lture 11.3%, manufactured goods 23.1%, construction industry 3.9%, electricity 3.1%, retail and restaurant/hotel services 12.8%, transport, storage and communications 7.7%, financial institutions, insurance, real estate and services to enterprises 22%, municipal, social and personal services 17%. These percentages are reflected in the employment structure.Employment structure excluding the agricultural sector as of 1993:People employedTotalExploitation of mines and quarries 0.3%Manufactured goods 24.7%Electricity, gas and water 2.0%Construction industry 3.7%Retail, restaurants and hotels 19.2%Transport, storage and communications 6.4%Financial institutions and services to enterprises 7.3%Communication, social and personal services 36.5%154. What are the main fields within the manufactured goods sector? Foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco 33%; textiles, apparel industry and hides 19%; paper, printing and publishing houses 5%; chemicals, oil, rubber, plastics 25% (oil refining is 40%); non-metallic minerals 4%; metallurgy, machinery and equipment 13%.155. What is the relationship between external and domestic trade? In 1995 exports (FOB) totalled US$2,116.7 million while imports totalled US$2,866.9 million. There was a negative balance of minus US$750.2 million.156. What are the main geographical areas with which we do business? Trade with the other MERCOSUR countries during 1995 totalled US$2,316 million (this represents a 47% of overall trade which was US$4,983.6 million).Exports from Uruguay to MERCOSUR: US$995 millionUruguays imports from MERCOSUR: US$1,320 millionExports from Uruguay to Europe: US$482.5 millionExports from Uruguay to the U.S.A.: US$112.8 million157. What changes will MERCOSUR bring about? The coming into effect of MERCOSUR will open new business opportunities in a market of 200 million inhabitants.At the same time, Uruguayan businessmen will face new and greater challenges and will have to strive in order to meet new m...
