To provide detailed data on quantity and total value of shipments of semiconductors and related components. The United States Code, Title 13, authorizes this survey and provides for mandatory responses.
Companies with 20 or more employees that manufacture semiconductors, printed circuit boards, and other electronic components (most but not all SIC 3671, 3672, 3674-3679). In 1993, the total value of shipments of these firms amounted to over $70 billion.
Product data are collected for over 200 types of semiconductors and related components including resistors, capacitors, and printed circuit boards. Data at the 7-digit SIC level include quantity and value of shipments.
Annually; reported data are for activities taking place during the previous calendar year. Data on selected electronic and associated products have been collected since 1961.
A mail-out/mail-back survey of all 2,383 known manufacturers. Companies are identified from the latest census of manufactures, Standard Statistical Establishment List, and private sources. Firms are contacted using form MA36Q. Data may be revised if firms later provide corrected data. Annual data are compared with data from the latest annual survey of manufactures to reconcile any differences between the two series. No estimates are derived for the small firms excluded from the survey.
Semiconductors, Printed Circuit Boards, and Other Electronic Components (MA36Q) reports provide a summary table for the value of shipments, by class of product for the current year, with comparative data for previous years. Data are shown on the quantity and value of shipments and on the number of companies reporting shipments, by product code. Also included is a table comparing domestic output, exports, and imports.
Prior to 1985, data were published under the title Selected Electronics and Associated Products.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Commerce Department's International Trade Administration, the International Trade Commission, and trade associations involved with electronic products and other private entities use the report to monitor market trends in electronic components.
This is one of the most popular Current Industrial Reports. Many products in this report are of strategic military and economic importance.
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