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

STEEL SHIPPING DRUMS AND PAILS - 1996

MA34K(96)-1
Issued July 31, 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

These data are also availabe through the U.S. Department of Commerce and
STAT-USA Electronic Bulletin Board by subscription.  To access, dail 202-482-3870
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Address inquiries concerning these data to U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census, Manufacturing and Construction Division, Washington, DC 20233,
or call Larry Blumberg, 301-457-4744.

Table 1.  TOTAL SHIPMENTS OF STEEL PAILS AND STEEL DRUMS:  1996 AND 1995
(Quantity in thousands of units.  Value in thousands of dollars)

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

          Steel pails............................     16     60,443    200,681    r/ 71,896    r/162,992
            11 1/4-inch diameter.................   (NA)     57,924    187,114       55,625      145,514
34121 01      Full removable head................     10     46,512    151,643       46,604      116,468
34121 06      Tight head (standard
               and dome top).....................      7     11,412     35,471        9,021       29,046
34121 11    14-inch diameter.....................      6  a/    777      6,365    r/    599        4,318
34121 13    All other diameters..................      7      1,742      7,202    r/ 15,672    r/ 13,160

          Steel drums and barrels................     28     34,334    706,084    a/ 33,279    a/685,499
            14-inch diameter, all gauges.........   (NA)      2,209     23,547        2,418       25,022
34122 01      Tight head.........................      6        281      4,018          292        4,105
34122 03      Open head, full or partial.........      9  a/  1,928  a/ 19,529        2,126       20,917
            All other, except 14-inch diameter...   (NA)     32,124    682,537       30,860      660,629
              20 gauge and heavier...............   (NA)     29,062    637,462       27,524      609,788
                50 gallon and larger, 18 gauge
                 and heavier.....................   (NA)     12,008    286,904       11,087      271,514
34122 05          Tight head.....................     23      7,289    164,442    a/  6,909    a/158,814
34122 07          Open head......................     25      4,719    122,462    a/  4,178    a/112,700
                50 gallon and larger, 19 and
                 20 gauge (including 20/18)......   (NA)     15,918    329,324       15,420      316,775
34122 09          Tight head.....................     23     12,532    252,368    a/ 11,350    a/232,557
34122 11          Open head......................     23      3,386     76,956  r/a/  4,070  r/a/ 84,218
34122 13        30 to 49 gallon..................     14        727     14,291          714    a/ 16,233
34122 15        Under 30 gallon..................      8        409      6,943          303    a/  5,266

              Lighter than 20 gauge(1)...........     12  a/  3,062  a/ 45,075    a/  3,336    a/ 50,841

   NA Not available.   r/Revised by 5 percent or more from previously published data.

   1/Includes product code 34122 17, "30 gallon and larger," and product code 34122 19, "Under 30 gallon,"
which were combined to avoid disclosure.

   Note:     The percent of estimation of 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 2.  SUMMARY OF PRODUCERS' SHIPMENTS OF
           STEEL PAILS AND DRUMS:  1996 TO 1987
(Quantity in thousands of units.  Value in
 thousands of dollars)

              Steel pails        Steel drums

   Year    Quantity    Value  Quantity    Value

1996.....    60,443  200,681    34,334  706,084
1995.....    71,896  162,992    33,279  685,499
1994.....    86,478  208,406    34,857  681,972
1993.....    85,899  202,460    33,474  672,948
1992.....    76,794  178,850    33,336  632,616
1991.....    72,645  180,408    33,970  668,692
1990.....    75,242  195,669    36,388  701,615
1989.....    80,693  205,834    35,966  667,024
1988.....    78,018  188,817    37,336  675,923
1987.....    78,887  189,243    38,166  640,718

Table 3.  SHIPMENTS, EXPORTS, IMPORTS, AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION OF STEEL
           SHIPPING PAILS AND DRUMS:  1996 AND 1995
(Value in thousands of dollars)

                                              Exports of
                                                domestic
                              Manufacturers'    merchan-      Value of
                                   shipments    dise (2)   imports for  Apparent
   Product description (1)     (value f.o.b.      (value      consump-  consump-
                                      plant)    at port)  tion (3) (4)  tion (5)

Steel shipping pails:
  1996......................         200,681      77,410        51,864   175,135
  1995......................         162,992      70,697        49,462   141,757

Steel shipping drums
 and barrels:
  1996......................         706,084      22,427        30,004   713,661
  1995......................         685,499      19,466        23,060   689,093


   (1) For comparison of SIC-based product codes, Schedule B export numbers, and
HTSUSA import numbers, see appendix B in the Current Industrial Report,
MANUFACTURING PROFILES, 1992, MP-1(92), issued August 1994.
   (2) Source: Bureau of the Census report EM 545, U.S. Exports.
   (3) Source: Bureau of the Census report IM 145, U.S. Imports for Consumption.
   (4) Represents c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) value at the first port
of entry in the United States plus U.S. import duties.
(5) Apparent consumption is derived by subtracting exports from manufacturers'
shipments plus imports.



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