ARCHIVE - dated material. Trends Tables: Office Furniture (SIC 252) (in millions of dollars except as noted) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent Change (1989-1998) Compound ITEM ----------------------------------------------------- Rate, 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 89-90 90-91 91-92 92-93 93-94 94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98 89-97 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Industry Data Value of shipments (1) 7,538 7,768 8,290 7,999 7,224 7,979 8,265 8,664 8,899 9,444 11,341 _ -3.5 -9.7 10.4 3.6 4.8 2.7 6.1 20.1 _ 4.0 Value of shipments (1992$) 8,832 8,520 8,772 8,148 7,207 7,979 8,142 8,163 8,161 8,498 10,048 _ -7.1 -11.5 10.7 2.0 0.3 -0.0 4.1 18.2 _ 1.7 Total employment (000) 80.7 80.3 79.8 74.1 65.0 68.0 69.5 69.6 69.4 69.5 74.9 _ -7.1 -12.3 4.6 2.2 0.1 -0.3 0.1 7.7 _ -0.8 Production workers (000) 60.2 60.6 59.5 54.7 46.9 50.5 52.2 53.3 53.6 53.3 57.0 _ -8.1 -14.3 7.7 3.4 2.1 0.6 -0.6 6.9 _ -0.5 Average hourly earnings ($) 9.79 10.27 10.59 10.77 11.03 10.85 11.19 11.07 11.70 11.86 12.70 _ 1.8 2.4 -1.7 3.2 -1.1 5.7 1.4 7.0 _ 2.3 Capital expenditures 282 306 318 291 171 200 235 243 303 358 433 _ -8.6 -41.1 16.9 17.3 3.7 24.5 18.2 20.7 _ 3.9 Product Data Value of shipments (2) 7,260 7,561 8,051 7,880 7,130 7,676 7,885 8,428 8,884 9,351 _ _ -2.1 -9.5 7.7 2.7 6.9 5.4 5.3 _ _ _ Value of shipments (1992$) 8,506 8,293 8,524 8,034 7,116 7,676 7,766 7,942 8,146 8,412 _ _ -5.8 -11.4 7.9 1.2 2.3 2.6 3.3 _ _ _ Trade Data Value of imports _ _ 548 534 513 534 646 787 935 1,114 1,425 1,769 -2.6 -3.9 4.1 21.0 21.8 18.8 19.1 27.9 24.1 12.7 Value of exports _ _ 223 286 317 379 427 446 413 459 561 572 28.7 10.6 19.6 12.7 4.5 -7.5 11.2 22.0 2.0 12.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Value of all products and services sold by establishments in the office furniture industry. (2) Value of products classified in the office furniture industry produced by all industries. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce: Bureau of the Census; International Trade Administration.