ARCHIVE - dated material.

Soap & cleaning compound mfg (NAICS 32561 )
(Millions of dollars)
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001
Industry Data
Value of shipments 30,928 29,882 27,548 29,050 29,225 -7.8% 5.5% 0.6%
Value of shipments (1997 $) 30,928 29,746 27,403 28,374 28,104 -7.9% 3.5% -1.0%
Total employment (thousands) 62.5 63.9 54.8 53.5 52.6 -14.2% -2.4% -1.7%
Production workers (thousands) 37.3 38.1 32.5 31.3 30.6 -14.7% -3.7% -2.2%
Capital expenditures 906 1002 1712 1187 1015 70.9% -30.7% -14.5%
Product Data
Value of shipments 27,465 26,240 25,658 27,410 27,746 -2.2% 6.8% 1.2%
Value of shipments (1997 $) 27,465 26,114 25,529 26,784 26,719 -2.2% 4.9% -0.2%
Trade Data
Value of exports 2269 2257 2440 2618 2659 2769 8.1% 7.3% 1.6%
Value of imports 908 920 993 1169 1188 1339 7.9% 17.7% 1.6%
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce: Bureau of the Census; International Trade Administration (ITA).