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The products of industry comprise 33%n in total volume of Gross Domestic Product; agriculture, wood and fisheries comprise 2%; service building and energy, trade and transport — 65%.
Austria is rich in wood and such materials as iron, zinc, and magnesite.
The part of energy is produced by hydro electric power plant are exported.
Austria used a lot of money for the development of hydro electricity which produced about 75% of all energy at the beginning of decade. The largest-scale producers of hydro electricity were Upper Austria and Tirol. New hydro electric power plants were built on the rivers DANUBE, Zaltsah, in the upper and down river streams Inn and Ens. The biggest consumer of electric power is industry it needs up to 40% of all energy. Hydro energetic resources of Austria allow to export energy because the energetic system of country is connected with common euripean system. Austria has deposits of magnesite mainly in Carinty. A little bit of clay, salt, copper-lead-zinc minerals, mineral white, antimony minerals and other.
Graphite, talc, magnesite, salt and some industrial semimanufactured minerals are exported.
The oldest industrial centre is Vien industrial area which produces metals, textile and food products. The centre of metallurgy, automobile manufacture, paper and wood producing and products of heavy mechanical engineering is the bottoms of Mur and Murts rivers in Sheteeria. Amon
Among new industrial centers stands out triangle Lints-Vels-Shair in the upper Austria, which has a profitable geographical position. The main industrial works of this region-United Austrian metallurgical and steelwork and
Austrian azotes-fertilized work (both of them were built during the Second World War). A big aluminum works in Ranshofene and viscose factory in Lentsinge were also built during the Second World War. Many middle-sized and small works producing lathes and machines, instruments, tools, textile, chemical production and ceramics are concentrated in this region. Hundreds of other small industrial enterprises are situated alpine valleys and around the cities. Forarlberg, with its numerous small industrial enterprises, has the highest part of industrial workers in comparison with other parts of Austria.
Austrian industry competes successfully with the world progressive industry and exports its production all over the world. Among the leading branches of industry stand out food industry, textile, chemical industry, metallurgy, manufacture of paper, production of electrical equipment, means of transportation, freestone, cement, and ceramics Metallurgy and metal-work take the third place by the number of employees. The great number of technical schools train skilled workers for different branches of industry. |
