The year 2005 has seen the gross domestic product (GDP) in the manufacturing sector grow by 5.0% from the revised growth of 4.5% in the year 2004.
Over the same period the manufacturing output value rose significantly by 12.8%, this translates to Ksh 502.1 billion compared to Ksh 445.1 billion recorded in the year 2004.
The key sub-sectors that performed well included Tobacco, Beverages, Grain Milling, Paper and Paper Products, and Plastic products.
Notably the aggregate cumulative private investments in the Export Processing Zone rose from Ksh 17,012 Million in the year 2004 to Ksh 17,637 in the year 2005. However the number of enterprises in the EPZ dropped to 68 in the year 2005 from 74 in the year 2004.
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