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NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THE INDUSTRY SECTOR
Table 10.1

% var. % total
2020 2021 21/20 2021
Manufacturing industries (including extract on) 1,580 1,522 -3.7 89.9
Food and beverages 244 238 -2.5 14.1
Tobacco industries 245 239 -2.5 14.1
Text les 37 33 -8.9 2.0
Wood and cork, basketwork and esparto 133 127 -4.9 7.5
Print ng, graphic arts and reproduct on of recorded media 214 197 -8.1 11.6
Chemical industries 151 143 -5.2 8.4
Rubber and plast c art cles 15 20 31.5 1.2
Other non-metal mineral art cles 43 43 1.4 2.6
Art cles of metal, except machinery and equipment 138 144 4.9 8.5
Mechanical machinery and equipment 134 140 4.0 8.3
Of ce machinery and computer equipment 1 1 100.0 0.1
Electrical machinery and equipment 8 9 19.4 0.5
Medico-surgical, precision, opt cal and 158 134 -15.2 7.9
clockmaking equipment and instruments
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 3 3 5.9 0.2
Furniture; other manufacturing industries 32 29 -11.1 1.7
Recycling 25 22 -11.7 1.3
Product on and distribut on of electricity, gas and water 170 171 0.5 10.1
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Total 1,751 1,693 -3.3 100

Source: CASS (Andorran Social Security System) / Department of Stat st cs.

water, which are €3,419 - 52% higher than in In 2021, the GVA of the industry
the manufacturing industry branch. Finally, in and manufacturing sector grew and
2021, the electricity consumption of industry
rose 22.2% from the previous year, so it almost regained part of the loss seen in 2020.
totally reversed the fall in 2020 (-25%) from the
slowdown in activity suffered by some factories at the start of the pandemic. In fact, electricity
consumption is only 8% below the 2019 figure, which was a record year for consumption.

In 2021, the number of establishments One of the main industries in Andorra is
and imports in the tobacco industry tobacco. In 2021, this sector saw a decline in
increased, but employment fell. the number of employees (from 245 to 239
workers) and an increase in both the number
of establishments (from 7 to 8) and tobacco
imports (6.1% to €23.2 million). In 2021, the branch of tobacco represented 14% of total The Andorran economy: developments in the main sectors | X. Industry
employment in industry, a fairly stable percentage since 2016 but far from the figure of nearly one
third that it represented in the early 1990s. Remember that between 2013-2016, employment in
the sector fell 13%. Currently, the sector’s proportion of employment is similar to that of the food
and beverage industries, at around 14%.

Electricity production and distribution is the fourth most important subsector in terms of
employment – after the tobacco, food and beverages industry, and printing and graphic arts. In
2021, it had 10% of total employees with a slightly positive variation (0.5%).