manufacture antlonal products. From the point of view of technological development, the clearest display of our dependence Is the lack of vertical Integration In the productive system; that Is, the weakness of the prdouctlve sector of capital goods. On the one hand, since It Is the sector with the highest Index of Imports, andon the other, because what Is produced In the cojntry has the least technological complexity end, Is manufactured to great extent, with Imported designs and processes. and has a low national grade of Integration. For the national Investor, the productive sector of capital goods has been less attractive than that of consumer and Intermediate goods. mainly because In that sector there are no protectionist policies, but also because It Is technologicallY 166 more complex and requires hrghly qualllf,ed personnel and susstalned efforts In research and development. The situation prevail lng In fhese productive areas has Its origin In the policies that guided national devleopment since 1940. Promotion of Industrial lzatlon Imp I led easy Imports of capital goods. For the national manufacturer, whether pub I lc or private, foreign equlpmetn was cheaper. offered better financing schemes.better quality and shorter terms. Furthermore. the participation of foreign Investment In newly created companies material lzed baslcal ly In capital goods from abroad. The Import of Investment goods multlpl led six times between 1970 and 1980; It went from 1,135 to 6,900 million dollars. Among the main places of equipment Imported In 1981 are the following: (bltween parenthesis Is Indicated the percentage ofnatlonal consumption that Is Imported): machine tools (94), textile machinery (99), drilling equipment <30), pumps and compressors (47), electric machinery and equipment (34), turbines (100) and agricultural machinery (25). The subsector of non-durable consumer goods represents almost half the added value of the manufacturing Industry. 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the manufacturing industry in a country, highlighting the lack of vertical integration, dependence on imports, and the dominance of consumer goods over capital goods. It also mentions the impact of government policies on the development of the industry. These themes suggest that the text is primarily related to economic development and industry.

**Category**
Economic development, Industry