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MANUFACTURING SUBSECTORS - Glass and non-metallic mineral products - March 2021

12 Nov 2021

Glass and non-metallic minerals value chain The glass and non-metallic minerals industry includes both glass products that are used in various sectors such as automotive, and mineral products such as cement, bricks, ceramics and similar products, which are used principally in the construction industry. [...] Glass and other non-metallic mineral products value added in constant 2019 rand (a) Glass and other non metalic minerals - Quantec Glass and other non metalic minerals - StatisticsSA 25 20 15 10 5 0 Note: (a) Deflated by calculating the deflator used in the sources from figures in current and constant rand, and then rebasing to 2019. [...] Employment Between 2009 and 2012, employment in glass and other non-metallic mineral products dropped by 7% annually, indicating the combined effect of the global financial crises in 2008/9 and the end cycle of the commodities boom period in 2011/12. [...] Employment in glass and other non-metallic mineral products by gender Women as % of glass and non-metallic minerals labour force Women as % of other manufacturing labour force Women manufacturing workers in glass and non-metalic minerals as % of all women in manufacturing Men manufacturing workers in glass and non-metallic minerals as % of all men in manufacturing 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0%. [...] After-tax profits in glass and other non-metallic mineral products were around 8% of total income in 2019, below the rate in other manufacturing, which amounted to 20% of total income in the same year.

Authors

Thobile Mawelela

Pages
13
Published in
South Africa