Sector

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Industrial Production

As of the end of 1997 Prague had a total of 652 business units monitored by the Czech Bureau of Statistics, i.e. with more than twenty employees. Their aggregate industrial production value was CZK 204,037.7 million - a 5.7 % increase over 1996.

All industries generated higher revenues in 1997 than in 1996 except for the textile and ready-made clothing industry (-6.3 %), and leather-working industry (-2 %). Their well-to-do counterparts included tobacco processing (+52.6 %), pulp and paper production (+71.9 %), production of glassware and ceramic ware (+25.9 %), and production of other means of transport (+33,1 %).

The number of people employed by industrial enterprises in Prague was 120,334, i.e. 4.3 % less than in 1996. In 1997 the number of employees dropped by 5,398 which means that the declining trend continued also in 1997.

Building Industries

The total value of the building work accomplished by 257 contractors in 1997 was CZK 55,381 million, i.e. 4.4 % higher than in 1996. The value of domestic building contracts rose by 4.3 %, while that of contracts performed abroad by 123.7 %. The value of new construction projects, redevelopments and modernizations was 5.7 % higher than in 1996, and its share in the overall volume of building work was highest as well (in excess of 90 %). Like in other industries there has been a workforce reduction in construction companies as well.

Industry

1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
279	279	322	225	219	Number of enterprises
166 840	145 918	125 583	115 560	105 420	Number of employees
					Market material product [CZK mil.]
117 480	113 166	119 618	130 623	141 244	at current prices
54 250	48 904	49 619	51 702	53 840	at 1989 constant prices
					Proportion in production [%] 1)
	100	100	100	100	Industry, total
	51,0	53,2	55,8	55,3	Manufacturing
	17,5	16,0	17,7	20,0	Food products
	0,6	0,5	0,6	0,6	Textile products
	0,5	0,6	0,4	0,4	Wood products
	4,0	7,8	7,0	7,1	Paper products, publishing and printing
	7,0	7,2	5,8	5,6	Chemical and pharmaceutical products
	1,3	1,4	1,2	1,3	Rubber and plastics products
	1,1	1,4	1,0	0,9	Other non-metalic mineral products
	2,1	1,8	2,4	1,5	Basic metals and fabricated metal products
	3,7	2,8	2,6	2,0	Machinery and equipment
	7,4	7,7	10,0	8,8	Electrical and optical equipment
	3,8	4,1	5,2	5,5	Transport equipment
	1,9	1,8	1,7	1,5	Manufacturing n.e.c.
	48,9	46,7	44,0	44,6	Electricity, gas and water supply