NATIONAL PROFILE on Chemicals Management - UNITAR

1 3 The manufacturing and agricultural sectorsTable 1-6Overview of the manufacturing and agricultural sectors1) CONTRIBUTION RATE TO GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT 2) NUMBER OF EMPLOYEESSECTOR (2000) (1996)(UNIT: BILLION YEN)(1,000 PERSONS)Manufacturing 110,927 12,930(21.8%) (20.6%)Mining 636 64(0.1%) (0.1%)Agriculture or agriculture, 6,996 260forestry and fisheries (1.4%) (0.4%)Total 118,559 13,254(23.3%) (21.1%)Sources: 1) Annual National Accounts, Cabinet Office; 2) Establishment And Enterprise Census, Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts andTelecommunications.Note: The definitions of manufacturing and agricultural sectors in each of the statistics vary.Table 1-7The structure of the manufacturing and agricultural sectorsSECTOR MICRO BUSINESSES SMALL-SCALE BUSINESSES MEDIUM-SCALE BUSINESSES LARGE-SCALE BUSINESSESManufacturing 654,354 99,670 13,623 4,259(84.8%) (12.9%) (1.8%) (0.6%)Agriculture, forestry 17,771 3,263 154 5and fisheries (83.9%) (15.4%) (0.7%) (0.0%)Total of all sectors 6,129,552 523,698 51,654 12,121(91.3%) (7.8%) (0.8%) (0.2%)Source: Establishment and Enterprise Census, Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications.Note: As of 10 October 1996, micro businesses are defined here as holding between 1 and 19 employees, small-scale businesses between 20 and 99 employees,medium-scale businesses between 99 and 299 employees, and large-scale businesses more than 300 employees.8