• E-mail
• Print
• Comment
• Font Size
• Digg
• del.icio.us
• Discuss article

Learn About Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing In The United States

Posted on: Friday, 17 August 2007, 09:02 CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c66020) has announced the addition of "Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing Subsector in the U.S. and its Foreign Trade (1997-2009)" to their offering.

This industry report focuses upon the Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing Subsector. Industries in the Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing subsector transform metal into intermediate or end products, other than machinery, computers and electronics, and metal furniture or treating metals and metal formed products fabricated elsewhere. Important fabricated metal processes are forging, stamping, bending, forming, and machining, used to shape individual pieces of metal; and other processes, such as welding and assembling, used to join separate parts together. Establishments in this subsector may use one of these processes or a combination of these processes.

The NAICS structure for this subsector distinguishes the forging and stamping processes in a single industry. The remaining industries, in the subsector, group establishments based on similar combinations of processes used to make products.

The manufacturing performed in the Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing subsector begins with manufactured metal shapes. The establishments in this sector further fabricate the purchased metal shapes into a product. For instance, the Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing industry starts with wire and fabricates such items.

Within manufacturing there are other establishments that make the same products made by this subsector; only these establishments begin production further back in the production process. These establishments have a more integrated operation. For instance, one establishment may manufacture steel, draw it into wire, and make wire products in the same establishment. Such operations are classified in the Primary Metal Manufacturing subsector.

This industry report includes 227 pages of the latest market research information. In addition to the detailed explanations of the provided statistical data, there are 112 charts, 18 tables, and 2 maps to effectively illustrate the content. Use this report as an in-depth analysis of the industry, an industry reference guide, an aid for benchmarking and forecasting, and as a tool for uncovering new business opportunities. The report is considered the most comprehensive research in the market.

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING SUBSECTOR

The subsector's revenue for the year 2006 was approximately $302,220,000,000. The gross profit was 28.05% at $84,772,710,000. There were 57,945 establishments in this subsector that year. Thus, average contribution (or revenue) per establishment annually was $5,216,000.The total import export value for the year 2006 was $77,542,712,000. There were 218 countries that conducted foreign trade with the U.S. in 2006, 1 more than year 2005. The top trading countries were: Canada, $15,998,607,000 (20.63%); China, $13,768,683,000 (17.76%); Mexico, $11,168,844,000 (14.40%); Japan, $5,115,771,000 (6.60%); and Taiwan, $4,281,039,000 (5.52%). Their combined total represents approximately 65% of all imports and exports. The total import value for the year 2006 was $45,962,879,000. This represents a 11.9% increase from year 2005. The U.S. had imported industry related merchandises from 166 countries in 2006. The top importing countries were: China, $11,811,657,000 (25.70%); Canada, $6,359,319,000 (13.84%); Mexico, $5,258,586,000 (11.44%); Taiwan, $3,633,174,000 (7.90%); and Japan, $3,583,829,000 (7.80%). Their combined total represents approximately 67% of import from all countries. The total export value for the year 2006 was $29,438,779,000. This represents a 16.4% increase from year 2005. The U.S. had exported industry related merchandises to 214 countries in 2006. The top exporting countries were: Canada, $9,547,752,000 (32.43%); Mexico, $5,864,942,000 (19.92%); Japan, $1,382,716,000 (4.70%); United Kingdom, $1,342,538,000 (4.56%); and China, $980,584,000 (3.33%). Their combined total represents approximately 65% of export to all countries. Adding the import and subtracting the export, the total U.S. consumption value of this subsector for the year was $318,744,000,000.

This industry report packs 10 years of data from hundreds of reliable government and private statistical resources. The data have been compared and verified to assure the highest research quality. Supplier Relations US, LLC. frequently contacted these agencies and private companies to acquire the latest information, most of which is unavailable to the general public. It is estimated that to gather and organize the same information into an easy-to-read format in each report, an individual researcher would spend at least a year's worth of effort. The challenge is, by the time this is accomplished, some data is most likely obsolete. Our business is dedicated to the research of U.S. industries and their associated foreign trades. We can meet that challenge easily as our databases are directly linked to these resources. For more information, please also refer to the Table of Contents.

For more information, visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c66020

Source: Business Wire

More News in this Category