FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2003 Patricia Buscher CB03-07 Public Information Office (301) 763-3030/457-3670 (fax) (301) 457-1037 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Trucks, Minivans and Sport-Utility Vehicles Top Manufacturers' Shipments in 2001 Light trucks, including minivans and sport-utility vehicles, worth $116 billion, constituted the top product class among manufacturers' shipments in 2001, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau reported today. Following, in order, were: manufacturers' shipments of gasoline, at $99 billion; automobiles, $85 billion; and integrated microcircuits, $47 billion. The 2001 Annual Survey of Manufactures, Value of Product Shipments,[PDF 731KB] released on the Internet, shows data for 1,500 manufactured product classes, ranging from airplanes, breakfast cereals, and chocolate and cocoa products to X-ray machines and zippers for the years 1997 to 2001. The data are based on a sample of 52,000 manufacturing establishments and are subject to sampling variability and nonsampling error. Sources of nonsampling error include errors of response, nonreporting and coverage. Measures of sampling variability, presented as relative standard errors, are shown in the tables.
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