ARCHIVE - dated material. Trends Tables: Plastics Materials and Resins (SIC 2821) (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) 26,246 32,190 33,688 31,543 29,842 31,601 31,546 37,305 43,453 40,097 44,478 _ -6.4 -5.4 5.9 -0.2 18.3 16.5 -7.7 10.9 _ 3.5 Value of shipments (1992$) 27,832 28,588 29,628 29,701 28,945 31,601 31,172 35,327 35,156 34,567 37,189 _ 0.2 -2.5 9.2 -1.4 13.3 -0.5 -1.7 7.6 _ 2.9 Total employment (000) 56.3 58.3 62.6 62.5 60.6 61.2 62.2 68.9 70.0 58.6 60.8 _ -0.2 -3.0 1.0 1.6 10.8 1.6 -16.3 3.7 _ -0.4 Production workers (000) 34.9 36.0 38.1 37.9 36.7 36.5 36.6 40.4 41.6 36.3 37.5 _ -0.5 -3.2 -0.5 0.3 10.4 3.0 -12.7 3.3 _ -0.2 Average hourly earnings ($) 15.24 15.39 15.94 16.90 17.27 18.61 18.75 19.39 20.04 20.50 21.69 _ 6.1 2.2 7.8 0.7 3.4 3.4 2.3 5.8 _ 3.9 Capital expenditures 1,247 1,616 1,978 2,468 2,289 1,712 1,926 2,536 2,324 2,784 2,921 _ 24.7 -7.2 -25.2 12.5 31.7 -8.4 19.8 4.9 _ 5.0 Product Data Value of shipments (2) 27,812 34,235 34,692 33,038 31,723 33,299 33,589 38,043 44,017 42,751 _ _ -4.8 -4.0 5.0 0.9 13.3 15.7 -2.9 _ _ _ Value of shipments (1992$) 29,493 30,404 30,512 31,109 30,769 33,299 33,191 36,025 35,612 36,854 _ _ 2.0 -1.1 8.2 -0.3 8.5 -1.1 3.5 _ _ _ Trade Data Value of imports _ _ 1,595 1,872 1,840 2,147 2,606 3,380 4,200 4,311 4,788 4,913 17.4 -1.7 16.7 21.4 29.7 24.3 2.6 11.1 2.6 14.7 Value of exports _ _ 5,635 6,313 7,438 7,091 7,280 8,529 10,461 10,705 11,884 11,282 12.0 17.8 -4.7 2.7 17.2 22.7 2.3 11.0 -5.1 9.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Value of all products and services sold by establishments in the plastics materials and resins industry. (2) Value of products classified in the plastics materials and resins industry produced by all industries. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce: Bureau of the Census; International Trade Administration.