CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS United States Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration Bureau of the Census INSULATED WIRE AND CABLE - 1996 MA33L(96)-1 Issued SEPTEMBER 1997 Information on the scope of the survey, methodology, definition of terms and historical notes for this survey maybe found in the introduction of the 1995 Manufacturing Profiles, issued June 1997. These data are also available through the U.S. Department of Commerce and STAT-USA Electronic Bulletin Board by subscription. To access, dial 202-482-3870 and follow the prompt to register; or call 202-482-1986 for further information. Address inquiries concerning these data to U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Manufacturing and Construction Division, Washington, D.C. 20233, or call Mary Ellickson, 301-457-4736. Table 1. Summary of Shipments of Copper Insulated Wire and Cable: 1996 and 1995 [Value in thousands of dollars] Product code Product description 1996 1995 Insulated wire and cable . . . . . . . . 14,515,583 13,663,919 3357A -- Electronic wire and cable . . . . . . 2,655,863 2,468,330 3357B -- Telephone and telegraph wire and cable 2,075,275 1,848,899 33578 -- Power wire and cable . . . . . . . . . 1,410,910 1,436,449 33578 6- Portable power cable . . . . . . . . . 94,976 97,384 3357C -- Control and signal wire and cable . . 250,407 250,364 3357D -- Building wire and cable . . . . . . . 2,747,174 2,777,335 33576 -- Apparatus wire and cordage . . . . . . 820,927 743,205 3357E -- Other insulated wire and cable . . . . 489,741 496,191 33577 -- Magnet wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,163,297 1,316,465 33579 -- Insulated optical fiber cable . . . . 1,774,476 1,413,046 32318 -- Optical fiber . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,032,537 816,251 Table 2. Shipments of Copper Insulated Wire and Cable: 1996 and 1995 [Shipments in thousands of pounds. Value in thousands of dollars] Shipments, including interplant transfers 1/ 1996 1995 Product description Number Value Number of of of Value of Product com- Copper copper com- Copper copper code panies content 2/ content panies content 2/ content 3357- pt. Insulated wire and cable (except magnet wire and optical wiere). . . . . . . (NA) 2,530,287 10,479,259 (NA) 2,446,155 10,118,157 3357A -- Electronic wire and cable . . . . . . . . 89 209,895 2,589,849 93 206,913 2,468,330 Coaxial cable, armored or unarmored: 3357A 10 Rigid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (D) (D) 4 (D) (D) 3357A 12 Semi-rigid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 26,748 460,868 15 r/21,900 r/448,847 Flexible: 3357A 13 135 C and over . . . . . . . . . . . 14 b 3,796 59,516 15 b/3,530 55,300 3357A 14 Under 135 C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 29,020 415,991 31 27,859 384,567 3357A 16 CAT V/broadcast coaxial cable . . . . . . 7 (D) (D) 7 (D) (D) 3357A 22 Antenna lead-in wire. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 (D) (D) 6 r/(D) (D) Hookup wire (single conductor, shielded and non shielded): 3357A 23 135 C and over temperature rating. . . . 27 12,328 205,173 27 r/13,054 r/197,832 3357A 25 Under 135 C temperature rating. . . . . . 41 17,031 83,435 41 r/17,949 r/82,726 Multiconductor electronic wire and cable (shielded and non shielded): 3357A 30 Flat and ribbon cable . . . . . . . . . 23 8,313 b/91,945 24 r/9,334 98,300 Other muticonductor electronic wire and cable: Shielded: 3357A 31 135 C and over temperature rating . 20 27,195 a/240,947 20 r/28,273 241,809 3357A 33 Under 135 C temperature rating. . . . 35 a/31,126 a/244,378 35 a r/35,042 r/255,500 Non shielded: 3357A 35 135 C and over temperature rating. . 12 b/10,504 b/115,749 12 a/8,502 a/89,299 3357A 37 Under 135 C temperature rating. . . . 31 33,314 198,783 30 31,196 r/190,805 3357B -- Telephone and telegraph wire and cable. . . 29 496,957 2,075,275 29 441,634 1,848,899 3357B 41 Jumper and distributing frame wire. . . . . 7 (D) (D) 7 (D) (D) 3357B 43 Station wire and cable . . . . . . . . . . 17 b/17,299 c/129,317 17 r/15,274 r/112,812 3357B 73 Telephone cord sets and cordage . . . . . 5 (D) (D) 5 (D) (D) 3357B 52 Inside wiring cable. . . . . . . . . . . . 19 74,256 440,381 19 r/70,273 r/356,803 3357B 55 Drop and bridle and duct wire . . . . . . 4 49,028 195,854 5 32,658 158,012 3357B 68 Rural and urban distribution wire and cable 3 (D) (D) 3 (D) (D) 3357B 73 Polyethylene covered exchange area and toll cable (PIC and PULP insulated). . 8 296,961 983,719 8 272,690 931,994 3357B 90 Other telephone and telegraph wire and cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 (D) (D) 7 r/ (D) (D) 33578 -- Power wire and cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 248,269 1,410,910 26 r/246,312 r/1,436,449 33578 07 Paper insulated cable (all voltages, all types). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (D) (D) 2 (D) (D) Plastic and rubber insulated: 600 volts or less: 33578 08 Portable welding cable . . . . . . . 8 (D) (D) 8 (D) (D) 33578 17 Underground distribution cable (UD, URD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 b/7,361 273,762 8 b/9,341 r/274,558 33578 19 Thermoplastic insulated power cable . 12 a/17,835 a/45,985 14 25,714 57,843 Thermoset insulated: 33578 20 Armored, rubber and cross linked . 6 9,476 27,303 8 6,908 24,316 33578 21 Unarmored, rubber . . . . . . . . 7 35,614 130,815 7 29,284 121,746 33578 22 Unarmored, cross linked . . . . . 10 a/15,097 a/40,598 10 12,325 38,643 33578 23 Rubber (R, RH, RHH, RHW, USE, ETC.) 1 (D) (D) 1 (D) (D) 33578 25 Weatherproof cable . . . . . . . . . . 3 (D) (D) 3 (D) (D) Service drop cable: 33578 27 Thermoset insulated . . . . . . . . 3 (D) (D) 2 (D) (D) 33578 28 Thermoplastic insulated. . . . . . . 1 (D) (D) 2 (D) (D) Over 600 volts: 33578 37 Underground distribution cable (UD, URD), all insulations (jacketed and unjacketed). . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 a/50,738 a/333,325 6 50,193 364,402 33578 39 Thermoplastic insulated power cable (excluding underground) . . 4 (D) (D) 5 (D) (D) Thermoset insulated power cable, excluding underground over 600 volts to 15kv: 33578 41 Armored, rubber and cross-linked. 7 15,247 59,439 8 r/12,569 r/54,117 33578 42 Unarmored, rubber . . . . . . . 7 48,176 187,249 8 r/39,635 r/171,730 33578 43 Unarmored, cross-linked . . . . 8 15,664 49,855 10 16,909 55,752 33578 44 Over 15 KV (rubber and cross-linked) 4 b/4,453 b/32,716 4 2,810 25,848 33578 50 Other power wire and cable . . . . . . 6 8,374 49,562 5 r/6,341 r/44,135 33578 6- Portable power cable . . . . . . . . . . . 7 24,011 94,976 6 r/27,377 r/97,384 33578 61 2kv or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 15,973 66,751 6 r/18,011 r/71,849 Over 2kv: 33578 62 Portable cross linked jacketed cable (mine shovel cable). . . . . . . . . . . 4 (D) (D) 3 (D) (D) 33578 63 Portable non-cross linked jacketed cable. 2 (D) (D) 2 (D) (D) 3357C -- Control and signal wire . . . . . . . . . 27 40,639 250,407 26 38,908 r/250,364 3357C 11 Signal wire and cable . . . . . . . . . . 15 14,813 a/132,092 15 r/15,149 a r/140,295 Control wire and cable, excluding elevator cable: 3357C 14 Thermoset insulated . . . . . . . . . . 10 10,159 54,624 9 a/7,270 a/45,100 3357C 17 Thermoplastic insulated . . . . . . . . 17 15,667 63,691 17 a/16,489 a/64,969 3357D -- Building wire and cable. . . . . . . . . . . 24 1,156,968 2,747,174 23 1,168,097 2,777,335 Building wire and cable having under- writers' labels: Thermoset insulated: 3357D 37 Cross-linked polyethylene (XHHW). . . . 13 51,982 123,724 13 46,770 r/111,915 3357D 38 Cross-linked polyethylene (USE). . . . 8 16,509 46,467 6 14,800 r/49,152 Thermoplastic insulated 3357D 40 Flame-retardant nylon (THHN, THWN). . . 17 609,401 1,511,103 18 671,339 1,581,672 3357D 49 Moisture and heat resistant (TW, THW) . 13 4,442 8,940 10 2,656 6,117 3357D 51 Service entrance cable (SER, SEU, ASE). . 7 8,435 96,800 7 8,270 r/93,489 Nonmetallic branch-circuit and under- ground feeder: 3357D 54 Type NM-B . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 360,152 673,687 8 327,053 671,412 3357D 55 Type UF and NMC (corrosion resistant) 11 38,746 81,391 10 r/36,345 82,853 3357D 57 Metallic armored cable (all AC types) . 8 48,981 161,756 6 c/42,626 140,319 3357D 58 Other building wire and cable . . . . . 9 18,320 43,306 7 a/18,238 a/40,406 33576 -- Apparatus wire and cordage 3/ . . . . . . . 47 215,410 820,927 48 184,011 r/743,205 Flexible cordage: 33576 13 Thermoset insulated. . . . . . . . . . . 10 9,353 43,530 8 r/5,682 27,310 33576 15 Thermoplastic, including thermoplastic elastomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 b/32,955 b/61,644 15 24,802 46,998 33576 42 Extension cord sets . . . . . . . . . . 9 b/30,007 b/125,638 10 28,335 r/111,800 33576 43 Fixed power supply cords . . . . . . . . 20 22,739 167,637 19 21,139 150,717 33576 44 Detachable power supply cords . . . . . 6 8,964 54,084 7 9,289 54,414 33576 47 Retractable power cords and other . . . 8 645 12,818 9 665 13,909 Apparatus wire: 33576 21 Appliance fixture wire . . . . . . . . . 20 37,317 114,094 22 r/32,306 r/117,203 Appliance wiring material 14 gauge and larger, including motor lead and trans- former lead wire: 33576 23 Thermoset insulated . . . . . . . . . 4 9,306 48,735 4 c/7,990 b/45,171 33576 24 Thermoplastic insulated . . . . . . . 9 34,192 75,910 15 a/30,571 a/83,106 33576 28 Submersible pump cable . . . . . . . . . . 7 (D) (D) 6 (D) (D) 33576 29 Other apparatus wire and cordage, including toolwire. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 a/19,459 b/73,902 18 a/16,847 a/75,333 3357E -- Other insulated wire and cable . . . . . . 43 138,138 489,741 45 132,903 496,191 Automotive: 3357E 72 Bulk automotive primary wire . . . . . . 12 93,209 213,054 13 88,915 215,177 3357E 74 Bulk battery cable . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7,280 22,790 7 r/9,191 23,898 3357E 76 Bulk ignition wire . . . . . . . . . . . 7 (D) (D) 6 r/ (D) r/ (D) 3357E 78 Other automotive wire and cable . . . . 7 b/10,026 a/60,077 9 r/11,451 r/66,259 Airframe, shipboard and ground support cable (excluding coaxial cable and ignition cable): 3357E 79 Airframe and missile, including ground support cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4,286 31,935 11 4,222 30,590 3357E 81 Shipboard cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 b/3,808 c/31,013 5 r/2,937 r/29,950 3357E 98 Other insulated or covered wire and cable, n.e.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 b/18,833 b/92,858 23 15,671 93,038 D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. NA Not available. n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified. r/ Revised by 5 percent or more from previously published data. 1/ Interplant transfers for 1996 totaled $32,901 and for 1995 totaled $37,701. 2/ Aluminum content for 1996 totaled 388,141 thousand pounds and for 1995 totaled 358,499 thousand pounds. See table 3. 3/ Data include the following: (a) all known establishments which insulate wire and cable and then fabricate it into finished products, (SIC product class 33576), and (b) establishments from product class 36996, that manufacture wire, cord, and flexible cord sets from purchased insulated wire. Note: The data presented in this table are for Copper content insulated wire and cable. See Table 3 for Aluminum cont The percent of estimation of each item is indicated as follows: a/ 10 to 25 percent, b/ 26 to 50 percent of this item c/ 51 percent or more of this item is estimated. Table 3. Shipments of Aluminum Insulated Wire and Cable: 1996 and 1995 [Quantity in thousands of pounds. Value in thousands of dollars) 1996 1995 Number Number of of Product Product description com- Gross com- Gross code panies weight Value panies weight Value 3357- pt. Insulated wire (except magnet wire). . . (X) 636,485 4,041,325 (X) 593,200 r/4,163,413 3357A -- Electronic wire and cable. . . . . . . . 5 (D) (D) 5 (D) (D) 33578 -- Power wire and cable. . . . . . . . . . 9 313,941 1,530,093 14 r/292,903 r/1,566,421 33578 17 Underground distribution cable, all insulations 600 volts or less. . . . 5 142,803 273,762 5 128,893 r/274,558 33578 27 Service drop cable, thermoset insulated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 34,584 62,546 3 33,596 71,625 33578 28 Service drop cable, thermoplastic insulated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (D) (D) 2 (D) (D) 33578 37 Underground distribution cable, all insulations--over 600 volts. . . . . 6 52,047 362,175 6 r/55,890 r/405,804 33578 42 Thermoset insulated power cable, unarmored, rubber -- over 600 volts to 15 kV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 (D) (D) 4 (D) (D) 33578 43 Thermoset insulated power cable, unarmored, cross-linked--over 600 volts to 15 kV. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (D) (D) 3 r/ (D) r/ (D) 3357D -- Building wire and cable. . . . . . . . . 5 58,903 786,181 8 r/52,283 r/861,114 3357D 38 Thermoset insulated, cross-linked polyethylene (USE). . . . . . . . . . 3 (D) (D) 3 r/ (D) r/ (D) 3357E -- Other insulated wire and cable. . . . . 2 (D) (D) 3 (D) (D) D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. pt. Part. r/ Revised by 5 percent or more from previously published data. X Not applicable. Table 4. Shipments of Copper Magnet Wire, Including Interplant Transfers: 1996 and 1995 [Gross weight in thousands of pounds. Value in thousands of dollars] Shipments, including interplant transfers 1996 1995 Product description Number Number of of Product com- Gross com- Gross code panies weight 1/ Value panies weight 1/ Value 33577 -- Magnet wire. . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 697,979 1,163,297 (NA) 685,991 1,316,465 33577 1- Class 105. . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 53,034 80,270 (NA) r/52,229 r/85,448 33577 11 7 Awg and larger round (also all square and rectangle). . . . . 5 7,842 13,332 6 9,605 16,277 33577 13 8 to 21 Awg inclusive. . . . . . 5 32,242 42,883 7 r/29,871 r/40,084 33577 15 22 to 32 Awg inclusive. . . . . . 6 11,824 20,109 7 r/11,310 r/24,237 33577 18 33 to 44 Awg inclusive. . . . . . 5 1,126 3,946 7 r/1,443 r/4,850 33577 2- Class 130 and 155. . . . . . . . . (NA) 132,265 281,727 (NA) r/134,831 r/311,852 33577 20 7 Awg and larger round (also all square and rectangle). . . . . . 1 (D) (D) 3 (D) (D) 33577 22 8 to 21 Awg inclusive . . . . . . 12 26,384 45,498 11 r/29,062 r/55,166 33577 24 22 to 32 Awg inclusive. . . . . . 15 84,126 165,356 14 r/82,618 r/177,624 33577 28 33 to 44 Awg inclusive. . . . . . 11 21,755 70,873 11 23,151 79,062 33577 4- Class 180 and higher. . . . . . . . (NA) 455,116 688,746 (NA) 426,477 751,844 33577 40 7 Awg and larger round (also all square and rectangle). . . . . . 7 37,061 68,941 8 39,331 89,905 33577 42 8 to 21 Awg inclusive. . . . . . 12 290,073 379,535 13 268,098 416,519 33577 44 22 to 32 Awg inclusive. . . . . . 11 121,422 211,833 14 112,280 217,547 33577 48 33 to 44 Awg inclusive. . . . . . 9 6,560 28,437 9 r/6,768 r/27,873 33577 90 Miscellaneous film coated, n.e.c. . 1 (D) (D) 4 r/ (D) r/ (D) 33577 pt. Nonfilm coated(fibrous and tape). . . (NA) 17,211 41,154 (NA) 17,130 r/41,418 33577 81,83 Class 130 and below. . . . . . . . 5 17,211 41,154 5 r/17,130 r/41,418 33577 85,87 Class 155 and above. . . . . . . . 5 (D) (D) 7 (D) (D) 33577 88 Miscellaneous non-film coated, n.e.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (D) (D) 2 (D) r/ (D) - Represents zero. D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. NA Not available. n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified. pt. Part. r/ Revised by 5 percent or more from previously published data. 1/ Interplant transfers for 1996 totaled 55,634 thousand pounds and 1995 totaled 45,101 thousand pounds of copper. Table 5. Aluminum Shipments of Magnet Wire, Including Interplant Transfers: 1996 and 1995 [Aluminum gross weight in thousands of pounds. Value in thousands of dollars] Shipments, including interplant transfers 1/ 1996 1995 Number Number Product description of of Product com- Gross com- Gross code panies weight Value panies weight Value 33577 -- Magnet wire . . . . . . . . 12 54,146 117,591 13 50,837 122,993 3577 pt. Film coated . . . . . . . . . . . 9 51,373 71,679 9 49,728 120,941 3577 1- Class 105 . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (D) (D) 6 (D) (D) 3577 2- Class 130 and 155 . . . . . . . 6 (D) (D) 7 (D) (D) 3577 4- Class 180 and higher . . . . . 6 30,150 71,679 7 28,724 75,476 3577 pt. Other types of magnet wire (non- film coated; insulated magnet sheet, strip, and foil; and film coated, 45 AWG and finer). . . . 4 7,931 12,561 4 5,269 r/14,570 D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. NA Not available. pt. Part. r/ Revised by 5 percent or more from previously published data. 1/ Interplant transfers for 1996 totaled 7,075 thousand pounds of aluminum and for 1995 totaled 7,816 thousand pounds of aluminum. Table 6. Value of Shipments of Optical Fiber Cable: 1996 and 1995 [Thousands of dollars] 1996 1995 Number Number Product description of of Product com- com- code panies Value panies Value 33579 -- Insulated optical fiber cable..................... 34 1,774,476 38 1,413,046 33579 pt Communication applications..... 25 1,728,650 26 1,371,792 Single-mode stepped-index: 33579 12 Dispersion shifted.......... 11 (D) 9 (D) 33579 13 Dispersion unshifted 1/..... 13 1,193,580 15 947,509 33579 14 Multi-mode stepped index.... 3 (D) 6 (D) 33579 15 Multi-mode graded index 2/.. 17 188,642 19 164,917 33579 2 Other applications............. 13 45,826 16 41,254 D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. Table 7. Value of Shipments of Optical Cable: 1996 and 1995 [Thousands of dollars] 1996 1995 Number Number Product description of of Product com- com- code panies Value panies Value Optical fiber for data and nondata transmission..................... 25 1,032,537 26 816,251 32318 95 Optical fiber used for data transmission................... 16 946,092 17 736,943 32318 97 Optical fiber used for nondata transmission................... 14 86,445 14 79,308 (also all square and rectangle). . . . . . 7 37,061 68,941 8 39,331 89,905 33577