EUROSTAT PRODUCTIVITY
May 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLSWEDEN has the highest European Union unit labour costs in the combined tobacco, food and drinks industries, according to a report from Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency; its average for the latest available comparable figures (year 2000) was Euro 38,000. Second highest were Belgium and the Netherlands at Euro 34,000. The EU average was Euro 28,000, with the lowest costs in Portugal (Euro 12,000 per person). Also below average were Germany, Spain and Luxembourg. Other Member States either mirrored the EU average figure (Ireland and Italy) or ...
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