CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS
STEEL PAILS AND DRUMS - 1994

MA34K(94)-1

Contact:  Larry Blumberg, 301-457-4744


Table 1.  SUMMARY OF PRODUCERS' SHIPMENTS OF STEEL PAILS AND DRUMS:
           1994 TO 1985

(Quantity in thousands of units. Value in thousands of dollars)

                      Steel pails           Steel drums

     Year                 Value of            Value of
                    Number    products   Number   products
                   shipped     shipped  shipped    shipped

1994............    86,520     210,204   34,579    675,589
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
1986............    80,171     187,052   35,800    586,378
1985............    80,601     193,608   35,412    595,156


Table 2. TOTAL SHIPMENTS OF STEEL PAILS AND STEEL DRUMS: 1994 AND 1993

                                                                       1994                  1993
             Product description                  Number of
                                                  companies   Quantity        Value   Quantity         Value

Steel pails......................................        16     86,520      210,204   r/85,899     r/202,460
  11 1/4-inch diameter...........................      (NA)     82,487      196,231   r/81,922     r/189,782
    Full removable head..........................        12   b/71,628    b/163,458   r/70,254     r/155,917
    Tight head (standard and dome top)...........        11   c/10,859     c/32,773   r/11,668     r/ 33,865
  14-inch diameter...............................         6      a/813      a/5,863   r/   628     r/  4,170
  All other diameters............................         7      3,220        8,110   r/ 3,349         8,508

Steel drums and barrels..........................        29     34,579      675,589   r/33,474     r/672,948
  14-inch diameter, all gauges...................      (NA)      2,133       21,130   r/ 1,965        19,505
    Tight head...................................         7      a/171      a/1,976   r/   212     r/  2,535
    Open head, full or partial...................        11    a/1,962     a/19,154   r/ 1,753        16,970
  All other, except 14-inch diameter.............      (NA)     32,446      654,459   r/31,509       653,443
    20 gauge and heavier.........................      (NA)     29,108      609,464   r/28,225     r/610,057
      50 gallon and larger, 18 gauge and heavier.      (NA)     12,047      269,391     10,974     r/272,189
        Tight head...............................        23    b/7,298    b/158,740   a/ 6,783     r/168,931
        Open head................................        25    c/4,749    c/110,651   a/ 4,191   ra/ 103,258
      50 gallon and larger, 19 and 20 gauge
       (including 20/18)..........................      (NA)    15,939      314,933   r/16,116     r/317,498
         Tight head...............................        24  b/11,697    b/229,651   r/11,703     r/221,309
         Open head................................        25   b/4,242     b/85,282   r/ 4,413     r/ 96,189
       30 to 49 gallon............................        15     b/745     b/18,534   r/   791     r/ 14,498
       Under 30 gallon............................        11     a/377      a/6,606   r/   344     r/  5,872
     Lighter than 20 gauge........................      (NA)     3,338       44,995      3,284        43,386
       30 gallon and larger.......................         9     2,142       34,714      2,096        33,362
       Under 30 gallon............................         4     1,196       10,281   r/ 1,188     r/ 10,024

    NA Not available.    r/Revised by 5 percent or more from previously published figures.

    Note: The percent of estimation of each item is 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, IMPORTS, AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION OF STEEL SHIPPING
           PAILS AND DRUMS
(Value in thousands of dollars)
                                                         Exports of
                                          Manufac-        domestic
                                           turers'      merchandise/2
       Product description               shipments                Estimated
                                     (value f.o.b.  Value at     producers'
                                          plant)/1      port        value/3


Steel shipping pails:
       1994.........................       210,204    82,950         75,733
       1993.........................       202,460   134,010        122,351

Steel shipping drums and barrels:
       1994.........................       675,589    13,985         12,768
       1993.........................       672,948    14,145         12,914

   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/These values were derived by use of adjustment factors to exclude freight,
insurance, and other charges incurred in moving goods to the port of export.
This adjustment is made to convert the values to an approximation of the producers'
value of exported goods. Current adjustment factors are based on data for 1989
which are published in Exports from Manufacturing Establishments, AR89-1, appendix B.
The derived adjustment factor for this report is 0.9130.
   4/Source: Bureau of the Census report IM 145, U.S. Imports for Consumption.
   5/Represents c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) value at the first port of
entry in the United States plus U.S. import duties.
   6/Apparent consumption is derived by subtracting exports from manufacturers'
shipments plus imports.



































            Percent
         exports to                                               Percent
           manufac-         Imports for       Apparent           imports to
            turers'            consump-       consump-            apparent
          shipments        tion  /4  /5       tion  /6          consumption



                 39              38,714             165,968                  23
                 66              40,308             108,758                  37


                  2              14,080             675,684                   2
                  2              14,031             672,834                   2





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