1 thousand 453 people are employed in the industries operating in Far West Province. This was shown by the semi-annual economic activity study of Sudurpaschim Province for the financial year 081/082, which was released by the National Bank on Thursday.

Among workers working in industries, the share of women is 9.02 percent and that of men is 90.98 percent. The report pointed out that 21.95 percent of the total workers working in those industries are foreigners.

In that province, the National Bank has regularly collected and studied data from 13 industries including edible oil, processed milk, wheat flour, rice, sugar, wood, soap, bricks, rosin and turpentine. "Processed milk industry is currently not in operation, so its details are not included in this report," the report said.

During that period, the average capacity utilization of industry in this province is 35.79 percent. According to which, it has been seen that the capacity utilization of mustard oil and concrete production industry is relatively higher. The industry producing rice, wheat flour, sugar, soap and bricks has average capacity utilization while the industry producing rosin has zero capacity utilization .

Similarly, the production of rosin is zero due to shortage of raw material and delay in collection. Direct employment in the industries included in the study is 1,453 people.

The production of bricks has increased by 150 percent while the production of all other industries has decreased. In this industry, production of mustard oil has decreased by 86.33, rice by 21.37, wheat flour by 39.80, sugar by 7.34 and soap by 66.80%.