ARCHIVE - dated material. Trends Tables: Industrial Inorg. Chem., Except Pigments (SIC 2812 2813 2819) (in millions of dollars except as noted) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent Change (1989-1998) Compound ITEM ----------------------------------------------------- Rate, 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 89-90 90-91 91-92 92-93 93-94 94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98 89-97 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Industry Data Value of shipments (1) 17,386 19,394 21,358 23,649 23,792 24,012 23,063 21,676 23,447 24,271 25,157 _ 10.7 0.6 0.9 -3.9 -6.0 8.2 3.5 3.7 _ 2.1 Value of shipments (1992$) 20,386 21,596 22,199 23,922 23,652 24,012 22,766 20,956 21,636 21,748 22,913 _ 7.8 -1.1 1.5 -5.2 -8.0 3.2 0.5 5.4 _ 0.4 Total employment (000) 85.3 86.8 89.1 92.5 95.8 94.6 85.0 77.9 73.1 71.5 71.4 _ 3.8 3.6 -1.3 -10.1 -8.4 -6.2 -2.2 -0.1 _ -2.7 Production workers (000) 45.0 46.8 48.7 49.5 51.1 49.3 44.1 41.0 39.7 39.4 38.4 _ 1.6 3.2 -3.5 -10.5 -7.0 -3.2 -0.8 -2.6 _ -2.9 Average hourly earnings ($) 14.99 13.75 15.26 15.78 16.17 16.65 16.90 17.82 18.87 20.92 21.80 _ 3.4 2.4 3.0 1.5 5.4 5.9 10.8 4.2 _ 4.6 Capital expenditures 679 697 986 988 1,172 1,044 1,030 1,147 1,349 1,822 1,904 _ 0.1 18.7 -10.9 -1.3 11.3 17.6 35.1 4.5 _ 8.6 Product Data Value of shipments (2) 14,931 16,476 17,700 19,448 19,083 18,607 18,425 17,783 20,618 21,339 _ _ 9.9 -1.9 -2.5 -1.0 -3.5 15.9 3.5 _ _ _ Value of shipments (1992$) 17,619 18,379 18,345 19,638 18,944 18,607 18,197 17,163 18,807 18,923 _ _ 7.0 -3.5 -1.8 -2.2 -5.7 9.6 0.6 _ _ _ Trade Data Value of imports _ _ 3,784 3,914 3,822 3,693 3,502 3,847 4,569 5,272 5,269 5,334 3.4 -2.3 -3.4 -5.2 9.9 18.8 15.4 -0.1 1.2 4.2 Value of exports _ _ 4,565 4,314 4,614 4,736 4,345 4,609 5,296 5,450 6,250 5,613 -5.5 7.0 2.6 -8.3 6.1 14.9 2.9 14.7 -10.2 4.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Value of all products and services sold by establishments in the industrial inorg. chem., except pigments industry. (2) Value of products classified in the industrial inorg. chem., except pigments industry produced by all industries. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce: Bureau of the Census; International Trade Administration.