Steel Products -- Net Shipments, by Market Class statistics



Market class	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998


Net shipments, total ¹.......................................................	83,853	88,450	61,567	67,583	73,739	73,043	70,263	76,654	83,840	84,100	84,981	78,846	82,241	89,022	95,084	97,494	100,878	105,858	102,420

Automotive	12,124	13,154	9,288	12,320	12,882	12,950	11,889	11,343	12,555	11,763	11,100	10,015	11,092	12,719	14,753	14,622	14,665	15,251	15,842
Steel service centers, distributors	16,172	17,637	13,067	16,710	18,364	18,439	17,478	19,840	21,037	20,769	21,111	19,464	21,328	23,714	24,153	23,751	27,124	27,800	27,751
Construction, incl maintenance	8,742	8,446	6,283	7,271	7,522	7,900	7,336	7,681	8,607	8,318	9,245	9,161	9,536	13,429	10,935	14,892	15,561	15,885	15,289
Containers, packaging, shipping	5,551	5,292	4,470	4,532	4,352	4,089	4,113	4,372	4,421	4,459	4,474	4,278	3,974	4,355	4,495	4,139	4,101	4,163	3,829
Machinery, industrial equipment, tools	4,543	4,624	2,584	2,484	2,886	2,271	2,076	2,277	2,798	2,409	2,388	1,982	1,951	2,191	2,427	2,310	2,410	2,355	2,147
Steel for converting and processing	4,117	5,058	3,222	4,403	5,136	5,484	5,635	7,195	8,492	8,235	9,441	8,265	9,226	9,451	10,502	10,440	10,245	11,263	9,975
Rail transportation	3,155	2,162	1,020	937	1,438	1,061	798	758	1,146	1,229	1,080	999	1,052	1,223	1,248	1,373	1,400	1,410	1,657
Contractors' products	3,148	3,230	2,287	2,703	2,631	3,330	3,278	3,337	3,495	3,182	2,870	2,306	2,694	2,913	3,348	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)
Oil and gas industries	5,371	6,238	2,745	1,296	2,003	2,044	1,023	1,489	1,477	1,203	1,892	1,425	1,454	1,526	1,703	2,643	3,254	3,811	2,649
Electrical equipment	2,441	2,600	2,003	2,337	2,365	1,869	2,113	2,373	2,459	2,449	2,453	2,102	2,136	2,213	2,299	2,397	2,401	2,434	2,255
Appliances, utensils, and cutlery	1,725	1,775	1,337	1,618	1,635	1,466	1,648	1,633	1,638	1,721	1,540	1,388	1,503	1,592	1,736	1,589	1,713	1,635	1,729

PERCENT CHANGE FROM
PRIOR YEAR SHOWN

Net shipments, total ¹.......................................................	(NA)	5.5	-30.4	9.8	9.1	-0.9	-3.8	9.1	9.4	0.3	1.0	-7.2	4.3	8.2	6.8	2.5	3.5	4.9	-3.2

Automotive	(NA)	8.5	-29.4	32.6	4.6	0.5	-8.2	-4.6	10.7	-6.3	-5.6	-9.8	10.8	14.7	16.0	-0.9	0.3	4.0	3.9
Steel service centers, distributors	(NA)	9.1	-25.9	27.9	9.9	0.4	-5.2	13.5	6.0	-1.3	1.6	-7.8	9.6	11.2	1.9	-1.7	14.2	2.5	-0.2
Construction, incl maintenance	(NA)	-3.4	-25.6	15.7	3.5	5.0	-7.1	4.7	12.1	-3.4	11.1	-0.9	4.1	40.8	-18.6	36.2	4.5	2.1	-3.8
Containers, packaging, shipping	(NA)	-4.7	-15.5	1.4	-4.0	-6.0	0.6	6.3	1.1	0.9	0.3	-4.4	-7.1	9.6	3.2	-7.9	-0.9	1.5	-8.0
Machinery, industrial equipment, tools	(NA)	1.8	-44.1	-3.9	16.2	-21.3	-8.6	9.7	22.9	-13.9	-0.9	-17.0	-1.6	12.3	10.8	-4.8	4.3	-2.3

1254. Steel Products -- Net Shipments, by Market Class