CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS
MA34K -- STEEL SHIPPING DRUMS AND PAILS
Annual 1995

(95)-1
Issued August 27, 1996

Contact person:  Larry Blumberg 301-457-4744


Table 1.  TOTAL SHIPMENTS OF STEEL PAILS AND STEEL DRUMS:  1995 AND 1994
(Quantity in thousands of units.  Value in thousands of dollars)
                                                                             1995                   1994
Product                  Product description                 No. of
  code                                                        cos.   Quantity       Value   Quantity          Value

           Steel pails......................................    18     92,181     173,986     86,478        208,406
             11 1/4-inch diameter...........................  (NA)     55,624     145,503     82,485        194,842
34121 01       Full removable head..........................    10     46,601     116,449     71,410     a/ 161,624
34121 06       Tight head (standard and dome top)...........     9      9,023      29,054     11,075         33,218
34121 11     14-inch diameter...............................     6     a/ 561    a/ 4,159        773     r/   5,454
34121 13     All other diameters............................     6     35,996      24,324      3,220          8,110

           Steel drums and barrels..........................    28     33,357     684,276     34,857        681,972
             14-inch diameter, all gauges...................  (NA)      2,390      24,257      2,037         20,565
34122 01       Tight head...................................     6        288       4,062  r/    258     r/   3,328
34122 03       Open head, full or partial...................    10   a/ 2,102   a/ 20,195  r/  1,779     r/  17,237
             All other, except 14-inch diameter.............  (NA)     30,967     660,019     32,820        661,407
               20 gauge and heavier.........................  (NA)     27,509     610,170     29,440        616,047
                 50 gallon and larger, 18 gauge and heavier.  (NA)     11,099     272,062     11,957        271,327
34122 05           Tight head...............................    21   a/ 6,910  a/ 159,013  a/  7,387     a/ 161,626
34122 07           Open head................................    23   a/ 4,189  a/ 113,049  b/  4,570     a/ 109,701
                 50 gallon and larger, 19 and 20 gauge
                 (including 20/18)..........................  (NA)     15,394     316,806     16,396        321,532
34122 09           Tight head...............................    21  a/ 11,075  a/ 227,820  a/ 12,048     a/ 233,449
34122 11           Open head................................    23  a/  4,319  a/  88,986  a/  4,348     a/  88,083
34122 13         30 to 49 gallon............................    14     a/ 718  a/  16,224  a/    757  a/ r/  17,322
34122 15         Under 30 gallon............................     9     a/ 298  a/   5,078  r/    330     r/   5,866

               Lighter than 20 gauge(1).....................  (NA)    b/3,458  a/  49,849      3,380         45,360

   1/ Includes product code 34122 17 - 30 gallon and larger, and product code 34122 19 - Under 30 gallon.
      Combined to avoid disclosure.

      r   Revised by 5 percent or more from previously published items.
      NA  Not available.

   Note: The percent of estimation of each item is indicated as follows:
          a/ 10 to 25 percent of this item is estimated;
          b/ 26 to 50 percent of this item is estimated;
          c/ Over 50 percent of this item is estimated.


Table 2.  SUMMARY OF PRODUCERS' SHIPMENTS OF STEEL PAILS
          AND DRUMS:  1995 - 1986
(Quantity in thousands of units.  Value in thousands of dollars)

                                     Steel pails        Steel drums
            Year
                                  Quantity    Value  Quantity     Value

1995.............................   92,181  173,986    33,357   684,276
1994.............................   86,478  208,406    34,857   681,972
1993.............................   85,899  202,460    33,474   672,948
1992.............................   76,794  178,850    33,336   632,616
1991.............................   72,645  180,408    33,970   668,692
1990.............................   75,242  195,669    36,388   701,615
1989.............................   80,693  205,834    35,966   667,024
1988.............................   78,018  188,817    37,336   675,923
1987.............................   78,887  189,243    38,166   640,718
1986.............................   80,171  187,052    35,800   586,378


Table 3.  SHIPMENTS, EXPORTS, IMPORTS, AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION OF STEEL SHIPPING PAILS
           AND DRUMS:  1995 AND 1994
(Value in thousands of dollars)
                                                             Value of
                                                 Exports      imports
                          Manufacturers'     of domestic          for
  Product description 1/      shipments  merchandise (2)  consumption         Apparent
                          (value f.o.b.  (value at port)      (3) (4)  consumption (5)
                                 plant)
Steel shipping pails:
       1995..............      173,986            70,697       49,462          152,751
       1994..............      208,406            82,950       38,714          164,170

Steel shipping drums and
 barrels:
       1995..............      684,276            19,466       23,060          687,870
       1994..............      681,972            13,985       14,080          682,067

1/ For comparison of SIC-based product codes, Schedule B export numbers, and HTSUSA
import numbers, see appendix B in the Current Industrial Report, MANUFACTURING PROFILES,
1993, MP-1(93), issued August 1995.
2/ Source: Bureau of the Census report EM 545, U.S. Exports.
3/ Source: Bureau of the Census report IM 145, U.S. Imports for Consumption.
4/ Represents c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) value at the first port of entry in
the United States plus U.S. import duties.
5/ Apparent consumption is derived by subtracting exports from manufacturers' shipments
plus imports.