Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector 
Company sector: Personnel in FTE
R+D Personnel in FTE by branch of activity (NCEA-74) and years.
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	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988	1987	1986	1985	1984	1983	1982	1981	1980	1979	1978	
Total	46,465	47,055	38,323	34,667	30,023	29,431	27,557	27,321	27,781	28,590	29,151	28,508	25,865	23,678	20,361	19,007	16,860	15,022	12,905	12,914	12,006	12,303	11,911	11,591	
Agriculture	329	479	908	827	859	677	698	559	736	350	364	249	235	305	247	136	80	46	10	24	41	33	21	20	
Energy and water	666	551	890	655	749	999	1,135	809	800	710	835	857	828	771	721	710	685	649	573	595	565	757	799	758	
Extraction and chemistry	7,237	7,012	7,123	6,600	6,065	6,216	5,651	5,403	5,400	5,171	5,470	5,589	5,011	4,645	4,653	4,323	4,017	3,667	3,288	3,770	3,243	3,364	3,285	3,234	
Metallic products	17,243	17,487	18,616	17,284	15,584	14,937	13,888	14,288	13,948	15,002	15,491	15,128	13,875	12,857	10,797	9,974	8,886	7,794	6,258	5,715	5,914	5,665	5,018	4,766	
Other products	4,120	5,438	4,464	4,538	3,322	3,262	2,735	2,560	2,465	2,263	2,107	2,229	1,858	1,790	1,656	1,432	1,246	1,161	1,218	1,337	919	1,144	1,149	1,081	
Construction	369	580	149	81	87	88	84	86	141	169	170	282	336	261	274	324	487	253	246	473	428	345	269	274	
Trade and catering	359	295	197	56	52	11	41	7	32	67	18	60	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	15	20	9	9	
Transport and Communications	1,922	722	1,340	1,319	899	856	782	756	713	665	671	613	517	464	267	762	294	614	782	421	348	338	191	277	
Finance and insurance	6,753	8,851	3,925	2,941	2,043	2,169	2,286	2,002	2,569	2,406	2,461	1,996	2,210	2,034	1,356	1,052	659	481	453	518	479	410	1,005	990	
Other services	7,467	5,640	711	366	363	216	257	850	977	1,787	1,564	1,505	996	550	390	294	507	357	77	61	54	227	165	182	
Notes:
As from 1993, the correspondence between NCEA-74 and NCEA-93 is  published in annex 1
Source: National Statistics Institute