Released: June 2010 

Next MECS will be conducted in 2010

Table 10.18 Percent of Establishments by Levels of Lowest Price Difference that Would Cause

 Fuel Switching from Distillate Fuel Oil to a Less Expensive Substitute, 2006; 

 Level: National Data;

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Levels of Lowest Price Difference;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Would Switch

Would Not Estimate to More

NAICS Establishments Switch Due 1 to 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 Over 50 Cannot Expensive

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Able to Switch(b) to Price Percent Percent Percent Percent Be Provided Substitute

Total United States

311 Food 276 67 Q 24 Q Q Q Q

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 10 0 5 W 0 0 W 0

 311221 Wet Corn Milling W 0 W 0 0 0 0 0

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Foods 13 W W Q 0 0 Q 0

 3115 Dairy Products 17 7 6 0 0 0 W W

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 62 Q Q 14 Q Q 0 Q

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products Q 3 6 7 W Q W 0

 3121 Beverages Q W W 7 0 Q W 0

 3122 Tobacco 8 W W 0 W 3 0 0

313 Textile Mills Q 0 0 0 0 0 Q 0

314 Textile Product Mills 24 W W W 0 0 0 0

315 Apparel 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0

316 Leather and Allied Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

321 Wood Products 159 Q 60 W W Q 53 W

 321113 Sawmills 57 Q 9 W 0 0 7 W

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods Q 0 0 0 0 Q Q 0

 3219 Other Wood Products 63 0 Q 0 0 0 Q 0

322 Paper 50 4 21 13 0 W 8 0

 322110 Pulp Mills 4 0 0 W 0 0 W 0

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 16 W 7 W 0 W 3 0

 322122 Newsprint Mills W 0 0 0 0 0 W 0

 322130 Paperboard Mills 18 W 8 7 0 0 W 0

323 Printing and Related Support Q 0 Q Q Q 0 0 0

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 177 Q 5 94 Q 0 55 Q

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 10 W 4 W 0 0 W 0

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

325 Chemicals 169 23 27 16 Q Q Q 5

 325110 Petrochemicals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 325120 Industrial Gases 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 325181 Alkalies and Chlorine W 0 W 0 0 0 0 0

 325182 Carbon Black 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 325188 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals Q W W 0 0 Q 3 0

 325192 Cyclic Crudes and Intermediates W W 0 W 0 0 0 0

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 4 W W 0 0 0 W 0

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 14 7 W W W 0 W W

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 12 0 Q 0 0 0 4 0

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 4 0 0 W 0 0 0 W

 325222 Noncellulosic Organic Fibers 10 W 4 W 0 0 W 0

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 34 W 6 9 0 0 11 W

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 21 W W 6 0 0 5 0

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 6 W W 0 0 0 0 W

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 157 Q Q Q 0 0 Q 0

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 150 Q W 97 W W Q 0

 327211 Flat Glass W 0 0 0 0 0 W 0

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware W 0 0 W 0 0 0 0

 327213 Glass Containers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 9 W 0 0 0 W Q 0

 327310 Cements 8 Q W W W 0 0 0

 327410 Lime W 0 W 0 0 W 0 0

 327420 Gypsum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 327993 Mineral Wool W W 0 0 0 0 0 0

331 Primary Metals 52 5 7 W 5 11 6 W

Levels of Lowest Price Difference that Would Cause a Switch from Distillate Fuel Oil(c) 
Released: June 2010 

Next MECS will be conducted in 2010

Table 10.18 Percent of Establishments by Levels of Lowest Price Difference that Would Cause

 Fuel Switching from Distillate Fuel Oil to a Less Expensive Substitute, 2006; 

 Level: National Data;

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Levels of Lowest Price Difference;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Would Switch

Would Not Estimate to More

NAICS Establishments Switch Due 1 to 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 Over 50 Cannot Expensive

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Able to Switch(b) to Price Percent Percent Percent Percent Be Provided Substitute

Levels of Lowest Price Difference that Would Cause a Switch from Distillate Fuel Oil(c) 

 331111 Iron and Steel Mills 9 0 0 0 W W 3 W

 331112 Electrometallurgical Ferroalloy Products W W 0 0 0 0 0 0

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel W 0 W 0 0 0 0 0

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 4 0 W 0 0 W 0 0

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils W 0 W 0 0 W 0 0

 331316 Aluminum Extruded Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum W 0 0 W 0 0 W 0

 3315 Foundries 33 W Q W W 7 W 0

 331511 Iron Foundries 13 W 0 0 W 0 W 0

 331521 Aluminum Die-Casting Foundries 3 0 0 W W W 0 0

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting Q 0 0 0 0 4 0 0

332 Fabricated Metal Products Q 0 Q 0 0 Q 0 0

333 Machinery Q Q 0 Q 0 0 Q 0

334 Computer and Electronic Products Q W Q 3 Q 0 W 0

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 8 W 3 W 0 0 W 0

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

336 Transportation Equipment Q 0 Q 0 W 0 W Q

 336111 Automobiles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 9 0 Q 0 W 0 W 0

 336411 Aircraft 3 0 0 0 W 0 W 0

337 Furniture and Related Products Q 0 Q Q Q 0 Q 0

339 Miscellaneous Q 0 0 0 0 0 Q 0

Total 2,120 239 459 417 231 Q 530 55

 (a) The Bureau of the Census classifies establishments using the North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

 (b) This count includes only those establishments that reported this activity in 2006.

 (c) These levels of price difference were estimates at which establishments

perceived that they would switch. These levels were not actual values at which switching

occurred. The percentage of price difference is computed as the quantity of (current fuel

price minus alternative fuel price) divided by the current fuel price, expressed as a percent.

 NF=No applicable RSE row/column factor.

 * Estimate less than 0.5.

 W=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.

 Q=Withheld because Relative Standard Error is greater than 50 percent.

 NA=Not available.

 Notes: To obtain the RSE percentage for any table cell, multiply the cell's

corresponding RSE column and RSE row factors. Totals may not equal sum of

components because of independent rounding. Establishment percents may not

equal 100 percent because of unknown and/or unreported fuel-switching guesstimate.

 Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End

Use, Energy Consumption Division, Form EIA-846, '2006 Manufacturing Energy

Consumption Survey.'
Released: June 2010 

Next MECS will be conducted in 2010

RSE Table 10.18 Relative Standard Errors for Table 10.18;

 Unit: Percents.

Would Switch

Would Not Estimate to More

NAICS Establishments Switch Due 1 to 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 Over 50 Cannot Expensive

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Able to Switch(b) to Price Percent Percent Percent Percent Be Provided Substitute

Total United States

311 Food 24.0 49.5 55.2 34.6 59.0 51.7 58.3 55.8

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 22.3 X 7.2 9.1 X X 56.5 X

 311221 Wet Corn Milling 0.0 X 0.0 X X X X X

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 0.0 X X X X X 0.0 X

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Foods 33.2 5.4 5.4 52.0 X X 53.6 X

 3115 Dairy Products 19.6 47.9 3.2 X X X 3.2 3.2

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 28.8 56.5 53.5 48.0 92.7 51.7 X 65.8

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 58.3 4.4 4.4 36.6 0.0 87.8 57.2 X

 3121 Beverages 68.0 8.5 8.5 36.6 X 94.6 57.2 X

 3122 Tobacco 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 0.0 X X

313 Textile Mills 63.1 X X X X X 63.1 X

314 Textile Product Mills 32.3 49.0 49.8 44.4 X X X X

315 Apparel 45.0 X X 45.0 X X X X

316 Leather and Allied Products X X X X X X X X

321 Wood Products 26.5 61.0 49.1 4.3 15.0 59.3 41.1 4.3

 321113 Sawmills 36.5 61.0 36.3 4.3 X X 27.2 4.3

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 56.9 X X X X 59.3 62.1 X

 3219 Other Wood Products 47.5 X 57.9 X X X 54.4 X

322 Paper 4.8 0.9 2.2 17.3 X 2.5 0.9 X

 322110 Pulp Mills 0.0 X X 0.0 X X 0.0 X

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 X 2.5 2.5 X

 322122 Newsprint Mills 0.0 X X X X X 0.0 X

 322130 Paperboard Mills 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X 0.0 X

323 Printing and Related Support 60.9 X 83.7 82.1 91.5 X X X

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 22.4 59.6 0.6 33.3 52.1 X 45.1 67.0

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X 0.0 X

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products X X X X X X X X

325 Chemicals 24.4 8.5 21.1 5.8 79.8 87.5 56.1 3.9

 325110 Petrochemicals X X X X X X X X

 325120 Industrial Gases X X X X X X X X

 325181 Alkalies and Chlorine 0.0 X 0.0 X X X X X

 325182 Carbon Black X X X X X X X X

 325188 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 66.0 14.8 12.7 X X 93.0 11.1 X

 325192 Cyclic Crudes and Intermediates 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 X X X X

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X X 0.0 X

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 9.8 14.8 37.2 5.7 5.7 X 5.7 5.7

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 49.6 X 71.8 X X X 45.7 X

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 0.0 X X 0.0 X X X 0.0

Levels of Lowest Price Difference that Would Cause a Switch from Distillate Fuel Oil(c) 
Released: June 2010 

Next MECS will be conducted in 2010

RSE Table 10.18 Relative Standard Errors for Table 10.18;

 Unit: Percents.

Would Switch

Would Not Estimate to More

NAICS Establishments Switch Due 1 to 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 Over 50 Cannot Expensive

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Able to Switch(b) to Price Percent Percent Percent Percent Be Provided Substitute

Levels of Lowest Price Difference that Would Cause a Switch from Distillate Fuel Oil(c) 

 325222 Noncellulosic Organic Fibers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X 0.0 X

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers X X X X X X X X

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers X X X X X X X X

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 15.7 27.5 24.6 9.7 X X 35.8 11.9

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 14.6 27.5 32.5 12.9 X X 11.8 X

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 9.6 14.4 6.9 X X X X 6.9

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 34.2 78.6 54.3 62.2 X X 70.1 X

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 36.4 51.5 5.3 48.8 11.7 3.9 69.7 X

 327211 Flat Glass 0.0 X X X X X 0.0 X

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 13.7 X X 13.7 X X X X

 327213 Glass Containers X X X X X X X X

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 40.4 7.8 X X X 7.8 55.4 X

 327310 Cements 38.0 86.7 11.7 16.3 11.7 X X X

 327410 Lime 0.0 X 0.0 X X 0.0 X X

 327420 Gypsum X X X X X X X X

 327993 Mineral Wool 11.5 11.5 X X X X X X

331 Primary Metals 19.2 4.2 29.7 8.3 34.3 9.5 16.2 0.0

 331111 Iron and Steel Mills 0.0 X X X 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 331112 Electrometallurgical Ferroalloy Products 0.0 0.0 X X X X X X

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 1.8 X 1.8 X X X X X

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 0.0 X 0.0 X X 0.0 X X

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum X X X X X X X X

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 0.0 X 0.0 X X 0.0 X X

 331316 Aluminum Extruded Products X X X X X X X X

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 10.6 X X 10.6 X X 10.6 X

 3315 Foundries 29.7 8.1 69.0 12.9 48.4 15.2 52.9 X

 331511 Iron Foundries 45.5 8.1 X X 68.6 X 52.9 X

 331521 Aluminum Die-Casting Foundries 12.9 X X 12.9 12.9 12.9 X X

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 58.6 X X X X 22.4 X X

332 Fabricated Metal Products 55.5 X 68.1 X X 96.4 X X

333 Machinery 54.8 72.5 X 91.6 X X 75.6 X

334 Computer and Electronic Products 51.5 1.8 77.6 20.8 83.8 X 1.8 X

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 X X 1.8 X

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components X X X X X X X X

336 Transportation Equipment 64.0 X 66.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 82.4

 336111 Automobiles X X X X X X X X

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles X X X X X X X X

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 43.4 X 66.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 X

 336411 Aircraft 0.0 X X X 0.0 X 0.0 X

337 Furniture and Related Products 51.9 X 66.4 77.8 86.5 X 71.3 X

339 Miscellaneous 92.8 X X X X X 92.8 X
Released: June 2010 

Next MECS will be conducted in 2010

RSE Table 10.18 Relative Standard Errors for Table 10.18;

 Unit: Percents.

Would Switch

Would Not Estimate to More

NAICS Establishments Switch Due 1 to 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 Over 50 Cannot Expensive

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Able to Switch(b) to Price Percent Percent Percent Percent Be Provided Substitute

Levels of Lowest Price Difference that Would Cause a Switch from Distillate Fuel Oil(c) 

Total 11.8 25.8 27.1 23.6 39.6 51.8 24.7 45.8

 (a) The Bureau of the Census classifies establishments using the North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

 (b) This count includes only those establishments that reported this activity in 2006.

 (c) These levels of price difference were estimates at which establishments

perceived that they would switch. These levels were not actual values at which switching

occurred. The percentage of price difference is computed as the quantity of (current fuel

price minus alternative fuel price) divided by the current fuel price, expressed as a percent.

 NF=No applicable RSE row/column factor.

 * Estimate less than 0.5.

 W=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.

 Q=Withheld because Relative Standard Error is greater than 50 percent.

 NA=Not available.

 X=Not defined because RSE corresponds to a value of zero.

 Notes: To obtain the RSE percentage for any table cell, multiply the cell's

corresponding RSE column and RSE row factors. Totals may not equal sum of

components because of independent rounding. Establishment percents may not

equal 100 percent because of unknown and/or unreported fuel-switching guesstimate.

 Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End

Use, Energy Consumption Division, Form EIA-846, '2006 Manufacturing Energy

Consumption Survey.'