Transcript Manufacturing statistics in Seychelles

National Statistics Bureau
Manufacturing Statistics in
Seychelles
Prepared
by Benjamin Ciseau
INTRODUCTION
• The Republic of Seychelles is an island state
consisting of 115 islands situated in the
Western Indian Ocean.
• Seychelles consist of 3 main islands. Mahe, the
largest with Victoria as the capital, Praslin and
La Digue.
• Total area is 455 square kilometers.
• Total population is 86,956. (Mid - 2008)
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Economy
• The economy is based mainly on tourism and fishing
• Even if Seychelles imports most of its commodities,
there are still some establishments dealing in
manufacturing activities.
The National Statistics Bureau
• It is a centralized office.
• It is a independent body with a mandate to
provide all statistics of the country.
• Comprising of 4 main section or unit.
Units / Section
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Surveys, Population and Demographic Section.
Trade and Tourism Section.
Employment and Earning Section.
National Accounts, Prices and Production
Section.
Manufacturing Statistics
• There is no specific unit or section which is
responsible for manufacturing Statistics.
• It is covered under Employment and Earnings,
Production Indicator and National Accounts.
• Manufacturing represent about 10% of the
formal employees by industry in all sectors of
the economy.
Source of Data
• Since all businesses has to register to the Seychelles
Licensing Authority, the NSB is provided with a list of
all establishments.
• It also has an Employment database.
• Data are also been provided by the Taxation Authority
for all financial Statements
• Social Security Division has also been a source of data
since every employee has to pay a monthly contribution
of 2.5% of their gross salary.
Manufacturing In Employment and
Earnings.
•It is a quarterly publication of the total employees and
the average earnings by gender of all sectors in the
formal sector of the economy including
manufacturing.
•All businesses has to submit a monthly returns of
their total employee and total salary paid by their
establishments to the bureau.
•This is done through email, fax, post or hand
delivery.
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Manufacturing in Production indicator
•It is also a quarterly publication where only the large
manufacturing establishment and services and which are
of economic significant and importance are covered.
Example: Tuna canning factory, beer, soft drinks, mineral
water, juice, cigarettes, block making etc.
•Data obtain from these industries are their Total Volume
of production only.
•Data are submitted to the bureau monthly through
emails, fax, post or hand delivery.
Production Table
Manufacturing in National Accounts
• It is a yearly Publication.
• The bureau gets a copy of all financial
statements of all businesses of all sectors
through the Taxation Authority.
• Data obtain in these statement are their total
sales and revenue.
• The contribution of manufacturing to GDP is
an average approximately 8.6%.
National Accounts Table
• The breakdown of the manufacturing industry in national accounts
has been customised to clearly identify those classes which are of
significant importance in the Seychelles economy.
• The contribution of the manufacturing industry in the total economy
is shown as a subset of the production account table compiled in
national accounts (see next slide).
• Gross output = value of sales as shown on their P&L in the annual
financial statements of those establishments classified in their
respective industries
Value Added in Manufacturing Industry at current market prices
(Million Rupees)
ISIC/SIC
Industry
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
(Provisional)
(Indicative)
C10
Food
GO
IC
VA
1,111.9
979.1
132.8
1,210.6
1,051.1
159.4
1,387.0
1,195.4
191.6
1,662.1
1,391.5
270.6
2,052.0
1,743.4
308.6
C11-12
Beverag
es &
Tobacco
GO
IC
VA
141.3
57.5
83.8
154.8
44.9
109.9
190.3
37.3
153.1
234.9
64.6
170.2
267.5
96.4
171.1
C23
Concrete
and rock
products,
glass, etc
GO
IC
VA
94.9
67.6
27.3
121.2
79.8
41.4
149.5
98.3
51.1
166.9
115.7
51.2
242.5
169.6
72.9
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Other
manufact
uring
GO
IC
VA
365.1
253.1
112
367.7
234.5
133.2
346.4
231.5
114.9
435.4
269.8
165.6
536.1
338.4
197.8
TOTAL GDP
Manufacturing
contribution
(%)
4,695.7
5,043.2
5,628.3
6,877.0
8,755.7
(7.8%)
(8.8%)
(9.1%)
(9.6%)
(8.6%)
Challenges
• No specific unit within the bureau which deals with
the specific compilation of manufacturing statistics.
• Lack of human resources.
• Delays in receiving some data from some
establishments.
• No proper recording systems for some manufacturing
establishments to show quantities produced separately
from sales revenue.
Dissemination
• All statistics are disseminates through emails, our
office website and hard copies can be bought at the
office.
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