ARCHIVE - dated material.

Commercial laundry, dryclean & press mach mfg (NAICS 333312 )
(Millions of dollars)
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001
Industry Data
Value of shipments 605 633 636 594 594 0.5% -6.6% 0.0%
Value of shipments (1997 $) 605 621 608 557 544 -2.1% -8.4% -2.3%
Total employment (thousands) 4.5 4.4 4.2 3.5 3.5 -4.5% -16.7% 0.0%
Production workers (thousands) 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.6 2.5 -9.1% -13.3% -3.8%
Capital expenditures 4.2 45.3 21.5 23.3 24.5 -52.5% 8.4% 5.2%
Product Data
Value of shipments 574 594 713 528 517 20.0% -25.9% -2.1%
Value of shipments (1997 $) 574 583 682 494 474 17.0% -27.6% -4.0%
Trade Data
Value of exports
Value of imports
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce: Bureau of the Census; International Trade Administration (ITA).