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Uruguay Private Firms
The two largest subsectors within manufacturing, both
by
output and by employment, depended on agricultural inputs.
Food
and beverage companies, which accounted for about 30
percent of
the value of industrial output in 1987, included meat
packers,
soft drink companies, and wineries (see
table 15,
Appendix).
These companies exported about one-third of their output.
A new
entry into the food-processing industry was the Azucitrus
citrus
plant in Paysandú, which opened in mid-1988. The textile
and
apparel industry, accounting for about 20 percent of
manufacturing output, depended on supplies of both wool
and
leather for jackets and footwear. The capacity to export
was an
important asset, allowing firms to withstand fluctuations
in
domestic demand. For example, the textile industry's sales
to the
domestic market decreased 23 percent in 1988, compared
with 1987,
but its exports increased 36 percent during the same
period.
Other important manufactured goods included chemicals,
most of
which were exported; transportation goods, including a few
thousand automobiles and trucks that were assembled each
year;
and metal products.
Data as of December 1990
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