Fast Facts about Industry in Ireland

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Total: $164,190 million (48th in world)
Per Capita: $40,003 (4th in world)

Employment

All statistics for March 2004

Total Labour Force: 1,920,300
Total Employed: 1,836,200
Total Unemployed: 84,200
Unemployment Rate: 4.4%

Agriculture

Value of Output (at producer prices): 4,941 million
Livestock Numbers

Cattle Sheep Pigs Poultry

6,967,000 6,849,000 1,713,000 12,738,000

Principle Crops

	Wheat	Oats	Barley	Potatoes	Sugar Beet
Hectares Planted	957,000	21,000	183,100	14,200	31,500
Output in Tonnes	794,000	155,000	1,198,000	488,000	1,505,000

Construction Industry

New Dwellings (houses, apartment etc) completed (2004): 68,819
Planning Permissions Granted (2004):

Dwelling Other Extensions Alterations/conversions

27,512 6,717 13,468 2,575
Average Weekly Earnings (2003):

Foremen Skilled Unskilled/Semi-skilled Apprentices

871.89 786.95 649.15 424.67

Industry (General)

Industrial Products and Value (in millions, 2003)

Chemicals, chemical products, man-made fibres etc	29,082
Electrical and optical equipment	24,459
Food products; beverages and tobacco	17,917
Metals & metal products, machinery & equipment	3,471
Mining, quarrying & transport	1,854
Paper & paper products, publishing, reproduction of computer media	12,086
Textiles & textile products, leather & leather products	659
Wood & wood products, non-metallic mineral products	4,033
Other	3,266
Total Value of Products	96,831

Average weekly Industrial Earnings (2003): Male: 564.90 Female: 393.78

Tourism and Travel

Overseas Visits to Ireland (2004, in 1000's)

Total Overseas Visits	6,574
Area of Residence
Great Britain	3,681
Other Europe	1,600
USA and Canada	977
Other Areas	317
Reason for Journey
Business	926
Holiday/Leisure/Recreation	3,413
Visit to Friends/Relatives	1,807
Other	429

Overseas Visits by Irish Residents (2004, in 1000's)

Total	5,465
EU-25	4,614
Other Europe*	167
North America	449
Central & South America	28
Asia	89
Africa	69
Australia, New Zealand & Oceania	50

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