To provide detailed data on quantity and total value of shipments of communication and electronic equipment. The United States Code, Title 13, authorizes this survey and provides for mandatory responses.
Companies with 20 or more employees that manufacture communication equipment, including telephone, telegraph, and other electronic systems in the U.S. (most but not all are in SIC 3661, 3663, 3669, and 3699). In 1993, shipments of covered equipment totaled over $43 billion.
Product data are collected for over 100 types of equipment. Data at the 7- digit SIC level include quantity and value of shipments. For 1992, the reporting format was changed to reflect the industry's changed product mix towards data, satellite, and cellular communications.
Annually; reported data are for activities taking place during the previous calendar year. Data on selected electronic equipment and associated products have been collected since 1961.
A mail-out/mail-back survey of 1,186 manufacturers. Companies are identified from the latest census of manufactures, Standard Statistical Establishment List, and private sources. Firms are contacted using form MA36P. Data may be revised if firms later provide corrected data. Annual data are compared with data from the latest annual survey of manufactures to reconcile any differences between the two series. No estimates are derived for the small firms excluded from the survey.
Communication Equipment, and Other Electronic Systems and Equipment (MA36P) reports present data on the quantity and value of shipments and on the number of companies reporting shipments, by product code including telephone switching equipment, telephones, data communications equipment, and radio communication (satellite, earth-based, and portable transmitters and receivers) equipment. Also included are a table for the value of shipments, by class of product; and a table comparing domestic output, exports, and imports.
Prior to 1985, data were published under the title Selected Electronics and Associated Products.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis, the International Trade Administration, the International Trade Commission, several trade associations servicing areas covered by the report, and private entities with an interest in these areas use the report to monitor market trends in these industries.
Provide current data for industries that are strategically important given their size, current growth, and focus on emerging technology.
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