Industry in Finland
Industry in Finland is the second largest sector of Economy of Finland after the service sector.
The production of different branches was in 2013 as follows:
- metal industry 37%
- chemical industry 26%
- forest industry 19%
- food, alcohol, and tobacco industries 11%
- other manufacturing 5%
- mining 1.5%
- textile and leather industry 0.7%.
Chemical industry is providing roughly one quarter of Finland's industrial production and exports. It employs directly 34 000 people. Neste Oil is the largest company in chemical industry.
Forest industry in Finland is at the moment providing a fifth of Finland's exports, a bit less of all industrial production and 15% of jobs. Its relative importance for Finnish economy has been decreasing significantly since the 1960s.