Skopje, 30 July 2021 (MIA) – The number of workers in industry in June 2021 dropped by 0.7% compared to June 2020, while in the period January-June 2021 it decreased by 2.4% in comparison with the same period last year, State Statistical Office data shows. The number of employees in industry in the section Mining and quarrying in June 2021, in comparison with June 2020, decreased by 7.2%, in the section Manufacturing it decreased by 0.1%, and in the section Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply it decreased by 2.6%. The number of employees in industry by Main Industrial Groupings in June 2021, in comparison with June 2020, was lower in Energy by 3.8% and Non-durable consumer goods by 5.1%, but higher in Intermediate goods, except energy by 0.1%, Capital goods by 8.1% and Durable consumer goods by 5.9%.