The number of industrial jobs in Hawai'i sagged by 2.2 percent as the state lost 569 of the positions last year, a new report said.

The study by Manufacturers' News Inc. said Hawai'i's manufacturing employment fell to 24,911 industrial workers working for 1,211 companies at the end of 2008.

The report said the food products sector continued to dominate manufacturing here with 40 percent of the industrial workforce. At the end of December food product businesses had 9,688 jobs, or 1.3 percent less, than they had at the beginning of the year.

Printing and publishing remained relatively unchanged at 4,035 jobs, while textiles and apparel was down 5.3 percent to 2,544 jobs, Manufacturers' News said.

The closure of Weyerhauser's Honolulu operation last year cut the number of paper and allied product positions, while chemicals and allied product jobs fell by 3.1 percent, the report said.