Turnover		Employees
Companies		Value Added
GVA as a % of Labour Costs		Capital Expenditure
Capital Expenditure per person		Stock Turns
Trade Balance

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Vehicles and Engines
Total net capex £m	1,578	1,528	2,036	1,646	1,429	1,498	1,587	871	803	1,077	839
employees 000		121	120	123	116	106	94	95	91	89	86
Net capex per person £		12.6	16.9	13.4	12.3	14.1	16.9	9.2	8.8	12.1	9.8
Bodies
Total net capex £m	23	38	51	63	52	52	39	41	32	19	53
employees 000		31	31	31	30	28	29	28	28	26	26
Net capex per person £		1.2	1.6	2.0	1.7	1.9	1.3	1.5	1.1	0.7	2.0
Parts
Total net capex £m	353	400	519	535	496	356	448	306	302	226	332
employees 000		101	103	103	99	103	99	99	95	88	81
Net capex per person £		3.9	5.1	5.2	5.0	3.5	4.5	3.1	3.2	2.6	4.1
Tyres
Total net capex £m			58	82	49	51	19	10	37	23	49
employees 000		17	17	17	14	13	12	10	9	8	8
Net capex per person £		0.0	3.5	4.8	3.5	3.9	1.6	1.0	4.1	2.9	6.1
Vehicle electrical
Total net capex £m			52	42	47	33	25	31	-2	23	24
employees 000		19	19	19	15	13	12	11	11	10	9
Net capex per person £		0.0	2.8	2.2	3.1	2.5	2.1	2.8	-0.2	2.3	2.7
Components sub total
Total net capex £m	376	438	680	722	644	492	531	388	370	291	458
employees 000		167	169	170	158	157	152	148	143	132	124
Net capex per person £		2.6	4.0	4.2	4.1	3.1	3.5	2.6	2.6	2.2	3.7
Total
Total net capex £m	1,954	1,966	2,716	2,368	2,073	1,990	2,118	1,259	1,173	1,368	1,297
employees 000		288	289	293	274	263	246	243	234	221	210
Net capex per person £		6.8	9.4	8.1	7.6	7.6	8.6	5.2	5.0	6.2	6.2
All manufacturing
Total net capex £m	18,136	18,565	20,314	20,386	18,125	17,004	16,278	13,237	12,667	11,689	10,886
employees 000	0	4,397	4,410	4,416	4,269	4,143	3,969	3,762	3,533	3,409	3,246
Net capex per person £		4.2	4.6	4.6	4.2	4.1	4.1	3.5	3.6	3.4	3.4

Source: Office of National Statistics: Annual Business Inquiry, published December, 12 months in arrears

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