Archive:Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products statistics - NACE Rev. 2
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This article presents an overview of statistics for non-metallic mineral products manufacturing in the European Union (EU), as covered by NACE Rev. 2 Division 23.
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Main statistical findings
Structural profile
The EU-27‘s non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector (Division 23) was composed of 102.3 thousand enterprises in 2010. Employment in this sector reached 1.3 million persons which was 1.0 % of all the persons employed in the non-financial business economy (Sections B to J and L to N and Division 95) and 4.5 % of the total number of persons employed in manufacturing (Section C). The non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector generated EUR 64.3 billion of value added which was equivalent to 1.1 % of the non-financial business economy total and 4.0 % of the manufacturing total — similar shares to those observed for employment.
The apparent labour productivity of the EU-27’s non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector in 2010 was EUR 47.9 thousand per person employed, above the non-financial business economy average of EUR 44.8 thousand per person employed, but slightly below the manufacturing average of EUR 52.8 thousand per person employed. Average personnel costs within the EU-27’s non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector (EUR 33.7 thousand per employee) were also midway between the averages for the non-financial business economy (EUR 30.9 thousand per employee) and manufacturing (EUR 35.8 thousand per employee). Consequently, the non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector’s wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio (which combines the two previous indicators and shows the extent to which value added per person employed covers average personnel costs per employee) was, at 142.0 %, very close to the non-financial business economy average (144.8 %) and just 6.0 percentage points below the manufacturing average (148.0 %).
The EU-27’s non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector recorded a gross operating rate of 10.6 % in 2010. This was above the manufacturing (9.0 %) and non-financial business economy (10.1 %) averages and was the fourth highest gross operating rate among the manufacturing NACE divisions in 2010.
Sectoral analysis
The eight subsectors that constitute the non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector are shown in Figure 1 in terms of their contributions to EU-27 sectoral employment and value added in 2010. The two largest subsectors — using these measures — were the manufacture of articles of concrete, cement and plaster (Group 23.6) and glass and glass products manufacturing (Group 23.1). The cutting, shaping and finishing of stone subsector (Group 23.7, hereafter referred to as the working of stone subsector) had the third largest workforce, but its value added was smaller than that recorded for cement, lime and plaster manufacturing (Group 23.5), clay building materials manufacturing (Group 23.3) and also the manufacture of abrasive products and non-metallic mineral products not elsewhere classified (Group 23.9). The next smallest subsector, in value added terms, was the manufacture of other porcelain and ceramic products (Group 23.4), while the manufacture of refractory products (Group 23.2) had the lowest value added and employment of all eight subsectors.
The various subsectors within the EU-27’s non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector displayed very varied characteristics in terms of their productivity and operating profitability, as can be seen in Table 2b. Value added per person employed in 2010 ranged from EUR 31.2 thousand for the working of stone to EUR 110.7 thousand for cement, lime and plaster manufacturing, a factor of 3.6 to 1. Apart from cement, lime and plaster manufacturing, the only subsector to record apparent labour productivity above the manufacturing average of EUR 52.8 thousand was the manufacture of abrasive products and non-metallic mineral products not elsewhere classified (EUR 60.0 thousand).
By contrast, average personnel costs were above the manufacturing average (EUR 35.8 thousand per employee) for three of the EU-27’s non-metallic mineral products manufacturing subsectors. Again, the cement, lime and plaster manufacturing subsector recorded the highest level for this ratio, with average personnel costs of EUR 49.6 thousand per employee. The two other subsectors with relatively high average personnel costs were the manufacture of refractory products and the manufacture of abrasive products and non-metallic mineral products not elsewhere classified. The manufacture of other porcelain and ceramic products recorded the lowest average personnel costs (EUR 25.3 thousand per employee) in 2010 and was one of only two subsectors — the other was the working of stone — to record average personnel costs below the non-financial business economy (EUR 30.9 thousand per employee) average.
The wage-adjusted labour productivity ratios within the EU-27’s non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector were generally quite low, with the sectoral average (142 %) boosted by the 223.0 % ratio for the cement, lime and plaster manufacturing subsector: this was the fourth highest ratio among all manufacturing NACE groups in 2010. The only other subsector with a ratio above the manufacturing average (148 %) was the manufacture of abrasive products and non-metallic mineral products not elsewhere classified (153 %). Only one subsector recorded a wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio below 120 %, namely the working of stone.
A ranking of the subsectors based on EU-27 gross operating rates was quite different from that based on the wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio, with one notable common point: the highest rate was recorded for the cement, lime and plaster manufacturing subsector (20.5 %); indeed, the EU-27’s cement, lime and plaster manufacturing subsector recorded the highest gross operating rate across any of the manufacturing NACE groups in 2010. In contrast to its position at the bottom of the ranking for wage-adjusted labour productivity, the EU-27’s working of stone subsector had the second highest gross operating rate. Most subsectors (the exception being the manufacture of articles of concrete, cement and plaster) recorded gross operating rates equal to or above the manufacturing average (9.0 %).
Country analysis
The largest Member States in the EU-27’s non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector in 2010 were Germany and Italy, with 20.8 % and 16.0 % shares of EU-27 value added and 17.1 % and 16.1 % shares of the EU-27’s workforce respectively. As Table 3 shows, either Germany or Italy were the largest Member State (in value added terms) for seven of the eight subsectors for which data are available, the one exception being cement, lime and plaster manufacturing where Spain was the largest producer.
The relative importance of the non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector, in value added terms, in 2010 was highest in Poland where it contributed 2.1 % of the non-financial business economy total, nearly double the average share for the EU-27. Also relatively specialised in this sector were Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania and Portugal, where the non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector contributed at least 1.9 % to non-financial business economy value added. The least specialised Member States were Ireland and the United Kingdom, as well as Norway where non-metallic mineral products manufacturing contributed just 0.6 % to non-financial business economy value added.
The position of Poland as the most specialised EU Member State in this sector in 2010 was achieved despite Poland not being the most specialised Member State in any of the subsectors. Cyprus was the most specialised Member State in two subsectors, including the largest subsector, namely the manufacture of articles of concrete, cement and plaster. The Czech Republic was the most specialised Member States in the second largest subsector, the manufacture of glass and glass products.
Among the EU Member States, Romania, Bulgaria and Poland recorded the highest wage-adjusted labour productivity ratios in the non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector in 2010; all three recorded ratios in excess of 200 % that were also well above their national non-financial business economy averages. The same three Member States recorded high gross operating rates, again well above national non-financial business economy averages, as did Greece (2009 data).
Size class analysis
Large enterprises (employing 250 or more persons) provided 47.1 % of the EU-27’s non-metallic mineral products manufacturing value added in 2010, which was above the non-financial business economy average (42.3 %), but below the manufacturing average (55.5 %). In a similar manner, large enterprises employed 35.8 % of the non-metallic mineral products manufacturing workforce in 2010, which was between the share of large enterprises in the non-financial business economy (32.5 %) and manufacturing (40.0 %) workforces.
More than three fifths of the value added generated in the non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector stemmed from large enterprises in Bulgaria, Romania and Poland, while this share was above a half in a further six EU Member States in 2010. The lowest shares of total value added from large enterprises were in Lithuania (24.4 %) and Cyprus (20.8 %). In turn, these two Member States reported the highest shares for small enterprises (employing 10 to 49 persons) and medium-sized enterprises (employing 50 to 249 persons): in Cyprus, small enterprises provided 57.5 % of total value added, double the next highest share; in Lithuania, medium-sized enterprises provided 49.9 % of sectoral value added. Six Member States (and Croatia) reported more than one tenth of the value added in their respective non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sectors stemming from micro enterprises.
Data sources and availability
The analysis presented in this article is based on the main dataset for structural business statistics (SBS) and size class data, all of which are published annually.
The main series provides information for each EU Member State as well as a number of non-member countries at a detailed level according to the activity classification NACE. Data are available for a wide range of variables.
In structural business statistics, size classes are generally defined by the number of persons employed. A limited set of the standard structural business statistics variables (for example, the number of enterprises, turnover, persons employed and value added) are analysed by size class, mostly down to the three-digit (group) level of NACE. The main size classes used in this article for presenting the results are:
- small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): with 1 to 249 persons employed, further divided into;
- micro enterprises: with less than 10 persons employed;
- small enterprises: with 10 to 49 persons employed;
- medium-sized enterprises: with 50 to 249 persons employed;
- large enterprises: with 250 or more persons employed.
Context
This article presents an overview of statistics for the non-metallic mineral products manufacturing sector in the EU, as covered by NACE Rev. 2 Division 23. This division includes manufacturing activities related to a single substance of mineral origin, for example, mined or quarried sand, gravel, stone or clay. This division also includes the manufacture of glass and glass products (for example, flat glass, hollow glass, glass fibres, technical glassware, glass insulators and so on), tiles and baked clay products, ceramic products (including tableware, sanitary fixtures, insulators and technical products), and cement and plaster, from raw materials to finished articles. The manufacture of shaped and finished stone and other mineral products is also included in this division.
This NACE division is composed of eight groups:
- the manufacture of glass and glass products (Group 23.1);
- the manufacture of refractory products (Group 23.2);
- the manufacture of clay building materials (Group 23.3);
- the manufacture of other porcelain and ceramic products (Group 23.4);
- the manufacture of cement, lime and plaster (Group 23.5);
- the manufacture of articles of concrete, cement and plaster (Group 23.6);
- the cutting, shaping and finishing of stone (Group 23.7);
- the manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products (Group 23.9).
See also
- Manufacturing
- Other analyses of the business economy by NACE Rev. 2 sector
- Structural business statistics introduced
Further Eurostat information
Publications
- European business - facts and figures (online publication)
- Key figures on European Business – with a special feature section on SMEs – 2011 edition
Main tables
Database
- SBS - industry and construction (sbs_ind_co)
- Annual detailed enterprise statistics - industry and construction (sbs_na_ind)
- Annual detailed enterprise statistics for industry (NACE Rev. 2 B-E) (sbs_na_ind_r2)
- SMEs - Annual enterprise statistics by size class - industry and construction (sbs_sc_ind)
- Industry by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2 B-E) (sbs_sc_ind_r2)
- Annual detailed enterprise statistics - industry and construction (sbs_na_ind)
- SBS - regional data - all activities (sbs_r)
- SBS data by NUTS 2 regions and NACE Rev. 2 (from 2008 onwards) (sbs_r_nuts06_r2)
Dedicated section
Source data for tables and figures (MS Excel)
Other information
- Decision 1578/2007/EC of 11 December 2007 on the Community Statistical Programme 2008 to 2012
- Regulation 295/2008 of 11 March 2008 concerning structural business statistics