Census of Manufacturers

Although the manufacture and sale of adhesives is a worldwide enterprise, the adhesives business can be characterized as a fragmented industry. The 1987 Census of Manufacturers obtained reports from 712 companies in the United States, each of which considers itself to be in the adhesives or sealants business (13) only 275 of these companies had more than 20 employees. The total value of material shipped by these companies approached 4.7 biUion... 

Census of Manufacturers, Soap, Cleaners, and Toilet Goods, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, MC87-1-28D, Washington, D.C., 1987. 

Census of Manufacturers Vol. II, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., Product Statistics, Table 6A S. Colwell, Soap Cos. Chem. Spec. 71, 32 (1995). 

Differentiated from the quickly perishable bakery foods are the dry bakery products such as cookies, crackers, pretzels, and ice cream cones. These latter items possess a much longer shelf life and may be distributed over a wider area from typically very large manufacturing faciUties. According to the 1987 Census of Manufacturers (2), there are 380 estabUshments producing these dry-type bakery foods, and the value added by such manufacturing facihties amounts to over 4 biUion. 

Census of Manufactures. 1947 Foreign Trade Statistics Notes FT IKh 410—imports, exports Office of International Trade Foreign Commerce Weekly Current Export Bulletfti World Trade in Commodities Other releases... 

Annual Data. Total plastics industry figures are shown only in the Census of Manufacturers (3), available as a biennial from 1919 to 1939, and as an annual for 1947. For 1919 to 1939, it shows total production in pounds and production for sale and for consumption in the producing plant in pounds and dollars. In 1947, it shows production in pounds and shipments and interplant transfers in pounds and dollars. The basis for the unit figures given for the earlier years is not certain these figures are seldom used except for cellulosics, which are obviously on an as shipped basis. 

Vulcanized Fiber and 400, Casein and Regenerated Cellulose. The authors are not acquainted with all the sources of information for these classes. Vulcanized fiber figures are available in the Census of Manufacturers of 1947. Vulcanized fiber exports and imports are available for 1937 through 1947. The figures on regenerated cellulose (cellophane) are not disclosed separately in published figures because of the number of manufacturers at present. When there are three or fewer manufacturers, the disclosure of industry totals would reveal the operation of individual companies. 

Some of the data issued by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, will be of interest to those concerned with statistics of the plastics industry. In the Census of Manufactures—1947 there is a section on industrial organic chemicals 22) and one on plastics products miscellaneous manufactures 23). Each section is available as a separate publication. The former includes statistics on the plastics materials industry while the latter concerns the plastics products industry. Presented in each section are data on employment, pay rolls, value added by manufacture, value of shipments, cost of raw materials, expenditures for plants and equipment, and other categories. The next complete census of manufactures will be made in 1954 to cover 1953. An annual survey is published 25) j but the information is not nearly as comprehensive as that in the Census of Manufactures. ... 

The Bureau of the Census also published a statistical history of the growth of plastics through 1939 24) based on data from the Census of Manufactures. ... 

Census of Manufactures—1947. MC28B. Industrial Organic Chemicals, Washington,... 

Census of Manufactures—1947. MC39D. Plastic Products Miscellaneous Manufactures, ... 

U. S. Dept. Commerce, Bur. Census, Washington, D. C., Census of Manufactures, biannual. 

Bureau of the Census, Census of Manufactures and Annual Survey of Manufactures. Described under General Sources. 

Bureau of the Census, Census of Manufactures, and Annual Survey of Manufactures. Described under General Sources. Production of many fabricated metal products including ferrous and nonferrous metal products. Data on consumption of various metals and alloys by fabricators. 

Census of Manufacturers. Subscription Services, Economics Statistics Administration, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Contains detailed financial data on manufacturing establishments, specific products, and specific industries organized by SIC sector includes industry reports on the CPI and related industries (published yearly). (LCN HD 9724. U52)... 

---