EUROSTAT REPORT
May 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORNTEXTILE manufacture incurs the lowest labour costs of any industry in the European Union (EU) according to figures (for 2000) released by Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency. Labour costs per employee in textiles were Euro 21,000 (Pounds 14,500) compared to an average of Euros 35,000 for the whole manufacturing sector. Eurostat said the differences could be explained by the relative skill levels of those employed "or, more precisely, the fact that proportionately more people with relatively high levels of educational attainment and skills" were ...
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