But that gain is likely to be offset by increases in imports as commodity prices stay robust and inflation in Asia raises manufacturing costs.
However, rebalancing is difficult: to raise manufacturing by just another 2% of GDP, the sector needs to grow at more than 5.5% a year, while the rest of the economy grows at just 2%.
The rise of service industries has emerged in part from the increase in leisure and in disposable wealth and in part from the continuing process of mechanization and technical innovation, which constantly raises manufacturing productivity by replacing human labour with machines.
In his statement to the science group, Mr. Romney criticized the president's approach to global warming, saying that when Congress rejected his cap and trade proposal, Mr. Obama proposed federal regulations that would bankrupt the coal industry, raise manufacturing costs and drive jobs overseas.
Shrimping, truck farming, cattle raising, light manufacturing, lumber milling, tourism, and the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot (on Parris Island, 5 miles [8 km] south) contribute to the city's economy.
On the other side, while the health care market is continuously raising, the manufacturing industry, specially the automotive one, is facing a strongly negative trend under production and sales point of view.
"As a result," says Lochridge, "broad product lines tend to raise the manufacturing cost of all products.
Moving from the bench to the clinic also raises cell manufacturing issues, in particular designing bioassays to predict clinical efficacy of the cell product.
Manufacturing raised its production by 0.3percentt last month after a rise of 1percentt in January.
THE recent scandals about poisoned baby milk, contaminated pet food and dangerous toys from China have raised questions about manufacturing standards in the country that has become factory to the world.
