This new section presents statistics for major manufacturing groups and selected products. The 1994 edition of the U.S. Industrial Outlook was the last volume published in that series of publications. The 92 tables combine industry and product shipments data from the 1992 Census of Manufactures and estimates for 1993 and 1994 by ITA's analysts. The estimates were prepared in the spring of 1995 prior to the release of 1993 Annual Survey of Manufactures results. The tables also contain employment, wages capital expenditures, import and export data.
Current dollars show the value of the goods produced in the particular year referred to.
Constant dollars, or sometimes referred to as changes in real dollars, show the value of a year's output in the prices of a base year so you can accurately compare real changes in output levels over time. In these tables the base year was 1987. The tables distinguish between industry and product shipments. Shipments data are collected separately for individual factories, or establishments, and not at the company level. Most factories make a variety of products.