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4-15. Number of New and Existing Firms in South Carolina by Industry: 1993 – 1997

 INDUSTRY                          1993    1994   1995    1996    1997

 Food & Kindred Products            37      40      44      42      48
 Textile Mill Products              93      76      90     143     125
 Apparel                            38      49      50      49      50
 Wood & Furniture                   49      58      *       88      88
 Paper & Printing                   85      72     105     113     135
 Chemicals                          72      76      95     104     103
 Rubber & Plastic                   44      62      81      86      99
 Stone, Clay, Grass & Concrete                              58      67
 Metals & Equipment                263     246     387     387     450
 Transportation Eqiupment                                   50      55
 Other  1/                          48      45      *       30   1,246

   MANUFACTURING TOTAL             729     724     999   1,150   1,220

 Distribution                       12      26      21      46      66
 Management/Business Sectors 2/     18      25      *       42      34

   ALL SECTOR TOTAL                759     775   1,032   1,238   1,346

1/: Other consists of the remaining manufacturing sectors: Tobaccco Products, Petroleum Refining, Leather Products, Stone/ Glass/Clay Products, and Miscellaneous.

2/: Includes all businesses with a SIC code of 4x, 7x or 8x. This category includes companies providing computer-related services, research & development, and headquarter facilities that are soley office facilities.

Source: S.C. Department of Commerce, Research and Communications, February 1998.

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