Table 4-4
R&D and domestic net sales, by selected business sector: 2002 and 2003
(Current $ millions)
 
  Total R&D   Federal R&D   Company R&D   Domestic net sales  
Sector 2002   2003   2002   2003   2002   2003   2002   2003  
All industries 190,809   203,853 16,401   22,108 174,408 181,745 4,903,345 5,809,394
Highlighted sectors 145,887 L 159,560 L 15,686 L 20,829 L 130,201 138,731 2,073,655 2,224,473
Automotive
manufacturing 15,199 L 16,874 L NA NA 15,199 16,874 487,740 703,834
Chemicals 27,452 L 32,474 L 246 L 103 L 27,206 32,370 415,873 489,604
Computer/electronic
 products 42,367 L 39,871 L 289 L 61 L 42,078   39,810 526,577 450,528
Computer-related
 services 27,549 L 27,436 L 1,643 L 1,148 L 25,907 26,288 262,774 201,567
Aerospace/defense
 manufacturing 16,126 L 23,410 L 9,872   14,179 6,254 L 9,231 L 265,994 L 270,054 L
R&D services 17,193   19,497 3,636   5,338 13,557 14,158 114,697 108,886
All other industries D   D   D   D   44,207 43,014   2,829,690 3,584,921
 

L = lower bound estimate; D = data withheld to avoid disclosing operations of individual companies; NA = not available; all federal R&D for transportation industries (including that of automotive manufacturing) included in aerospace/defense manufacturing sector.

NOTES: All federal R&D for navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments industry included in aersospace/defense manufacting sector. All nonfederal R&D and domestic net sales for the navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments industry included in computer/electronic products sector. Potential disclosure of individual company operations only allows lower bound estimates for federal R&D in the chemicals, computer/electronic products, and computer-related services sectors.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Industrial Research and Development (2003).
 
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