The purpose of the ASM is to provide key intercensal measures of manufacturing activity, products, and location for the public and private sectors. Manufacturing companies with one or more paid employees. The ASM provides statistics on employment, payroll, worker hours, payroll supplements, cost of materials, value added by manufacturing, capital expenditures, inventories, and energy consumption. It also provides estimates of value of shipments for over 1,800 classes of manufactured products. The ASM is conducted annually, except for years ending in "2" and
"7", at which time ASM data are included in the manufacturing sector of the Economic
Census. The Annual Survey of Manufactures includes approximately
55,000 establishments selected from the census universe of 350,000 manufacturing
establishments. Some 25,000 large establishments are selected with certainty,
and some 30,000 other establishments are selected with probability proportional
to a composite measure of establishment size. The survey is updated from two
sources; Internal Revenue Service administrative records are used to include
new single-unit manufacturers, and the Company Organization Survey identifies
new establishments of multi-unit forms. Most data are available from the Internet and on CD-ROM. The principal
publications are:
1.Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries:
displays statistics at the 6, 4, and 3-digit NAICS levels and for total manufacturing. 2.Value of Product Shipments: displays
statistics by 78-digit product class. 3.Geographic Area Statistics: shows
data at the state total and state by selected 3-digit sub-sector industry levels.
Targeted release dates are 12-18 months from the end of the reference period. Bureau of Labor Statistics uses ASM data to calculate annual productivity
series, updating producer price indexes, and calculate weights when
new components are added. Federal Reserve Board uses ASM data to prepare the Index of Industrial
Production. Bureau of Economic Analysis uses ASM data to prepare annual updates of the
GNP and GNP weight deflators, the annual input-output (I/O) tables, and to the
private inventories, producers equipment and software components (PES) of the
Gross Domestic Product (GDP). International Trade Administration designs and evaluates the export
development program, evaluates and forecasts future industrial activity. The Census Bureau benchmarks current data on manufacturing shipments and inventories. State and local agencies use ASM data for economic policymaking and forecasting. EXPLORE INFORMATION CONTINUE OVERVIEW
Last revised:
July 27, 2006
ANNUAL SURVEY OF MANUFACTURES (ASM)
PURPOSE
COVERAGE
CONTENT
FREQUENCY
METHODS
PRODUCTS
USERS
RELATED PROGRAMS
Economic Census
Manufacturers' Shipments
to Federal Agencies
Manufacturing Energy
Consumption Survey
Survey of Plant Capacity
Utilization
Monthly M3 Survey
Current Industrial Reports
(Industrial Products)
Manufacturing Technology
Surveys
Longitudinal Research
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