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Census of
Manufactures/Manufacturing
Description & Updates |
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/usgd/ecocensus/manufactures.html
Definition: The Manufacturing sector comprises establishments
engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials,
substances, or components into new products. The assembling of component parts
of manufactured products is considered manufacturing, except in cases where the
activity is appropriately classified in Sector 23, Construction.
Establishments in the Manufacturing sector are often described as plants,
factories, or mills and characteristically use power-driven machines and
materials-handling equipment. However, establishments that transform materials
or substances into new products by hand or in the worker's home and those
engaged in selling to the general public products made on the same premises
from which they are sold, such as bakeries, candy stores, and custom tailors,
may also be included in this sector. Manufacturing establishments may process
materials or may contract with other establishments to process their materials
for them. Both types of establishments are included in manufacturing.
Comparability with SIC data: While most of the changes
affecting the manufacturing sector were within the sector, this sector now
excludes industries which were previously within the scope of manufacturing and
includes others that were not in manufacturing. Prominent among the industries
that are excluded from manufacturing are logging and portions of publishing.
Prominent among the industries that are now included in manufacturing are
bakeries, candy stores where candy is made on the premises, custom tailors,
makers of custom draperies, and tire retreading.
Another change resulting from the conversion to NAICS is that data for
manufacturing auxiliary establishments are not included with the manufacturing
data; these establishments are now classified in a particular NAICS industry
based on the function of the auxiliary establishment. See section on
"Auxiliaries" for additional explanation of the treatment of
auxiliary establishments in the 1992 and 1997 Economic Censuses.
Geographic detail: The Economic Census publishes data for the
manufacturing sector for the U.S., states, counties, places, and metropolitan
areas, and, on CD-ROM only, for ZIP codes.
The Census of Manufactures is updated by:
- Annual Survey of
Manufactures
- Current
Industrial Reports
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Manufacturers'
Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3)
- Manufacturing
and Trade Inventories and Sales
- Other Surveys
and Publications
- County
Business Patterns
- County Business Patterns is an annual series that provides subnational
economic data by industry. The series is useful for studying the economic
activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a
benchmark for statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic
censuses. This series has been published annually since 1964 and at irregular
intervals dating back to 1946. The comparability of data over time may be
affected by definitional changes in establishments, activity status, and
industrial classifications.
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