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4.16 Number Of Workers In Major Industries

			*1995-96*	*1996-97*	*1997-98*	*1998-99*
Jute
	Production worker		114456	112554	112673	112508
	Other employees		15900	14855	14690	14856
	Total		130356	127409	127363	127364
Cotton
	Production worker		41953	41508	41582	40969
	Other employees		7449	7318	7395	7540
	Total		49402	48826	48977	48509
Paper
	Production worker		3732	3601	3484	3392
	Other employees		2974	2860	2767	2709
	Total		6706	6461	6251	6101
Steel
	Production worker		2264	1668	1600	1509
	Other employees		958	554	538	506
	Total		3222	2222	2138	2015
Cement
	Production worker		824	816	884	1070
	Other employees		612	571	672	780
	Total		1436	1387	1556	1850
Fertilizer
	Production worker		3113	3080	3134	3128
	Other employees		4211	4128	4066	4050
	Total		7324	7208	7200	7178
Petroleum
	Production worker		448	436	429	406
	Other employees		284	296	300	321
	Total		732	732	729	727
Print and Varnish
	Production worker		213	234	250	260
	Other employees		253	279	286	293
	Total		466	513	536	553
Ready Made Garment (For export mainly)
Employees* (In millions)			1.29	1.40	1.50	1.51(e)
	Male		0.13	0.14	0.15	0.15
	Female		1.16	1.26	1.35	1.36

Number of Garmenfactories			2353	2503	2726	2963

* The total number of technical and production workers and other employees.
Source: Current Production Section, BBS and BGMEA