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PREFACE
In this publication, we present detailed results from 2007 Manufacturing Survey. The survey
covers all of the manufacturing establishments in Israel (excluding Diamonds). The survey is
an important source of statistical data on manufacturing, and provides a basis for following
the development of manufacturing in Israel.
The 2007 Manufacturing Survey is based on a sample that was drawn from the Business
Register of the Central Bureau of Statistics. The sample was drawn for all industries in the
economy (excluding Agriculture). The manufacturing establishments in the sample, based on
the Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, were included in the survey.
The sample includes all dealers with one or more jobs, whereas manufacturing surveys up to
2003 included dealers with five or more jobs.
Data on the other industries in the economy are presented separately in the publication
Survey of Trade, Services Transport and Communications and Construction 2007.
In this publication, we present data on a variety of topics, e.g.: number of jobs and
compensation for jobs, revenue, output, gross value added, consumption of materials, stock,
and gross capital formation. These are divided into approximately 70 categories of groups
included in the 23 divisions. The data are presented by sector, district, sub-district, and
selected localities, as well as by size groups (number of jobs in an establishment and annual
revenue). In addition, data are presented on manufacturing industries by technological
intensity. A summary of data from financial statements of the manufacturing industry for 2006
and 2007 is also presented.
The CBS would like to thank the establishments that participated in the survey for their
cooperation and for making data available.
Simcha Bar-Eliezer
Senior Department Director
Economic-Business Statistics
Jerusalem, 2011
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