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increase since 2005. Finally, the average wages In 2019, the industrial and manufacturing
in the sector grew significantly for the third sector saw a positive trend.
consecutive year, after a period (2010-2016)
in which they were practically stable on
annual average. Specifically, the average wage in 2019 was about 2,338 euros, representing a
2.5% increase on 2018, and 7.3% more than three years earlier. Finally, electricity consumption
in industry doubled in 2019 against the previous year, illustrating the expansionary phase
experienced by the sector.

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
Table 10.1

% var. % total
2018 2019 19/18 2019
Manufacturing industries (including extraction) 1,443 1,492 3.5 89.7
Food and beverages 234 237 1.2 14.2
Tobacco industries 246 245 -0.1 14.7
Textiles 35 34 -3.1 2.0
Clothing and leather articles - - - -
Wood and cork, basketwork and esparto 123 131 6.6 7.9
Printing, graphic arts and reproduction of recorded media 213 221 3.6 13.3
Chemical industries 115 128 11.2 7.7
Rubber and plastic articles 15 14 -8.8 0.8
Other non-metal mineral articles 43 44 1.7 2.6
Articles of metal, except machinery and equipment 125 134 6.4 8.0
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Machinery and mechanical equipment 130 138 5.6 8.3
Office machinery and computer equipment 1 0 -100 0.0
Machinery and electrical equipment 8 8 -1.1 0.5
Medico-surgical, precision, optical and clockmaking equipment and 110 111 1.4 6.7
instruments
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 3 3 0.0 0.2
Furniture. other manufacturing industries 26 26 2.9 1.6
Recycling 16 20 24.7 1.2
Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water 173 172 -1.0 10.3
Total 1,616 1,664 3.0 100.0

Source: CASS (Andorran Social Security System) / Department of Statistics.

In 2019, the tobacco industry had the One of the main industries in Andorra is tobacco.
same number of employees and one In 2019, this sector was marked by stability in
more establishment. the number of employees, an increase in the
number of establishments (from six to seven)
and a 5.0% increase in tobacco imports, to 30.3 The Andorran economy: developments in the main sectors | X. Industry
million euros. The industrial branch of tobacco employed 245 employees in 2019, 14.7% of total
employment in industry, but still far from the percentage it reached at the start of the 1990s,
when it was almost one third of the total in industry. Remember that employment fell 13%
between 2013 and 2016. This sector currently represents a similar percentage to the food and
beverage industry (14.2%).

Electricity production and distribution is the fourth largest subsector, in terms of employment, after
the tobacco industry, the food and beverage industry, and printing and graphic arts, with 10.3%