Current Industrial Reports United States Department of Commerce Economic and Statistical Administration Bureau of the Census Flat Glass (MQ32A) - Summary 1996 Issued June 11, 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 1994 Manufacturing Profiles, issued August 1996. Obtaining reports: Current data are released electronically on the Internet for all individual surveys as they become available. Use http://www.census. gov/econ/www/manumenu.html. Individual reports can be accessed by choosing "Industrial products (CIR's)," then click on "Report Number Index;" from the "Industrial Products by Numeric Index," choose the survey of interest. Follow the menu to view the text (ASCII) file or to download the worksheet file (WK format) to your personal computer. 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 Susan Sundermann, 301-457-4837. Table 1. Summary of Flat Glass Production, Shipments, and Inventories: 1994 to 1996 Quantity Production Quantity Total shipments produced Invent- Pro- (includes and tory ducer Year and Quarter produced Value in Value in consumed (end of price Total Total and current constant within 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) 1996 Total....... 4,592,094 5,809,846 5,852,449 1,957,950 1,836,096 1,779,473 (X) (X) Fourth quarter.... 1,216,363 1,517,946 1,467,301 488,355 464,657 439,965 740,568 105.1 Third quarter..... 1,225,091 1,543,422 1,574,728 517,376 494,151 465,438 689,923 104.7 Second quarter.... 1,088,943 1,381,591 1,448,116 482,378 458,534 430,299 721,229 105.2 First quarter..... 1,061,697 1,366,887 1,362,304 469,841 418,753 443,771 787,754 112.2 1995 Total....... 4,437,545 5,635,303 5,309,957 1,921,143 1,670,179 1,655,565 (X) (X) Fourth quarter.... 1,082,985 1,356,223 1,322,945 467,924 404,779 397,232 783,171 115.6 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 X Not applicable. 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). Table 2. Summary of Production, Shipments, and Inventories of Flat Glass: 1996 Total shipments Quantity Production Quantity produced and Product Number (includes Value in consumed Inventory description of Total Total produced and current within each (end of Product com- (short (1000 consumed) dollars company quarter)(1) code panies tons) sq.ft.) (1000 sq.ft.) ($1,000) (1000 sq.ft.) (1000 sq.ft.) 32110 00 Flat glass...... (X) 4,592,094 5,809,846 5,852,449 1,957,950 1,779,473 (X) Fourth quarter 6 1,216,363 1,517,946 1,467,301 488,355 439,965 740,568 Third quarter. 6 1,225,091 1,543,422 1,574,728 517,376 465,438 689,923 Second quarter 6 1,088,943 1,381,591 1,448,116 482,378 430,299 721,229 First quarter. 6 1,061,697 1,366,887 1,362,304 469,841 443,771 787,754 By type: 32115 12 Sheet, plate, and float glass up to .107 inch......... (X) 1,456,381 2,655,221 2,691,266 (X) 732,505 (X) Fourth quarter... 6 382,959 697,393 678,847 (X) 183,880 308,021 Third quarter.... 6 390,376 709,860 735,612 (X) 189,209 289,475 Second quarter... 6 338,751 611,741 647,672 (X) 165,192 315,227 First quarter.... 6 344,295 636,227 629,135 (X) 194,224 351,158 32115 13 .108 inch through .134 inch......... (X) 1,169,158 1,298,747 1,305,076 (X) 496,958 (X) Fourth quarter... 6 317,418 358,093 327,329 (X) 123,302 (D) Third quarter.... 6 325,561 354,419 357,566 (X) 139,914 (D) Second quarter... 6 284,572 311,276 335,636 (X) 124,807 (D) First quarter.... 6 241,607 274,959 284,545 (X) 108,935 (D) 32115 14 .135 inch through .199 inch......... (X) 1,113,273 1,259,808 1,246,052 (X) 501,422 (X) Fourth quarter... 6 260,554 290,620 300,818 (X) 119,988 171,477 Third quarter.... 6 296,850 338,612 321,723 (X) 124,536 181,675 Second quarter... 6 280,534 321,337 320,294 (X) 128,368 164,786 First quarter.... 6 275,335 309,239 303,217 (X) 128,530 163,743 32115 15 .200 inch and thicker.......... (X) 853,282 596,070 610,055 (X) 48,588 (X) Fourth quarter... 6 255,432 171,840 160,307 (X) 12,795 (D) Third quarter.... 6 212,304 140,531 159,827 (X) 11,779 (D) Second quarter... 6 185,086 137,237 144,514 (X) 11,932 (D) First quarter.... 6 200,460 146,462 145,407 (X) 12,082 (D) By color: 32110 14 Pyrolytically coated............ (X) 223,660 244,822 245,845 (X) 69,918 42,958 Fourth quarter... 4 (X) (X) 63,940 (X) 17,899 (X) Third quarter.... 4 (X) (X) 68,560 (X) 18,413 (X) Second quarter... 4 (X) (X) 60,738 (X) 17,999 (X) First quarter.... 4 (X) (X) 52,607 (X) 15,607 (X) Nonpyrolytically coated: 32110 15 Clear............ (X) 2,737,080 3,474,782 3,505,561 (X) 680,770 367,386 Fourth quarter. 6 (X) (X) 870,448 (X) 167,163 (X) Third quarter.. 6 (X) (X) 970,166 (X) 193,201 (X) Second quarter. 6 (X) (X) 878,638 (X) 161,906 (X) First quarter.. 6 (X) (X) 786,309 (X) 158,500 (X) 32110 16 Green............ (X) 1,114,223 1,511,567 1,525,295 (X) 814,560 198,773 Fourth quarter. 4 (X) (X) 377,485 (X) 191,324 (X) Third quarter.. 4 (X) (X) 387,886 (X) 201,808 (X) Second quarter. 4 (X) (X) 380,143 (X) 211,505 (X) First quarter.. 4 (X) (X) 379,781 (X) 209,923 (X) 32110 17 Bronze........... (X) 93,539 83,302 87,321 (X) (D) (D) Fourth quarter. 4 (X) (X) 22,296 (X) (D) (X) Third quarter.. 4 (X) (X) 23,407 (X) (D) (X) Second quarter. 4 (X) (X) 21,018 (X) (D) (X) First quarter.. 4 (X) (X) 20,600 (X) (D) (X) 32110 18 Other............ (X) 423,592 495,373 488,427 (X) (D) (D) Fourth quarter. 5 (X) (X) 133,132 (X) (D) (X) Third quarter.. 5 (X) (X) 124,709 (X) (D) (X) Second quarter. 5 (X) (X) 107,579 (X) (D) (X) First quarter.. 5 (X) (X) 123,007 (X) (D) (X) 32110 04 Outside customer sales............... (X) 3,072,035 3,789,571 4,072,976 1,466,349 (X) (X) Fourth quarter..... 6 (X) (X) 1,027,336 379,460 (X) (X) Third quarter...... 6 (X) (X) 1,109,290 394,715 (X) (X) Second quarter..... 6 (X) (X) 1,017,817 359,638 (X) (X) First quarter...... 6 (X) (X) 918,533 332,536 (X) (X) 32110 21 Glass tempered by primary producers of flat glass....... (X) 472,906 502,551 492,789 (X) 320,952 (D) Fourth quarter.... 5 (X) (X) 123,770 (X) 76,513 (X) Third quarter..... 5 (X) (X) 136,305 (X) 92,585 (X) Second quarter.... 5 (X) (X) 124,893 (X) 84,360 (X) First quarter..... 5 (X) (X) 107,821 (X) 67,494 (X) 32110 23 Glass used for high speed tempered resi- dential products.... (X) 268,380 316,837 317,228 (X) 295,850 (D) Fourth quarter.... 4 (X) (X) 75,302 (X) 69,594 (X) Third quarter..... 4 (X) (X) 91,574 (X) 85,817 (X) Second quarter.... 4 (X) (X) 83,392 (X) 78,317 (X) First quarter..... 4 (X) (X) 66,960 (X) 62,122 (X) D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. X Not applicable. 1/ Total ending inventories for 1996 are those shown for the fourth quarter. Note: Figures are limited to inventories at manufacturing establishments. Table 3. Summary of Production, Shipments, and Inventories of Flat Glass: 1995 Total shipments Quantity Product Production Quantity produced and description Number (includes Value in consumed Inventory of Total Total produced and current within each (end of Product com- (short (1000 consumed) dollars company quarter)(1) code panies 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 resi- dential 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) D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. X Not applicable. 1/ Total ending inventories for 1995 are those shown for the fourth quarter. Note: Figures are limited to inventories at manufacturing establishments. Table 4. Value of Shipments, Exports, and Imports of Flat Glass: 1994 to 1996 (Thousands of dollars) Exports of Imports Manufac- domestic Percent for Year and turers' merchan- exports to consump- Percent quarter shipments dise(2,3) manufac- tion(4) Imports to Apparent (f.o.b. (value turers' value at apparent(5) con- plant)(1) at port shipments port) consumption sumption 1996 Total...... 1,957,950 486,239 24.8 145,099 1,616,810 9.0 Fourth quarter... 488,355 127,034 26.0 39,031 400,352 9.7 Third quarter.... 517,376 130,133 25.2 39,632 426,875 9.3 Second quarter... 482,378 118,817 24.6 36,898 400,459 9.2 First quarter.... 469,841 110,255 23.5 29,538 389,124 7.6 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 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 HTSUSA 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: 1996 Product Export Import code Product description number(1) number(2) 32115 12, Glass- 7003.12.0000 7003.12.0000 32115 13, sheet, plate, float 7003.19.0000 7003.19.0000 32115 14, 32115 15 7004.20.0000 7004.20.1000 7004.20.2010 7004.20.2020 7004.20.5000 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: 1996 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 (1996). rts, and Imports of Flat Glass: 1994 to