Eu Manufacturing - A Major Force

The manufacturing industry in the EU is a major independent sector of the economy, which accounts for around one-fifth of EU production and about 34M jobs. The food and beverage industry, which is ascribed to the manufacturing industry, produced 2% of the EU gross national product in 2008. This doesn't sound much, unless you know that this sector achieved total sales of about 870 BN Euros in 2008, and that the food and beverage industry with 4.3M jobs is the largest employer in the manufacturing industry.