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. 2013 Jun 16;2013:158764. doi: 10.1155/2013/158764

Table 2.

Comparison of sectoral contribution to industrial contamination against the total number of enterprises.

Industrial/service sector Sector contribution to industrial contamination (production) Manufacturing sector Number of enterprises (1,000) Number of enterprises (1,000) contributing to 1% of industrial contamination
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Chemical industry 8.2% Chemicals plus rubber and plastic products 97.2 11.9
Metal working industry 13.1% Basic metals plus fabricated metal products 381.2 29.1
Textile and leather industry 2.0% Textiles plus wearing apparel plus leather 225.4 112.7
Wood and paper industry 3.7% Wood and paper 191.8 51.8
Food industry and processing of organic products 5.7% Food products plus beverages 273.8 48.0
Electronic industry 1.0% Computer, electronic, plus electrical equip. 94.1 94.1
Mining sites 6.2% Mining 18.2 2.9

Total 39.9% Total 1281.7