| Targeted Manufacturing Industries Groups | Target Population, Sample Firms and No. of Questionnaires Distributed | Valid Firms Response Rate | Valid Respondents Response Rate | ||||
| No. of firms in the industry | No. of firms sampled | No. of questionnaire distributed | No. of firms returned questionnaires | % of the firms’ response rate | No. of valid respondents | % age of valid sample respondents | |
| Food products and Beverages | 262 | 131 | 393 | 92 | 70.23 | 266 | 63.01 |
| Manufacture of Textiles | 51 | 24 | 72 | 20 | 83.33 | 56 | 13.71 |
| Leather Manufacturing | 56 | 28 | 84 | 21 | 75.00 | 59 | 14.38 |
| Manufacture of Basic Iron and Steel | 36 | 18 | 54 | 13 | 72.22 | 39 | 8.90 |
| Total | 405 | 201 | 603 | 146 |
| 420 | 100 |