MANUFACTURING SUBSECTORS - Wood and paper products - May 2021

Wood and paper value chain Wood and paper refer to the processing of wood, including milling and pulping, and the production of final products such as plywood, furniture and paper. [...] Value add in wood and paper, 1994 to 2019, in billions of constant (2019) rand (a) Wood and paper only - Quantec Wood, paper, printing and publishing - Stats SA 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Note: (a) Deflated by calculating the deflator used in the sources from current and constant rand figures, and then rebasing to 2019. [...] Employment in wood and paper and other manufacturing by gender Women as % of wood and paper labour force women as % of other manufacturing labour force Women manufacturing workers in wood and paper as % of all women in manufacturing men manufacturing workers in wood and paper as % of all men in manufacturing 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Source: Statistics South Africa. [...] Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape accounted for three-quarters of employees in wood and paper manufacturing, showing a similar trend in the rest of manufacturing. [...] Return on assets (a) in wood and paper products and other manufacturing, and after-tax profits in wood and paper as a percentage of after-tax profits in manufacturing as a whole Return on assets: wood and paper (a) Return on assets: other manufacturing (a) Wood and paper profits after-tax as % of total manufacturing 14% 12% 10% 8% 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 5% 5%5% 5% 4% 3% 3% 3% 2% 0% 0% 2008 2009 2010 2011.