 The
Manufacturing Sector
The manufacturing sector’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) growth in 1999 was 10%. This sector provides employment for approximately
12% of the working population.
A broad classification of the sub-sectors in this sector includes:
- Wood and Wood-related products
- Food and food processing
- Beverages: alcoholic and non-alcoholic
- Livestock-related
- Textiles
- Chemicals
- Paper and paper-related
- Leather
- Fabricated metals
- Refrigerators and Stoves
Investment Opportunities
- Wood Sector
- Manufacture of high quality wooden furniture in both finished
and knock-down forms
- Manufacture of fitted kitchen furniture
- Manufacture of standard size doors, windows, panels (groove &
tongue), and other household fittings
- Manufacture of plywood and veneers
- Manufacture of wooden garden furniture
- Manufacture of prefabricated wooden houses
- Manufacture of parquet material and floor tiles
- Agro-Industries
- Processing, canning and bottling of agricultural produce
- Manufacture of chemical products (such as fertilizers, insecticides,
herbicides for agricultural production and for use in processing
and preservation)
- Packaging
- Manufacturing of packaging materials and containers for transport
of finished products.
- Jewellery
- Manufacture of jewellery and ornaments based on gold, diamond
and semi-precious stones.
- Leather Craft
- Manufacture of leather products and souvenirs
- Ceramics and Non-Metallic Minerals
- Manufacture of articles based on clay, kaolin and silica sand.
- Textiles
- Manufacture of garments and textiles for local and export markets
(mainly U.S.A. and Canada). This sub-sector is a very dynamic one
with over 80% of the companies in the industry being export oriented.
Garments produced for these markets are principally based on the
US 807 Programme, which operates on an annual quota system.
- Non Traditional areas where local resources can be used:
- Production of building materials such as stone, cement, clay blocks,
tiles.
- Manufacture of glass.
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