A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
South Andaman has 2,433 manufacturing MSMEs. 95.8% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 78% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In South Andaman, which ranks 1 of 3 in Andaman and Nicobar Island for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.1% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,44,269.