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GVA IN THE INDUSTRY AND Employment and imports increased
MANUFACTURING SECTOR Chart 10.1 in the tobacco industry.
Variation rate in real terms

and distribution of electricity, gas and water,
which are €3,513 - 49% higher than in the
manufacturing industry branch. Finally, in 2022,
industrial electricity consumption rose 19%,
after growing 22% in 2021. These increases
put electricity consumption at a historic high
in 2022, 8.9% higher than the 2019 figure,
which was a record year for consumption.
This trend can be explained mostly by the
recovery in industrial production, despite rising
Source: Department of Statistics.
energy prices.

One of the main industries in Andorra is tobacco. In 2022, this sector saw an increase in the
number of employees (from 239 to 256 workers), stability in the number of establishments (8)
and extraordinary growth in tobacco imports (by 52.4% to €35.3 million). In 2022, the branch of
tobacco represented 14% of total employment in industry, a fairly stable percentage since 2016
but far from the figure of almost one third that it represented in the early 1990s. Remember

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THE INDUSTRY SECTOR
Table 10.1 81

% variation % total
2021 2022 2022/2021 2022
Manufacturing industries (including extraction) 1,522 1,617 6.2 90.3
Food and beverages 238 247 3.6 13.8
Tobacco industries 239 256 7.0 14.3
Textiles 33 26 -22.7 1.4
Wood and cork, except furniture; basketwork and esparto 127 138 8.8 7.7
Printing, graphic arts and reproduction of recorded media 197 197 0.1 11.0
Chemical industries 143 167 16.9 9.3
Rubber and plastic articles 20 26 32.5 1.4
Other non-metal mineral articles 43 44 0.2 2.4
Articles of metal, except machinery and equipment 144 158 9.2 8.8
Mechanical machinery and equipment 140 151 8.2 8.5
Office machinery and computer equipment 1 0 -83.3 0.0
Electrical machinery and equipment 9 10 5.4 0.5
Medico-surgical, precision, optical and 134 144 7.5 8.0
clockmaking equipment and instruments
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 3 3 0.0 0.2
Furniture; other manufacturing industries 29 27 -8.1 1.5 Andorran economy: developments in the main sectors | X. Industry
Recycling 22 25 14.1 1.4
Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water 171 174 1.7 9.7
Total 1,693 1,791 5.8 100

Source: CASS (Andorran Social Security System) / Department of Statistics.