Malta's principal industries are shipbuilding, maintenance, and repairs, food processing, electronics, footwear, and textiles and clothing. Other products include beverages, tobacco products, lace, metals, rubber products, and plastic goods. Total industrial production amounted to 26% of GDP in 1999, the most recent year for which figures are available. The manufacturing sector grew by 17% from 1995–99. As of 2002, Malta's manufacturing sector was seen to be benefiting from the global economic downturn. Some foreign-owned companies closed operations elsewhere in the world and concentrated a degree of production in Malta, which was considered a competitive location for manufacturing activity. Manufacturing output rose 3% in 2001.
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