ARCHIVE - dated material. Trends Tables: Welding Apparatus (SIC 3548) (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) 2,105 2,475 2,478 2,616 2,557 2,738 3,101 3,086 3,303 3,496 4,434 _ 5.6 -2.3 7.1 13.3 -0.5 7.0 5.9 26.8 _ 7.5 Value of shipments (1992$) 2,611 2,898 2,781 2,819 2,650 2,738 2,984 2,871 2,970 3,067 3,849 _ 1.4 -6.0 3.3 9.0 -3.8 3.5 3.3 25.5 _ 4.1 Total employment (000) 18.7 19.5 18.6 18.6 18.7 19.6 20.3 18.6 18.9 19.7 22.4 _ 0.0 0.5 4.8 3.6 -8.4 1.6 4.2 13.9 _ 2.4 Production workers (000) 11.5 12.1 11.3 11.6 11.3 11.7 13.1 12.0 12.7 13.0 14.3 _ 2.7 -2.6 3.5 12.0 -8.4 5.8 2.4 10.1 _ 3.0 Average hourly earnings ($) 12.10 12.51 12.83 13.34 13.39 13.87 14.76 15.28 15.92 16.05 16.65 _ 4.0 0.3 3.6 6.4 3.5 4.2 0.8 3.8 _ 3.3 Capital expenditures 45.4 49.3 59.1 67.7 50.5 65.3 80.6 73.5 89.3 124 123 _ 14.6 -25.4 29.3 23.4 -8.8 21.5 39.0 -1.3 _ 9.5 Product Data Value of shipments (2) 1,918 2,263 2,298 2,475 2,434 2,391 2,717 3,043 3,336 3,452 _ _ 7.7 -1.6 -1.8 13.6 12.0 9.7 3.5 _ _ _ Value of shipments (1992$) 2,380 2,650 2,579 2,667 2,523 2,391 2,615 2,830 3,000 3,028 _ _ 3.4 -5.4 -5.2 9.4 8.3 6.0 0.9 _ _ _ Trade Data Value of imports _ _ 504 384 497 403 559 549 685 778 907 847 -23.8 29.4 -18.9 38.7 -1.8 24.8 13.6 16.6 -6.6 7.6 Value of exports _ _ 525 598 625 651 682 730 825 894 1,141 1,055 13.9 4.5 4.2 4.8 7.0 13.0 8.4 27.6 -7.5 10.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Value of all products and services sold by establishments in the welding apparatus industry. (2) Value of products classified in the welding apparatus industry produced by all industries. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce: Bureau of the Census; International Trade Administration.