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Industry
The number of registered working factories in
the state were 20,050 (provisional) at the end of 2000 and the number of small
scale industrial units was 2,56,388 as on March 31, 2001. Establishments engaged in the manufacture of cotton textiles provide employment
to a major portion of the industrial workers followed by the
manufacture of non-metallic mineral products. These two industries together
provide employment to 31.49 % of the industrial workers . There is a
development of industries like Chemicals, petrochemicals, fertilizers,
engineering, electronics etc. With the largest petro- chemical complex in the
country, Gujarat is a major producer of inorganic chemicals such as soda-ash and
caustic soda as well as chemical fertilizers.
The establishments engaged in manufacturing of machinery and machinery tools
and parts except electrical machinery, manufacture of wool, silk and synthetic
fibre textiles and manufacture of basic metal and alloys industries cover 30.50
% of the total industrial workers. Other manufacturing products are rubber,
plastic, petroleum and coal products, transport equipments and parts, food
products etc.
A large number of small scale industries are pertaining to metallic work,
chemical industries, machinery except electricity and transport, cotton
industry and non metallic mineral work etc. The diary industry with a milk
procurement of 35 lakh litres is the first in the country.
There is production of oil and natural gas in Ankleswar,
Cambay and Kalol and a oil refinery at Koyali.
Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) have
developed around 257 mega industrial estates such as the ones at Jhagadia, Vagra,
Savli, Dahej, Anklaseshwar etc. Jamnagar, Porbandar, Jafrabad, Bhavnagar
etc are centers of Industry and trade.
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