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Table 5a. Belgium, Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, U.S. dollars, 2008-2012

Table 5a. Belgium, Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, U.S. dollars, 2008-2012
Industry	ISIC Rev.4 Code	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)	C	53.88	52.27	50.72	54.76	52.19
Food products, beverages and tobacco	10-12	NA	46.10	44.94	48.53	46.24
Food and beverages	10-11	NA	46.08	44.93	48.52	46.22
Food products	10	NA	44.79	43.59	47.06	44.84
Beverages	11	NA	54.88	53.73	58.03	55.14
Tobacco products	12	NA	45.86	44.86	48.60	46.41
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather	13-15	NA	40.64	39.46	42.86	41.20
Textiles and wearing apparel	13-14	NA	40.50	39.32	42.69	40.99
Textiles	13	NA	41.36	39.92	43.46	41.89
Wearing apparel	14	NA	37.47	36.63	39.46	37.51
Leather and related products	15	NA	43.98	42.77	46.12	43.80
Wood and paper products and printing	16-18	NA	46.65	45.33	49.05	46.77
Wood and wood products, except furniture	16	NA	38.72	37.33	40.37	38.38
Paper and paper products	17	NA	52.58	50.91	55.46	53.30
Printing and reproduction of recorded media	18	NA	48.38	47.02	50.65	48.08
Coke and refined petroleum products	19	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Chemicals and pharmaceutical products	20-21	NA	67.81	65.94	71.83	68.64
Chemicals and chemical products, except pharmaceuticals	20	NA	66.32	64.55	70.36	67.32
Pharmaceutical products	21	NA	71.47	69.13	75.26	71.79
Rubber, plastics and other non-metallic mineral products	22-23	NA	48.80	47.34	51.38	49.10
Rubber and plastics products	22	NA	48.15	46.87	51.17	49.03
Other non-metallic mineral products	23	NA	49.36	47.74	51.45	49.09
Primary and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	24-25	NA	50.20	48.55	52.14	49.62
Basic metals	24	NA	58.56	57.11	61.48	58.47
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	25	NA	44.26	42.75	45.97	43.69
Computer, electronic and optical products	26	NA	55.37	54.25	58.32	55.33
Electrical equipment	27	NA	50.05	48.93	52.47	49.87
Machinery and equipment n.e.c.	28	NA	48.60	47.45	50.94	48.45
Motor vehicles and other transport equipment	29-30	NA	58.42	56.52	60.75	57.63
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	29	NA	59.44	57.42	61.72	58.52
Other transport equipment	30	NA	53.39	52.22	56.15	53.42
Furniture	31	NA	38.04	36.84	39.88	37.85
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 5b. Belgium, Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, National currency, 2008-2012
Industry	ISIC Rev.4 Code	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)	C	36.59	37.51	38.25	39.31	40.58
Food products, beverages and tobacco	10-12	NA	33.08	33.89	34.84	35.96
Food and beverages	10-11	NA	33.07	33.88	34.83	35.95
Food products	10	NA	32.14	32.87	33.78	34.87
Beverages	11	NA	39.38	40.51	41.65	42.88
Tobacco products	12	NA	32.91	33.83	34.88	36.09
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather	13-15	NA	29.17	29.76	30.76	32.04
Textiles and wearing apparel	13-14	NA	29.06	29.65	30.64	31.87
Textiles	13	NA	29.68	30.10	31.20	32.58
Wearing apparel	14	NA	26.89	27.62	28.32	29.17
Leather and related products	15	NA	31.56	32.26	33.11	34.06
Wood and paper products and printing	16-18	NA	33.48	34.19	35.21	36.37
Wood and wood products, except furniture	16	NA	27.79	28.15	28.98	29.85
Paper and paper products	17	NA	37.74	38.39	39.81	41.45
Printing and reproduction of recorded media	18	NA	34.72	35.46	36.36	37.39
Coke and refined petroleum products	19	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Chemicals and pharmaceutical products	20-21	NA	48.66	49.73	51.56	53.38
Chemicals and chemical products, except pharmaceuticals	20	NA	47.59	48.68	50.51	52.35
Pharmaceutical products	21	NA	51.29	52.13	54.02	55.83
Rubber, plastics and other non-metallic mineral products	22-23	NA	35.02	35.70	36.88	38.18
Rubber and plastics products	22	NA	34.55	35.34	36.73	38.13
Other non-metallic mineral products	23	NA	35.42	36.00	36.93	38.18
Primary and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	24-25	NA	36.03	36.61	37.43	38.58
Basic metals	24	NA	42.02	43.07	44.13	45.47
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	25	NA	31.76	32.24	33.00	33.98
Computer, electronic and optical products	26	NA	39.74	40.91	41.86	43.03
Electrical equipment	27	NA	35.92	36.90	37.66	38.79
Machinery and equipment n.e.c.	28	NA	34.87	35.78	36.56	37.68
Motor vehicles and other transport equipment	29-30	NA	41.92	42.62	43.61	44.82
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	29	NA	42.65	43.30	44.30	45.51
Other transport equipment	30	NA	38.31	39.38	40.31	41.54
Furniture	31	NA	27.30	27.78	28.63	29.43
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013