ARCHIVE - dated material. Trends Tables: Surgical and Medical Instruments (SIC 3841) (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) 7,780 8,412 9,379 10,787 11,420 13,396 15,113 14,809 15,681 17,042 18,450 _ 15.0 5.9 17.3 12.8 -2.0 5.9 8.7 8.3 _ 8.8 Value of shipments (1992$) 8,692 9,285 9,988 11,201 11,689 13,396 14,860 14,448 15,136 16,262 17,878 _ 12.1 4.3 14.6 10.9 -2.8 4.8 7.4 9.9 _ 7.5 Total employment (000) 73.1 76.8 87.8 93.0 93.4 98.2 103 99.7 101 104 107 _ 5.9 0.4 5.1 5.0 -3.3 0.9 2.9 3.7 _ 2.5 Production workers (000) 45.4 47.3 52.9 56.0 56.1 58.5 61.4 59.6 60.4 61.8 62.4 _ 5.9 0.2 4.3 5.0 -2.9 1.3 2.3 1.0 _ 2.1 Average hourly earnings ($) 8.91 9.59 9.60 9.85 10.63 10.88 11.32 11.53 11.83 12.16 12.73 _ 2.6 7.9 2.4 4.0 1.8 2.7 2.7 4.7 _ 3.6 Capital expenditures 355 394 428 500 586 689 809 619 619 673 697 _ 16.8 17.2 17.6 17.3 -23.5 0.1 8.8 3.5 _ 6.3 Product Data Value of shipments (2) 7,232 7,959 8,655 9,857 10,474 13,276 14,759 14,264 14,936 16,192 _ _ 13.9 6.3 26.8 11.2 -3.4 4.7 8.4 _ _ _ Value of shipments (1992$) 8,080 8,785 9,217 10,236 10,720 13,276 14,512 13,916 14,417 15,450 _ _ 11.1 4.7 23.8 9.3 -4.1 3.6 7.2 _ _ _ Trade Data Value of imports _ _ 733 878 1,087 1,224 1,429 1,511 1,714 1,897 2,048 2,421 19.8 23.8 12.6 16.7 5.7 13.4 10.7 8.0 18.2 13.7 Value of exports _ _ 1,591 1,957 2,290 2,596 2,694 2,658 2,991 3,622 4,223 4,504 23.0 17.0 13.4 3.8 -1.3 12.5 21.1 16.6 6.7 13.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Value of all products and services sold by establishments in the surgical and medical instruments industry. (2) Value of products classified in the surgical and medical instruments industry produced by all industries. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce: Bureau of the Census; International Trade Administration.