ARCHIVE - dated material.

Women's/girls' cut & sew blouse & shirt mfg (NAICS 315232 )
(Millions of dollars)
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001
Industry Data
Value of shipments 3995 4472 4666 4462 5370 4.3% -4.4% 20.3%
Value of shipments (1997 $) 3995 4411 4561 4322 5092 3.4% -5.2% 17.8%
Total employment (thousands) 26.2 29.2 31.1 29.3 27.7 6.5% -5.8% -5.5%
Production workers (thousands) 19.2 20.8 21.7 20.8 20.1 4.3% -4.1% -3.4%
Capital expenditures 31.3 137 92.7 131 63.3 -32.3% 41.3% -51.7%
Product Data
Value of shipments 4149 3951 4181 4165 3829 5.8% -0.4% -8.1%
Value of shipments (1997 $) 4149 3897 4087 4035 3631 4.9% -1.3% -10.0%
Trade Data
Value of exports 452 428 405 442 418 397 -5.4% 9.1% -5.4%
Value of imports 5841 6697 7807 8785 8913 9384 16.6% 12.5% 1.5%
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce: Bureau of the Census; International Trade Administration (ITA).