EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EST, FEBRUARY 20, 1997 (THURSDAY) Public Information Office CB97-27 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Julius Smith 301-457-4741 SHIPMENTS OF COMPUTERS SHOW STRONG GAIN IN 1995, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS The value of shipments of computers in 1995 was $52.1 billion, an increase of 28 percent or $11.3 billion over shipments in 1994. This information is contained in a report entitled, "Value of Product Shipments," M95(AS)-2, and new tables released today on the Internet, by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. The tabulations provide estimates of the value of product shipments for approximately 1,750 classes of manufactured products. Other highlights of changes in value of product shipments between 1994 and 1995 include: - Shipments of motor vehicles and car bodies increased to $198 billion, an increase of more than $3 billion over shipments in 1994; - Shipments of bottled and canned soft drinks grew by over $2 billion to $28.7 billion; - Shipments of cigarettes, including nontobacco cigarettes, increased almost $3 billion to $27 billion, and - Shipments of products from petroleum refining increased from $123.8 billion in 1994 to $130.5 billion in 1995. Values in this report are in current dollars for the years shown and are not adjusted for inflation. The Internet address for the tables is: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/ frames.html Data provided on the Internet tables and report are from a sample of 58,000 manufacturing establishments and are subject to sampling as well as nonsampling variability. Sources of nonsampling variability include errors of response, nonreporting, and coverage. Measures of sampling variability, presented as relative standard errors, are shown in the publication tables.-X-The Census Bureau--preeminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries, and institutions.
