Current Industrial Reports
United States Department of Commerce
Economic and Statistical Administration
Bureau of the Census

VENDING MACHINES (COIN-OPERATED) - 1996

MQ35U(96)-1
Issued July 25, 1997

Information on the scope of the survey, methodology, definitions of terms and
historical notes for this survey may be found in the introduction of the 1995
Manufacturing Profiles publication, issued June 1997

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of the Census, Manufacturing and Construction Division, Washington, DC 20233,
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  SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
     In 1996, manufacturers' shipments of coin-operated vending                       Vending machines for confections and foods increased
  machines totaled $815.1 million, an increase of 6 percent                       5 percent from $211.6 million in 1995 to $222.8 million
  from the 1995 figure of $767.0 million.                                         in 1996.
     Shipments of beverage vending machines increased 10 percent                     A description of the survey methodology and related
   from $464.8 million in 1995 to $511.1 in 1996.                                 information appears in the text at the end of the
                                                                                  information.

Table 1.  Value of Shipments of Coin-Operated
           Vending Machines:  1985 To 1996
(Millions of dollars)
                                      Annual
                                   Survey of
   Year                  MA35U  Manufactures

1996.................    815.1          (NA)
1995.................    767.0         715.9
1994.................    698.2         657.0
1993.................    590.2         609.5
1992.................    592.8       1/559.5
1991.................    522.1         478.5
1990.................    524.6         507.0
1989.................    591.8         581.7

1988.................    583.2         558.6
1987.................    521.1       1/502.1
1986.................    469.7         454.9
1985.................    451.2         439.6

   NA Not available.

   1/Source:  Census of Manufactures.

Table 2.  Quantity and Value of Shipments of Coin-Operated Vending Machines:  1996 and 1995
(Quantity  in number of units.  Value in thousands of dollars)

                                                      Com-
                                                      pany          1996               1995
Product
   code                Product description           count  Quantity    Value   Quantity    Value

                Coin-operated vending machines.....     45   787,517  815,055  r/747,691  767,006

          Beverage vending machines................          353,146  511,132    340,463  464,777
            Hot beverage:
35811 10      Instant, freeze-dried or liquid
               concentrate coffee..................     10     4,988   11,045      2,939    6,279
35811 03      Fresh brew or freeze-dried office
               counter type........................      2       (D)      (D)        (D)      (D)
35811 04      Fresh brew coffee and combinations...      7       (D)      (D)        (D)      (D)
            Soft drink:                                          (D)      (D)        (D)      (D)
35811 08      Canned and bottled beverages
               (refrigerated)......................      9   316,362  438,773    298,491  382,774
35811 09      Cup (postmix)........................      4       (D)      (D)      1,706    7,319
35811 19    Other vending machines for beverages...      3       (D)      (D)        (D)      (D)

          Confections and food vending machines....    (X)   263,445  222,789    232,949  211,602
35811 21    Bulk confections and charms............      5   158,039    8,787    128,097    6,681
35811 22    Bagged snacks and confections..........      9    88,271  146,415     88,436  137,752
35811 24    Frozen foods and ice cream.............      3       (D)      (D)        (D)      (D)
35811 25    Multipurpose food and confections......      6    15,681   63,814     14,990   63,872
35811 29    Other vending machines for confections
             and foods.............................      4       (D)      (D)        (D)      (D)

          Other vending machines...................    (D)   170,926   81,134  r/174,279   90,627
35811 31    Cigarettes (single packs only).........      2       (D)      (D)        (D)      (D)
35811 32    Water .................................      2       (D)      (D)        (D)      (D)
35811 35    Postage stamp..........................      2       (D)      (D)        (D)      (D)
35811 49    All other vending machines.............     25   167,621   67,596  r/170,019   70,762

 D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies.  r/Revised by 5 percent or more from previously
published data.

Table 3.  Shipments, Exports, Imports, and Apparent Consumption of
           Coin-Operated Vending Machines:  1996 And 1995
(Value in millions of dollars)

                                          Manufac-
                                           turers'   Exports
                                         shipments        of    Imports
                                            (value  domestic        for  Apparent
         Product description                f.o.b.  merchan-   consump-  consump-
                                            plant)   dise 1/  tion 2/3/   tion 4/

                1996

Coin-operated vending machines.........      815.1     158.9       36.2     692.4

                1995

Coin-operated vending machines.........      767.0     155.6       31.8     643.2

   1/Source: Bureau of the Census report EM 545, U.S. Exports.  Schedule B export
numbers for automatic merchandising machines, coin-operated, new are: 8476.21.0000,
8476.29.0000, 8476.81.0000, and 8476.89.0000.
   2/Source:  Bureau of the Census report IM 145, U.S. Imports for Consumption.
HTSUSA numbers for automatic merchandising machines, coin-operated, new are:
8476.21.0000, 8476.29.0000, 8476.81.0000, and 8476.89.0000.
   3/This dollar value represents the c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) value
at the first port of entry in the United States plus import duties.
   4/Apparent consumption is derived by subtracting exports from the total of
manufacturers' shipments plus imports.