CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS TRUCK TRAILERS -- OCTOBER 1996 M37L(96)-10 Issued December 6, 1996 Contact person: Milbren Thomas 301-457-4821 Table 1. SUMMARY OF QUANTITY AND VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF PRINCIPAL TYPES OF COMPLETE TRUCK TRAILERS: 1994-1996 (Quantity in units. Value in thousands of dollars) Quantity Value Month and year Total Van Platform Tank Total Van Platform Tank 1996 October. . . . . . . . . . . 20,469 16,024 1,642 354 386,021 283,809 26,640 15,316 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 16,459 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 2,437 546 513,780 375,965 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 29,479 18,731 1994 December . . . . . . . . . . 20,477 15,748 1,680 384 364,824 263,757 26,288 16,601 November . . . . . . . . . . 20,302 15,282 1,833 379 361,241 256,204 28,264 16,678 October . . . . . . . . . . 21,099 15,848 1,981 411 372,497 262,962 29,339 17,064 September . . . . . . . . . 20,790 15,588 1,954 389 362,367 254,701 29,070 16,414 August . . . . . . . . . . . 21,054 15,557 2,087 411 374,143 258,745 31,006 17,585 July . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,587 12,776 1,622 383 312,159 210,459 23,173 15,955 June. . . . . . . . . . . . 20,120 15,194 1,686 384 346,526 245,824 24,418 16,099 May. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,971 12,829 1,859 407 311,979 206,596 26,767 16,801 April. . . . . . . . . . . . 19,029 13,729 1,858 420 336,998 227,965 27,615 17,118 March. . . . . . . . . . . . 20,500 15,300 1,875 427 355,299 246,859 28,656 17,572 February. . . . . . . . . . 18,401 13,799 1,562 393 317,565 220,343 23,508 16,489 January. . . . . . . . . . . 16,957 12,587 1,462 370 298,084 205,019 22,282 15,298 Table 2. QUANTITY AND VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF TRUCK TRAILERS, BY TYPE OF TRAILER (Quantity in units. Value in thousands of dollars) October 1996 September 1996 Product Number of code Product description companies Quantity Value Quantity Value Complete trailers and chassis (except detachables). . . . . . . . . . . 130 20,469 386,021 19,691 364,182 Vans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 16,024 283,809 15,511 272,254 Closed top: Insulated (refrigerated) (NA) 2,441 61,260 2,338 55,913 37151 02 Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (1) (1) (1) (1) 37151 14 Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1/ b/ 2,441 1/ b/ 61,260 1/ a/ 2,338 1/ a/ 55,913 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/ 149 2/ 3,103 2/ 250 2/ 4,958 37151 05 Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 37151 15 Aluminum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (2) (2) (2) (2) 37151 64 FRP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (3) (3) (3) (3) Livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 111 3,784 130 4,481 37151 07 Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 37151 17 Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 c/ 111 c/ 3,784 c/ 130 c/ 4,481 All other closed-top dry freight vans, including curtain. . . . . . . . . . (NA) 12,605 199,078 11,955 187,005 Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 494 6,916 506 7,359 37151 10 Less than 30 feet long. . . . . . . - - - - - 37151 11 30 feet or greater. . . . . . . . . 5 c/ 494 c/ 6,916 c/ 506 c/ 7,359 Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 10,995 177,401 10,416 166,261 37151 23 Less than 30 feet long . . . . . . 9 c/ 799 c/ 10,598 c/ 794 c/ 10,285 37151 25 30 feet or greater. . . . . . . . . 15 c/ 10,196 c/ 166,803 c/ 9,622 c/ 155,976 FRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 1,116 14,761 1,033 13,385 37151 67 Less than 30 feet long. . . . . . . 2 (3) (3) (3) (3) 37151 69 30 feet or greater. . . . . . . . . 9 3/ c/ 1,116 3/ c/ 14,761 3/ c/ 1,033 3/ c/ 13,385 Open tops,including low-side grain, fruit, etc . . . . . . . . (NA) 718 16,584 838 19,897 37151 12 Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (4) (4) (4) (4) 37151 26 Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 (4) (4) (4) (4) 37151 70 FRP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4/ a/ 718 4/ a/ 16,584 4/ a/ 838 4/ a/ 19,897 Tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 354 15,316 371 15,720 37151 27 For flammable liquids (except casing head transport, including aircraft refuelers), all materials.. . . . . . . 5 c/ 123 c/ 5,582 c/ 128 c/ 5,674 37151 30 Coated for chemicals and acids, all materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 c/ 153 c/ 7,132 c/ 136 c/ 6,066 37151 28 For asphalt, all materials. . . . . . . . 3 b/ 14 b/ 409 a/ 22 a/ 737 37151 32 All other,including noncoated for chemicals and acids, high pressure, food and milk, sanitary, and cryo- genics, all materials. . . . . . . . . . 8 b/ 64 c/ 2,193 b/ 85 b/ 3,243 37151 33 Bulk commodity and dry materials, including pneumatic and mechan- ical discharge, both tank and hopper types (except van). . . . . . . . . . . 11 c/ 159 c/ 5,632 c/ 158 c/ 5,619 37151 35 Pole, logging and pipe. . . . . . . . . . 11 c/ 73 c/ 936 c/ 72 c/ 942 37151 37 Platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 a/ 1,642 a/ 26,640 a/ 1,519 a/ 24,026 Low-bed heavy haulers, over 10 ton capacity, excluding tilt-bed trailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 1,117 30,252 943 23,444 37151 38 Under 40-ton capacity. . . . . . . . . 26 b/ 695 b/ 11,194 b/ 651 b/ 10,844 37151 39 40-ton capacity and over. . . . . . . . 21 c/ 422 c/ 19,058 c/ 292 c/ 12,600 Dump trailers and dump chassis, highway type (rear, side, and bottom dump, including nonpneumatic hoppers). . 33 581 15,166 521 13,326 37151 40 For materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 b/ 434 b/ 11,120 b/ 381 b/ 9,522 37151 42 For other, including demolition and excavation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 b/ 147 a/ 4,046 a/ 140 r/ 3,804 37151 44 Automobile transport trailers. . . . . . 7 c/ 77 c/ 3,755 c/ 67 c/ 3,262 37151 49 All other trailers and chassis (except detachable trailers and detachable trailer chassis). . . . . . . . . . . . 22 c/ 442 c/ 4,515 c/ 529 c/ 5,589 37151 53 Detachable trailer bodies (containers), sold separately. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 c/ 215 b/ 3,255 c/ 253 b/ 4,001 37151 54 Detachable trailer chassis and running gear, sold separately. . . . . . . . . . 18 c/ 2,246 c/ 15,132 c/ 2,101 c/ 14,437 37151 45 Dollies and converter gear. . . . . . . . 16 c/ 317 c/ 3,494 c/ 291 c/ 3,167 - Represents zero. (FRP) Fiberglass reinforced plastic/plywood. D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. NA Not available. 1/ Product code 37151 02 is combined with product code 37151 14 to avoid disclosure of individual companies. 2/ Product code 37151 16 and 37151 15 are combined at the total level to avoid disclosure of individual companies. 3/ Product code 37151 64 is combined with product code 37151 69 to avoid disclosure of individual companies. 4/ Product code 37151 12 and 37151 26 are combined with product code 37151 70 to avoid disclosure of individual companies. Note: The percent of estimation of each item is indicated as follows (see "Description of Survey" in the text of the Summary 1992 report for this series, M37L(92)-13, issued July 1993, for a discussion of estimation of missing reports): a/ 10 to 25 percent of this item is estimated 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) October 1996 September 1996 Type of material Quantity Value Quantity Value Vans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,024 283,809 15,511 272,254 Fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) plywood. 1,126 15,178 1,043 13,802 Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527 7,964 550 8,835 Aluminum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,371 260,667 13,918 249,617 (FRP) Fiberglass reinforced plastic/plywood Table 4. QUANTITY AND VALUE OF SHIPMENTS, EXPORTS, AND IMPORTS OF TRUCK TRAILERS: September 1996 (Quantity in units. Value in thousands of dollars) Manufacturers' Exports of domestic Imports for shipments merchandise 1/ consumption 2/ Product description Value Value Quan- f.o.b. Quan- at Quan- tity plant tity port tity Value Complete trailers and chassis (except detachables): Van type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,511 272,254 514 12,430 196 4,984 Tank type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 15,720 36 1,060 16 3,444 Platform type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,519 24,026 113 1,467 970 4,815 Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,290 52,182 1,250 22,450 2,520 27,397 Detachable trailer bodies (containers). . . . (X) 4,001 (X) 1,718 (X) 10,192 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.