Zimbabwe - Overseas Development Institute

The s t a t i c c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of today's manufacturing sector,
shown i n Table 1, above (page 3) f a i l to capture these important
features. Although the importance of sub-sector 9, Metals and
Metal Products, i s i n d i c a t e d there, i t should be added that i t s
p a r t i c u l a r c o n t r i b u t i o n to t o t a l MVA had already reached 17% by
1960; i t rose to a peak of 32% i n 1975 and has only r e c e n t l y
f a l l e n back to below 25% of t o t a l MVA. The unique development
over time of the Metals and Metal Products sub-sector (9) i s
shown c l e a r l y , i n Figure 23, derived from the "sources" of
growth data.
Comparing Figure 23 with the pattern f o r manufacturing as a
whole shown i n Figure 5, above, reveals not only the dominance
played by import s u b s t i t u t i o n i n contrast with domestic demand
but the long term and r i s i n g s i g n i f i c a n c e of export expansion i n
o v e r a l l growth.
The extent of intra-manufacturing linkages present i n
Zimbabwe i s revealed by the data i n Table 18. I t shows that
Table 18.
Inputs into Manufacturing Obtained From Within the
Manufacturing Sector, 1975 and 1981/82.
Total
% of
from
Manufact
Sub- Total of which Manuf­ uring In-
Sector Inputs imported acturing puts f rom
$ mn. $ mn. % $ mn. % s/sector 9
1 214.0 19.2 9 52.9 25 12.8
2 40.5 4.1 10 17 .5 43 11.7
3 92.0 32.2 35 46 .9 51 10.4
4 52.5 13.1 25 33 .7 64 4.2
5 20.8 8.3 40 9 .4 45 18.8
6 37.9 19.7 52 14. .2 38 10.4
7 102.7 60.9 59 27, .5 27 16.9
8 23.5 7.0 30 7, .8 33 57.3
9 183.4 86.3 47 57, .1 31 82.3
10 32.2 26.4 82 5 .3 16 48.5
11 6.3 3.8 60 0, .5 8 51.4
TOTAL 805.8 281.0 35 272.! i 34 31.0
Notes: 1. All data are for 1975 except the last column which
are for 1981/82.
Source: UNCTAD (1980:354-355) and UNIDO (1986b:153).