Archive:Shipbuilding statistics - NACE Rev. 1.1
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This article belongs to a set of statistical articles which analyse the structure, development and characteristics of the various economic activities in the European Union (EU). According to the statistical classification of economic activities in the EU (NACE Rev 1.1), the present article covers shipbuilding, corresponding to NACE Group 35.1, which is part of the transport equipment sector. The activities covered in this article are the building and repairing of ships and boats.
Note that, unlike for motor vehicles, this activity does not include the manufacture of parts or (marine) engines.
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Main statistical findings
Structural profile
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In 2006, there were 20.8 thousand enterprises in the Transport and storage statistics's sector for the building and repairing of ships and boats (NACE Group 35.1). These enterprises generated EUR 11.2 billion of value added and employed an estimated 300.0 thousand persons. This sector contributed 5.8 % of transport equipment (NACE Subsection DM) value added, and 9.5 % of the transport equipment workforce. The building and repairing of ships (NACE Class 35.11) was the largest subsector, with EUR 8.0 billion of value added and a workforce of an estimated 230.0 thousand persons, with the building and repairing of pleasure and sporting boats (NACE Class 35.12) making up the rest of the sector.
Italy and France were the largest producers (in value added terms) in this sector within the Transport and storage statistics. In terms of employment the importance of this sector in Romania and Poland can be observed, as over 30.0 thousand persons worked in this sector in each of these countries, more than one tenth of the Transport and storage statistics total. Those Member States with a coastline tended to report relatively high value added specialisation in this sector, notably in the Baltic Member States, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland and Greece. In fact, in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Finland more than half of transport equipment value added was generated in this sector.
Output from the building and repairing of ships and boats declined in the Transport and storage statistics most years between 1997 and 2004, with an average contraction of 2.3 % per year. During this period annual growth was only recorded in 2001. From 2004 onwards output expanded, only slightly in 2005, but more strongly in 2006 and 2007.
Expenditure and productivity
Gross tangible investment in the transport and storage statistics's sector for the building and repairing of ships and boats was EUR 1.1 billion in 2005, resulting in an investment rate of 11.0 %. Personnel costs accounted for 21.9 % of operating expenditure in this sector in 2006, above the transport equipment manufacturing average (15.9 %). Among the transport equipment manufacturing subsectors the [[Transport and storage statistics's building and repairing of ships and boats sector recorded the lowest average personnel costs (EUR 30.2 thousand per employee), apparent labour productivity (EUR 37.4 thousand per person employed) and wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio (124.1 %). Romania (95.6 %) and Denmark (57.8 %) both recorded wage-adjusted labour productivity ratios below parity in this sector, indicating that value added per person employed was lower than average personnel costs, while Ireland recorded a very large, negative ratio as Irish value added in this sector was negative.
Data sources and availability
The main part of the analysis in this article is derived from structural business statistics (SBS), including core, business statistics which are disseminated regularly, as well as information compiled on a multi-yearly basis, and the latest results from development projects.
Other data sources include the PRODCOM statistics on the production of manufactured goods.
Context
The transport equipment manufacturing sector is central to economic development, as it provides the means for transporting both individuals and goods. Demand for transport equipment has risen as the volume of goods transported and the distance travelled by passengers have expanded greatly – see the article on transport and storage statistics for information on transport flows.
The issue of sustainable development is likely to play an important role in future product developments, as transport equipment manufacturers try to meet demands for more environmentally friendly transport solutions, for example, engines with lower fuel consumption or emissions.
Most transport equipment manufacturing activities are structured on the basis of complex pyramidal relationships between major manufacturers and several tiers of component suppliers, ranging from systems suppliers down to very small, specialised manufacturers that may provide a single component for a vehicle. It is common to find clusters of enterprises concentrated in regions around the leading producers.