CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS MA23D -- Gloves and Mittens 1994 MA23D(94)-1 Issued June 28,1995 Contact: Kay Hanks (301) 457-4620 The statistics shown in this publication are based on information collected by mail on Bureau of the Census annual form MA23D, Gloves and Mittens. The survey panel includes all known manufacturers of gloves and mittens (except those very small firms excluded from the scope of the survey). Approximately 112 companies are included. Statistics for the previous year may be revised as the result of corrected data from respondents, including the receipt of late reports for which imputations were made. Figures which have been revised by more than 5 percent from previously published figures are indicated by footnotes. The report is available electronically through the Census-BEA Electronic Bulletin Board, 301-457-2310. Information on accessing the bulletin board can be obtained by calling 301-457-1242. It is also available in CENDATA, the Census Bureau's online information service, through DIALOG Information Services, Inc. (800) 334-2564 and CompuServe (800) 848-8199. For further information about CENDATA contact customer services, DUSD, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233, or call 301-457-1214. If you prefer to order a fax copy, call 1-900-555-2FAX from any touch-tone phone and follow the recorded directions. The charge is $2.50 per minute (only while ordering). The document will be delivered free of charge to the FAX number you designate, anywhere in the U,S. For more information on FAX orders call 301-457-1242,or FAX to 301-457-4784. Table 1. QUANTITY AND VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF GLOVES AND MITTENS: 1994 AND 1993 (Quantity in 1,000 dozen pairs; value in millions of dollars) Product Description 1994 1993(1) Quantity Value Quantity Value TOTAL GLOVES AND MITTENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263,536 869.8 r/254,334 r/869.7 All fabric gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,819 353.8 32,161 297.5 All leather and leather and fabric combination gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . 1,759 135.3 1,816 141.4 All plastic gloves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,757 35.8 31,142 35.6 All rubber gloves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,201 344.9 r/189,215 r/395.2 Of total: Dress/casual gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 31.8 r/409 r/27.2 Work/chore gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263,050 838.0 r/253,925 r/842.5 r/ Revised by 5 percent or more from previously published figures. (1) For 1993, a number of companies were added based on information in the 1992 Census of Manufacturers. Data were received from these companies for 1993; therefore, the information shown for years prior to 1993 may not be directly comparable. These changes represent approximately 7 percent of the total value of shipments of gloves and mittens. Table 2. QUANTITY AND VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF GLOVES AND MITTENS: 1994 AND 1993 (Quantity in thousands of dozens; value in millions of dollars) Product description 1994 1993 (1) Quantity Value Quantity Value All fabric gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,819 353.8 32,161 297.5 Woven fabric gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,282 60.6 3,773 53.2 Impregnated with rubber or plastic. . . . . . . . . 648 10.1 467 6.2 Greater than 50% plastic or rubber. . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Cotton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 4.8 397 4.4 Manmade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - Non-impregnated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,634 50.5 3,306 47.0 Cotton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,608 48.6 3,271 43.4 Manmade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1.6 11 2.8 Wool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Knit fabric gloves & mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,537 293.2 28,388 244.3 Impregnated with rubber or plastic. . . . . . . . . 9,675 118.0 8,083 108.3 Greater than 50% plastic or rubber. . . . . . . . 4,321 75.9 3,606 71.3 Cotton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,756 20.7 3,010 19.0 Manmade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Non-impregnated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,862 175.2 20,305 136.0 Cotton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,294 157.0 19,245 125.4 Terry/looped pile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802 8.9 953 8.3 Jersey, brushed, napped. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,903 77.9 r/4,484 r/53.2 Lisle (no nap or brush). . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Manmade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Wool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Leather and Fabric combination gloves. . . . . . . . . . 430 25.1 r/431 r/24.8 All leather gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,329 110.2 r/1,385 116.6 All grain leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943 86.2 r/922 89.6 All split leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 15.7 r/377 18.7 All other leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 8.3 86 8.3 All Plastic Gloves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,757 35.8 31,142 35.6 Medical and surgical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) All other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) All Rubber Gloves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,201 344.9 r189,215 r/395.2 Medical and surgical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179,608 247.9 r172,990 r/295.2 All other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,593 97.0 r/16,225 100.0 - Represents zero. (D) Data withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. r/ Revised by 5 or more percent from previously published figures. (1) For 1993, a number of companies were added based on information in the 1992 Census of Manufacturers. Data were received from these companies for 1993; therefore, the information shown for years prior to 1993 may not be directly comparable. These changes represent approximately 7 percent of the total value of shipments of gloves and mittens. Table 3. SHIPMENTS, EXPORTS, IMPORTS, AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION OF GLOVES AND MITTENS: 1994 AND 1993 (Quantity is 1,000 dozen pairs; value and import duty in millions of dollars) Exports of Percent exports Percent import Product Manufacturers' domestic to manufacturers' Imports for Apparent to apparent code Product description shipments merchandise (1) shipments consumption (2) consumption (4) consumption Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value (3) Quantity Value Quantity Value 1994 23813 Knitted, not coated or impregnated gloves and mittens . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,862 175.2 1,052 12.2 4.8 7.0 31,014 181.6 51,824 344.6 59.8 52.7 3069D Knitted, plastic or rubber, coated or impregnated gloves and mittens. . . . . . . 9,675 118.0 2,285 24.4 23.6 20.7 5,728 56.3 13,118 149.9 43.7 37.6 23813 Woven, non impregnated gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,634 50.5 1,040 8.4 28.6 16.6 9,068 59.0 11,662 101.1 77.8 58.4 3069D Woven impregnated gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 10.1 137 1.7 21.1 16.8 1,202 10.3 1,713 18.7 70.2 55.1 23814 All leather and leather and fabric 31510 combination gloves and mittens. . . . . . . 1,759 135.3 381 13.8 21.7 10.2 15,006 305.8 16,384 427.3 91.6 71.6 30698 Rubber, surgical and medical gloves. . . . . 179,608 247.9 25,467 45.6 14.2 18.4 620,380 515.7 774,521 718.0 80.1 71.8 3069D Rubber, other gloves. . . . . . . . . . . . 14,593 97.0 1,793 16.2 12.3 16.7 84,830 112.0 97,630 192.8 86.9 58.1 30896 Plastic, surgical and medical gloves AND 30896 Plastic, other gloves. . . . . . . . . . . . 31,757 35.8 9,848 37.7 31.0 105.3 196,194 82.7 218,103 80.8 90.0 102.4 1993 23813 Knitted, not coated or impregnated gloves and mittens. . . . .. . . . . . . . . 20,305 136.0 1,106 11.5 5.4 8.5 24,932 140.3 44,131 264.8 56.5 53.0 3069D Knitted, plastic or rubber, coated or impregnated gloves and mittens. . . . . . . 8,083 108.3 1,709 21.3 21.1 19.7 4,391 37.0 10,765 124.0 40.8 29.8 23813 Woven, non impregnated gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,306 47.0 640 6.0 19.4 12.8 8,872 40.2 11,538 81.2 76.9 49.5 3069D Woven impregnated gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 6.2 273 2.3 58.5 37.1 1,070 7.6 1,264 11.5 84.7 66.1 23814 All leather and leather and fabric 31510 combination gloves and mittens. . . . . . . r/1,816 141.4 419 14.0 23.1 9.9 12,015 250.7 13,412 378.1 89.6 66.3 30698 Rubber, surgical and medical gloves. . . . r/172,990 r/295.2 18,263 38.6 10.6 13.1 605,190 468.1 759,917 724.7 79.6 64.6 3069D Rubber, other gloves. . . . . . . . . . . . r/16,225 100.0 1,621 14.2 10.0 14.2 82,462 106.9 97,066 192.7 85.0 55.5 30896 Plastic, surgical and medical gloves AND 30896 Plastic, other gloves. . . . . . . . . . . . 31,142 35.6 8,814 40.5 28.3 113.8 179,946 79.9 202,274 75.0 89.0 106.5 r/ Revised by 5 percent or more from previously published figures. (1) Source: Bureau of the Census report EM 545, U.S. Exports (see appendix B in the Current Industrial Report, MANUFACTURING PROFILES, 1992, MP-1(92), issued August 1994). (2) Source: Bureau of the Census report IM 145, U.S. Imports for Consumption. (3) This dollar value represents the c.i.f. (cost, insurance, freight) value at first port of entry in the United States plus U.S. import duties. (4) Apparent consumption represents new domestic supply and is derived by subtracting exports from the total of manufacturers' shipments plus imports. Table 4. COMPARISON OF STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION-BASED PRODUCT CODES WITH SCHEDULE B EXPORT NUMBERS, AND HSTUSA IMPORT NUMBERS: 1994 Product code (1) Product description Export number (2) Import number (2) 238131 Knitted not coated or impregnated gloves 6116.91.0000, 6116.91.0000, or mittens 6116.92.0000, 6116.92.6410, 6116.93.0000, 6116.92.6420, 6116.99.0000 6116.92.6430, 6116.92.6440, 6116.92.7450, 6116.92.7460, 6116.92.7470, 6116.92.8800, 6116.92.9400, 6116.93.6400, 6116.93.7400, 6116.93.8800, 6116.93.9400, 6116.99.4800 6116.99.5400, 6116.99.8010 6116.99.8020 6116.99.8030 6116.99.8040 6116.99.8050 6116.99.8060 3069D Knitted, plastic, or rubber, coated or 6116.10.0000 6116.10.1300, impregnated gloves and mittens 6116.10.1720, 6116.10.1730, 6116.10.1740, 6116.10.4515, 6116.10.4565, 6116.10.4575, 6116.10.4595, 6116.10.7010, 6116.10.7020, 6116.10.7030, 6116.10.7040, 6116.10.9010, 6116.10.9025, 6116.10.9030, 6116.10.9040 23818 Woven, non impregnated gloves and mittens 6216.00.3500, 6216.00.3800, 6216.00.4000, 6216.00.4100, 6216.00.5000, 6216.00.5410, 6216.00.6000 6216.00.5420, 6216.00.5810 6216.00.5820 6216.00.8000, 6216.00.9000 3069D Woven impregnated gloves and mittens 6216.00.0800 6216.00.1300, 6216.00.1720, 6216.00.1730, 6216.00.1740, 6216.00.1810, 6216.00.1820, 6216.00.1830, 6216.00.1840, 6216.00.2810, 6216.00.2825, 6216.00.2830, 6216.00.2840, 6216.00.3210, 6216.00.3225, 6216.00.3230, 6216.00.3240 23814 All leather and leather and fabric 4203.29.0000 4203.29.0500, 31510 combination gloves and mittens 4203.29.0800, 4203.29.1500, 4203.29.1800, 4203.29.2000, 4203.29.3010, 4203.29.3020, 4203.29.4000, 4203.29.5000 30698 Rubber, medical, and surgical gloves 4015.11.0000 4015.11.0000 3069D Rubber, other gloves 4015.19.0000 4015.19.1010 4015.19.1050 4015.19.5000 30896 Plastic, surgical and medical gloves 3926.20.1010 3926.20.1010 30896 Plastic, other gloves 3926.20.1060, 3926.20.1020, 3926.20.4000 3926.20.1050 3926.20.4010 3629.20.4050 (1) Source: 1994 edition, Harmonized System-Based Schedule B, Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities (2) Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Annotated (1994). Exported from the United States.  6116.10.7010,