The Economic Impact of Electricity Price Increases on ... - Eskom

<strong>The</strong> construction industry and several major service industries
including government, business services, insurance and media have
very low reliance on electricity – less than 0.3% <strong>of</strong> their total costs
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0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Wood
Sugar
Textiles
Household appliances
<strong>Electricity</strong> apparatus
Clothing
0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Source: Deloitte analysis, based on Human Sciences Research Council (2008)
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Footwear
Publishing
<strong>The</strong> 30 sub-industries least reliant on electricity
(electricity costs % <strong>of</strong> total costs), 2002
Electrical equipment
Other manufacturing
Radio and television
Paper packaging
Mining machinery
Engines
Construction
Insurance
0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Direct electricity costs as a proportion <strong>of</strong> total input costs
Structural metal
Agricultural machinery
Motor vehicle parts
Plastic
General government
0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Buildings
Other paper
Business activities
Pesticides
Vulnerability <strong>of</strong>
sectors to rising
electricity prices
Manufacturing
<strong>Electricity</strong>, Gas & Water
Mining
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing
Services
Construction
Other food
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
• <strong>The</strong>re are also several manufacturing activities that rank among the least reliant on electricity including motor vehicles,
special machinery, wire and cabling, pesticides, plastics, agricultural equipment, structural metal, engines and mining
machinery
Wire and cable
Special machinery
Motor vehicles
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