Manufacturing's share of GDP has fallen from 17.2% in 2000 to 14.6% in 2011.
Manufacturing's share of GDP has remained steady at between 17% and 18% since 2003.
Counting industry-related services, he reckons, manufacturing's share of GDP is more like 30% than 20%.
Manufacturing's share of total Chinese investment (22%) is catching up fast with mining (29%).
More worrying still was a downbeat report from the services sector, which dwarfs manufacturing as a share of the economy.
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Manufacturing's share of output and employment has dropped, though it remains larger than in most competitor countries (see chart 3, above).
It is not just the 30% shrinkage in manufacturing's share of national output - to about 10% - during the last decade of the boom that has done damage.
Manufacturing as a share of private-sector employment has been declining for decades, he said, because of outsourcing and, more importantly, "the rapid pace of labor-saving technological progress, " which is affecting employment in the sector even in developing countries.
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Intel and Micron share a manufacturing process that should generate profits that currently elude their competitors.
Lean manufacturing requires partners to share information knowing that it will not be leaked to a competitor, or used to strike a new bargain.
The first prong involved investing heavily in advanced technology and manufacturing to create defensible market share in components.
Economic data shows that the share of the manufacturing sector in Brazil's GDP fell from a peak of 27% in the late 1980's to 15% now.
The share of domestic manufacturing consumption taken by imports has risen from 31% in 1998 to 37% in 2008, according to Dan Meckstroth of the Manufacturers' Alliance, a trade group.
Nissan's remodeled Altima has drawn more than its share of complaints about manufacturing defects.
The figures on which the study was based are available only for manufacturing, which has a shrinking share of the economy.
From this point of view, the fact that manufacturing is still such a high share of jobs and output in Germany and Italy could be a symptom of economic weakness.
Mr Lee is said to have promised to share some tips on boosting manufacturing, a fond ambition of the Emirates.
Gerald Mills, 67, a retired manufacturing-plant manager, has had his share of secrets over the years.
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He will pursue strategic partnerships to share Fisker Automotive technology and create manufacturing alliances.
Manufacturing woes have crushed earnings growth and its share price, which has fallen by more than one-third since the beginning of the year.
Manufacturing is scarcely bigger than 20 years ago, and its share of the economy has fallen to 12%, lower than in most rich countries.
It not only makes telecoms equipment, but has also ventured into manufacturing smartphones, a sector where it has gained a significant market share.
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Then monetary policy might have needed to be less tight, sterling might have risen by less, and manufacturing, now in recession, might have borne a less disproportionate share of the burden of slowing the economy down.
While all of the above represent relatively low cost ways into China, gaining an important share of the market will require an investment of capital and manufacturing in-country.
Although the maker of semiconductor manufacturing equipment originally guided for quarterly results between breakeven and 4 cents a share, Applied Materials said the original forecast didn't account for charges, which weren't known at the time.
At the same time, says Mr Spence, the mix of jobs available to Americans in the tradable sector (including manufacturing) that serves global markets is shifting rapidly, with a growing share of the positions suitable only for skilled and educated people.
Committees from both companies now meet monthly to compare notes and share ideas across a broad range of areas, from engineering and manufacturing, to purchasing and communications.
These days electronics manufacturing service firms make almost 20% of all hardware products, nearly double their share four years ago.
And they share a couple things in common, education, universities, and non-manufacturing, and a diversity of industries and employers.
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Ford wants to also accelerate development of global vehicles that share similar underpinnings, in order to squeeze out even more savings from engineering, manufacturing and marketing.
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