Electromedical and

Irradiation Equipment: 2002 Issued July 2003

MA334S(02)-1 

Current 

Industrial

Reports

Current data are released electronically on Internet SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

for all individual surveys as they become available. Use: http://www.census.gov/mcd/. In 2002, the total value of shipments of electroIndividual reports can be accessed by choosing medical and irradiation equipment amounted

"Current Industrial Reports (CIR)," clicking on to $16.6 billion, an increase of 8.3 percent

"CIRs by Subsector;" then choose the survey of from $15.4 billion in 2001. Shipments of X-ray

interest. Follow the menu to view the PDF file and other irradiation equipment increased 5.6

or to download the worksheet file (WK format) percent to $4.5 billion in 2002, from $4.3

to your personal computer. billion in 2001. Shipments of electromedical

equipment increased 9.4 percent to $12.1

These data are also available on Internet billion in 2002, from $11.1 billion in 2001. 

through the U.S. Department of Commerce 

and STAT-USA by subscription. The Internet For general CIR information, explanation of 

address is: www.stat-usa.gov/. Follow the general terms and historical note, see the 

prompts to register. Also, you may call appendix.

202-482-1986 or 1-800-STAT-USA, for further

information. 

Address inquiries concerning these data to Investment Goods Industries Branch, Manufacturing and Construction Division (MCD), Washington, DC 20233-

6900, or call Kellie Friedrich, 301-763-5168.

For mail or fax copies of this publication, please contact the Information Services Center, MCD, Washington, DC 20233-6900, or call 301-763-4673.

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Table 1. Value of Shipments of Electromedical Equipment and Irradiation Equipment by Class of Product: 1997 to 2002 

[Value in millions of dollars] 

Product

code Product description 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997

3345170 X-ray and other irradiation equipment ........................................ 4,524.2 4,283.5 3,502.1 3,200.9 3,312.9 3,139.1

3345101 Electromedical equipment.............................................................. 12,124.7 11,088.3 10,896.7 10,699.8 9,763.8 9,051.1
Table 2. Quantity and Value of Shipments of Electromedical and Irradiation Equipment: 2002 and 2001 

[Quantity in number of units. Value in thousands of dollars] 

No. 2002 2001

Product of

code Product description cos. Quantity Value Quantity Value

Electromedical and irradiation equipment................................................................................................. 242 (X) 16,648,934 (X) 15,371,865

 Medical diagnostic equipment:

 X-ray equipment:

3345170103 Digital radiography equipment................................................................................................................. 6 3,062 130,326 2,809 128,730

3345170106 Computerized axial tomography (CT or CAT

 scan)......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 4,531 979,896 4,444 1,195,169

3345170109 Dental and conventional.............................................................................................................................. 9 (D) (D) 18,198 673,322

3345170112 All other medical diagnostic X-ray equipment........................................................................................................... 16 (X) 414,667 (X) 423,609

3345170115 Nuclear medicine equipment (all equipment used

 for nuclear in vivo studies)............................................................................................................................................... 8 1,434 504,651 1,395 428,802

3345101103 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment..................................................................................................................... 6 (D) (D) (D) (D)

3345101106 Ultrasound scanning devices................................................................................................................................................. 10 18,779 1,137,671 b/ 18,218 1,047,730

3345101109 Electrocardiograph (EKG)............................................................................................................................................................. 9 106,424 206,279 113,485 196,064

3345101112 Electroencephalograph (EEG) and electromyograph

 (EMG) ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 (D) (D) (D) (D)

3345101115 Audiological equipment............................................................................................................................................................... 6 (X) 12,393 (X) 11,710

3345101118 Endoscopic equipment (bronchoscope, cystoscope,

 proctosigmoidoscope, colonoscope, etc.)................................................................................................................................ 8 (D) (D) (D) (D)

3345101121 Respiratory analysis equipment...................................................................................................................................................... 4 (D) (D) (D) (D)

3345101124 All other medical diagnostic equipment..................................................................................................................................... 19 (X) b/ 143,916 (X) 139,700

 Patient monitoring equipment:

3345101227 Intensive care/coronary care units, including

 component modules such as temperature, blood

 pressure, and pulse................................................................................................................................................................... 13 (X) 773,081 (X) 773,556

3345101233 Prenatal and respiratory monitoring.................................................................................................................................. 7 (X) c/ 85,923 (X) c/ 88,847

3345101237 All other patient monitoring..................................................................................................................................................... 24 (X) b/ 343,022 (X) 335,544

 Medical therapy equipment:

3345101241 Ultrasound therapy................................................................................................................................................................. 7 (X) b/ 21,711 (X) b/ 19,730

3345101244 Pacemakers 1/............................................................................................................................................................................ 4 (D) (D) (D) (D)

3345101247 Defibrillators............................................................................................................................................................................ 8 122,136 1,403,412 99,622 1,166,862

3345101251 Dialyzers, including machines and equipment...................................................................................................................... 4 (X) 674,199 (X) 671,762

3345101254 Medical laser equipment............................................................................................................................................................. 11 (X) 514,773 (X) 494,183

3345170118 Radiation therapy (linear accelerators, X-ray,

 cobalt 60, brachetherapy) 1/..................................................................................................................................................... 10 (X) (D) (X) (D)

3345101257 All other medical therapy equipment....................................................................................................................................... 35 (X) b/ 1,608,255 (X) 1,256,152

 All other irradiation and electromedical equipment:

3345170121 Industrial and scientific X-ray equipment.................................................................................................................................. 17 b/ 5,131 a/ 562,893 4,889 a/ 247,869

3345170124 X-ray tubes (sold separately)..................................................................................................................................................... 11 24,891 153,565 25,944 172,831

3345170227 Other nonmedical irradiation equipment,

 including gamma- and beta-ray equipment,

 n.e.c. .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 (X) a/ 26,048 (X) 24,093

3345170331 Parts and accessories for X-ray equipment and other

 nonmedical irradiation equipment, n.e.c. ..................................................................................................................................... 19 (X) 281,344 (X) 257,730

 Surgical systems:

3345101361 Electrosurgical equipment.......................................................................................................................................................... 7 (X) 460,010 (X) 470,669

3345101367 Blood flow systems.................................................................................................................................................................... 7 (X) c/ 539,540 (X) c/ 517,829

3345101371 All other surgical support systems.............................................................................................................................................. 13 (X) c/ 291,000 (X) 262,424

3345101374 Other electromedical equipment (except diagnostic

 and therapeutic) n.e.c. ............................................................................................................................................................ 10 (X) c/ 306,829 (X) a/ 259,477

3345101477 Electromedical parts and accessories, including

 including diagnostic and therapeutic, n.e.c. .............................................................................................................................. 35 (X) a/ 984,060 (X) a/ 912,679

 D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified. X Not applicable. 

 1/Product codes 3345101244 and 3345170118 have a combined value of shipments of 2,122,788 for 2002 

1,893,023 for 2001. 

 Note: Percent of estimation for each item is indicated as follows: a/10 to 25 percent of this item is estimated. 

b/26 to 50 percent of this item is estimated. c/Over 50 percent of this item is estimated. 
Table 3. Shipments, Exports, and Imports of Electromedical and Irradiation Equipment: 2002 

[Value in thousands of dollars] 

Exports of

Manufacturers' domestic

shipments merchandise Imports for

Product (value (value consumption

code Product description f.o.b. plant) at port) 1/ (value) 2/ 3/

3345170106 Computerized axial tomography (CT or CAT scan)................................................................................................. 979,896 230,309 391,288

3345170103, 109, Medical x-ray and nuclear equipment, diagnostic and therapeutic...................................................................................... 1,049,644 516,621 824,335

 112, 115, 118

3345170121 Industrial and scientific x-ray equipment.................................................................................................................. 562,893 233,300 97,371

3345170124 X-ray tubes sold separately.......................................................................................................................................... 153,565 186,822 133,985

3345170331 Parts and accessories for x-ray equipment and other nonmedical

 irradiation equipment, n.e.c. .............................................................................................................................................. 281,344 642,241 429,018

3345170227 Nonmedical irradiation equipment, including gamma- and beta-ray

 equipment, n.e.c. ............................................................................................................................................................... 26,048 23,896 4,679

3345101109 Electrocardiograph (EKG), diagnostic................................................................................................................................. 206,279 70,938 23,841

3345101112 Electroencephalographs (EEG's) and electromyograph (EMG)............................................................................................... (D) 21,954 11,260

3345101106 Ultrasound scanning devices, diagnostic............................................................................................................................... 1,137,671 420,333 203,899

3345101103 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment.................................................................................................................... (D) 489,628 523,586

3345101244 Pacemakers, therapeutic.......................................................................................................................................................... (D) 297,486 881,517

3345101115, 118, Diagnostic electromedical equipment, n.e.c. ...................................................................................................................... 231,230 956,024 635,996

 121, 124

3345101247, 254, Therapeutic electromedical equipment, n.e.c. ..................................................................................................................... 3,526,440 143,879 70,907

 257

3345101361, 367, Electromedical equipment and irradiation equipment, including 

 371, 374 X-ray, n.e.c. .......................................................................................................................................................................... 1,597,379 224,847 492,274

3345101251 Dialyzers, machines and equipment....................................................................................................................................... 674,199 91,308 30,201

3345101227, 233, Patient monitoring equipment................................................................................................................................................. 1,202,026 223,416 208,909

 237

3345101241 Therapeutic ultrasound equipment........................................................................................................................................... 21,711 13,614 1,652

3345101361 Electrosurgical equipment........................................................................................................................................................ 460,010 714,544 114,889

3345101477 Electromedical parts and accessories, including diagnostic and

 therapeutic, n.e.c. ............................................................................................................................................................... 984,060 694,381 907,442

 D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified. 

 1/Source: Census Bureau report EM 545, U.S. Exports. 

 2/Source: Census Bureau report IM 145, U.S. Imports for Consumption. 

 3/Represents c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) value at first port of entry in the United States plus import duties. 
Table 4. Comparison of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)-Based Product Codes with Schedule B

 Export Codes and HTSUSA Import Codes: 2002 

Product Export Import

code Product description code 1/ code 2/

3345170106 Computerized axial tomography (CT or CAT scan)...................................................................................... 9022.12.0000 9022.12.0000

3345170103, 109, Medical x-ray and nuclear equipment, diagnostic and therapeutic............................................................ 9022.13.0000 9022.13.0000

 112, 115, 118 9022.14.0000 9022.14.0000

9022.21.0000 9022.21.0000

3345170121 Industrial and scientific x-ray equipment.................................................................................................................. 9022.19.0000 9022.19.0000

3345170124 X-ray tubes sold separately...................................................................................................................... 9022.30.0000 9022.30.0000

3345170331 Parts and accessories for x-ray equipment and other nonmedical

 irradiation equipment, n.e.c. ..................................................................................................................... 9022.90.4000 9022.90.4000

9022.90.6000 9022.90.6000

9022.90.8000 9022.90.9500

3345170227 Nonmedical irradiation equipment, including gamma- and beta-ray

 equipment, n.e.c. ............................................................................................................................................................... 9022.29.8000 9022.29.8000

3345101109 Electrocardiograph (EKG), diagnostic........................................................................................................... 9018.11.0040 9018.11.3000

3345101112 Electroencephalographs (EEG's) and electromyograph (EMG)....................................................................... 9018.19.9535 9018.19.9535

3345101106 Ultrasound scanning devices, diagnostic...................................................................................................... 9018.12.0000 9018.12.0000

3345101103 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment.............................................................................................. 9018.13.0000 9018.13.0000

3345101244 Pacemakers, therapeutic............................................................................................................................. 9021.50.0000 9021.50.0000

3345101115, 118, Diagnostic electromedical equipment, n.e.c. ............................................................................................ 9018.19.4000 9018.19.4000

 121, 124 9018.19.9530 9018.19.9530

9018.19.9550 9018.19.9550

3345101247, 254, Therapeutic electromedical equipment, n.e.c. ........................................................................................... 9018.90.7060 9018.20.0040

 257 9018.90.6400

9018.90.7560

3345101364, 367, Electromedical equipment and irradiation equipment, including 

 371, 374 X-ray, n.e.c. ................................................................................................................................................. 9018.20.0000 9018.20.0080

9018.90.7080 9018.90.7580

3345101251 Dialyzers, machines and equipment.......................................................................................................... 9018.90.7020 9018.90.7520

3345101227, 233, Patient monitoring equipment...................................................................................................................... 9018.19.5500 9018.19.5500

 237

3345101241 Therapeutic ultrasound equipment.............................................................................................................. 9018.90.7040 9018.90.7540

3345101361 Electrosurgical equipment.......................................................................................................................... 9018.90.6000 9018.90.6000

3345101477 Electromedical parts and accessories, including diagnostic and

 therapeutic, n.e.c. ....................................................................................................................................... 9018.11.0080 9018.11.9000

9018.19.7500 9018.19.7500

9018.19.9560 9018.19.9560

9018.90.7070 9018.90.7570

9021.90.4080

 n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified. 

 1/Source: 2002 Edition, Harmonized System-Based Schedule B, Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign 

Commodities Exported from the United States. 

 2/Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Annotated (2002). 
Current Industrial Reports A-1

Appendix. 

General CIR Survey Information, Explanation of General Terms

and Historical Note

GENERAL

The CIR program has been providing monthly,

quarterly, and annual measures of industrial activity for

many years. Since 1904, with its cotton and fats and oils

surveys, the CIR program has formed an essential part

of an integrated statistical system involving the quinquennial economic census, manufacturing sector, and

the annual survey of manufactures. The CIR surveys,

however, provide current statistics at a more detailed

product level than either of the other two statistical

programs.

The primary objective of the CIR program is to

produce timely, accurate data on production and

shipments of selected products. The data are used to

satisfy economic policy needs and for market analysis,

forecasting, and decision making in the private sector.

The product-level data generated by these surveys are

used extensively by individual firms, trade associations,

and market analysts in planning or recommending

marketing and legislative strategies, particularly if their

industry is significantly affected by foreign trade.

Although production and shipments information are the

two most common data items collected, the CIR

program collects other measures also such as

inventories, orders, and consumption. These surveys

measure manufacturing activity in important commodity

areas such as textiles and apparel, chemicals, primary

metals, computer and electronic components, industrial

equipment, aerospace equipment, and consumer

goods.

The CIR program uses a unified data collection,

processing, and publication system. The U.S. Census

Bureau updates the survey panels for most reports

annually and reconciles the estimates to the results of

the broader-based annual survey of manufactures and

the economic census, manufacturing sector. The manufacturing sector provides a complete list of all

producers of the products covered by the CIR program

and serves as the primary source for CIR sampling.

Where a small number of producers exist, CIR surveys

cover all known producers of a product. However, when

the number of producers is too large, cutoff and

random sampling techniques are used. Surveys are

continually reviewed and modified to provide the most

up-to-date information on products produced. The CIR

program includes a group of mandatory and voluntary

surveys. Typically the monthly and quarterly surveys are

conducted on a voluntary basis. Those companies that

choose not to respond to the voluntary surveys are

required to submit a mandatory annual counterpart

corresponding to the more frequent survey.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION

SYSTEM (NAICS), 1997 

The adoption of the North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS) in the 1997 Economic

Census has had a major impact on the comparability of

current and historic data. Approximately half of the

industries in the manufacturing sector of NAICS do not

have comparable industries in the Standard Industrial

Classification (SIC) system that was used in the past.

While most of the change affecting the

manufacturing sector was change within the sector,

some industries left manufacturing and others came into

manufacturing. Prominent among those that left

manufacturing are logging and portions of publishing.

Prominent among the industries that came into the

manufacturing sector are bakeries, candy stores where

candy is made on the premises, custom tailors, makers

of custom draperies, and tire retreading. The net effect

of the classification changes are such that if the 1997

value of shipments data for all manufacturers were

tabulated on an SIC basis, it would be approximately 3

percent higher.

Listed below are the NAICS sectors:

21 Mining

22 Utilities

23 Construction

31-33 Manufacturing

42 Wholesale Trade

44-45 Retail Trade

48-49 Transportation and Warehousing

51 Information

52 Finance and Insurance

53 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

54 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

55 Management of Companies and Enterprises

56 Administrative and Support and Waste Management

and Remediation Services

61 Educational Services

62 Health Care and Social Assistance

71 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

72 Accommodation and Food Services

81 Other Services (except Public Administration)

(Not listed above are the Agriculture, Forestry,

Fishing, and Hunting sector (NAICS 11), partially covered

by the census of agriculture conducted by the U.S.

Department of Agriculture, and the Public

Administration sector (NAICS 92), covered by the census

of governments conducted by the Census Bureau.)
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The 20 NAICS sectors are subdivided into 96

subsectors (three-digit codes), 313 industry groups

(four-digit codes), and, as implemented in the United

States, 1170 industries (five- and six-digit codes).

FUNDING

The Census Bureau funds most of the surveys.

However, a number of surveys are paid for either fully

or partially by other Federal Government agencies or

private trade associations. A few surveys are mandated,

but all are authorized by Title 13 of the United States

Code.

RELIABILITY OF DATA

Survey error may result from several sources

including the inability to obtain information about all

cases in the survey, response errors, definitional

difficulties, differences in the interpretation of

questions, mistakes in recording or coding the reported

data, and other errors of collection, response,

coverage, and estimation. These nonsampling errors

also occur in complete censuses. Although no direct

measurement of the biases due to these nonsampling

errors has been obtained, precautionary steps were

taken in all phases of the collection, processing, and

tabulation of the data in an effort to minimize their

influence.

A major source of bias in the published estimates is

the imputing of data for nonrespondents, for late

reporters, and for data that fail logic edits. Missing

figures are imputed based on period-to-period

movements shown by reporting firms. A figure is

considered to be an impute if the value was not directly

reported on the questionnaire, directly derived from

other reported items, directly available from

supplemental sources, or obtained from the respondent

during the analytical review phase. Imputation generally

is limited to a maximum of 10 percent for any one data

cell. Figures with imputation rates greater than 10

percent are suppressed or footnoted. The imputation

rate is not an explicit indicator of the potential error in

published figures due to nonresponse, because the

actual yearly movements for nonrespondents may or

may not closely agree with the imputed movements.

The range of difference between the actual and

imputed figures is assumed to be small. The degree of

uncertainty regarding the accuracy of the published data

increases as the percentage of imputation increases.

Figures with imputation rates above 10 percent should

be used with caution.

DATA REVISIONS

Statistics for previous years may be revised as the

result of corrected figures from respondents, late

reports for which imputations were originally made, or

other corrections. Data that have been revised by more

than 5 percent from previously published data are

indicated by footnotes.

DISCLOSURE

The Census Bureau collects the CIR data under the

authority of Title 13, United States Code, which

specifies that the information can only be used for

statistical purposes and cannot be published or released

in any manner that would identify a person, household,

or establishment. "D" indicates that data in the cell have

been suppressed to avoid disclosure of information

pertaining to individual companies.

EXPLANATION OF GENERAL TERMS

Capacity. The maximum quantity of a product that can

be produced in a plant in 1 day if operating for 24

hours. Includes the capacity of idle plants until the plant

is reported to be destroyed, dismantled, or abandoned.

Consumption. Materials used in producing or

processing a product or otherwise removing the

product from the inventory.

Exports. Includes all types of products shipped to

foreign countries, or to agents or exporters for

reshipment to foreign countries.

Gross shipments. The quantity or value of physical

shipments from domestic establishments of all products

sold, transferred to other establishments of the same

company, or shipped on consignment, whether for

domestic or export sale or use. Shipments of products

purchased for resale are omitted. Shipments of

products made under toll arrangements are included.

Interplant transfers. Shipments to other domestic

plants within a company for further assembly,

fabrication, or manufacture.

Inventories. The quantity or value of finished goods,

work in progress, and materials on hand.

Machinery in place. The number of machines of a

particular type in place as of a particular date whether

the machinery was used for production, prototype, or

sampling, or was idle. Machinery in place includes all

machinery set up in operating positions.

Net receipts. Derived by subtracting the materials held

at the end of the previous month from the sum of

materials used during the current month.

Production. The total volume of products produced,

including: products sold; products transferred or added

to inventory after adjustments for breakage, shrinkage,

and obsolescence, plus any other inventory adjustment;

and products that undergo further manufacture at the

same establishment. 

Quantities produced and consumed. Quantities of

each type of product produced by a company for

internal consumption within that same company.
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Quantity and value of new orders. The sales value

of orders received during the current reporting period

for products and services to be delivered immediately

or at some future date. Also represents the net sales

value of contract change documents that increase or

decrease the sales value of the orders to which they are 

related, when the parties concerned are in substantial

agreement as to the amount involved. Included as

orders are only those that are supported by binding

legal documents such as signed contracts or letter

contracts.

Quantity and value of shipments. The figures on

quantity and value of shipments represent physical

shipments of all products sold, transferred to other

establishments of the same company, or shipped on

consignment, whether for domestic or export sale. The

value represents the net sales price, f.o.b. plant, to the

customer or branch to which the products are shipped,

net of discounts, allowances, freight charges, and

returns. Shipments to a company's own branches are

assigned the same value as comparable appropriate

allocation of company overhead and profit. Products

bought and resold without further manufacture are

excluded.

Stocks. Total quantity of ending finished inventory.

Unfilled orders (backlog). Calculated by adding net

new orders and subtracting net sales from the backlog

at the end of the preceding year.

HISTORICAL NOTE

Data on selected electronic and associated

products have been collected by the Census Bureau

since 1961 on survey MA36N, Selected Electronics and

Associated Products. In 1985, survey MA36N was

divided into three annual surveys which are presently

collected as: MA334P, Communication Equipment,

Including Telephone, Telegraph, and Other Electronic

Systems and Equipment; MA334Q, Semiconductors,

Printed Circuit Boards, and Other Electronic

Components; and MA334S, Electromedical Equipment

and Irradiation Equipment (Including X-Ray). Historical

data may be obtained from Current Industrial Reports

available at your local Federal Depository Library.