Recent Trends in Apparel and Other Textile Products (SIC 23) statistics


														Percent Change			Percent Change					Percent Change			Compound
																									rate,
Item	Unit	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997 /1	1998 /1	87-88	88-89	89-90	90-91	91-92	92-93	93-94	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98	89-97


INDUSTRY DATA

Value of shipments ²	Mil. dol	64,243	65,771	64,880	66,637	68,309	71,658	74,010	76,979	78,103	77,628	(NA)	(NA)	2.4	-1.4	2.7	2.5	4.9	3.3	4.0	1.5	-0.6	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Value of shipments (1992 dollars)	Mil. dol	72,630	72,157	69,401	69,351	69,562	71,658	73,339	76,063	76,601	74,976	(NA)	(NA)	-0.7	-3.8	-0.1	0.3	3.0	2.3	3.7	0.7	-2.1	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Total employment	1,000	1,080.8	1,071.4	1,028.9	1,009.9	981.7	985.1	979.7	954.4	946.6	864.9	(NA)	(NA)	-0.9	-4.0	-1.8	-2.8	0.3	-0.5	-2.6	-0.8	-8.6	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Production workers	1,000	911.7	898.6	872.6	857.1	831.6	824.1	825.1	798.9	791.8	726.4	(NA)	(NA)	-1.4	-2.9	-1.8	-3.0	-0.9	0.1	-3.2	-0.9	-8.3	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Average hourly earnings	Dollar	6.11	6.40	6.55	6.69	6.93	7.12	7.34	7.44	7.56	7.67	(NA)	(NA)	4.7	2.5	2.1	3.6	2.7	3.1	1.4	1.6	1.4	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
	Mil. dol	736	692	868	857	801	945	962	1,091	1,187	964	(NA)	(NA)	-6.1	25.5	-1.2	-6.5	17.9	1.7	13.4	8.8	-18.8	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)

PRODUCT DATA

Value of shipments ³	Mil. dol	62,120	62,751	61,447	61,962	62,649	68,844	70,986	73,259	73,780	73,319	(NA)	(NA)	1.0	-2.1	0.8	1.1	9.9	3.1	3.2	0.7	-0.6	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Value of shipments (1992 dollars)	Mil. dol	70,213	68,856	65,729	64,448	63,765	68,844	70,345	72,382	72,370	70,843	(NA)	(NA)	-1.9	-4.5	-1.9	-1.1	8.0	2.2	2.9	0	-2.1	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)

TRADE DATA

Value of imports	Mil. dol	(NA)	(NA)	25,660	26,776	27,397	32,659	35,486	38,569	41,217	43,089	50,204	55,863	(NA)	(NA)	4.3	2.3	19.2	8.7	8.7	6.9	4.5	16.5	11.3	8.8
Value of exports	Mil. dol	(NA)	(NA)	2,456	2,975	3,844	4,769	5,505	6,100	7,059	7,906	8,989	9,032	(NA)	(NA)	21.1	29.2	24.0	15.4	10.8	15.7	12.0	13.7	0.5	17.6
Merchandise trade balance	Mil. dol	(NA)	(NA)	-23,205	-23,801	-23,552	-27,890	-29,980	-32,469	-34,158	-35,183	-41,215	-46,831	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)

- Represents or rounds to zero.
1 Estimate, except exports and imports.
2 Value of all products and services sold by establishments inthe apparel and other textile products industry.
3 Value of products classified in the apparel and othertextile products industry produced by all industries.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, International Trade Administration (ITA),data from U.S. Industry Trade & Outlook 2000 and estimates by ITA.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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1418. Recent Trends in Apparel and Other Textile Products (SIC 23)