MQ32A -- FLATT GLASS SUMMARY 1995 Issued April 1996 Contact person: Susan Sundermann (301) 457-4837 TABLE 1. SUMMARY OF FLAT GLASS PRODUCTION, SHIPMENTS, AND INVENTORIES: 1993 TO 1995 PRODUCTION TOTAL SHIPMENTS QUANTITY QUANTITY PRODUCED & INVENTORY PRODUCER YEAR AND QUARTER (includes VALUE IN VALUE IN CONSUMED (END OF PRICE TOTAL TOTAL produced and CURRENT CONSTANT W/IN EACH QUARTER) INDEX (SHORT (1000 consumed) DOLLARS DOLLARS(1) COMPANY (1000 (1982= TONS) SQ.FT.) (1000 SQ.FT.) ($1,000) ($1,000) (1000 SQ.FT.) SQ.FT.) 100.0) 1995 Total.................. 4,437,545 5,635,303 5,309,957 1,921,143 1,669,132 1,655,565 (X) (X) Fourth quarter............... 1,082,985 1,356,223 1,322,945 467,924 403,731 397,232 783,171 115.9 Third quarter................ 1,121,069 1,440,564 1,323,459 476,672 408,459 388,644 749,893 116.7 Second quarter............... 1,135,495 1,440,675 1,300,923 473,996 405,818 417,602 632,788 116.8 First quarter................ 1,097,996 1,397,841 1,362,630 502,551 451,123 452,087 493,036 111.4 1994 Total.................. 4,288,390 5,349,865 5,578,868 1,863,444 1,741,901 1,743,969 (X) (X) Fourth quarter............... 1,119,448 1,377,332 1,399,291 482,768 430,275 436,137 457,825 112.2 Third quarter................ 1,097,391 1,379,567 1,449,596 489,757 445,234 429,268 479,784 110.0 Second quarter............... 1,049,248 1,300,991 1,403,755 461,784 438,541 430,667 549,813 105.3 First quarter................ 1,022,303 1,291,975 1,326,226 429,135 427,851 447,897 652,577 100.3 1993 Total.................. 4,004,019 4,963,582 5,073,498 1,622,705 1,677,514 1,642,840 (X) (X) Fourth quarter............... 1,088,842 1,345,491 1,328,204 425,455 432,373 417,985 686,828 98.4 Third quarter................ 1,038,758 1,269,171 1,290,146 412,306 428,147 392,874 669,541 96.3 Second quarter............... 948,129 1,203,420 1,290,013 413,263 431,832 432,216 690,504 95.7 First quarter................ 928,290 1,145,500 1,165,135 371,681 385,162 399,765 777,246 96.5 1/ Adjustments for price changes were made to the data using the producer price index for flat glass as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). X Not applicable. Table 2. SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION, SHIPMENTS, AND INVENTORIES OF FLAT GLASS: 1995 PRODUCTION TOTAL SHIPMENTS QUANTITY QUANTITY PRODUCED & PRODUCT DESCRIPTION (includes VALUE IN CONSUMED INVENTORY TOTAL TOTAL produced and CURRENT W/IN EACH (END OF PRODUCT # OF (SHORT (1000 consumed) DOLLARS COMPANY QUARTER)(1) CODE CO'S TONS) SQ.FT.) (1000 SQ.FT.) ($1,000) (1000 SQ.FT.) (1000 SQ.FT.) 32110 00 Flat glass................... (X) 4,437,545 5,635,303 5,309,957 1,921,143 1,655,565 (X) Fourth quarter............. 6 1,082,985 1,356,223 1,322,945 467,924 397,232 783,171 Third quarter.............. 6 1,121,069 1,440,564 1,323,459 476,672 388,644 749,893 Second quarter............. 6 1,135,495 1,440,675 1,300,923 473,996 417,602 632,788 First quarter.............. 6 1,097,996 1,397,841 1,362,630 502,551 452,087 493,036 BY TYPE: 32115 12 Sheet, plate, and float glass up to .107 inch.................... (X) 1,350,704 2,545,903 2,375,978 (X) 631,346 (X) Fourth quarter................ 6 321,221 593,154 584,903 (X) 156,728 344,066 Third quarter................. 6 349,813 663,491 593,087 (X) 136,604 335,815 Second quarter................ 6 349,737 667,618 594,016 (X) 163,944 265,411 First quarter................. 6 329,933 621,640 603,972 (X) 174,070 191,809 32115 13 .108 inch through .134 inch..... (X) 1,121,220 1,254,385 (D) (X) 483,601 (X) Fourth quarter................ 6 295,893 332,420 (D) (X) 115,796 (D) Third quarter................. 6 277,225 316,379 (D) (X) 124,144 (D) Second quarter................ 6 277,030 291,504 (D) (X) 119,428 (D) First quarter................. 6 271,072 314,082 (D) (X) 124,233 (D) 32115 14 .135 inch through .199 inch..... (X) 1,052,530 1,210,819 1,182,173 (X) 486,542 (X) Fourth quarter................ 6 240,051 277,026 285,854 (X) 111,414 157,721 Third quarter................. 6 270,895 312,774 289,850 (X) 115,007 166,549 Second quarter................ 6 281,891 319,422 292,704 (X) 120,081 143,625 First quarter................. 6 259,693 301,597 313,765 (X) 140,040 116,907 32115 15 .200 inch and thicker........... (X) 913,091 624,196 (D) (X) 54,076 (X) Fourth quarter................ 6 225,820 153,623 (D) (X) 13,294 (D) Third quarter................. 6 223,136 147,920 (D) (X) 12,889 (D) Second quarter................ 6 226,837 162,131 (D) (X) 14,149 (D) First quarter................. 6 237,298 160,522 (D) (X) 13,744 (D) BY COLOR: 32110 14 Pyrolytically coated............ (X) 209,181 243,525 234,288 (X) 61,524 43,981 Fourth quarter................ 4 (X) (X) 59,612 (X) 15,385 (X) Third quarter................. 4 (X) (X) 59,553 (X) 14,821 (X) Second quarter................ 4 (X) (X) 56,217 (X) 14,267 (X) First quarter................. 4 (X) (X) 58,906 (X) 17,051 (X) Nonpyrolytically coated: 32110 15 Clear......................... (X) 2,622,965 3,392,672 3,197,363 (X) 690,394 398,165 Fourth quarter.............. 6 (X) (X) 811,322 (X) 166,634 (X) Third quarter............... 6 (X) (X) 812,549 (X) 173,076 (X) Second quarter.............. 6 (X) (X) 772,516 (X) 171,422 (X) First quarter............... 6 (X) (X) 800,976 (X) 179,262 (X) 32110 16 Green......................... (X) 1,058,187 1,411,379 1,325,970 (X) 696,828 212,501 Fourth quarter.............. 4 (X) (X) 309,041 (X) 165,035 (X) Third quarter............... 4 (X) (X) 319,624 (X) 157,155 (X) Second quarter.............. 4 (X) (X) 335,382 (X) 177,183 (X) First quarter............... 4 (X) (X) 361,923 (X) 197,455 (X) 32110 17 Bronze........................ (X) 128,258 108,504 94,130 (X) (D) (D) Fourth quarter.............. 4 (X) (X) 24,447 (X) (D) (X) Third quarter............... 4 (X) (X) 23,246 (X) (D) (X) Second quarter.............. 4 (X) (X) 23,639 (X) (D) (X) First quarter............... 4 (X) (X) 22,798 (X) (D) (X) 32110 18 Other......................... (X) 418,954 479,223 458,206 (X) (D) (D) Fourth quarter.............. 5 (X) (X) 118,523 (X) (D) (X) Third quarter............... 5 (X) (X) 108,487 (X) (D) (X) Second quarter.............. 5 (X) (X) 113,169 (X) (D) (X) First quarter............... 5 (X) (X) 118,027 (X) (D) (X) 32110 04 Outside customer sales............ (X) 2,863,641 3,638,526 3,684,392 1,378,371 (X) (X) Fourth quarter.................. 6 (X) (X) 925,713 343,117 (X) (X) Third quarter................... 6 (X) (X) 934,815 354,873 (X) (X) Second quarter.................. 6 (X) (X) 883,321 339,924 (X) (X) First quarter................... 6 (X) (X) 940,543 340,457 (X) (X) 32110 21 Glass tempered by primary producers of flat glass......... (X) 388,408 421,775 426,074 (X) 335,916 (D) Fourth quarter................. 5 (X) (X) 93,163 (X) 66,940 (X) Third quarter.................. 5 (X) (X) 101,549 (X) 73,096 (X) Second quarter................. 5 (X) (X) 106,872 (X) 96,078 (X) First quarter.................. 5 (X) (X) 124,490 (X) 99,802 (X) 32110 23 Glass used for high speed tempered residential products... (X) 252,007 297,751 294,442 (X) 272,974 (D) Fourth quarter................. 4 (X) (X) 67,363 (X) 62,161 (X) Third quarter.................. 4 (X) (X) 73,829 (X) 68,329 (X) Second quarter................. 4 (X) (X) 75,787 (X) 70,334 (X) First quarter.................. 4 (X) (X) 77,463 (X) 72,150 (X) 1/ Total ending inventories for 1995 are those shown for the fourth quarter. D Data withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. X Not applicable. Note: Figures are limited to inventories at manufacturing establishments. For some items, the sum of inventories at the beginning of the quarter, plus production, minus quantity of shipments does not equal inventories at the end of the quarter. This is due to breakage and inventory adjustments. Table 3. SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION, SHIPMENTS, AND INVENTORIES OF FLAT GLASS: 1994 PRODUCTION TOTAL SHIPMENTS QUANTITY PRODUCT DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRODUCED & (includes VALUE IN CONSUMED INVENTORY TOTAL TOTAL produced and CURRENT W/IN EACH (END OF PRODUCT # OF (SHORT (1000 consumed) DOLLARS COMPANY QUARTER)(1) CODE CO'S TONS) SQ.FT.) (1000 SQ.FT.) ($1,000) (1000 SQ.FT.) (1000 SQ.FT.) 32110 00 Flat glass................... (X) 4,288,390 5,349,865 5,578,868 1,863,444 1,743,969 (X) Fourth quarter............. 6 1,119,448 1,377,332 1,399,291 482,768 436,137 457,825 Third quarter.............. 6 1,097,391 1,379,567 1,449,596 489,757 429,268 479,784 Second quarter............. 6 1,049,248 1,300,991 1,403,755 461,784 430,667 549,813 First quarter.............. 6 1,022,303 1,291,975 1,326,226 429,135 447,897 652,577 BY TYPE: 32115 12 Sheet, plate, and float glass up to .107 inch.................... (X) 1,360,363 2,446,862 2,570,597 (X) 665,978 (X) Fourth quarter................ 6 350,491 617,328 638,525 (X) 168,943 174,141 Third quarter................. 6 361,717 646,279 668,642 (X) 155,275 195,338 Second quarter................ 6 327,978 598,412 654,670 (X) 163,054 217,701 First quarter................. 6 320,177 584,843 608,760 (X) 178,706 273,959 32115 13 .108 inch through .134 inch..... (X) 1,104,749 1,177,211 1,235,701 (X) 500,162 (X) Fourth quarter................ 6 289,126 306,070 313,563 (X) (D) 97,959 Third quarter................. 6 309,633 326,364 330,698 (X) (D) 105,452 Second quarter................ 6 241,120 251,014 306,811 (X) 115,938 109,786 First quarter................. 6 264,870 293,763 284,629 (X) 120,938 165,583 32115 14 .135 inch through .199 inch..... (X) 1,025,598 1,169,353 1,193,667 (X) 526,161 (X) Fourth quarter................ 6 293,251 329,175 305,304 (X) 130,565 129,075 Third quarter................. 6 222,565 264,603 297,192 (X) 122,131 105,204 Second quarter................ 6 281,472 313,214 301,013 (X) 138,332 137,793 First quarter................. 6 228,310 262,361 290,158 (X) 135,133 125,592 32115 15 .200 inch and thicker........... (X) 797,680 556,439 578,903 (X) 51,668 (X) Fourth quarter................ 6 186,580 124,759 141,899 (X) (D) 56,650 Third quarter................. 6 203,476 142,321 153,064 (X) (D) 73,790 Second quarter................ 6 198,678 138,351 141,261 (X) 13,343 84,533 First quarter................. 6 208,946 151,008 142,679 (X) 13,120 87,443 BY COLOR: 32110 14 Pyrolytically coated............ (X) 186,687 237,540 247,154 (X) 66,699 34,744 Fourth quarter................ 4 (X) (X) 60,616 (X) 16,633 (X) Third quarter................. 4 (X) (X) 66,155 (X) 15,476 (X) Second quarter................ 4 (X) (X) 65,232 (X) 16,956 (X) First quarter................. 4 (X) (X) 55,151 (X) 17,634 (X) Nonpyrolytically coated: 32110 15 Clear......................... (X) 2,639,239 3,255,026 3,396,079 (X) 704,411 202,856 Fourth quarter.............. 6 (X) (X) 852,079 (X) 168,894 (X) Third quarter............... 6 (X) (X) 907,751 (X) 189,566 (X) Second quarter.............. 6 (X) (X) 860,530 (X) 168,903 (X) First quarter............... 6 (X) (X) 775,719 (X) 177,048 (X) 32110 16 Green......................... (X) 985,132 1,323,110 1,407,448 (X) 727,115 127,092 Fourth quarter.............. 4 (X) (X) 357,932 (X) 191,903 (X) Third quarter............... 4 (X) (X) 337,663 (X) 165,126 (X) Second quarter.............. 4 (X) (X) 340,641 (X) 176,166 (X) First quarter............... 4 (X) (X) 371,212 (X) 193,920 (X) 32110 17 Bronze........................ (X) (D) (D) 100,319 (X) (D) (D) Fourth quarter.............. 4 (X) (X) 23,687 (X) (D) (X) Third quarter............... 4 (X) (X) 25,262 (X) (D) (X) Second quarter.............. 4 (X) (X) 25,091 (X) (D) (X) First quarter............... 4 (X) (X) 26,279 (X) (D) (X) 32110 18 Other......................... (X) (D) (D) 427,868 (X) (D) (D) Fourth quarter.............. 5 (X) (X) 104,977 (X) (D) (X) Third quarter............... 5 (X) (X) 112,765 (X) (D) (X) Second quarter.............. 5 (X) (X) 112,261 (X) (D) (X) First quarter............... 5 (X) (X) 97,865 (X) (D) (X) 32110 04 Outside customer sales............ (X) 2,739,663 3,398,584 3,834,911 1,319,766 (X) (X) Fourth quarter.................. 6 (X) (X) 963,154 345,614 (X) (X) Third quarter................... 6 (X) (X) 1,020,328 357,975 (X) (X) Second quarter.................. 6 (X) (X) 973,087 325,385 (X) (X) First quarter................... 6 (X) (X) 878,342 290,792 (X) (X) 32110 21 Glass tempered by primary producers of flat glass......... (X) 482,759 531,629 532,846 (X) 410,453 (D) Fourth quarter................. 5 (X) (X) 123,572 (X) 92,033 (X) Third quarter.................. 5 (X) (X) 143,441 (X) 108,432 (X) Second quarter................. 5 (X) (X) 135,017 (X) 108,522 (X) First quarter.................. 5 (X) (X) 130,816 (X) 101,466 (X) 32110 23 Glass used for high speed tempered residential products... (X) 264,631 312,844 310,358 (X) 267,726 (D) Fourth quarter................. 4 (X) (X) 72,473 (X) 65,187 (X) Third quarter.................. 4 (X) (X) 79,786 (X) 72,330 (X) Second quarter................. 4 (X) (X) 81,214 (X) 74,422 (X) First quarter.................. 4 (X) (X) 76,885 (X) 70,001 (X) 1/ Total ending inventories for 1994 are those shown for the fourth quarter. D Data withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. X Not applicable. Note: Figures are limited to inventories at manufacturing establishments. For some items, the sum of inventories at the beginning of the quarter, plus production, minus quantity of shipments does not equal inventories at the end of the quarter. This is due to breakage and inventory adjustments. Table 4. VALUE OF SHIPMENTS, EXPORTS, AND IMPORTS OF FLAT GLASS: 1993 TO 1995 (Thousands of dollars) EXPORTS OF PERCENT IMPORTS PERCENT MANUFACTURERS' DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO FOR IMPORTS TO YEAR AND QUARTER SHIPMENTS MERCHANDISE(2,3) MANUFACTURERS' CONSUMPTION(4) APPARENT(5) APPARENT (f.o.b. plant)(1) (value at port) SHIPMENTS (value at port) CONSUMPTION CONSUMPTION 1995 Total.................. 1,921,143 422,825 22.0 168,748 1,667,066 10.1 Fourth quarter............... 467,924 119,577 25.6 31,250 379,597 8.2 Third quarter................ 476,672 121,733 25.5 42,621 397,560 10.7 Second quarter............... 473,996 90,757 19.1 43,448 426,687 10.2 First quarter................ 502,551 90,758 18.1 51,429 463,222 11.1 1994 Total.................. 1,863,444 363,835 19.5 157,154 1,656,763 9.5 Fourth quarter............... 482,768 92,475 19.2 53,392 443,685 12.0 Third quarter................ 489,757 90,230 18.4 36,098 435,625 8.3 Second quarter............... 461,784 91,618 19.8 33,650 403,816 8.3 First quarter................ 429,135 89,512 20.9 34,014 373,637 9.1 1993 Total.................. 1,622,705 342,903 21.1 124,851 1,404,653 8.9 Fourth quarter............... 425,455 83,344 19.6 32,086 374,197 8.6 Third quarter................ 412,306 78,557 19.1 31,580 365,329 8.6 Second quarter............... 413,263 93,112 22.5 29,974 350,125 8.6 First quarter................ 371,681 87,890 23.6 31,211 315,002 9.9 1/ The value of manufacturers' shipments is in current dollars. 2/ For a comparison of SIC-based product codes with Schedule B export numbers and HTUSA import numbers, see table 5. 3/ Source: Bureau of the Census report EM 545, U.S. Exports. 4/ Source: Bureau of the Census report IM 145, U.S. Imports for Consumption. 5/ Apparent consumption is derived by subtracting exports from the total of manufacturers' shipments plus imports including duty. Table 5. COMPARISON OF STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION-BASED PRODUCT CODES WITH SCHEDULE B EXPORT NUMBERS, AND HTSUSA IMPORT NUMBERS: 1995 Product code Product description Export number(1) Import number(2) 32115 12, Sheet, plate, float 7003.11.0000 7003.11.0000 32115 13, 7003.19.0000 7003.19.0000 32115 14, 32115 15, 7004.10.0000 7004.10.1000 32115 16 7004.10.2010 7004.10.2020 7004.10.5000 7004.90.0000 7004.90.0500 7004.90.1000 7004.90.1500 7004.90.2000 7004.90.2510 7004.90.2520 7004.90.2550 7004.90.3010 7004.90.3020 7004.90.3050 7004.90.4000 7004.90.5000 7005.10.0000 7005.10.4000 7005.10.8000 7005.21.0000 7005.21.1010 7005.21.1030 7005.21.2000 7005.29.0000 7005.29.0410 7005.29.0450 7005.29.0810 7005.29.0850 7005.29.1410 7005.29.1450 7005.29.1810 7005.29.1850 7005.29.2500 1/ Source: 1995 edition, Harmonized System-Based Schedule B Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States. 2/ Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Annotated (1995).  25.6 31,250 379,597 8.2 Third qu