EMPLOYMENT SIZE OF EXPORTING BUSINESSES
Excluding Metal product manufacturing (see paragraphs 36 to 40 of the Explanatory Notes), manufacturing businesses in six of the eight other industry subdivisions and which employed 100 or more persons exported a higher proportion (by value) of the goods that they produced, compared to businesses employing fewer than 100 persons. In 2005-06 the exceptions were Petroleum, coal, chemical and associated product manufacturing and Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing.
The industry subdivision in which export activity was most heavily concentrated in businesses employing 100 or more persons was Food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing, where 85% (or $11.7b) of total exports were produced by businesses in this size category. This was followed by Wood and paper manufacturing, where businesses in this category accounted for 83% (or $1.5b) of the subdivision's total exports. Other manufacturing was the subdivision with the lowest proportion (21%, or $78m) of exports produced by businesses employing 100 or more persons.
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