Recent Trends in Miscellaneous Plastic Products, Excluding Bottles and Plumbing (SIC 3081-4, -6, -7, -9) 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	58,231	64,122	68,141	71,368	71,938	77,891	84,160	93,893	100,989	104,807	111,147	(NA)	10.1	6.3	4.7	0.8	8.3	8.0	11.6	7.6	3.8	6.0	(NA)	6.3
Value of shipments (1992 dollars)	Mil. dol	63,834	65,907	68,900	71,406	71,723	77,891	83,236	95,677	97,096	100,986	107,786	(NA)	3.2	4.5	3.6	0.4	8.6	6.9	14.9	1.5	4.0	6.7	(NA)	5.8
Total employment	1,000	566.7	593.4	617.9	622.8	612.3	627.0	649.9	681.5	715.0	714.0	733.3	(NA)	4.7	4.1	0.8	-1.7	2.4	3.7	4.9	4.9	-0.1	2.7	(NA)	2.2
Production workers	1,000	439.5	458.2	475.4	475.8	465.2	480.0	503.6	532.9	559.8	557.7	569.0	(NA)	4.3	3.8	0.1	-2.2	3.2	4.9	5.8	5.0	-0.4	2.0	(NA)	2.3
Average hourly earnings	Dollar	8.43	8.61	8.87	9.35	9.71	9.96	10.23	10.34	10.44	10.68	11.65	(NA)	2.2	3.0	5.4	3.8	2.6	2.6	1.1	1.0	2.3	9.1	(NA)	3.5
Capital expenditures	Mil. dol	2,431	2,539	3,077	3,143	3,353	3,449	3,465	4,033	4,862	5,213	5,612	(NA)	4.4	21.2	2.1	6.7	2.9	0.5	16.4	20.6	7.2	7.6	(NA)	7.8

PRODUCT DATA

Value of shipments ³	Mil. dol	57,939	62,260	65,219	67,410	66,669	75,532	81,512	90,577	97,398	101,470	(NA)	(NA)	7.5	4.8	3.4	-1.1	13.3	7.9	11.1	7.5	4.2	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Value of shipments (1992 dollars)	Mil. dol	63,550	64,023	65,957	67,488	66,491	75,532	80,622	92,240	93,548	97,645	(NA)	(NA)	0.7	3.0	2.3	-1.5	13.6	6.7	14.4	1.4	4.4	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)

TRADE DATA

Value of imports	Mil. dol	(NA)	(NA)	3,526	3,704	3,778	4,367	4,732	5,355	6,145	6,528	7,064	7,548	(NA)	(NA)	5.0	2.0	15.6	8.4	13.2	14.8	6.2	8.2	6.9	9.1
Value of exports	Mil. dol	(NA)	(NA)	3,121	3,798	4,201	4,876	5,429	6,341	6,928	7,633	8,747	8,968	(NA)	(NA)	21.7	10.6	16.1	11.3	16.8	9.3	10.2	14.6	2.5	13.7
Merchandise trade balance	Mil. dol	(NA)	(NA)	-405	94	422	510	697	986	783	1,105	1,683	1,420	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)

NA Not available. X Not applicable.
1 Estimate, except exports and imports.
2 Value of all products and services sold by establishments in themiscellaneous plastic products except bottles and plumbing industry.
3 Value of products classified in the miscellaneous plastic products except bottles and plumbing 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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1430. Recent Trends in Miscellaneous Plastic Products, Excluding Bottles and Plumbing (SIC 3081-4, -6, -7, -9)