Perspective
By Adam Dewitz on October 20th, 2008
From the WhatTheyThink.com Economics and Research Center is a list of manufacturing industries that we are still bigger than, based on shipments from January through July 2008; it’s a long list:
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Printing |
$56,194 |
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Beverages |
$53,678 |
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Dairy products |
$51,111 |
|
Electromedical, measuring, and control instruments |
$49,717 |
|
Automobiles |
$48,865 |
|
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills |
$48,560 |
|
Furniture and related products |
$45,381 |
|
Grain and oilseed milling |
$40,711 |
|
Semiconductors |
$36,888 |
|
Nondefense communications equipment |
$34,216 |
|
Defense aircraft and parts |
$30,417 |
|
Ventilation, heating, |
$28,620 |
|
Paperboard containers |
$28,470 |
|
Pesticides, fertilizers, and otheragricultural chemicals |
$27,511 |
|
Electronic components |
$27,508 |
|
Turbines, generators, and other power |
$26,435 |
|
Tobacco |
$25,621 |
|
Electrical equipment |
$25,005 |
|
Computers |
$21,785 |
|
Industrial machinery |
$20,956 |
|
Textile mills |
$20,270 |
|
Paints, coatings, and adhesives |
$19,959 |
|
Defense search and navigation |
$18,921 |
|
Material handling equipment |
$18,021 |
|
Apparel |
$17,851 |
|
Farm machinery |
$17,174 |
|
Construction machinery |
$16,964 |
|
Metalworking machinery |
$16,875 |
|
Ships and boats |
$16,652 |
|
Textile products |
$16,612 |
|
Household appliances |
$13,243 |
|
Ferrous metal foundries |
$12,856 |
|
Mining, oil field, and gas field |
$10,611 |
|
Heavy duty trucks |
$10,019 |
|
Other peripheral equipment |
$9,049 |
|
Electric lighting equipment |
$7,079 |
|
Nondefense search and navigation equipment |
$ 6,810 |
|
Batteries |
$5,292 |
|
Defense communications equipment |
$4,539 |
|
Computer storage devices |
$4,377 |
|
Audio and video equipment |
$4,353 |
|
Photographic equipment |
$3,675 |
|
Leather and allied products |
$3,316 |
The data are for 7 months, January through July of this year and are not annualized. The data are from the monthly Manufacturing Shipments report from the Department of Commerce
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4 Responses to “Perspective”
By jeff lazerus on Oct 22, 2008 | Reply
Interesting. What is your source?
By Adam Dewitz on Oct 22, 2008 | Reply
The list was compiled by WhatTheyThink.com’s Economics and Research Center from dept of commerce data.
By Gary Ampulski on Oct 22, 2008 | Reply
If these numbers came from the WTT Economics and Research Center, can you explain the discrepancy between what is shown here for printing and the $90 billion that Joe Webb references in his projections?
By Dr Joe Webb on Oct 22, 2008 | Reply
The data are for 7 months, January through July of this year and are not annualized.
The data are from the monthly Manufacturing Shipments report from the Department of Commerce
http://www.census.gov/indicator/www/m3/