PIOJ Growth-Inducement Strategy - Planning Institute of Jamaica

53.7 per cent. The decline in alumina production was as a result of fewer alumina plants
being operational in the current period relative to January – September 2009. Total
bauxite production increased by 8.2 per cent to 6 331.1 kilo tonnes, reflecting increased
crude bauxite production, which outweighed the decline in the Bauxite Equivalent of
Alumina production.
Alumina exports fell by 31.2 per cent to 1 039.4 kilo tonnes, while crude bauxite exports
increased by 51.3 per cent to 3,312.8 kilo tonnes. Total bauxite exports declined by 0.5
per cent as the increase recorded in crude bauxite exports was offset by the lower bauxite
equivalent of alumina exports.
Preliminary data for export earnings for the nine-month period show a decline of 1.3 per
cent to US$351.9 million compared with the corresponding period of 2009. This
reduction represented a decline in the value of alumina exported, which outweighed the
increase in the value of crude bauxite exported. The decline in the value of alumina
exported was due to lower volume exported, which outweighed the impact of higher
prices, while the growth in crude bauxite exported was due to higher prices and volume
exported.
Manufacture
Real value added for the Manufacture industry declined by 2.2 per cent, reflecting the
lower real value added for the two main components of the industry. Real value added
for Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Other Manufacture declined by 1.5 per cent and 3.2
per cent, respectively. For the nine-month period, the industry was negatively affected
by:
low domestic and international demand for Jamaican manufactured products
the security operations and State of Emergency in sections of Kingston and St.
Catherine, during the months of May and June 2010
adverse weather conditions associated with Tropical Storm Nicole in September
2010.
Contraction in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco sub-industry was influenced by lower
levels of output for both the Food Processing and Beverages & Tobacco sub-categories.
Contraction in the Food Processing component was reflective mainly of relatively lower
levels of sugar production, which declined by 6.9 per cent compared with the
corresponding period of 2009. Lower sugar production was attributed mainly to the
impact of adverse weather conditions on the quantity and quality of sugar cane reaped.
The decline in the Beverages & Tobacco component reflected lower levels of production
for all commodities, with the exception of Carbonated Beverages, which grew by 12.4
per cent for the nine-month period relative to the comparable period of 2009.
The lower real value added for Other Manufacturing was attributed mainly to downturns
in Chemicals & Chemical Products and Non-Metallic Minerals. Production in the
Chemicals & Chemical Products sub-group was influenced mainly by lower output of
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