Industrial Statistics
Industrial statistics presented in this chapter were obtained from the Department of
industrial Works, the Office of the Board of Investment, the Department of Primary Industry and Mines,
Ministry of Industry and the National Statistical Office
.
Industrial
statistics were collected from permitted industrial establishments, in accordance with
the Factory Act B.E.
2535 (1992),
data were on industrial operation, capital and number of persons
engaged.
Industrial statistics derived from Industrial census
. The National Statistical Office
carried out the first Industrial Census in
1964
and the second in
1997.
The census has been carried out
every
10
years. As for the
2007
Industrial Census it is the third census. Its operation plan has been
divided into two stages. First stage was to collect the basic information by the listing, covering
establishments with at least one person engaged or more engaged in all economic activities. Second
stage was to collect detailed information on establishments’ operation by enumeration, covering only
manufacturing establishments.
Mineral Industry statistics:
an important industry that enhanced national development.
More than
40
kinds of minerals were produced domestically which could be categorized into
8
groups
according to their industrial utilizations as follows:
1.
Mineral Fuels and Energy group: Lignite and Anthracite
2.
Base and Light Metals and Rare Earth group: Tin, Lead ore, Zine ore, Iron ore,
Aluminium, Manganese, Copper, Tungsten, Columbite-Tantalite and Zircon
3.
Precious Metals and Precious Stone group
:
Gold and Gem stone
4.
Cement Industrial Minerals group
:
Limstone, Shale, Gypsum and Marl
5.
Dimension Stone group: Industrial rock construction, Marble, Granite and Dimension stone
6.
Ceramic Industrial Minerals group: Kaolin, Feldspar, Dolomite, Ball clay, Glass sand and
Quartz
7.
Fertilizer and Chemicals Industrial Minerals group: Potash Rock Salt Perlite and Phosphate
8.
Other Industrial Minerals group: Barite, Fluorite, Calcite, Talc, Diatomite and Bentonite
