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2 Characteristics of the Respondents
2.1 Business
A lmost all the respondent companies are privately-owned (87.5%),
except one which is public and two that are joint ventures between
the State and the Private Sector (Figure 1 and Table 1). The
manufacturing and financial services are the most predominant sectors
(Figure 2 and Table 2). The majority of the companies employ more
than 50 workers and 50% have been in operation for over ten years
(Tables 3, 4 and 5). Table 6 illustrates the breakdown of companies by
activities and period of operation, highlighting the manufacturing and
financial services sectors. Seven companies were in operation for 2 to
5 years, 9 companies for 9 to 10 years and 16 companies for more
than 10 years.
15.6% of companies with a turnover below USD 25,000, 12.5%
import from within SADC and another 12.5% from outside SADC. Of
the same group of companies, 9.4% export to other SADC countries
and only 3.1% export to countries outside SADC. 12.5% of an annual
turnover of USD 50,001 and USD 100,000, 9.4% import from within
SADC and 12.5% from outside SADC. None of the companies export
to other SADC countries but 3.1% export to outside SADC. Companies
with 62.5 % of a turnover higher than USD 100,000, 35.5% import
from within SADC, 25.0% import from outside SADC. In terms of
exports, the same group of companies, 15.6% export to other SADC
countries, 18.8% export to countries outside SADC. There is a
substantial number of companies inquired which did not respond to
questions regarding exports and imports (Table 7).
In relation to main relevance country of export, five companies export
to EU, three to Zimbabwe and another three to South Africa, Swaziland
and other markets. The first most relevant market represented a %age
of sales of 45%, 27% and 9% respectively. As the second most relevant
market, of the 5 respondent companies, 2 export to South Africa and
the remaining 3 to Swaziland, Zimbabwe and USA. As the third most
relevant Market only 3 companies export to Malawi, South Africa and
other markets (Table 8).
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