Crafts – Significant economic activity, especially before the Second World War, in which employment and existence, for itself and its families, finding the making musical instruments Le thousands of craftsmen, calphs and apprentices. In the past, Macedonian craft products were in good voice and they, except local, sold on markets across Europe and in Asia Minor. A number of crafts were developed in Macedonia: the leather, Zlatari-Kujundjan, Kazanzija, the Kovaka, the Kaladzian, the capacity, Sugarja, the carpenter, the weaver, Caparman, Loncha, Samardzian, Saratik, etc. Domestic craftsmanship (domestic handicrafts) was also developed. Even before the Second World War, due to the development of industry and import of industrial products that were more quality, aesthetically elevated and cheaper, many trades disappeared. Also, the many crafts that remained after the Second World War in the past period was ahead of extinction. However, after World War II, Macedonia’s economy was characterized by a widely represented craft activity, which satisfied much of the widespread consumption of the population. In addition, new, modern crafts emerged, primarily serving, such as electric, molerafarbar, caromechanical, autolyst, autoplicular, rollplastic, TV and audio services, repair services for electrical house appliances, hairdressers, etc. Traditionally, craftsmanship is characterized by a small volume of activity in separate stores or craft enterprises, with manual work and the trailing organization of labor. Exception do well-equipped and organized services of foreign and domestic firms. After the eighties of the last century, craftsmanship is investigating qualitative changes that turned it into a small economy in private and social sector. But, despite this, the term crafts remained. Thus, statistically, in Macedonia (1984), 91 “craft organization” with 6,944 employees were registered, and in the “small private economy” 11,882 craft stores with a total of 19,479 owners and employees. During 1993 The number of craft enterprises increased and amounted to 713 with 6,701 employee. In the next period, the number of employees, primarily in the production crafts, increased. In the postwar period, the social product and GDP in the production part of the craftsmanship grew with an average annual rate of 3.1%, i.e. With similar dynamics as well as hospitality and tourism, construction and agriculture. Disc.: State Statistics Institute, Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia, for the respective years.: Todor Mirovski, the economy of Vardar Macedonia between the two world wars, MANU, Skopje, 1998; Nikola Uzunov, the economy of the Republic of Macedonia 1945-1990, MANU, Skopje, 2001. D. N.
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