MA23D-GLOVES AND MITTENS 1993 MA23D(93)-1 Issued August 3, 1994 Contact person: Maria Dixon, 301-763-5895 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 111 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. Information on accessing the bulletin board can be obtained by calling 301-763-1384. 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QUANTITY AND VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF GLOVES AND MITTENS: 1993 AND 1992 (Quantity in 1,000 dozen pairs; value in millions of dollars) Product description 1993 1992 Quantity Value Quantity Value TOTAL GLOVES AND MITTENS . . . . . . . . . . . . 219,051 808.7 233,738 812.4 All fabric gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . 31,614 290.6 31,146 288.1 All leather and leather and fabric combination gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,920 138.4 r/1,710 133.6 All plastic gloves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,143 35.7 30,114 36.3 All rubber gloves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,374 344.0 172,478 354.4 Of total: Dress/casual gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . 526 27.2 (D) (D) Work/chore gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . 218,525 781.5 (D) (D) Note: For 1993, a number of companies were added based on information in the 1992 Census of Manufactures. Data wre received from these companies for 1993; therefore, the information shown for years prior to 1993 may not be directly comparable. These changes represent approximately 2.9 percent of total value of shipments of gloves and mittens. (D) Data withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. r/Revised by 5 or more percent from previously published figures. Table 2. QUANTITY AND VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF GLOVES AND MITTENS: 1993 AND 1992 (Quantity in thousands of dozens; value in millions of dollars) Product description 1993 1992 Quantity Value Quantity Value All fabric gloves and mittens. . . . . . 31,614 290.6 31,146 288.1 Woven fabric gloves and mittens. . . . . 3,724 52.6 4,373 54.6 Impregnated with rubber or plastic. . 467 6.1 576 8.4 Greater than 50% plastic or rubber. (D) (D) (D) (D) Cotton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 4.3 517 6.9 Manmade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - Non-impregnated. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,257 46.5 3,797 46.2 Cotton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,222 42.9 3,775 44.9 Manmade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2.8 19 0.9 Wool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Knit fabric gloves & mittens. . . . . . 27,890 238.0 26,773 233.5 Impregnated with rubber or plastic. . 8,081 108.3 6,827 90.5 Greater than 50% plastic or rubber. 3,606 71.3 3,659 69.7 Cotton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,010 19.0 2,640 16.8 Manmade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Non-impregnated. . . . . . . . . . . . 19,809 129.7 19,946 143.0 Cotton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,007 122.6 19,429 135.1 Terry/looped pile. . . . . . . . . 978 8.7 1,797 22.7 Jersey, brushed, napped. . . . . . 4,221 50.0 4,572 53.6 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. . . 456 22.7 r/411 r/20.7 All leather gloves and mittens. . . . . . 1,464 115.7 1,299 112.9 All grain leather. . . . . . . . . . . . 978 88.1 r/711 66.3 All split leather. . . . . . . . . . . . 399 19.3 r/498 37.2 All other leather. . . . . . . . . . . . 87 8.3 90 9.4 All Plastic Gloves. . . . . . . . . . . . 31,143 35.7 30,114 36.3 Medical and surgical. . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) All other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) All Rubber Gloves. . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,374 344.0 172,478 354.4 Medical and surgical. . . . . . . . . . 140,218 239.6 149,102 233.6 All other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,156 104.4 23,376 r/120.8 - Represents zero. (D) Data withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. r/Revised by 5 or more percent from previously published figures. Table 3. SHIPMENTS, EXPORTS, IMPORTS, AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION OF GLOVES AND MITTENS: 1993 (Quantity is 1,000 dozen pairs; value and import duty in millions of dollars) Exports of Percent exports Percent imports Product Manufacturers' domestic to manufacturers' Imports for Apparent to apparent code shipments merchandise (1) shipments consumption (2) consumption (4) consumption Product description Quan- Quan- Quan- Quan- Quan- Quantity Value tity Value tity Value tity Value (3) tity Value tity Value 1993 23813 Knitted, not coated or impregnated gloves and mittens . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,809 129.7 1,106 11.5 5.6 8.9 24,932 140.3 43,635 258.5 57.1 54.3 3069D Knitted, plastic or rubber, coated or impregnated gloves and mittens. . . . . . 8,081 108.3 1,709 21.3 21.1 19.7 4,391 37.0 10,763 124.0 40.8 29.8 23813 Woven, non impregnated gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,257 46.5 640 6.0 19.6 12.9 8,872 40.2 11,489 80.7 77.2 49.8 3069D Woven impregnated gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 6.1 273 2.3 58.5 37.7 1,070 7.6 1,264 11.4 84.7 66.7 23814 All leather and leather and fabric 31510 combination gloves and mittens. . . . . . . 1,920 138.4 419 14.0 21.8 10.1 12,015 250.7 13,516 375.1 88.9 66.8 30698 Rubber, surgical and medical gloves. . . . 140,218 239.6 18,263 38.6 13.0 16.1 605,190 468.1 727,145 669.1 83.2 70.0 3069D Rubber, other gloves. . . . . . . . . . . . 14,156 104.4 1,621 14.2 11.5 13.6 82,462 106.9 94,997 197.1 86.8 54.2 30896 Plastic, surgical and medical gloves. . AND 30896 Plastic, other gloves. . . . . . . . . . . 31,143 35.7 8,814 40.5 55.3 234.8 179,946 79.9 202,275 75.1 177.2 213.5 1992 23813 Knitted, not coated or impregnated gloves and mittens. . . . .. . . . . . . . 19,946 143.0 772 10.0 3.9 7.0 19,559 126.2 38,733 259.2 50.5 48.7 3069D Knitted, plastic or rubber, coated or impregnated gloves and mittens. . . . . . 6,827 90.5 2,135 23.4 31.3 25.9 3,609 33.0 8,301 100.1 43.5 33.0 23813 Woven, non impregnated gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,797 46.2 731 4.9 19.3 10.6 8,436 45.0 11,502 86.3 73.3 52.1 3069D Woven impregnated gloves and mittens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 8.4 389 2.4 67.5 28.6 628 5.3 815 11.3 77.1 46.9 23814 All leather and leather and fabric 31510 combination gloves and mittens. . . . . . . 1,710 133.6 363 12.2 21.2 9.1 10,915 311.7 12,262 433.1 89.0 72.0 30698 Rubber, surgical and medical gloves. . . . 149,102 233.6 18,367 42.9 12.3 18.4 476,087 358.9 606,822 549.6 78.5 65.3 3069D Rubber, other gloves. . . . . . . . . . . . 23,376 120.8 1,812 18.1 7.8 15.0 79,119 89.0 100,683 191.7 78.6 46.4 30896 Plastic, surgical and medical gloves. . AND 30896 Plastic, other gloves. . . . . . . . . . . 30,114 36.3 9,913 43.5 32.9 119.8 168,335 68.0 188,536 60.8 89.3 111.8 (1) Source: Bureau of the Census report EM 545, U.S. Exports (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: 1993 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, 6116.93.4800, 6116.93.6400, 6116.93.7400, 6116.93.8800, 6116.93.9400, 6116.99.5400, 6116.99.8020 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, 6216.00.8000, 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 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, 3926.20.3000, 3926.20.4010, 3926.20.4050 (1) Source: 1991 edition, Harmonized System-Based Schedule B, Statistical Classification of (2) Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Annotated (1991).