CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS TRUCK TRAILERS - JANUARY 1997 M37L(97)-1 Issued March 11, 1997 Contact: Milbren Thomas, 301-457-4821 Table 1. SUMMARY OF QUANTITY AND VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF PRINCIPAL TYPES OF COMPLETE TRUCK TRAILERS: 1995 TO 1997 (Quantity in units. Value in thousands of dollars) Quantity Value Month and year Plat- Plat- Total Van form Tank Total Van form Tank 1997 January........... 18,009 13,466 1,653 356 337,356 234,867 26,985 15,643 1996 December.......... 18,269 14,310 1,357 342 347,268 254,766 22,049 14,930 November.......... 17,693 13,893 1,397 344 335,709 247,108 22,609 14,976 October........... 19,116 14,630 1,671 357 365,723 262,549 27,120 15,445 September......... 19,691 15,511 1,519 371 364,182 272,254 24,026 15,720 August............ 19,492 15,117 1,512 359 366,020 264,407 24,473 15,663 July.............. 17,330 12,942 1,428 383 323,666 221,562 23,444 16,344 June.............. 18,465 13,861 1,434 384 341,943 240,469 22,541 16,321 May............... 18,237 13,749 1,475 345 314,385 227,240 21,110 13,993 April............. 18,317 13,654 1,424 356 320,128 225,933 22,231 14,935 March............. 18,521 14,229 1,309 372 316,138 232,856 20,839 15,032 February.......... 19,898 15,251 1,403 384 331,843 244,929 21,051 15,363 January........... 19,812 15,756 1,453 350 335,480 258,199 21,578 14,585 1995 December. . . . . 20,656 16,349 1,302 377 387,536 293,576 20,993 16,549 November.......... 22,032 17,087 1,754 417 416,921 308,927 27,873 18,266 October........... 22,609 17,600 1,809 378 426,976 319,748 29,357 16,898 September......... 23,358 18,348 1,939 428 431,711 326,190 31,198 18,697 August............ 23,142 18,056 1,840 488 430,934 318,953 29,021 20,831 July.............. 20,776 15,918 1,680 462 385,977 277,846 27,341 19,820 June.............. 24,259 18,773 1,972 491 445,600 325,014 31,004 21,064 May............... 24,848 18,682 2,202 481 459,500 325,993 35,268 21,025 April............. 23,033 17,317 2,038 499 421,091 298,179 32,044 21,399 March............. 28,957 22,496 2,437 56 513,780 375,965 37,647 22,686 February.......... 22,910 17,532 1,924 486 417,891 301,448 30,038 20,310 January........... 22,564 17,262 1,900 439 413,270 298,217 27,479 18,731 Table 2. QUANTITY AND VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF TRUCK TRAILERS, BY TYPE OF TRAILER (Quantity in units. Value in thousands of dollars) Product JANUARY 1997 DECEMBER 1996 Number of code Product description companies Quantity Value Quantity Value Complete trailers and chassis (except detachables). . . . . . . . . . . 130 18,009 337,356 18,269 347,268 Vans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 13,466 234,867 14,310 254,766 Closed top: Insulated (refrigerated) (NA) 1,720 41,564 2,028 52,145 37151 02 Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (1) (1) (1) (1) 37151 14 Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1/a/ 1,720 1/a/ 41,564 1/a/ 2,028 1/a/ 52,145 37151 60 FRP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - Semi-insulated (non-refrigerated). . . . (NA) (2) (2) (2) (2) 37151 04 Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 37151 16 Aluminum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (2) (2) (2) (2) 37151 62 FRP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - Drop frame type (12 inches or more drop) (NA) 2/ 147 2/ 3,056 2/ 128 2/ 2,507 37151 05 Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 37151 15 Aluminum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (2) (2) (2) (2) 37151 64 FRP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (3) (3) (3) (3) Livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 151 4,555 156 4,350 37151 07 Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 37151 17 Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 b/ 151 b/ 4,555 b/r/ 156 c/r/ 4,350 All other closed-top dry freight vans, including curtain. . . . . . . . . . (NA) 10,919 172,756 11,442 181,925 Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 152 1,955 151 1,933 37151 10 Less than 30 feet long. . . . . . . - - - - - 37151 11 30 feet or greater. . . . . . . . . 4 c/ 152 c/ 1,955 c/3/ 151 c/3/ 1,933 Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 9,799 158,617 10,318 167,656 37151 23 Less than 30 feet long . . . . . . 9 c/ 396 c/ 5,481 b/ 531 b/ 7,280 37151 25 30 feet or greater. . . . . . . . . 13 c/ 9,403 c/ 153,136 c/ 9,787 c/ 160,376 FRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 968 12,184 973 12,336 37151 67 Less than 30 feet long. . . . . . . 2 (3) (3) (3) (3) 37151 69 30 feet or greater. . . . . . . . . 8 3/c/ 968 3/c/ 12,184 3/c/ 973 3/c/ 12,336 Open tops,including low-side grain, fruit, etc . . . . . . . . (NA) 529 12,936 556 13,839 37151 12 Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 (4) (4) (4) (4) 37151 26 Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 (4) (4) (4) (4) 37151 70 FRP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4/a/ 529 4/c/ 12,936 4/a/ 556 4/b/ 13,839 Tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 356 15,643 342 14,930 37151 27 For flammable liquids (except casing head transport, including aircraft refuelers), all materials.. . . . . . . 6 c/ 127 c/ 5,942 c/ 125 c/ 5,609 37151 30 Coated for chemicals and acids, all materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 c/ 157 c/ 7,140 c/r/ 153 c/r/ 7,010 37151 28 For asphalt, all materials. . . . . . . . 4 b/ 15 b/ 484 b/ 10 b/r/ 325 37151 32 All other,including noncoated for chemicals and acids, high pressure, food and milk, sanitary, and cryo- genics, all materials. . . . . . . . . . 8 c/ 57 c/ 2,077 c/r/ 54 c/r/ 1,986 37151 33 Bulk commodity and dry materials, including pneumatic and mechan- ical discharge, both tank and hopper types (except van). . . . . . . . . . . 10 c/ 158 c/ 5,576 c/ 159 c/ 5,638 37151 35 Pole, logging and pipe. . . . . . . . . . 12 b/ 97 b/ 1,078 b/ 84 b/ 924 37151 37 Platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 a/ 1,653 a/ 26,985 a/ 1,357 a/ 22,049 Low-bed heavy haulers, over 10 ton capacity, excluding tilt-bed trailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 880 22,648 932 25,493 37151 38 Under 40-ton capacity. . . . . . . . . 27 b/ 580 b/ 9,444 b/ 563 b/ 9,289 37151 39 40-ton capacity and over. . . . . . . . 20 c/ 300 c/ 13,204 c/ 369 c/ 16,204 Dump trailers and dump chassis, highway type (rear, side, and bottom dump, including nonpneumatic hoppers). . 34 842 22,549 558 15,066 37151 40 For materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 a/ 648 a/ 17,034 a/ 418 a/ 10,663 37151 42 For other, including demolition and excavation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 b/ 194 b/ 5,515 b/ 140 b/ 4,403 37151 44 Automobile transport trailers. . . . . . 7 c/ 64 c/ 3,114 c/ 80 c/ 4,300 37151 49 All other trailers and chassis (except detachable trailers and detachable trailer chassis). . . . . . . . . . . . 24 b/ 493 b/ 4,896 b/ 447 b/ 4,102 37151 53 Detachable trailer bodies (containers), sold separately. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 b/ 185 b/ 3,479 b/ 173 b/ 3,100 37151 54 Detachable trailer chassis and running gear, sold separately. . . . . . . . . . 17 c/ 1,436 c/ 11,628 c/ 1,436 c/ 10,901 37151 45 Dollies and converter gear. . . . . . . . 14 c/ 231 c/ 2,866 c/ 258 c/ 3,107 - Represents zero. D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. (FRP) Fiberglass reinforced plastic/plywood. NA Not available. r/ Revised by 5 percent or more from previously published data. 1/ Product code 37151 02 is combined with product code 37151 14 to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 2/ Product code 37151 16 and 37151 15 are combined at the total level to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 3/ Product code 37151 64 and product code 37151 67 are combined with product code 37151 69 to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 4/ Product code 37151 12 and 37151 26 are combined with product code 37151 70 to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. Note: The percent of estimation of each item is indicated as follows: a/ 10 to 25 percent of this item is estimatied. b/ 26 to 50 percent of this item is estimated. c/ over 50 percent of this item is estimated. Table 3. QUANTITY AND VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF TRUCK TRAILER VANS BY TYPE OF MATERIAL (Quantity in units. Value in thousands of dollars) January 1997 December 1996 Type of material Quan- Quan- tity Value tity Value Vans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,466 234,867 14,310 254,766 Fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) plywood. 978 12,601 983 12,753 Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 2,641 170 2,541 Aluminum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,317 219,625 13,157 239,472 (FRP) Fiberglass reinforced plastic/plywood. Table 4. QUANTITY AND VALUE OF SHIPMENTS, EXPORTS, AND IMPORTS OF TRUCK TRAILERS: DECEMBER 1996 (Quantity in units. Value in thousands of dollars) Manufacturers' Exports of domestic Imports for shipments merchandise 1/ consumption 2/ Product description Value Quan- f.o.b. Quan- Value Quan- tity plant tity at port tity Value Complete trailers and chassis (except detachables): Van type.............................. 14,310 254,766 233 5,390 234 5,664 Tank type............................. 342 14,930 57 1,336 27 4,287 Platform type......................... 1,357 22,049 149 1,958 756 3,628 Other................................. 2,260 55,523 765 13,214 3,661 27,695 Detachable trailer bodies (containers). (X) 3,100 (X) 3,279 (X) 9,346 X Not applicable. 1/ Source: Bureau of Census report EM 545, U.S. Exports. 2/ Source: Bureau of Census report IM 145, U.S. Imports for Consumption.