18.4% 18.0% 18.2% 0.2% -9.5%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 21.1% 20.5% 19.1% 19.6% 17.8% 16.4% 16.2% 15.8% 15.2% -0.6% -5.9%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 41.3% 40.6% 44.9% 29.3% 31.7% 31.0% 30.9% 23.7% 21.0% -2.8% -20.3%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 49.7% 48.9% 41.7% 33.8% 34.1% 32.5% 41.4% 41.2% 41.5% 0.3% -8.2%
Wood & Wood Products 67.3% 68.8% 65.8% 66.9% 63.1% 67.7% 66.7% 73.2% 80.4% 7.2% 13.1%
Paper & Printing 56.7% 58.0% 38.8% 35.9% 36.7% 38.5% 38.1% 39.4% 40.1% 0.7% -16.7%
Chemicals 11.2% 10.8% 10.2% 13.4% 11.5% 10.4% 10.4% 10.2% 10.1% -0.1% -1.1%
Rubber & Plastics 33.4% 31.7% 30.7% 31.3% 27.5% 24.9% 24.1% 25.2% 25.3% 0.1% -8.1%
Non-Metalic Minerals 34.0% 34.5% 30.6% 29.6% 37.8% 38.2% 34.7% 50.6% 50.7% 0.1% 16.7%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 33.4% 38.8% 44.9% 44.2% 43.3% 37.7% 31.3% 30.7% 25.8% -4.9% -7.6%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 19.4% 17.9% 15.9% 14.8% 12.4% 11.1% 11.1% 12.2% 10.9% -1.3% -8.5%
Electrical equipment 30.6% 37.6% 43.1% 55.5% 51.4% 32.9% 31.9% 32.8% 32.8% 0.0% 2.2%
Machinery & Equipment 41.2% 42.3% 51.9% 45.3% 46.7% 46.4% 34.0% 32.3% 35.2% 2.9% -6.1%
Transport Equipment 52.4% 52.5% 56.2% 40.4% 36.1% 35.6% 35.9% 36.6% 38.2% 1.7% -14.2%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 30.1% 33.1% 35.9% 34.1% 34.9% 32.2% 37.5% 38.4% 36.8% -1.6% 6.7%
Information, Communications & Other Services 40.7% 41.0% 39.6% 36.1% 31.7% 26.5% 22.2% 21.7% 23.1% 1.4% -17.6%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 29.0% 24.5% 19.2% 18.4% 16.2% 24.9% 34.7% 44.2% 44.1% -0.1% 15.1%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 42.4% 42.7% 41.9% 38.5% 33.6% 28.0% 23.3% 22.9% 24.4% 1.5% -18.0%
Other IT & Computer Services 60.8% 27.0% 20.2% 12.4% 12.4% 14.6% 13.6% 13.4% 10.3% -3.2% -50.5%
Financial Services 4.1% 5.0% 7.1% 6.4% 5.7% 6.5% 10.6% 11.6% 16.9% 5.2% 12.8%
Business, Education & Other Services 24.0% 21.9% 19.6% 23.7% 26.4% 20.3% 11.6% 12.0% 10.6% -1.4% -13.4%
“Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy” is defined as total payroll costs, Irish-sourced raw materials and services purchased in Ireland.
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C13 Total Value Added* – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
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Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 34,260,443 37,025,514 39,538,862 37,285,466 40,429,604 44,983,449 45,433,439 48,490,214 49,965,628 3.0% 4.8%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 25,019,883 26,857,965 29,424,667 25,947,567 28,640,273 30,626,817 28,258,217 28,851,826 30,594,801 6.0% 2.5%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 1,253,431 1,414,271 1,373,009 2,894,655 1,755,366 1,967,701 2,205,153 1,664,803 2,542,501 52.7% 9.2%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 72,591 76,694 144,717 117,996 79,153 86,543 37,149 27,256 23,536 -13.6% -13.1%
Wood & Wood Products 58,225 63,375 66,747 64,951 78,972 70,797 75,536 78,986 55,024 -30.3% -0.7%
Paper & Printing 128,818 116,450 141,476 195,035 184,242 146,302 159,840 121,788 118,321 -2.8% -1.1%
Chemicals 11,593,163 12,840,191 18,057,040 13,836,159 16,027,407 17,010,568 13,291,454 14,888,074 15,271,137 2.6% 3.5%
Rubber & Plastics 352,664 366,719 399,470 398,933 450,971 458,578 513,110 503,719 456,598 -9.4% 3.3%
Non-Metalic Minerals 171,815 183,466 190,331 156,630 156,747 113,174 135,325 63,687 50,128 -21.3% -14.3%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 274,814 235,799 153,376 151,839 185,395 182,595 246,862 186,033 221,609 19.1% -2.7%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 8,022,052 8,489,489 5,764,164 4,641,353 6,160,846 6,233,340 7,766,758 7,335,069 7,529,545 2.7% -0.8%
Electrical equipment 428,201 426,514 318,401 150,296 235,589 609,477 414,867 462,278 462,499 0.0% 1.0%
Machinery & Equipment 505,781 495,563 489,165 642,137 551,880 508,641 460,673 478,661 441,008 -7.9% -1.7%
Transport Equipment 317,179 362,533 346,946 352,976 354,157 340,480 390,085 439,677 416,021 -5.4% 3.4%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 1,841,148 1,786,901 1,979,825 2,344,607 2,419,548 2,898,622 2,561,405 2,601,795 3,006,873 15.6% 6.3%
Information, Communications & Other Services 9,240,560 10,167,548 10,114,195 11,337,899 11,789,331 14,356,632 17,175,222 19,638,388 19,370,827 -1.4% 9.7%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 57,273 71,020 79,239 94,427 103,900 67,493 55,592 44,954 46,474 3.4% -2.6%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 7,834,346 8,781,242 8,440,656 9,173,637 9,570,135 12,281,425 14,569,638 16,363,212 16,355,560 0.0% 9.6%
Other IT & Computer Services 53,999 132,655 215,174 243,345 165,672 63,987 334,767 476,794 538,686 13.0% 33.3%
Financial Services 658,679 658,591 840,808 1,184,028 1,396,303 1,416,385 1,684,496 2,231,196 1,916,367 -14.1% 14.3%
Business, Education & Other Services 636,263 524,041 538,318 642,462 553,321 527,342 530,729 522,231 513,740 -1.6% -2.6%
* Value Added is defined as total sales minus all purchases of raw materials and services
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C14 Total Value Added* per Employee – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
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Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 207.6 238.7 267.9 256.4 281.8 308.3 316.8 344.0 360.1 4.7% 7.1%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 209.5 243.3 277.8 253.6 287.3 305.8 289.6 302.0 330.8 9.5% 5.9%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 126.3 163.7 138.9 305.6 201.9 215.2 235.4 243.9 401.3 64.5% 15.5%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 18.2 27.5 64.5 73.5 62.5 75.2 43.5 44.4 41.0 -7.6% 10.7%
Wood & Wood Products 62.7 71.1 87.5 85.6 119.3 86.5 96.0 105.4 81.4 -22.7% 3.3%
Paper & Printing 60.3 69.5 82.1 115.5 118.9 112.2 118.0 120.4 118.4 -1.6% 8.8%
Chemicals 524.6 585.8 823.4 608.8 695.8 738.2 630.6 670.6 689.8 2.9% 3.5%
Rubber & Plastics 81.8 99.9 115.4 115.8 138.8 149.9 152.4 166.2 174.3 4.9% 9.9%
Non-Metalic Minerals 153.0 151.7 186.2 174.8 147.1 153.7 156.8 96.2 82.5 -14.3% -7.4%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 83.7 71.2 46.0 51.6 70.2 80.1 113.6 92.8 107.3 15.6% 3.2%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 245.1 301.9 226.9 203.2 273.2 293.4 364.5 330.7 345.8 4.6% 4.4%
Electrical equipment 63.2 64.2 62.6 32.0 58.5 151.4 110.6 118.1 129.6 9.7% 9.4%
Machinery & Equipment 58.1 65.0 72.7 106.6 98.2 90.0 119.1 130.8 132.6 1.3% 10.9%
Transport Equipment 51.8 62.0 60.5 62.6 73.3 71.8 71.7 80.0 85.6 6.9% 6.5%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 106.3 99.1 106.3 119.8 118.0 126.3 109.6 112.2 131.1 16.8% 2.6%
Information, Communications & Other Services 202.5 227.4 242.9 262.9 269.4 313.6 374.9 432.2 418.8 -3.1% 9.5%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 210.6 211.4 263.1 342.3 354.2 236.8 186.1 133.3 131.7 -1.2% -5.7%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 185.8 210.7 223.7 237.1 243.2 296.7 360.3 427.8 422.5 -1.3% 10.8%
Other IT & Computer Services 57.7 171.2 185.4 254.3 243.7 70.1 274.4 244.8 256.7 4.8% 20.5%
Financial Services 1,227.6 1,174.7 803.3 908.7 1,038.1 1,014.9 628.8 597.9 493.7 -17.4% -10.8%
Business, Education & Other Services 369.1 381.1 382.1 339.0 265.4 295.6 448.0 446.4 424.9 -4.8% 1.8%
* Value Added is defined as total sales minus all purchases of raw materials and services
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C15 Value Added* as a Percentage of Sales – Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
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Percentage Percentage
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Point Change Point Change
2007-2008 2000-2008
% % % % % % % % % % %
Total - All Sectors 43.1% 44.3% 45.3% 41.9% 44.3% 46.6% 43.1% 43.6% 43.3% -0.2% 0.2%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 47.5% 48.3% 49.9% 45.1% 47.7% 48.6% 42.3% 41.5% 43.1% 1.5% -4.4%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 37.2% 39.6% 37.1% 53.7% 36.6% 37.6% 39.3% 33.1% 41.4% 8.3% 4.2%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 20.4% 22.4% 46.5% 51.0% 43.0% 48.9% 38.9% 36.0% 33.6% -2.4% 13.2%
Wood & Wood Products 28.0% 28.1% 32.2% 33.3% 37.5% 31.4% 32.4% 31.1% 26.9% -4.1% -1.1%
Paper & Printing 33.7% 33.0% 39.9% 49.8% 51.1% 49.7% 55.3% 53.9% 53.7% -0.2% 20.0%
Chemicals 61.0% 61.4% 65.6% 55.6% 60.1% 60.4% 47.2% 47.9% 47.7% -0.2% -13.3%
Rubber & Plastics 46.8% 50.2% 54.3% 49.3% 51.2% 53.2% 53.2% 53.6% 55.2% 1.6% 8.4%
Non-Metalic Minerals 47.0% 47.3% 51.7% 53.6% 51.0% 49.9% 56.1% 41.4% 37.7% -3.7% -9.3%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 35.8% 29.9% 21.4% 22.3% 30.3% 29.9% 31.7% 24.9% 25.6% 0.7% -10.2%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 38.6% 40.1% 31.2% 26.1% 32.7% 32.3% 34.3% 32.2% 34.0% 1.9% -4.6%
Electrical equipment 37.9% 30.9% 31.9% 17.4% 20.8% 44.3% 36.5% 39.3% 41.9% 2.5% 3.9%
Machinery & Equipment 34.2% 34.9% 36.9% 47.6% 47.9% 44.8% 45.6% 46.2% 44.4% -1.8% 10.2%
Transport Equipment 37.6% 41.1% 42.3% 43.1% 44.6% 42.5% 41.7% 42.5% 44.0% 1.6% 6.4%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 56.4% 52.9% 57.5% 60.8% 59.5% 62.4% 55.1% 52.9% 55.4% 2.5% -1.1%
Information, Communications & Other Services 34.6% 36.2% 35.9% 36.1% 37.8% 42.8% 44.3% 46.9% 43.8% -3.1% 9.2%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 70.9% 78.9% 84.8% 80.9% 80.7% 76.6% 69.1% 63.0% 66.1% 3.1% -4.8%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 31.6% 33.4% 32.8% 32.4% 34.0% 40.6% 41.8% 44.4% 41.8% -2.6% 10.2%
Other IT & Computer Services 41.3% 86.0% 35.9% 36.7% 33.3% 7.9% 28.0% 28.1% 25.9% -2.3% -15.5%
Financial Services 98.4% 97.6% 96.6% 97.5% 97.9% 97.5% 95.6% 95.5% 94.7% -0.8% -3.7%
Business, Education & Other Services 60.2% 59.1% 61.4% 59.9% 54.8% 55.9% 58.7% 58.4% 54.0% -4.5% -6.3%
* Value Added is defined as total sales minus all purchases of raw materials and services
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FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
C16 Payroll Costs as a Percentage of Total Value Added* Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
Percentage Percentage
Point Change Point Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
% % % % % % % % % % %
Total - All Sectors 17.2% 17.1% 15.5% 16.9% 16.4% 15.5% 16.1% 15.7% 15.6% 0.0% -1.6%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 16.5% 16.0% 14.1% 16.4% 15.7% 15.3% 17.3% 17.6% 16.6% -1.0% 0.1%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 27.1% 24.8% 29.5% 13.9% 22.7% 22.1% 22.0% 21.3% 14.6% -6.7% -12.5%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 118.5% 105.5% 45.0% 40.2% 49.7% 43.3% 75.1% 78.8% 87.7% 9.0% -30.7%
Wood & Wood Products 49.7% 52.4% 45.6% 47.4% 40.1% 47.2% 47.7% 45.9% 65.8% 19.8% 16.1%
Paper & Printing 59.0% 56.6% 47.6% 35.9% 37.8% 38.8% 38.1% 41.2% 42.5% 1.4% -16.5%
Chemicals 8.1% 7.7% 6.1% 8.7% 8.2% 8.2% 10.2% 9.9% 10.1% 0.1% 2.0%
Rubber & Plastics 33.0% 31.7% 28.4% 31.2% 26.8% 25.3% 26.2% 26.4% 26.8% 0.3% -6.3%
Non-Metalic Minerals 24.7% 27.2% 24.5% 25.8% 34.6% 34.2% 31.1% 59.7% 68.7% 9.0% 44.0%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 38.3% 51.6% 82.6% 81.5% 63.6% 61.3% 46.5% 56.7% 52.7% -4.0% 14.4%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 15.3% 14.5% 16.6% 20.3% 16.2% 15.9% 14.0% 16.6% 15.0% -1.6% -0.4%
Electrical equipment 41.6% 47.9% 46.1% 99.4% 70.5% 27.6% 39.3% 40.0% 38.8% -1.1% -2.7%
Machinery & Equipment 55.6% 53.9% 50.9% 36.0% 42.3% 46.9% 36.4% 33.2% 36.9% 3.7% -18.7%
Transport Equipment 65.6% 60.4% 61.2% 61.2% 59.1% 61.8% 61.2% 62.7% 64.9% 2.2% -0.6%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 26.7% 31.1% 31.5% 28.9% 31.1% 29.9% 37.8% 39.0% 34.8% -4.2% 8.1%
Information, Communications & Other Services 19.2% 20.0% 19.7% 17.9% 18.1% 16.0% 14.1% 12.8% 14.1% 1.3% -5.1%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 16.4% 17.4% 14.9% 11.5% 11.3% 19.5% 27.6% 39.6% 38.5% -1.1% 22.1%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 21.0% 21.7% 21.6% 20.0% 20.2% 17.0% 14.8% 13.1% 14.0% 0.9% -7.0%
Other IT & Computer Services 77.4% 23.2% 24.6% 18.7% 21.6% 72.5% 19.9% 21.8% 20.5% -1.4% -56.9%
Financial Services 3.2% 3.6% 5.5% 5.1% 4.8% 5.4% 8.5% 9.1% 14.0% 4.9% 10.8%
Business, Education & Other Services 9.2% 10.4% 10.8% 12.8% 15.0% 13.8% 8.8% 8.9% 9.2% 0.3% 0.0%
* Value Added is defined as total sales minus all purchases of raw materials and services
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C17 Expenditure on Structured Training - Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 109,107 108,730 92,476 104,929 106,028 88,484 93,925 115,950 115,882 -0.1% 0.8%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 57,527 60,717 54,543 69,457 74,185 59,622 63,107 66,491 61,926 -6.9% 0.9%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 5,206 6,221 6,503 4,390 4,023 4,568 5,991 4,526 5,052 11.6% -0.4%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 605 677 700 477 484 608 926 598 350 -41.4% -6.6%
Wood & Wood Products 236 297 363 344 303 293 311 327 354 8.2% 5.2%
Paper & Printing 407 438 615 987 491 436 503 455 412 -9.4% 0.2%
Chemicals 14,046 15,920 18,296 25,287 23,908 22,546 20,292 24,357 20,496 -15.9% 4.8%
Rubber & Plastics 2,087 1,210 1,307 1,472 1,427 850 1,194 956 663 -30.7% -13.4%
Non-Metalic Minerals 309 378 449 351 224 181 254 301 293 -2.6% -0.7%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 1,294 1,417 1,564 1,410 1,016 1,903 758 838 844 0.7% -5.2%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 18,258 16,867 11,699 12,770 12,258 12,160 16,379 13,940 12,308 -11.7% -4.8%
Electrical equipment 1,895 2,374 1,395 1,887 2,030 1,486 1,236 1,639 1,333 -18.7% -4.3%
Machinery & Equipment 2,395 3,352 2,210 2,260 2,091 1,981 1,083 1,073 1,002 -6.6% -10.3%
Transport Equipment 2,375 2,316 2,014 1,726 1,331 2,443 3,711 3,020 3,758 24.4% 5.9%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 8,415 9,251 7,426 16,095 24,597 10,165 10,468 14,461 15,060 4.1% 7.5%
Information, Communications & Other Services 51,580 48,013 37,932 35,473 31,843 28,863 30,818 49,458 53,956 9.1% 0.6%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 241 306 110 77 113 207 274 298 282 -5.4% 1.9%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 49,618 46,349 36,068 33,105 29,634 26,762 28,605 45,735 50,902 11.3% 0.3%
Other IT & Computer Services 272 338 509 512 403 301 505 1,111 1,116 0.4% 19.3%
Financial Services 344 318 519 941 839 840 1,162 2,003 1,398 -30.2% 19.2%
Business, Education & Other Services 1,104 702 728 838 855 751 272 311 259 -16.9% -16.6%
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FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
C18 Expenditure on Structured Training as a Percentage of Payroll - Foreign-owned companies, 2000-2008
Percentage Percentage
Point Change Point Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 1.8% 1.7% 1.5% 1.7% 1.6% 1.3% 1.3% 1.5% 1.5% 0.0% -0.4%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 1.4% 1.4% 1.3% 1.6% 1.6% 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% -0.1% -0.2%
Food, Drink,Tobacco & Primary Product. 1.5% 1.8% 1.6% 1.1% 1.0% 1.1% 1.2% 1.3% 1.4% 0.1% -0.2%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 0.7% 0.8% 1.1% 1.0% 1.2% 1.6% 3.3% 2.8% 1.7% -1.1% 1.0%
Wood & Wood Products 0.8% 0.9% 1.2% 1.1% 1.0% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 0.1% 0.2%
Paper & Printing 0.5% 0.7% 0.9% 1.4% 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 0.8% -0.1% 0.3%
Chemicals 1.5% 1.6% 1.7% 2.1% 1.8% 1.6% 1.5% 1.6% 1.3% -0.3% -0.2%
Rubber & Plastics 1.8% 1.0% 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 0.7% 0.9% 0.7% 0.5% -0.2% -1.2%
Non-Metalic Minerals 0.7% 0.8% 1.0% 0.9% 0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 0.1% 0.1%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 1.1% 0.9% 1.7% 0.7% 0.8% 0.7% -0.1% -0.5%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 1.5% 1.4% 1.2% 1.4% 1.2% 1.2% 1.5% 1.1% 1.1% -0.1% -0.4%
Electrical equipment 1.1% 1.2% 1.0% 1.3% 1.2% 0.9% 0.8% 0.9% 0.7% -0.1% -0.3%
Machinery & Equipment 0.9% 1.3% 0.9% 1.0% 0.9% 0.8% 0.6% 0.7% 0.6% -0.1% -0.2%
Transport Equipment 1.1% 1.1% 0.9% 0.8% 0.6% 1.2% 1.6% 1.1% 1.4% 0.3% 0.2%
Other Misc. Manu & Medical Devices 1.7% 1.7% 1.2% 2.4% 3.3% 1.2% 1.1% 1.4% 1.4% 0.0% -0.3%
Information, Communications & Other Services 2.9% 2.4% 1.9% 1.7% 1.5% 1.3% 1.3% 2.0% 2.0% 0.0% -0.9%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 2.9% 2.7% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.2% 1.9% 1.9% 2.0% 0.1% -0.9%
Computer Prog., Consult. & Related Activities 2.6% 2.2% 2.1% 2.1% 2.0% 2.0% 1.9% 1.8% 1.7% -0.1% -0.9%
Other IT & Computer Services 2.2% 2.5% 2.2% 2.1% 1.9% 2.0% 1.8% 1.9% 1.9% 0.0% -0.3%
Financial Services 2.6% 2.3% 2.3% 2.1% 2.0% 1.8% 1.9% 1.8% 1.4% -0.4% -1.1%
Business, Education & Other Services 2.9% 2.5% 2.4% 2.3% 2.5% 2.4% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 0.0% -0.4%
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Appendix D - ALL Manufacturing and Internationally Traded Services
D1 Total Sales – All Companies 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 102,253,542 107,513,152 110,761,117 111,792,013 115,043,225 121,894,041 132,802,620 142,126,654 146,310,982 2.9% 4.6%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 72,106,907 75,667,231 78,910,283 76,470,572 79,438,104 83,242,248 88,477,626 94,194,945 95,539,280 1.4% 3.6%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 434,833 502,300 558,858 496,677 393,302 349,084 501,370 396,714 369,002 -7.0% -2.0%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 13,469,316 14,053,984 14,165,575 15,131,060 14,795,964 15,431,089 16,245,417 17,529,505 18,608,396 6.2% 4.1%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 933,813 946,107 868,839 587,142 476,889 428,007 367,615 369,807 333,341 -9.9% -12.1%
Wood & Wood Products 798,343 945,735 840,744 950,109 1,058,717 1,082,023 1,107,430 1,015,466 757,351 -25.4% -0.7%
Paper & Printing 1,026,815 1,012,086 995,524 947,430 895,204 797,491 864,979 800,375 765,141 -4.4% -3.6%
Chemicals 19,335,998 21,298,246 27,931,867 25,205,230 27,002,651 28,533,194 28,509,786 31,529,171 32,520,714 3.1% 6.7%
Rubber & Plastics 1,400,956 1,380,471 1,394,832 1,433,591 1,539,099 1,608,041 1,778,025 1,883,107 1,816,633 -3.5% 3.3%
Non-Metalic Minerals 1,767,903 1,811,307 1,896,320 1,838,674 1,960,716 1,962,585 2,308,180 2,417,286 2,093,740 -13.4% 2.1%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 1,888,595 1,885,916 1,766,598 1,811,631 1,797,045 1,895,657 2,201,014 2,236,533 2,428,727 8.6% 3.2%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 21,546,400 21,921,288 19,032,298 18,381,842 19,321,288 19,882,960 23,316,438 23,549,376 22,899,599 -2.8% 0.8%
Electrical equipment 1,473,334 1,711,529 1,267,521 1,166,386 1,455,323 1,701,305 1,506,160 1,496,310 1,428,955 -4.5% -0.4%
Machinery & Equipment 2,214,279 2,080,778 1,989,255 1,975,475 1,839,774 1,898,138 1,835,378 2,068,696 2,128,649 2.9% -0.5%
Transport Equipment 965,143 993,948 947,455 911,098 893,613 902,481 1,064,857 1,155,996 1,098,255 -5.0% 1.6%
Medical Devices 3,063,835 3,182,638 3,279,863 3,719,285 3,832,096 4,394,781 4,435,727 4,696,563 5,208,374 10.9% 6.9%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 804,175 852,017 836,708 827,482 874,854 897,562 897,687 897,392 862,112 -3.9% 0.9%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 983,168 1,088,880 1,138,027 1,087,459 1,301,567 1,477,852 1,537,563 2,152,647 2,220,290 3.1% 10.7%
Information, Communications & Other Services 30,146,635 31,845,921 31,850,834 35,321,441 35,605,121 38,651,793 44,324,995 47,931,709 50,771,702 5.9% 6.7%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 258,690 295,950 278,554 282,939 287,884 280,526 289,702 432,679 413,843 -4.4% 6.0%
Computer Programming 18,269,916 19,595,481 19,197,488 20,876,267 20,510,960 19,950,968 21,910,003 21,964,983 23,780,233 8.3% 3.3%
Computer Consultancy 6,267,595 6,444,430 6,074,204 5,726,284 5,451,926 6,323,074 8,895,459 11,334,955 12,146,603 7.2% 8.6%
Computer Facilities Management 1,192,616 1,358,976 1,448,696 2,505,921 3,056,257 5,039,823 5,180,772 4,909,463 4,668,785 -4.9% 18.6%
Other IT & Computer Services 447,548 584,705 790,931 915,769 763,081 1,053,211 1,407,544 1,907,413 2,305,979 20.9% 22.7%
Financial Services 1,112,043 1,072,691 1,396,449 1,925,750 2,349,209 2,605,372 2,853,688 3,911,687 3,701,344 -5.4% 16.2%
Business Services 937,380 1,141,209 1,737,082 1,710,084 1,879,583 2,108,426 2,696,778 2,159,956 2,295,426 6.3% 11.8%
Education 187,482 186,094 184,729 222,959 207,810 287,461 272,892 332,476 381,821 14.8% 9.3%
Other Services 1,473,365 1,166,384 742,701 1,155,469 1,098,410 1,002,933 818,156 978,097 1,077,668 10.2% -3.8%
39

D2 Total Sales per Employee – ALL companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 330.9 362.9 391.3 416.7 436.8 452.8 489.4 518.1 552.2 6.6% 6.6%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 304.8 337.7 365.4 378.3 405.8 421.4 447.2 474.8 508.0 7.0% 6.6%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 219.9 201.6 207.7 197.3 195.4 172.8 176.0 161.4 179.6 11.3% -2.5%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 261.7 280.2 288.2 340.3 338.6 341.7 369.9 387.3 444.0 14.6% 6.8%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 88.7 106.3 110.8 107.3 120.8 126.7 115.0 137.9 139.0 0.8% 5.8%
Wood & Wood Products 142.7 171.5 176.4 185.9 197.6 192.1 184.6 226.0 211.1 -6.6% 5.0%
Paper & Printing 117.1 125.4 129.9 146.1 147.2 139.0 143.7 148.9 150.0 0.7% 3.1%
Chemicals 787.6 866.3 1,137.4 1,011.1 1,059.2 1,110.2 1,206.3 1,264.9 1,311.2 3.7% 6.6%
Rubber & Plastics 146.3 156.0 158.9 172.6 203.3 203.0 215.3 236.5 238.7 0.9% 6.3%
Non-Metalic Minerals 169.2 185.3 185.8 194.1 201.9 227.8 237.2 260.1 263.4 1.3% 5.7%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 127.5 134.1 131.5 139.1 146.0 154.4 175.3 193.8 220.5 13.8% 7.1%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 572.1 677.0 632.6 662.8 730.2 780.0 901.3 860.2 855.0 -0.6% 5.2%
Electrical equipment 138.5 168.0 154.9 154.5 210.8 250.8 227.3 234.7 244.1 4.0% 7.3%
Machinery & Equipment 143.8 152.4 159.1 176.7 169.7 172.9 196.0 213.5 234.0 9.6% 6.3%
Transport Equipment 123.8 147.4 142.2 143.8 162.3 164.9 167.2 182.4 182.1 -0.2% 4.9%
Medical Devices 206.2 202.8 199.9 211.4 207.8 213.0 207.1 218.8 244.5 11.7% 2.1%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 90.4 95.2 96.3 104.4 121.2 122.5 117.2 128.3 134.3 4.7% 5.1%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 275.7 267.2 260.3 270.4 310.3 335.3 350.0 348.5 360.1 3.3% 3.4%
Information, Communications & Other Services 416.2 441.3 474.8 533.7 526.4 539.5 603.3 631.4 660.4 4.6% 5.9%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 143.7 158.1 139.9 175.5 194.3 173.1 178.0 186.1 178.8 -3.9% 2.8%
Computer Programming 975.1 963.4 1,103.6 1,272.6 1,278.0 1,128.5 1,269.8 1,293.2 1,357.6 5.0% 4.2%
Computer Consultancy 252.9 259.5 262.7 260.8 239.3 291.1 366.4 512.7 557.5 8.7% 10.4%
Computer Facilities Management 129.0 165.7 206.4 274.9 328.4 447.5 617.2 596.1 535.9 -10.1% 19.5%
Other IT & Computer Services 193.2 256.9 369.2 485.0 535.0 706.9 610.3 589.5 671.7 13.9% 16.9%
Financial Services 541.6 541.9 602.2 702.0 778.0 721.4 593.1 577.7 495.3 -14.3% -1.1%
Business Services 177.1 198.3 175.8 184.0 177.8 198.6 230.4 186.4 209.5 12.4% 2.1%
Education 77.0 101.3 189.3 303.7 337.8 313.1 371.8 332.1 356.3 7.3% 21.1%
Other Services 255.7 229.6 331.4 474.4 460.1 367.4 346.4 266.9 298.0 11.7% 1.9%
40

D3 Total Exports – ALL companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 81,666,027 87,374,593 90,647,116 92,547,479 95,202,773 101,198,176 111,213,385 118,856,050 123,297,531 3.7% 5.3%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 55,556,853 59,224,927 63,058,984 61,304,755 63,789,289 67,152,242 71,880,751 76,306,530 78,019,147 2.2% 4.3%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 250,302 284,026 312,118 278,818 202,538 175,812 231,395 204,294 193,010 -5.5% -3.2%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 7,053,850 7,194,079 7,150,444 8,816,473 8,525,259 9,175,363 10,126,626 10,780,067 11,902,397 10.4% 6.8%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 624,548 654,513 608,563 396,674 328,760 305,980 228,972 242,825 230,136 -5.2% -11.7%
Wood & Wood Products 278,306 312,356 277,910 291,419 307,515 314,141 341,517 369,334 297,931 -19.3% 0.9%
Paper & Printing 289,753 274,327 287,659 256,389 220,937 217,038 185,395 181,569 165,559 -8.8% -6.8%
Chemicals 18,333,545 20,500,572 27,261,003 24,363,643 26,152,225 27,709,716 27,779,565 30,582,263 31,093,493 1.7% 6.8%
Rubber & Plastics 769,330 820,015 829,754 906,286 978,819 986,256 1,000,918 1,122,102 1,119,092 -0.3% 4.8%
Non-Metalic Minerals 569,298 576,787 589,314 518,765 485,058 455,295 542,275 565,629 503,271 -11.0% -1.5%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 867,063 877,291 853,365 883,050 814,003 831,298 1,031,326 1,023,926 1,182,354 15.5% 4.0%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 19,789,358 20,449,044 17,985,969 17,470,749 18,445,479 18,855,014 22,378,831 22,576,030 22,081,142 -2.2% 1.4%
Electrical equipment 1,108,501 1,328,473 1,053,350 935,904 1,151,575 1,393,086 1,194,554 1,170,091 1,183,641 1.2% 0.8%
Machinery & Equipment 1,640,596 1,528,114 1,402,978 1,396,372 1,288,660 1,288,790 1,230,889 1,441,274 1,482,870 2.9% -1.3%
Transport Equipment 797,840 832,101 806,153 791,479 775,935 777,739 916,444 987,860 946,623 -4.2% 2.2%
Medical Devices 2,761,872 3,112,311 3,191,140 3,576,674 3,645,564 4,192,290 4,221,759 4,491,490 5,044,279 12.3% 7.8%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 403,488 436,251 425,454 394,453 418,692 442,547 395,061 421,303 421,339 0.0% 0.5%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 19,204 44,669 23,811 27,606 48,271 31,876 75,223 146,472 172,011 17.4% 31.5%
Information, Communications & Other Services 26,109,173 28,149,666 27,588,132 31,242,725 31,413,484 34,045,935 39,332,633 42,549,520 45,278,384 6.4% 7.1%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 116,355 113,138 114,578 136,458 157,837 129,925 159,269 179,271 210,669 17.5% 7.7%
Computer Programming 17,560,803 18,948,656 18,647,658 20,336,198 19,922,261 19,324,308 21,096,935 21,071,686 22,930,068 8.8% 3.4%
Computer Consultancy 5,149,644 5,517,977 4,976,306 5,023,788 4,716,845 5,605,977 8,040,117 10,372,138 11,152,269 7.5% 10.1%
Computer Facilities Management 780,238 1,012,809 907,536 1,986,365 2,593,905 4,454,789 4,699,595 4,248,918 4,050,293 -4.7% 22.9%
Other IT & Computer Services 373,189 545,220 700,000 838,673 709,716 984,120 1,305,341 1,786,580 2,189,919 22.6% 24.8%
Financial Services 826,435 800,628 1,092,261 1,510,775 1,848,096 1,975,881 2,154,817 2,953,272 2,570,940 -12.9% 15.2%
Business Services 537,149 530,408 539,011 597,398 682,006 788,020 1,019,894 977,789 1,102,747 12.8% 9.4%
Education 138,421 102,327 105,480 194,945 195,819 229,938 217,486 246,451 285,049 15.7% 9.4%
Other Services 626,940 578,503 505,301 618,125 587,000 552,976 639,179 713,415 786,432 10.2% 2.9%
41

D4 Exports as a Percentage of Sales – ALL companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Percentage Percentage
Point Change Point Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
% % % % % % % % % % %
Total - All Sectors 79.9% 81.3% 81.8% 82.8% 82.8% 83.0% 83.7% 83.6% 84.3% 0.6% 4.4%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 77.0% 78.3% 79.9% 80.2% 80.3% 80.7% 81.2% 81.0% 81.7% 0.7% 4.6%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 57.6% 56.5% 55.8% 56.1% 51.5% 50.4% 46.2% 51.5% 52.3% 0.8% -5.3%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 52.4% 51.2% 50.5% 58.3% 57.6% 59.5% 62.3% 61.5% 64.0% 2.5% 11.6%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 66.9% 69.2% 70.0% 67.6% 68.9% 71.5% 62.3% 65.7% 69.0% 3.4% 2.2%
Wood & Wood Products 34.9% 33.0% 33.1% 30.7% 29.0% 29.0% 30.8% 36.4% 39.3% 3.0% 4.5%
Paper & Printing 28.2% 27.1% 28.9% 27.1% 24.7% 27.2% 21.4% 22.7% 21.6% -1.0% -6.6%
Chemicals 94.8% 96.3% 97.6% 96.7% 96.9% 97.1% 97.4% 97.0% 95.6% -1.4% 0.8%
Rubber & Plastics 54.9% 59.4% 59.5% 63.2% 63.6% 61.3% 56.3% 59.6% 61.6% 2.0% 6.7%
Non-Metalic Minerals 32.2% 31.8% 31.1% 28.2% 24.7% 23.2% 23.5% 23.4% 24.0% 0.6% -8.2%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 45.9% 46.5% 48.3% 48.7% 45.3% 43.9% 46.9% 45.8% 48.7% 2.9% 2.8%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 91.8% 93.3% 94.5% 95.0% 95.5% 94.8% 96.0% 95.9% 96.4% 0.6% 4.6%
Electrical equipment 75.2% 77.6% 83.1% 80.2% 79.1% 81.9% 79.3% 78.2% 82.8% 4.6% 7.6%
Machinery & Equipment 74.1% 73.4% 70.5% 70.7% 70.0% 67.9% 67.1% 69.7% 69.7% 0.0% -4.4%
Transport Equipment 82.7% 83.7% 85.1% 86.9% 86.8% 86.2% 86.1% 85.5% 86.2% 0.7% 3.5%
Medical Devices 90.1% 97.8% 97.3% 96.2% 95.1% 95.4% 95.2% 95.6% 96.8% 1.2% 6.7%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 50.2% 51.2% 50.8% 47.7% 47.9% 49.3% 44.0% 46.9% 48.9% 1.9% -1.3%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 2.0% 4.1% 2.1% 2.5% 3.7% 2.2% 4.9% 6.8% 7.7% 0.9% 5.8%
Information, Communications & Other Services 86.6% 88.4% 86.6% 88.5% 88.2% 88.1% 88.7% 88.8% 89.2% 0.4% 2.6%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 45.0% 38.2% 41.1% 48.2% 54.8% 46.3% 55.0% 41.4% 50.9% 9.5% 5.9%
Computer Programming 96.1% 96.7% 97.1% 97.4% 97.1% 96.9% 96.3% 95.9% 96.4% 0.5% 0.3%
Computer Consultancy 82.2% 85.6% 81.9% 87.7% 86.5% 88.7% 90.4% 91.5% 91.8% 0.3% 9.7%
Computer Facilities Management 65.4% 74.5% 62.6% 79.3% 84.9% 88.4% 90.7% 86.5% 86.8% 0.2% 21.3%
Other IT & Computer Services 83.4% 93.2% 88.5% 91.6% 93.0% 93.4% 92.7% 93.7% 95.0% 1.3% 11.6%
Financial Services 74.3% 74.6% 78.2% 78.5% 78.7% 75.8% 75.5% 75.5% 69.5% -6.0% -4.9%
Business Services 57.3% 46.5% 31.0% 34.9% 36.3% 37.4% 37.8% 45.3% 48.0% 2.8% -9.3%
Education 73.8% 55.0% 57.1% 87.4% 94.2% 80.0% 79.7% 74.1% 74.7% 0.5% 0.8%
Other Services 42.6% 49.6% 68.0% 53.5% 53.4% 55.1% 78.1% 72.9% 73.0% 0.0% 30.4%
42

D5 Total Payroll Costs - ALL companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 9,937,170 10,879,902 10,705,434 10,641,204 11,065,242 11,731,845 12,458,754 13,181,747 13,516,147 2.5% 3.9%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 7,256,379 7,609,698 7,563,461 7,577,774 7,863,740 8,220,722 8,638,470 9,201,436 9,170,900 -0.3% 3.0%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 48,296 73,309 74,114 65,702 58,252 57,064 92,811 84,027 75,004 -10.7% 5.7%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 1,516,858 1,580,393 1,680,318 1,605,252 1,603,137 1,732,433 1,774,996 1,832,463 1,832,438 0.0% 2.4%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 209,889 215,932 196,732 145,810 120,607 111,107 106,488 101,114 93,163 -7.9% -9.7%
Wood & Wood Products 135,186 153,250 139,230 156,041 176,893 182,474 195,602 172,982 157,103 -9.2% 1.9%
Paper & Printing 263,944 262,603 258,489 242,931 239,001 229,110 257,766 234,623 228,901 -2.4% -1.8%
Chemicals 1,002,424 1,069,195 1,185,541 1,278,721 1,394,544 1,488,048 1,453,785 1,583,262 1,642,274 3.7% 6.4%
Rubber & Plastics 243,087 250,528 256,097 266,834 265,764 265,979 304,296 315,507 317,324 0.6% 3.4%
Non-Metalic Minerals 334,536 358,465 374,039 377,483 423,902 379,336 445,286 457,092 413,096 -9.6% 2.7%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 396,708 418,616 412,560 431,245 424,179 452,095 478,195 509,258 522,250 2.6% 3.5%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 1,365,814 1,373,028 1,111,619 1,110,676 1,132,982 1,155,078 1,265,541 1,453,629 1,370,261 -5.7% 0.0%
Electrical equipment 256,660 282,457 224,820 225,029 249,349 255,947 258,379 269,591 267,199 -0.9% 0.5%
Machinery & Equipment 443,513 428,295 416,918 386,858 401,578 422,897 374,357 388,784 411,617 5.9% -0.9%
Transport Equipment 238,697 239,749 238,616 237,114 229,520 232,574 270,217 306,645 307,301 0.2% 3.2%
Medical Devices 423,893 482,599 549,103 605,215 671,346 775,418 884,286 940,871 971,737 3.3% 10.9%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 211,524 228,643 235,633 239,496 257,134 255,839 278,765 270,268 263,993 -2.3% 2.8%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 165,350 192,635 209,630 203,369 215,551 225,323 197,701 281,321 297,239 5.7% 7.6%
Information, Communications & Other Services 2,680,791 3,270,204 3,141,973 3,063,431 3,201,501 3,511,124 3,820,284 3,980,311 4,345,248 9.2% 6.2%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 61,499 64,968 69,798 62,305 59,551 68,498 86,046 124,903 126,496 1.3% 9.4%
Computer Programming 854,713 1,032,847 983,967 956,500 944,600 1,007,506 1,075,628 1,074,794 1,165,260 8.4% 4.0%
Computer Consultancy 935,772 1,085,897 1,023,237 910,536 971,047 1,022,015 1,143,558 1,124,376 1,202,113 6.9% 3.2%
Computer Facilities Management 296,954 346,940 279,024 351,121 440,019 535,949 458,957 470,969 503,424 6.9% 6.8%
Other IT & Computer Services 102,241 100,786 103,229 88,018 72,759 83,613 102,107 144,507 155,443 7.6% 5.4%
Financial Services 63,719 76,467 101,369 127,171 151,370 185,661 263,148 365,903 468,223 28.0% 28.3%
Business Services 153,124 223,825 438,231 429,317 428,274 460,279 597,587 530,620 566,734 6.8% 17.8%
Education 27,998 169,781 59,019 37,058 25,699 37,112 16,400 18,314 19,633 7.2% -4.3%
Other Services 184,771 168,695 84,098 101,403 108,183 110,490 76,853 125,925 137,921 9.5% -3.6%
43

D6 Total Payroll Costs per Employee – ALL companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 32.2 36.7 37.8 39.7 42.0 43.6 45.9 48.1 51.0 6.2% 5.9%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 30.7 34.0 35.0 37.5 40.2 41.6 43.7 46.4 48.8 5.1% 6.0%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 24.4 29.4 27.5 26.1 28.9 28.2 32.6 34.2 36.5 6.8% 5.2%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 29.5 31.5 34.2 36.1 36.7 38.4 40.4 40.5 43.7 8.0% 5.1%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 19.9 24.3 25.1 26.7 30.5 32.9 33.3 37.7 38.9 3.1% 8.7%
Wood & Wood Products 24.2 27.8 29.2 30.5 33.0 32.4 32.6 38.5 43.8 13.8% 7.7%
Paper & Printing 30.1 32.5 33.7 37.5 39.3 39.9 42.8 43.6 44.9 2.8% 5.1%
Chemicals 40.8 43.5 48.3 51.3 54.7 57.9 61.5 63.5 66.2 4.2% 6.2%
Rubber & Plastics 25.4 28.3 29.2 32.1 35.1 33.6 36.9 39.6 41.7 5.2% 6.4%
Non-Metalic Minerals 32.0 36.7 36.6 39.9 43.7 44.0 45.8 49.2 52.0 5.7% 6.2%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 26.8 29.8 30.7 33.1 34.5 36.8 38.1 44.1 47.4 7.5% 7.4%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 36.3 42.4 36.9 40.0 42.8 45.3 48.9 53.1 51.2 -3.6% 4.4%
Electrical equipment 24.1 27.7 27.5 29.8 36.1 37.7 39.0 42.3 45.7 8.0% 8.3%
Machinery & Equipment 28.8 31.4 33.3 34.6 37.0 38.5 40.0 40.1 45.3 12.8% 5.8%
Transport Equipment 30.6 35.5 35.8 37.4 41.7 42.5 42.4 48.4 50.9 5.3% 6.6%
Medical Devices 28.5 30.7 33.5 34.4 36.4 37.6 41.3 43.8 45.6 4.1% 6.0%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 23.8 25.6 27.1 30.2 35.6 34.9 36.4 38.6 41.1 6.4% 7.1%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 46.4 47.3 48.0 50.6 51.4 51.1 45.0 45.5 48.2 5.9% 0.5%
Information, Communications & Other Services 37.0 45.3 46.8 46.3 47.3 49.0 52.0 52.4 56.5 7.8% 5.4%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 34.2 34.7 35.1 38.6 40.2 42.3 52.9 53.7 54.7 1.7% 6.1%
Computer Programming 45.6 50.8 56.6 58.3 58.9 57.0 62.3 63.3 66.5 5.1% 4.8%
Computer Consultancy 37.8 43.7 44.2 41.5 42.6 47.1 47.1 50.9 55.2 8.5% 4.9%
Computer Facilities Management 32.1 42.3 39.7 38.5 47.3 47.6 54.7 57.2 57.8 1.0% 7.6%
Other IT & Computer Services 44.1 44.3 48.2 46.6 51.0 56.1 44.3 44.7 45.3 1.4% 0.3%
Financial Services 31.0 38.6 43.7 46.4 50.1 51.4 54.7 54.0 62.7 16.0% 9.2%
Business Services 28.9 38.9 44.4 46.2 40.5 43.4 51.1 45.8 51.7 13.0% 7.5%
Education 11.5 92.4 60.5 50.5 41.8 40.4 22.3 18.3 18.3 0.1% 6.0%
Other Services 32.1 33.2 37.5 41.6 45.3 40.5 32.5 34.4 38.1 11.0% 2.2%
44

D7 Total Materials Purchases – ALL companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 37,334,828 37,695,786 36,949,580 36,925,310 36,325,490 37,074,007 41,103,516 43,353,596 43,317,006 -0.1% 1.9%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 30,224,108 30,888,952 30,079,600 30,091,259 30,343,245 31,217,744 33,994,723 36,399,509 37,137,549 2.0% 2.6%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 275,560 277,522 339,181 307,164 228,838 193,644 283,523 227,933 189,924 -16.7% -4.5%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 7,696,541 7,790,409 7,538,507 7,113,612 7,443,113 7,696,283 7,892,734 8,609,699 8,848,098 2.8% 1.8%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 478,018 464,714 350,269 232,867 196,449 176,642 163,370 167,262 153,058 -8.5% -13.3%
Wood & Wood Products 431,015 532,892 457,400 509,347 560,585 553,462 536,763 506,441 396,023 -21.8% -1.1%
Paper & Printing 465,322 450,150 421,736 364,913 347,205 294,030 319,759 307,978 306,324 -0.5% -5.1%
Chemicals 3,255,023 3,533,821 3,878,279 4,038,146 4,304,954 4,395,017 5,079,683 6,723,848 7,111,102 5.8% 10.3%
Rubber & Plastics 615,044 577,356 553,707 571,760 584,927 645,428 741,529 791,659 770,891 -2.6% 2.9%
Non-Metalic Minerals 656,784 724,670 671,095 729,351 823,815 810,156 958,437 970,380 852,860 -12.1% 3.3%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 872,481 882,333 897,943 897,422 836,605 878,123 1,146,381 1,193,339 1,342,088 12.5% 5.5%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 11,130,572 11,068,572 10,889,371 11,409,077 10,913,028 11,376,349 12,641,911 12,361,990 12,666,074 2.5% 1.6%
Electrical equipment 783,568 998,780 710,379 747,131 791,931 760,214 778,007 755,023 694,862 -8.0% -1.5%
Machinery & Equipment 1,225,541 1,068,281 1,016,826 913,203 858,788 900,070 844,120 943,969 1,000,992 6.0% -2.5%
Transport Equipment 490,415 473,004 442,665 412,154 414,376 425,418 511,115 520,091 472,915 -9.1% -0.5%
Medical Devices 976,192 1,126,348 1,020,911 1,045,088 1,110,767 1,102,189 1,199,261 1,153,197 1,151,212 -0.2% 2.1%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 375,542 375,538 329,006 326,754 346,403 353,512 364,348 350,620 337,016 -3.9% -1.3%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 496,490 544,561 562,325 473,268 581,461 657,206 533,783 816,078 844,109 3.4% 6.9%
Information, Communications & Other Services 7,110,720 6,806,834 6,869,981 6,834,052 5,982,245 5,856,263 7,108,793 6,954,087 6,179,457 -11.1% -1.7%
Information, Communications & Other Services 78,708 92,279 64,847 63,499 53,142 56,576 51,144 70,489 56,627 -19.7% -4.0%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 78,708 92,279 64,847 63,499 53,142 56,576 51,144 70,489 56,627 -19.7% -4.0%
Computer Programming 4,832,421 4,744,631 4,367,151 4,055,218 3,292,769 2,698,048 3,518,217 3,496,120 3,531,850 1.0% -3.8%
Computer Consultancy 1,123,780 955,441 1,247,294 1,245,935 1,075,492 1,378,544 1,794,324 1,364,346 526,457 -61.4% -9.0%
Computer Facilities Management 125,428 179,472 125,437 402,888 588,478 768,910 768,217 890,183 648,463 -27.2% 22.8%
Other IT & Computer Services 87,704 42,338 377,864 392,735 295,732 348,176 242,865 291,196 402,025 38.1% 21.0%
Financial Services 2,942 2,095 2,931 2,233 5,336 13,522 26,283 46,049 51,683 12.2% 43.1%
Business Services 249,878 340,480 380,893 337,408 327,520 339,494 392,091 416,954 502,398 20.5% 9.1%
Education 5,783 14,825 30,198 15,621 2,763 2,225 1,316 1,958 1,813 -7.4% -13.5%
Other Services 604,078 435,273 273,365 318,515 341,014 250,768 314,336 376,793 458,141 21.6% -3.4%
45

D8 Materials Purchased in Ireland – ALL companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 13,772,850 15,024,978 14,410,319 13,212,117 12,594,220 11,938,231 11,505,527 12,441,146 12,290,188 -1.2% -1.4%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 11,812,053 12,680,323 12,029,891 11,195,528 10,933,474 10,600,076 10,673,798 11,358,232 11,358,585 0.0% -0.5%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 241,789 255,663 307,607 283,299 201,489 157,156 215,635 176,008 149,977 -14.8% -5.8%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 6,154,911 6,549,659 6,176,020 5,716,458 5,913,706 6,144,948 6,278,369 6,659,015 6,839,205 2.7% 1.3%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 161,856 154,169 143,871 58,379 42,828 27,693 20,287 24,877 18,765 -24.6% -23.6%
Wood & Wood Products 305,844 423,723 340,773 381,934 375,350 360,740 293,639 305,707 252,628 -17.4% -2.4%
Paper & Printing 207,241 208,421 168,570 137,378 128,680 89,413 108,317 121,467 126,942 4.5% -5.9%
Chemicals 466,013 606,659 799,581 724,163 707,587 621,502 620,323 651,205 619,455 -4.9% 3.6%
Rubber & Plastics 149,138 136,048 168,904 188,549 137,073 135,490 105,009 116,131 127,441 9.7% -1.9%
Non-Metalic Minerals 415,929 486,623 461,303 519,859 575,787 579,784 646,548 625,001 525,572 -15.9% 3.0%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 292,791 317,808 322,988 328,038 307,225 278,991 324,935 351,522 384,952 9.5% 3.5%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 1,892,776 1,796,959 1,226,490 1,149,685 835,898 641,327 729,739 712,214 709,452 -0.4% -11.5%
Electrical equipment 170,674 290,464 254,653 305,307 311,393 231,672 174,738 166,678 150,726 -9.6% -1.5%
Machinery & Equipment 358,330 345,331 471,624 452,225 402,766 372,181 271,839 316,765 337,337 6.5% -0.8%
Transport Equipment 165,985 173,604 200,269 63,801 44,648 32,213 59,684 56,457 48,359 -14.3% -14.3%
Medical Devices 237,846 285,570 323,856 314,957 312,952 284,153 329,071 361,648 338,470 -6.4% 4.5%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 152,911 174,754 168,481 188,085 197,841 147,614 148,316 139,684 137,900 -1.3% -1.3%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 438,018 474,871 494,900 383,408 438,252 495,198 347,351 573,854 591,405 3.1% 3.8%
Information, Communications & Other Services 1,960,798 2,344,655 2,380,428 2,016,589 1,660,747 1,338,155 831,729 1,082,913 931,603 -14.0% -8.9%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 56,282 55,132 27,198 34,727 29,473 30,928 33,084 45,727 32,206 -29.6% -6.7%
Computer Programming 1,225,198 1,593,124 1,775,055 1,196,516 974,429 744,705 241,849 409,939 259,353 -36.7% -17.6%
Computer Consultancy 163,665 175,184 120,086 325,599 248,266 226,136 154,317 182,677 180,426 -1.2% 1.2%
Computer Facilities Management 42,691 57,987 39,787 75,972 50,312 40,917 36,294 31,185 16,113 -48.3% -11.5%
Other IT & Computer Services 35,076 12,277 57,809 22,533 12,417 10,386 15,781 26,011 21,110 -18.8% -6.1%
Financial Services 2,859 1,606 1,326 726 798 1,640 6,339 9,442 8,656 -8.3% 14.9%
Business Services 143,721 206,329 246,065 214,168 205,144 212,638 267,679 273,257 307,649 12.6% 10.0%
Education 2,993 7,278 15,603 9,629 2,655 1,712 949 1,570 1,586 1.0% -7.6%
Other Services 288,312 235,737 97,500 136,719 137,252 69,093 75,436 103,106 104,503 1.4% -11.9%
46

D9 Total Services Purchases – ALL companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 23,256,133 24,711,479 25,623,967 29,063,838 29,234,160 29,928,067 35,317,778 37,916,365 40,671,496 7.3% 7.2%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 11,489,236 12,109,604 13,112,047 14,633,881 14,593,794 15,239,927 19,312,492 20,817,113 19,939,067 -4.2% 7.1%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 63,636 80,434 87,905 80,705 63,325 64,849 81,339 67,464 68,196 1.1% 0.9%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 2,346,023 2,414,084 2,518,402 2,799,230 3,318,912 3,497,460 3,712,257 4,140,084 4,243,743 2.5% 7.7%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 139,483 139,525 118,884 97,511 86,582 75,613 61,599 71,314 62,503 -12.4% -9.5%
Wood & Wood Products 153,190 192,510 180,408 187,294 188,883 193,450 194,741 200,428 149,267 -25.5% -0.3%
Paper & Printing 155,710 165,013 139,585 142,419 124,918 120,609 122,135 102,919 95,623 -7.1% -5.9%
Chemicals 4,376,291 4,774,837 5,847,425 7,218,617 6,555,343 6,994,315 10,010,960 9,748,005 9,959,497 2.2% 10.8%
Rubber & Plastics 182,128 179,710 168,825 206,495 223,370 208,850 209,268 230,470 217,959 -5.4% 2.3%
Non-Metalic Minerals 450,232 488,747 325,192 225,331 265,717 245,989 242,891 320,711 277,121 -13.6% -5.9%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 305,145 301,046 298,578 323,219 269,552 291,044 216,771 231,892 219,628 -5.3% -4.0%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 2,181,451 2,139,577 2,212,319 2,139,942 2,081,666 2,024,101 2,603,034 3,551,157 2,362,275 -33.5% 1.0%
Electrical equipment 135,885 162,734 146,692 148,706 282,879 207,686 168,933 155,234 156,043 0.5% 1.7%
Machinery & Equipment 232,977 266,749 223,338 186,057 176,769 206,705 210,018 244,674 259,953 6.2% 1.4%
Transport Equipment 109,292 117,581 114,757 117,879 92,721 100,951 121,413 143,794 138,218 -3.9% 3.0%
Medical Devices 325,348 351,353 393,195 432,704 443,952 518,606 785,902 1,065,229 1,177,191 10.5% 17.4%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 123,280 121,996 120,702 126,798 136,437 141,895 141,831 134,610 136,783 1.6% 1.3%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 209,165 213,707 215,842 200,972 282,771 347,805 429,400 409,130 415,068 1.5% 8.9%
Information, Communications & Other Services 11,766,897 12,601,876 12,511,920 14,429,957 14,640,367 14,688,140 16,005,286 17,099,252 20,732,428 21.2% 7.3%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 50,891 48,318 44,543 42,849 46,946 56,313 71,363 119,386 124,427 4.2% 11.8%
Computer Programming 8,337,679 8,992,625 9,131,858 10,978,539 11,306,356 10,687,001 11,743,847 12,109,796 14,587,376 20.5% 7.2%
Computer Consultancy 2,471,320 2,605,197 2,333,196 2,164,652 1,940,194 1,680,499 1,775,480 2,041,177 2,821,519 38.2% 1.7%
Computer Facilities Management 500,843 485,327 469,984 660,869 754,395 1,195,665 1,126,502 1,090,539 1,170,026 7.3% 11.2%
Other IT & Computer Services 70,553 75,373 74,639 84,979 84,362 449,188 641,775 946,973 1,164,699 23.0% 42.0%
Financial Services 60,129 75,609 86,884 93,773 115,596 163,961 217,383 288,181 320,197 11.1% 23.3%
Business Services 87,542 121,927 216,343 195,878 189,703 203,679 211,444 224,250 239,748 6.9% 13.4%
Education 29,307 42,782 43,717 45,666 33,237 34,496 23,070 15,889 14,892 -6.3% -8.1%
Other Services 158,635 154,717 110,756 162,751 169,576 217,337 194,422 263,060 289,543 10.1% 7.8%
47

D10 Services Purchased in Ireland – ALL companies, 2000-2008
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum
Change
2007-2008
Per Annum
Change
2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 13,513,597 13,758,647 13,251,524 13,953,889 12,441,045 11,716,368 12,261,357 13,108,158 14,014,764 6.9% 0.5%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 5,430,955 5,589,739 5,540,310 5,798,733 5,503,042 5,535,251 5,891,481 6,415,146 6,136,936 -4.3% 1.5%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 58,356 74,344 81,903 76,060 59,546 57,653 63,352 50,006 53,605 7.2% -1.1%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 1,537,294 1,688,460 1,636,776 1,645,647 1,667,024 1,783,054 1,806,303 1,888,603 1,853,849 -1.8% 2.4%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 97,516 92,685 83,029 63,136 51,833 50,366 50,815 52,547 42,637 -18.9% -9.8%
Wood & Wood Products 132,119 172,337 157,367 171,082 173,731 174,140 169,319 181,676 136,015 -25.1% 0.4%
Paper & Printing 142,750 150,192 117,121 125,905 110,899 108,246 108,680 92,082 84,232 -8.5% -6.4%
Chemicals 843,614 800,271 1,075,836 1,538,218 1,170,557 1,069,172 1,091,159 1,196,226 1,228,873 2.7% 4.8%
Rubber & Plastics 146,079 146,352 135,472 156,599 163,438 153,017 157,951 174,640 172,292 -1.3% 2.1%
Non-Metalic Minerals 333,497 363,144 236,373 178,181 215,583 194,216 185,386 240,341 205,129 -14.7% -5.9%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 197,984 185,730 189,932 209,472 191,358 201,659 188,134 196,988 188,092 -4.5% -0.6%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 1,066,235 961,200 908,483 716,021 625,331 641,936 834,940 1,031,917 738,693 -28.4% -4.5%
Electrical equipment 90,249 122,977 114,187 116,111 186,063 129,384 110,223 110,090 115,650 5.1% 3.1%
Machinery & Equipment 189,536 209,742 180,268 143,244 136,507 158,218 145,375 155,996 173,165 11.0% -1.1%
Transport Equipment 97,507 99,058 93,582 86,054 62,651 68,768 72,337 74,790 75,841 1.4% -3.1%
Medical Devices 197,122 217,271 241,111 286,318 306,263 294,725 396,624 474,197 570,852 20.4% 14.2%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 94,046 96,025 98,113 102,654 106,904 111,416 119,777 110,313 110,702 0.4% 2.1%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 207,050 209,951 190,755 184,033 275,355 339,280 391,105 384,735 387,309 0.7% 8.1%
Information, Communications & Other Services 8,082,642 8,168,908 7,711,215 8,155,155 6,938,004 6,181,117 6,369,875 6,693,012 7,877,828 17.7% -0.3%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 44,640 42,360 40,746 34,246 31,592 38,380 60,417 99,871 106,187 6.3% 11.4%
Computer Programming 5,106,731 5,077,542 4,878,779 5,405,234 4,407,518 3,720,059 3,902,385 3,824,172 4,235,477 10.8% -2.3%
Computer Consultancy 2,226,148 2,355,117 2,032,173 1,900,675 1,709,415 1,515,854 1,584,831 1,819,609 2,580,305 41.8% 1.9%
Computer Facilities Management 363,586 358,467 357,204 412,858 375,916 405,769 334,071 339,560 304,984 -10.2% -2.2%
Other IT & Computer Services 56,640 57,328 46,747 46,464 43,958 92,880 96,679 110,850 97,151 -12.4% 7.0%
Financial Services 44,482 29,905 71,808 78,069 98,479 123,330 139,220 178,543 203,559 14.0% 20.9%
Business Services 74,028 102,979 183,981 165,812 162,210 175,699 173,400 186,771 200,613 7.4% 13.3%
Education 27,353 38,259 39,979 42,934 28,013 25,877 15,095 14,355 13,508 -5.9% -8.4%
Other Services 139,035 106,950 59,798 68,863 80,903 83,269 63,777 119,280 136,044 14.1% -0.3%
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D11 Total Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy* – ALL companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 37,223,618 39,663,527 38,367,277 37,807,210 36,100,507 35,386,445 36,225,638 38,731,050 39,821,099 2.8% 0.8%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 24,499,387 25,879,760 25,133,662 24,572,035 24,300,256 24,356,049 25,203,750 26,974,814 26,666,421 -1.1% 1.1%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 348,441 403,315 463,624 425,062 319,287 271,874 371,798 310,042 278,586 -10.1% -2.8%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 9,209,064 9,818,512 9,493,115 8,967,358 9,183,868 9,660,435 9,859,668 10,380,082 10,525,492 1.4% 1.7%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 469,261 462,786 423,633 267,326 215,267 189,166 177,590 178,538 154,566 -13.4% -13.0%
Wood & Wood Products 573,150 749,310 637,370 709,057 725,975 717,354 658,559 660,365 545,745 -17.4% -0.6%
Paper & Printing 613,934 621,216 544,180 506,214 478,581 426,769 474,764 448,171 440,074 -1.8% -4.1%
Chemicals 2,312,051 2,476,125 3,060,958 3,541,101 3,272,687 3,178,722 3,165,267 3,430,694 3,490,601 1.7% 5.3%
Rubber & Plastics 538,304 532,928 560,474 611,982 566,275 554,485 567,256 606,278 617,057 1.8% 1.7%
Non-Metalic Minerals 1,083,962 1,208,232 1,071,715 1,075,523 1,215,272 1,153,336 1,277,220 1,322,434 1,143,798 -13.5% 0.7%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 887,484 922,155 925,481 968,754 922,761 932,745 991,264 1,057,767 1,095,294 3.5% 2.7%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 4,324,825 4,131,188 3,246,592 2,976,382 2,594,210 2,438,341 2,830,219 3,197,759 2,818,406 -11.9% -5.2%
Electrical equipment 517,583 695,898 593,660 646,446 746,805 617,003 543,340 546,358 533,575 -2.3% 0.4%
Machinery & Equipment 991,380 983,368 1,068,811 982,327 940,852 953,297 791,571 861,544 922,118 7.0% -0.9%
Transport Equipment 502,189 512,410 532,467 386,968 336,819 333,555 402,239 437,892 431,501 -1.5% -1.9%
Medical Devices 858,861 985,440 1,114,070 1,206,490 1,290,561 1,354,295 1,609,981 1,776,717 1,881,059 5.9% 10.3%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 458,481 499,422 502,227 530,235 561,879 514,870 546,858 520,265 512,595 -1.5% 1.4%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 810,418 877,456 895,285 770,810 929,158 1,059,802 936,157 1,239,910 1,275,953 2.9% 5.8%
Information, Communications & Other Services 12,724,231 13,783,767 13,233,616 13,235,175 11,800,252 11,030,395 11,021,888 11,756,236 13,154,678 11.9% 0.4%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 162,421 162,461 137,742 131,279 120,617 137,806 179,547 270,501 264,889 -2.1% 6.3%
Computer Programming 7,186,641 7,703,513 7,637,801 7,558,250 6,326,547 5,472,271 5,219,862 5,308,905 5,660,090 6.6% -2.9%
Computer Consultancy 3,325,585 3,616,198 3,175,496 3,136,809 2,928,728 2,764,005 2,882,706 3,126,661 3,962,843 26.7% 2.2%
Computer Facilities Management 703,231 763,394 676,015 839,951 866,247 982,634 829,322 841,714 824,521 -2.0% 2.0%
Other IT & Computer Services 193,957 170,391 207,784 157,016 129,134 186,880 214,567 281,368 273,705 -2.7% 4.4%
Financial Services 111,060 107,978 174,503 205,965 250,647 310,631 408,707 553,888 680,439 22.8% 25.4%
Business Services 370,873 533,133 868,277 809,298 795,628 848,616 1,038,667 990,648 1,074,997 8.5% 14.2%
Education 58,344 215,318 114,601 89,622 56,367 64,701 32,444 34,239 34,727 1.4% -6.3%
Other Services 612,118 511,382 241,396 306,985 326,337 262,851 216,066 348,312 378,469 8.7% -5.8%
* “Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy” is defined as total payroll costs, Irish-sourced raw materials and services purchased in Ireland.
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FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
D12 Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy* as Percentage of Sales– ALL companies, 2000-2008
Percentage Percentage
Point Change Point Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
% % % % % % % % % % %
Total - All Sectors 36.4% 36.9% 34.6% 33.8% 31.4% 29.0% 27.3% 27.3% 27.2% 0.1% -9.2%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 34.0% 34.2% 31.9% 32.1% 30.6% 29.3% 28.5% 28.6% 27.9% -0.7% -6.1%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 80.1% 80.3% 83.0% 85.6% 81.2% 77.9% 74.2% 78.2% 75.5% -2.7% -4.6%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 68.4% 69.9% 67.0% 59.3% 62.1% 62.6% 60.7% 59.2% 56.6% -2.7% -11.8%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 50.3% 48.9% 48.8% 45.5% 45.1% 44.2% 48.3% 48.3% 46.4% -1.9% -3.9%
Wood & Wood Products 71.8% 79.2% 75.8% 74.6% 68.6% 66.3% 59.5% 65.0% 72.1% 7.0% 0.3%
Paper & Printing 59.8% 61.4% 54.7% 53.4% 53.5% 53.5% 54.9% 56.0% 57.5% 1.5% -2.3%
Chemicals 12.0% 11.6% 11.0% 14.0% 12.1% 11.1% 11.1% 10.9% 10.7% -0.1% -1.2%
Rubber & Plastics 38.4% 38.6% 40.2% 42.7% 36.8% 34.5% 31.9% 32.2% 34.0% 1.8% -4.5%
Non-Metalic Minerals 61.3% 66.7% 56.5% 58.5% 62.0% 58.8% 55.3% 54.7% 54.6% -0.1% -6.7%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 47.0% 48.9% 52.4% 53.5% 51.3% 49.2% 45.0% 47.3% 45.1% -2.2% -1.9%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 20.1% 18.8% 17.1% 16.2% 13.4% 12.3% 12.1% 13.6% 12.3% -1.3% -7.8%
Electrical equipment 35.1% 40.7% 46.8% 55.4% 51.3% 36.3% 36.1% 36.5% 37.3% 0.8% 2.2%
Machinery & Equipment 44.8% 47.3% 53.7% 49.7% 51.1% 50.2% 43.1% 41.6% 43.3% 1.7% -1.5%
Transport Equipment 52.0% 51.6% 56.2% 42.5% 37.7% 37.0% 37.8% 37.9% 39.3% 1.4% -12.7%
Medical Devices 28.0% 31.0% 34.0% 32.4% 33.7% 30.8% 36.3% 37.8% 36.1% -1.7% 8.1%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 57.0% 58.6% 60.0% 64.1% 64.2% 57.4% 60.9% 58.0% 59.5% 1.5% 2.4%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 82.4% 80.6% 78.7% 70.9% 71.4% 71.7% 60.9% 57.6% 57.5% -0.1% -25.0%
Information, Communications & Other Services 42.2% 43.3% 41.5% 37.5% 33.1% 28.5% 24.9% 24.5% 25.9% 1.4% -16.3%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 62.8% 54.9% 49.4% 46.4% 41.9% 49.1% 62.0% 62.5% 64.0% 1.5% 1.2%
Computer Programming 39.3% 39.3% 39.8% 36.2% 30.8% 27.4% 23.8% 24.2% 23.8% -0.4% -15.5%
Computer Consultancy 53.1% 56.1% 52.3% 54.8% 53.7% 43.7% 32.4% 27.6% 32.6% 5.0% -20.4%
Computer Facilities Management 59.0% 56.2% 46.7% 33.5% 28.3% 19.5% 16.0% 17.1% 17.7% 0.5% -41.3%
Other IT & Computer Services 43.3% 29.1% 26.3% 17.1% 16.9% 17.7% 15.2% 14.8% 11.9% -2.9% -31.5%
Financial Services 10.0% 10.1% 12.5% 10.7% 10.7% 11.9% 14.3% 14.2% 18.4% 4.2% 8.4%
Business Services 39.6% 46.7% 50.0% 47.3% 42.3% 40.2% 38.5% 45.9% 46.8% 1.0% 7.3%
Education 31.1% 115.7% 62.0% 40.2% 27.1% 22.5% 11.9% 10.3% 9.1% -1.2% -22.0%
Other Services 41.5% 43.8% 32.5% 26.6% 29.7% 26.2% 26.4% 35.6% 35.1% -0.5% -6.4%
* “Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy” is defined as total payroll costs, Irish-sourced raw materials and services purchased in Ireland.
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D13 Total Value Added* – ALL companies, 2000-2008
* Value Added is defined as total sales minus all purchases of raw materials and services
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 41,662,580 45,105,886 48,187,569 45,802,865 49,483,574 54,891,967 56,381,327 60,856,693 62,322,480 2.4% 5.2%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 30,393,563 32,668,676 35,718,636 31,745,432 34,501,065 36,784,578 35,170,410 36,978,322 38,462,664 4.0% 3.0%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 95,638 144,344 131,773 108,807 101,140 90,591 136,507 101,317 110,883 9.4% 1.9%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 3,426,752 3,849,491 4,108,666 5,218,218 4,033,939 4,237,346 4,640,426 4,779,722 5,516,555 15.4% 6.1%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 316,313 341,869 399,686 256,764 193,859 175,752 142,646 131,231 117,780 -10.2% -11.6%
Wood & Wood Products 214,139 220,332 202,936 253,467 309,249 335,110 375,925 308,597 212,062 -31.3% -0.1%
Paper & Printing 405,783 396,923 434,204 440,098 423,081 382,852 423,086 389,478 363,194 -6.7% -1.4%
Chemicals 11,704,685 12,989,587 18,206,163 13,948,466 16,142,355 17,143,861 13,419,143 15,057,319 15,450,115 2.6% 3.5%
Rubber & Plastics 603,785 623,404 672,300 655,336 730,802 753,762 827,228 860,977 827,783 -3.9% 4.0%
Non-Metalic Minerals 660,887 597,890 900,034 883,992 871,185 906,439 1,106,851 1,126,195 963,758 -14.4% 4.8%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 710,968 702,537 570,077 590,990 690,888 726,491 837,863 811,302 867,011 6.9% 2.5%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 8,234,376 8,713,140 5,930,608 4,832,823 6,326,594 6,482,510 8,071,493 7,636,229 7,871,250 3.1% -0.6%
Electrical equipment 553,880 550,015 410,450 270,549 380,513 733,406 559,220 586,053 578,050 -1.4% 0.5%
Machinery & Equipment 755,761 745,747 749,090 876,215 804,218 791,363 781,240 880,053 867,705 -1.4% 1.7%
Transport Equipment 365,436 403,364 390,033 381,064 386,516 376,112 432,329 492,111 487,122 -1.0% 3.7%
Medical Devices 1,762,295 1,704,937 1,865,757 2,241,493 2,277,377 2,773,986 2,450,564 2,478,137 2,879,971 16.2% 6.3%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 305,352 354,482 386,999 373,930 392,015 402,155 391,508 412,163 388,313 -5.8% 3.0%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 277,513 330,612 359,860 413,218 437,336 472,841 574,380 927,439 961,114 3.6% 16.8%
Information, Communications & Other Services 11,269,017 12,437,211 12,468,933 14,057,433 14,982,509 18,107,390 21,210,916 23,878,371 23,859,817 -0.1% 9.8%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 129,091 155,353 169,164 176,590 187,796 167,637 167,195 242,804 232,788 -4.1% 7.6%
Computer Programming 5,099,816 5,858,226 5,698,478 5,842,510 5,911,835 6,565,919 6,647,939 6,359,067 5,661,006 -11.0% 1.3%
Computer Consultancy 2,672,495 2,883,792 2,493,714 2,315,698 2,436,240 3,264,030 5,325,656 7,929,432 8,798,628 11.0% 16.1%
Computer Facilities Management 566,345 694,176 853,275 1,442,163 1,713,383 3,075,248 3,286,053 2,928,740 2,850,296 -2.7% 22.4%
Other IT & Computer Services 289,292 466,994 338,429 438,055 382,987 255,846 522,904 669,245 739,255 10.5% 12.4%
Financial Services 1,048,973 994,987 1,306,635 1,829,744 2,228,277 2,427,888 2,610,022 3,577,458 3,329,463 -6.9% 15.5%
Business Services 599,961 678,802 1,139,846 1,176,799 1,362,359 1,565,253 2,093,242 1,518,753 1,553,280 2.3% 12.6%
Education 152,392 128,487 110,814 161,671 171,811 250,739 248,506 314,628 365,116 16.0% 11.5%
Other Services 710,652 576,394 358,579 674,203 587,820 534,828 309,399 338,243 329,985 -2.4% -9.1%
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D14 Total Value Added* per Employee – ALL companies, 2000-2008
* Value Added is defined as total sales minus all purchases of raw materials and services
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 134.8 152.2 170.2 170.7 187.9 203.9 207.8 221.8 235.2 6.0% 7.2%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 128.5 145.8 165.4 157.1 176.3 186.2 177.7 186.4 204.5 9.7% 6.0%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 48.4 57.9 49.0 43.2 50.3 44.8 47.9 41.2 54.0 31.0% 1.4%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 66.6 76.7 83.6 117.4 92.3 93.8 105.7 105.6 131.6 24.6% 8.9%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 30.0 38.4 51.0 46.9 49.1 52.0 44.6 48.9 49.1 0.4% 6.3%
Wood & Wood Products 38.3 40.0 42.6 49.6 57.7 59.5 62.7 68.7 59.1 -13.9% 5.6%
Paper & Printing 46.3 49.2 56.6 67.8 69.6 66.7 70.3 72.4 71.2 -1.8% 5.5%
Chemicals 476.8 528.3 741.4 559.6 633.2 667.1 567.8 604.1 622.9 3.1% 3.4%
Rubber & Plastics 63.1 70.5 76.6 78.9 96.5 95.2 100.2 108.1 108.8 0.6% 7.1%
Non-Metalic Minerals 63.3 61.2 88.2 93.3 89.7 105.2 113.7 121.2 121.2 0.0% 8.5%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 48.0 49.9 42.4 45.4 56.1 59.2 66.7 70.3 78.7 12.0% 6.4%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 218.6 269.1 197.1 174.2 239.1 254.3 312.0 278.9 293.9 5.4% 3.8%
Electrical equipment 52.1 54.0 50.2 35.8 55.1 108.1 84.4 91.9 98.8 7.5% 8.3%
Machinery & Equipment 49.1 54.6 59.9 78.4 74.2 72.1 83.4 90.8 95.4 5.1% 8.7%
Transport Equipment 46.9 59.8 58.6 60.1 70.2 68.7 67.9 77.6 80.8 4.0% 7.0%
Medical Devices 118.6 108.6 113.7 127.4 123.5 134.4 114.4 115.5 135.2 17.1% 1.6%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 34.3 39.6 44.5 47.2 54.3 54.9 51.1 58.9 60.5 2.7% 7.3%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 77.8 81.1 82.3 102.8 104.3 107.3 130.8 150.1 155.9 3.8% 9.1%
Information, Communications & Other Services 155.6 172.3 185.9 212.4 221.5 252.7 288.7 314.6 310.4 -1.3% 9.0%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 71.7 83.0 85.0 109.5 126.7 103.5 102.7 104.5 100.6 -3.7% 4.3%
Computer Programming 272.2 288.0 327.6 356.2 368.4 371.4 385.3 374.4 323.2 -13.7% 2.2%
Computer Consultancy 107.8 116.1 107.8 105.5 106.9 150.3 219.4 358.7 403.8 12.6% 17.9%
Computer Facilities Management 61.3 84.7 121.5 158.2 184.1 273.1 391.5 355.6 327.2 -8.0% 23.3%
Other IT & Computer Services 124.9 205.2 158.0 232.0 268.5 171.7 226.7 206.9 215.3 4.1% 7.0%
Financial Services 510.9 502.6 563.4 667.0 737.9 672.2 542.5 528.3 445.6 -15.7% -1.7%
Business Services 113.3 118.0 115.4 126.6 128.9 147.5 178.9 131.1 141.8 8.2% 2.8%
Education 62.6 69.9 113.5 220.2 279.3 273.1 338.6 314.3 340.7 8.4% 23.6%
Other Services 123.3 113.5 160.0 276.8 246.2 195.9 131.0 92.3 91.3 -1.1% -3.7%
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D15 Value Added* as a Percentage of Sales – ALL companies, 2000-2008
* Value Added is defined as total sales minus all purchases of raw materials and services
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Percentage Percentage
Point Change Point Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
% % % % % % % % % % %
Total - All Sectors 40.7% 42.0% 43.5% 41.0% 43.0% 45.0% 42.5% 42.8% 42.6% -0.2% 1.9%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 42.2% 43.2% 45.3% 41.5% 43.4% 44.2% 39.8% 39.3% 40.3% 1.0% -1.9%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 22.0% 28.7% 23.6% 21.9% 25.7% 26.0% 27.2% 25.5% 30.0% 4.5% 8.1%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 25.4% 27.4% 29.0% 34.5% 27.3% 27.5% 28.6% 27.3% 29.6% 2.4% 4.2%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 33.9% 36.1% 46.0% 43.7% 40.7% 41.1% 38.8% 35.5% 35.3% -0.2% 1.5%
Wood & Wood Products 26.8% 23.3% 24.1% 26.7% 29.2% 31.0% 33.9% 30.4% 28.0% -2.4% 1.2%
Paper & Printing 39.5% 39.2% 43.6% 46.5% 47.3% 48.0% 48.9% 48.7% 47.5% -1.2% 7.9%
Chemicals 60.5% 61.0% 65.2% 55.3% 59.8% 60.1% 47.1% 47.8% 47.5% -0.2% -13.0%
Rubber & Plastics 43.1% 45.2% 48.2% 45.7% 47.5% 46.9% 46.5% 45.7% 45.6% -0.2% 2.5%
Non-Metalic Minerals 37.4% 33.0% 47.5% 48.1% 44.4% 46.2% 48.0% 46.6% 46.0% -0.6% 8.6%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 37.6% 37.3% 32.3% 32.6% 38.4% 38.3% 38.1% 36.3% 35.7% -0.6% -1.9%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 38.2% 39.7% 31.2% 26.3% 32.7% 32.6% 34.6% 32.4% 34.4% 1.9% -3.8%
Electrical equipment 37.6% 32.1% 32.4% 23.2% 26.1% 43.1% 37.1% 39.2% 40.5% 1.3% 2.9%
Machinery & Equipment 34.1% 35.8% 37.7% 44.4% 43.7% 41.7% 42.6% 42.5% 40.8% -1.8% 6.6%
Transport Equipment 37.9% 40.6% 41.2% 41.8% 43.3% 41.7% 40.6% 42.6% 44.4% 1.8% 6.5%
Medical Devices 57.5% 53.6% 56.9% 60.3% 59.4% 63.1% 55.2% 52.8% 55.3% 2.5% -2.2%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 38.0% 41.6% 46.3% 45.2% 44.8% 44.8% 43.6% 45.9% 45.0% -0.9% 7.1%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 28.2% 30.4% 31.6% 38.0% 33.6% 32.0% 37.4% 43.1% 43.3% 0.2% 15.1%
Information, Communications & Other Services 37.4% 39.1% 39.1% 39.8% 42.1% 46.8% 47.9% 49.8% 47.0% -2.8% 9.6%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 49.9% 52.5% 60.7% 62.4% 65.2% 59.8% 57.7% 56.1% 56.3% 0.1% 6.3%
Computer Programming 27.9% 29.9% 29.7% 28.0% 28.8% 32.9% 30.3% 29.0% 23.8% -5.1% -4.1%
Computer Consultancy 42.6% 44.7% 41.1% 40.4% 44.7% 51.6% 59.9% 70.0% 72.4% 2.5% 29.8%
Computer Facilities Management 47.5% 51.1% 58.9% 57.6% 56.1% 61.0% 63.4% 59.7% 61.1% 1.4% 13.6%
Other IT & Computer Services 64.6% 79.9% 42.8% 47.8% 50.2% 24.3% 37.2% 35.1% 32.1% -3.0% -32.6%
Financial Services 94.3% 92.8% 93.6% 95.0% 94.9% 93.2% 91.5% 91.5% 90.0% -1.5% -4.4%
Business Services 64.0% 59.5% 65.6% 68.8% 72.5% 74.2% 77.6% 70.3% 67.7% -2.6% 3.7%
Education 81.3% 69.0% 60.0% 72.5% 82.7% 87.2% 91.1% 94.6% 95.6% 1.0% 14.3%
Other Services 48.2% 49.4% 48.3% 58.3% 53.5% 53.3% 37.8% 34.6% 30.6% -4.0% -17.6%
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D16 Payroll Costs as a Percentage of Total Value Added* – ALL companies, 2000-2008
* Value Added is defined as total sales minus all purchases of raw materials and services
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Percentage Percentage
Point Change Point Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
% % % % % % % % % % %
Total - All Sectors 23.9% 24.1% 22.2% 23.2% 22.4% 21.4% 22.1% 21.7% 21.7% 0.0% -2.2%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 23.9% 23.3% 21.2% 23.9% 22.8% 22.3% 24.6% 24.9% 23.8% -1.0% 0.0%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 50.5% 50.8% 56.2% 60.4% 57.6% 63.0% 68.0% 82.9% 67.6% -15.3% 17.1%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 44.3% 41.1% 40.9% 30.8% 39.7% 40.9% 38.3% 38.3% 33.2% -5.1% -11.0%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 66.4% 63.2% 49.2% 56.8% 62.2% 63.2% 74.7% 77.1% 79.1% 2.0% 12.7%
Wood & Wood Products 63.1% 69.6% 68.6% 61.6% 57.2% 54.5% 52.0% 56.1% 74.1% 18.0% 11.0%
Paper & Printing 65.0% 66.2% 59.5% 55.2% 56.5% 59.8% 60.9% 60.2% 63.0% 2.8% -2.0%
Chemicals 8.6% 8.2% 6.5% 9.2% 8.6% 8.7% 10.8% 10.5% 10.6% 0.1% 2.1%
Rubber & Plastics 40.3% 40.2% 38.1% 40.7% 36.4% 35.3% 36.8% 36.6% 38.3% 1.7% -1.9%
Non-Metalic Minerals 50.6% 60.0% 41.6% 42.7% 48.7% 41.8% 40.2% 40.6% 42.9% 2.3% -7.8%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 55.8% 59.6% 72.4% 73.0% 61.4% 62.2% 57.1% 62.8% 60.2% -2.5% 4.4%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 16.6% 15.8% 18.7% 23.0% 17.9% 17.8% 15.7% 19.0% 17.4% -1.6% 0.8%
Electrical equipment 46.3% 51.4% 54.8% 83.2% 65.5% 34.9% 46.2% 46.0% 46.2% 0.2% -0.1%
Machinery & Equipment 58.7% 57.4% 55.7% 44.2% 49.9% 53.4% 47.9% 44.2% 47.4% 3.3% -11.2%
Transport Equipment 65.3% 59.4% 61.2% 62.2% 59.4% 61.8% 62.5% 62.3% 63.1% 0.8% -2.2%
Medical Devices 24.1% 28.3% 29.4% 27.0% 29.5% 28.0% 36.1% 38.0% 33.7% -4.2% 9.7%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 69.3% 64.5% 60.9% 64.0% 65.6% 63.6% 71.2% 65.6% 68.0% 2.4% -1.3%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 59.6% 58.3% 58.3% 49.2% 49.3% 47.7% 34.4% 30.3% 30.9% 0.6% -28.7%
Information, Communications & Other Services 23.8% 26.3% 25.2% 21.8% 21.4% 19.4% 18.0% 16.7% 18.2% 1.5% -5.6%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 47.6% 41.8% 41.3% 35.3% 31.7% 40.9% 51.5% 51.4% 54.3% 2.9% 6.7%
Computer Programming 16.8% 17.6% 17.3% 16.4% 16.0% 15.3% 16.2% 16.9% 20.6% 3.7% 3.8%
Computer Consultancy 35.0% 37.7% 41.0% 39.3% 39.9% 31.3% 21.5% 14.2% 13.7% -0.5% -21.4%
Computer Facilities Management 52.4% 50.0% 32.7% 24.3% 25.7% 17.4% 14.0% 16.1% 17.7% 1.6% -34.8%
Other IT & Computer Services 35.3% 21.6% 30.5% 20.1% 19.0% 32.7% 19.5% 21.6% 21.0% -0.6% -14.3%
Financial Services 6.1% 7.7% 7.8% 7.0% 6.8% 7.6% 10.1% 10.2% 14.1% 3.8% 8.0%
Business Services 25.5% 33.0% 38.4% 36.5% 31.4% 29.4% 28.5% 34.9% 36.5% 1.5% 11.0%
Education 18.4% 132.1% 53.3% 22.9% 15.0% 14.8% 6.6% 5.8% 5.4% -0.4% -13.0%
Other Services 26.0% 29.3% 23.5% 15.0% 18.4% 20.7% 24.8% 37.2% 41.8% 4.6% 15.8%
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D17 Expenditure on Formal Structured Training - ALL companies, 2000-2008
FORFÁS ABSEI 2008 RESULTS - APPENDIX
Per Annum Per Annum
Change Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
€k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k €k % %
Total - All Sectors 172,892 175,373 156,754 160,091 156,968 146,179 152,801 186,099 189,279 1.7% 1.1%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 101,180 107,574 103,350 110,536 110,913 101,187 104,929 117,655 115,453 -1.9% 1.7%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 407 678 719 564 593 465 598 579 841 45.2% 9.5%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 20,283 25,442 31,260 21,528 18,002 18,894 20,498 23,116 24,792 7.3% 2.5%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 2,073 2,383 2,505 1,853 1,540 1,499 1,739 1,682 1,367 -18.7% -5.1%
Wood & Wood Products 1,475 1,889 1,976 1,886 1,625 2,108 2,310 2,561 2,397 -6.4% 6.3%
Paper & Printing 2,283 1,674 1,878 2,263 1,877 2,038 2,093 2,228 2,189 -1.7% -0.5%
Chemicals 14,789 16,753 19,185 26,583 24,815 23,620 21,837 26,154 22,471 -14.1% 5.4%
Rubber & Plastics 3,497 3,012 2,861 3,133 3,087 3,355 3,439 4,097 4,483 9.4% 3.2%
Non-Metalic Minerals 1,921 3,109 2,934 3,169 2,916 3,025 2,309 2,758 2,763 0.2% 4.6%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 7,708 5,873 5,790 5,461 5,002 5,847 5,863 6,592 5,740 -12.9% -3.6%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 21,259 19,776 13,843 14,833 13,978 14,518 19,119 17,801 15,985 -10.2% -3.5%
Electrical equipment 3,267 3,869 2,222 2,669 2,943 3,930 2,520 2,528 2,291 -9.4% -4.3%
Machinery & Equipment 5,050 5,578 4,440 4,453 4,078 4,275 4,024 4,220 5,304 25.7% 0.6%
Transport Equipment 2,798 2,720 2,342 1,908 1,499 2,672 3,983 3,338 4,278 28.1% 5.5%
Medical Devices 7,712 8,473 6,738 7,202 9,919 9,824 10,169 14,101 14,641 3.8% 8.3%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 5,688 5,144 3,137 11,399 17,808 3,885 3,340 3,796 3,626 -4.5% -5.5%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 971 1,201 1,522 1,633 1,231 1,232 1,088 2,104 2,284 8.6% 11.3%
Information, Communications & Other Services 71,712 67,799 53,404 49,555 46,055 44,992 47,871 68,444 73,827 7.9% 0.4%
Information, Communications & Other Services 78,708 92,279 64,847 63,499 53,142 56,576 51,144 70,489 56,627 -19.7% -4.0%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 1,128 1,083 620 568 538 1,008 1,058 1,771 1,936 9.3% 7.0%
Computer Programming 25,717 30,665 24,636 23,331 19,023 15,541 20,102 38,458 44,190 14.9% 7.0%
Computer Consultancy 28,002 18,437 12,991 9,106 9,546 9,731 12,566 11,859 11,200 -5.6% -10.8%
Computer Facilities Management 8,953 7,888 5,074 5,325 6,293 7,728 4,351 3,842 3,741 -2.6% -10.3%
Other IT & Computer Services 1,174 1,154 1,001 1,128 837 833 876 1,505 1,510 0.3% 3.2%
Financial Services 757 816 1,104 1,804 1,591 1,756 2,488 3,450 3,092 -10.4% 19.2%
Business Services 3,105 3,206 6,399 6,638 6,839 6,685 5,138 5,978 6,122 2.4% 8.9%
Education 289 2,379 695 291 108 257 436 382 470 23.2% 6.3%
Other Services 2,586 2,172 885 1,364 1,282 1,453 857 1,200 1,566 30.5% -6.1%
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D18 Expenditure on Structured Training as a Percentage of Payroll - ALL companies, 2000-2008
Percentage Percentage
Point Change Point Change
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007-2008 2000-2008
% % % % % % % % % % %
Total - All Sectors 1.7% 1.6% 1.5% 1.5% 1.4% 1.2% 1.2% 1.4% 1.4% 0.0% -0.3%
Manufacturing & Other Industry 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 1.5% 1.4% 1.2% 1.2% 1.3% 1.3% 0.0% -0.1%
Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining & Quarrying 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% 0.8% 0.6% 0.7% 1.1% 0.4% 0.3%
Food, Drink & Tobacco 1.3% 1.6% 1.9% 1.3% 1.1% 1.1% 1.2% 1.3% 1.4% 0.1% 0.0%
Textiles, Clothing, Footware & Leather 1.0% 1.1% 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 1.6% 1.7% 1.5% -0.2% 0.5%
Wood & Wood Products 1.1% 1.2% 1.4% 1.2% 0.9% 1.2% 1.2% 1.5% 1.5% 0.0% 0.4%
Paper & Printing 0.9% 0.6% 0.7% 0.9% 0.8% 0.9% 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 0.0% 0.1%
Chemicals 1.5% 1.6% 1.6% 2.1% 1.8% 1.6% 1.5% 1.7% 1.4% -0.3% -0.1%
Rubber & Plastics 1.4% 1.2% 1.1% 1.2% 1.2% 1.3% 1.1% 1.3% 1.4% 0.1% 0.0%
Non-Metalic Minerals 0.6% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% 0.8% 0.5% 0.6% 0.7% 0.1% 0.1%
Basic & Fabricated Metal Products 1.9% 1.4% 1.4% 1.3% 1.2% 1.3% 1.2% 1.3% 1.1% -0.2% -0.8%
Computer, Electronic & Optical Products 1.6% 1.4% 1.2% 1.3% 1.2% 1.3% 1.5% 1.2% 1.2% -0.1% -0.4%
Electrical equipment 1.3% 1.4% 1.0% 1.2% 1.2% 1.5% 1.0% 0.9% 0.9% -0.1% -0.4%
Machinery & Equipment 1.1% 1.3% 1.1% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 1.1% 1.1% 1.3% 0.2% 0.1%
Transport Equipment 1.2% 1.1% 1.0% 0.8% 0.7% 1.1% 1.5% 1.1% 1.4% 0.3% 0.2%
Medical Devices 1.8% 1.8% 1.2% 1.2% 1.5% 1.3% 1.1% 1.5% 1.5% 0.0% -0.3%
Other Misc. Manufacturing 2.7% 2.2% 1.3% 4.8% 6.9% 1.5% 1.2% 1.4% 1.4% 0.0% -1.3%
Energy, Water, Waste & Construction 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.0% 0.2%
Information, Communications & Other Services 2.7% 2.1% 1.7% 1.6% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3% 1.7% 1.7% 0.0% -1.0%
Publishing, Broadcasting & Telecommunications 1.8% 1.7% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 1.5% 1.2% 1.4% 1.5% 0.1% -0.3%
Computer Programming 3.0% 3.0% 2.5% 2.4% 2.0% 1.5% 1.9% 3.6% 3.8% 0.2% 0.8%
Computer Consultancy 3.0% 1.7% 1.3% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 1.1% 1.1% 0.9% -0.1% -2.1%
Computer Facilities Management 3.0% 2.3% 1.8% 1.5% 1.4% 1.4% 0.9% 0.8% 0.7% -0.1% -2.3%
Other IT & Computer Services 1.1% 1.1% 1.0% 1.3% 1.1% 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% -0.1% -0.2%
Financial Services 1.2% 1.1% 1.1% 1.4% 1.1% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 0.7% -0.3% -0.5%
Business Services 2.0% 1.4% 1.5% 1.5% 1.6% 1.5% 0.9% 1.1% 1.1% 0.0% -0.9%
Education 1.0% 1.4% 1.2% 0.8% 0.4% 0.7% 2.7% 2.1% 2.4% 0.3% 1.4%
Other Services 1.4% 1.3% 1.1% 1.3% 1.2% 1.3% 1.1% 1.0% 1.1% 0.2% -0.3%
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