current business statistics - Bureau of Economic Analysis

February 1972 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS S-25
Unless otherwise stated in footnotes below, data
through 1968 and descriptive notes are as shown
in the 1969 edition of BUSINESS STATISTICS
CHEMICALS— Continued
Organic chemicals, production :cf
Acetic anhydride mil. Ib
Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) __ do
Creosote oil mil. gal__
Ethyl acetate (85%) mil.lb_.
Formaldehyde (37% HCHO) do
Glycerin, refined, all grades:
Production do
Stocks, end of period __ do _
Methanol synthetic mil. gal
Phthalic anhydride mil. lb._
ALCOHOL
Ethyl alcohol and spirits:
Production _ _ _ _ mil. tax gal
Stocks, end of period __do
Used for denaturation do
Taxable withdrawals __ do
Denatured alcohol:
Production mil. wine gal._
Consumption (withdrawals) do
Stocks, end of period _ _ _ . do
FERTILIZERS
Exports, total 9.— _thous. sh. tons__
Nitrogenous materials _ do
Phosphate materials . __ do
Potash materials do
Imports:
Ammonium nitrate do
Ammonium sul fate __ _ . _ do
Potassium chloride - do
Sodium nitrate do
Potash deliveries (KaO) do
Superphosphate and other phosphatic fertilizers
(100% PaO5):
Production thous. sh. tons__
Stocks, end of period do .
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS
Explosives (industrial), shipments, quarterly!
mil. Ib
Paints, varnish, and lacquer, factory shipments:
Total shipments mil. $
Trade products _ _ do
Industrial finishes... do
Sulfur, native (Frasch) and recovered:
Production thous. Ig. tons
Stocks (producers'), end of period do
PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS
Production:
Thermosetting resins:
Alkyd resins mil. Ib
Polyester resins do
Phenolic and other tar acid resins _. do
Urea and melamine resins do
Thermoplastic resins:
Cellulose plastic materials .do
.Coumarone-indene and petroleum polymer
resins _ mil. Ib
Sty rene-type materials (polystyrene) do
Vinyl resins (resin content basis) do
Polyethylene do
ELECTRIC POWER
Production (utility and industrial), totalj
mil. kw.-hr_.
Electric utilities, total. do_.._
. By fuels _ _____do
By waterpower....... do
Privately and municipally owned util do.
Other producers (publicly owned) do
Industrial establishments, total do
By fuels ___do
By waterpower... do
1969 1970
Annual
1970
Dec.
1971
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS—Continued
' 11,675.1
'137.3
1118.3
r 1167. 4
'14,397.8
322.4
30.5
1624.8
' i 760. 0
737.7
179.7
592.6
85.6
318.4
318.8
2.4
16,599
1,799
12, 229
1,233
233
138
3,829
184
4 794
4,290
448
1, 924. 8
2, 776. 7
1 473.5
1, 303. 5
' 4 8, 560
3, 461
1628 8
i 667. 4
1, 123. 8
1770 5
1 192. 6
i 332. 6
3, 251. 6
13,638 8
5 440 7
35.1
109.6
1 158. 7
14,312.4
336. 1
29.6
i 744. 7
i 714. 0
••630.5
162.7
513.8
84.8
•• 277. 0
' 276. 3
3.0
16,005
1,133
12,543
966
326
218
4 165
129
4 603
4,496
484
2, 046. 5
2, 737. 1
1,497 6
1,239. 4
' *8,531
4,038
i 600 2
i 646 1
1, 041. 6
1623 5
1 140. 9
i 315. 3
3, 402. 9
3, 754. 4
5,872 3
2.7
10.6
16.1
344.4
31.8
29.6
77.0
55.9
48.3
162.7
37.6
6.7
21.0
20.9
3.0
1,293
101
980
70
19
16
269 5
319
431
484
696.4
177.0
88 4
88.6
742
4,038
42 8
54.2
79.5
46 0
9.1
28.0
283.8
289.2
509.8
1,552,7571,638,010141,048
1,442,182 1,529,581 132,119
1,191,9901,282,253110; "1,322
250,193 247,328 " 21,797
1,171,776 1,254,344
270,406 275,237
110,575
107,299
3,276
108,429
105,146
3,284
125.8
2.7
8.4
13.5
308.8
28.2
31.2
60 2
54.4
45 0
162.8
37 8
6.2
20.4
20 2
3 3
1 800
58
1 528
66
16
12
315
19
436
379
505
180 4
91 9
88 5
728
4,108
(2)
48.7
82.1
47.7
( 2 )
( 2 )
267.2
294.7
493.5
120.2
2.5
8.4
13.0
310.3
25.8
27.0
56 6
51.4
41.5
159.4
31.8
6.1
17.2
17.7
2.8
1,168
62
905
87
24
33
296
13
271
402
511
198.2
104 7
93.5
658
4,094
51.7
81.2
48 2
270.5
289.5
459.9
140.6
2.9
9.6
10.8
382.1
30.3
29.2
56.0
61.9
41.7
155.1
37.7
7.4
20.4
20.4
2.7
1,285
67
986
83
43
40
474 7
569
430
453
480.0
235.6
124.5
111.1
695
4,123
59.4
93.7
53.2
303.9
321. 4
491.7
133.5
2.8
10.3
15.9
383.4
27.0
23.5
65.8
61.3
44.4
151.2
38.1
6.6
20.6
20.7
2.7
1,680
94
1,381
72
104
18
475
34
895
436
262
253.0
142.9
110.2
684
4,069
60.7
91.2
55 6
287.1
306.8
543.4
137.0
2.6
10.7
14.5
371.9
28.6
25.5
60.3
71.1
43.4
148.2
38.8
6.5
20.9
21.0
2.8
1,210
61
968
90
58
20
518
13
391
415
258
258.2
145. 7
112.5
716
4,119
63.6
90.7
55 8
345.4
344.7
541 9
ELECTRIC POWER AND GAS
108,583
23,536
8,929
8,641
146,329
137,388
114,774
22,614
112,269
25,119
8,940
8,651
290
f Revised. c Corrected.
i Revised annual total; revisons are not distributed to the monthly data. 2 Series
discontinued. 3 Less than 500 short tons. * Annual total reflects sulfur content, whereas
monthly data are gross weight.
131,607
123,394
101,359
22,035
100,878
22,516
8,213
7,924
290
141,605
132,657
107,833
24,824
107,331
25,327
8,947
319
131,045
122,301
99,308
22,993
23,682
8,744
8,448
297
133,925
125,073
101,347
23,727
101,413
23,660
8,852
8,545
307
127.0
2.3
12.1
11.7
362.1
29.4
23.4
65 4
67.7
48.6
150.1
38.8
7.7
21.1
21.7
2.3
1,418
92
1,122
108
18 6
184
28
276
393
336
585.4
291.6
169.7
121.9
686
4,095
66.7
91.4
59.1
326.5
328.9
529.2
150,674
141,896
118,983
22,914
116,548
25,348
8,778
8,484
294
126.4
2.3
12.6
14.6
340.2
26.9
20.9
54.3
67.9
43.7
151.9
33.1
7.0
18.0
17.7
2.6
1,616
82
1,256
91
14 7
272
17
270
378
406
254.1
156.6
97.5
721
4,156
62.2
81.0
52 3
314.6
284.7
514.5
154,142
145,708
123,513
22,194
119,677
26,030
8,434
8,196
120.6
2.6
9.0
11.6
361.8
30.3
24.2
61.6
62.3
43.6
146.1
35.2
7.7
19.0
18.9
2.8
1,350
129
1,005
85
17
21
407
23
325
394
382
274.0
158.9
115.1
734
4,190
67 4
93.2
57 9
331.5
338.9
545.1
154,507
146,075
123,923
22,152
119,754
26,322
8,432
8,198
234
123.0
2.9
7.2
13.6
413.2
28.8
26.8
57.8
58.3
46.9
138.8
34.2
7.9
18.4
18.4
2.7
1,666
95
1,327
101
31
11
463
47
364
420
339
567.7
266.8
149.9
116.9
696
4,208
71.9
107.0
64 2
328.3
347.5
557.2
146,241
137,819
118,840
18,979
114,428
23,391
8,422
8,197
225
116.0
3.0
10.7
11.7
409.0
28.5
27.8
60.9
65.1
56. 4
135.0
37.9
8.2
20.3
20.2
2.9
1,318
111
1,010
88
19
34
354
(3)
437
'418
r 287
r 226. 8
r 119 6
r 107 2
780
4,347
62 2
108.1
64 9
315. 3
381.4
561.0
139,845
131,043
111,367
19,675
108,873
22,170
8,802
8,553
249
' 115. 1
'2.4
9.7
9.7
' 387. 6
29.8
27.3
'67.8
72.8
51.6
136.7
37 1
9.0
18.2
18 2
3.0
1,322
64
1,079
78
14
15
468 0
404
413
341
208.9
107 6
101.3
755
4,416
58.2
105.1
60 6
326.9
363.4
557.1
139,231
130,857
110,427
20,430
107,728
23,129
8,374
8,120
254
113.5
2.7
10.6
16.7
338.3
26.4
28.0
72.9
69.8
1, 308
133
899
85
17
13
316 2
389
486.9
186.1
92 5
93.6
55.8
94.2
56 8
338.8
372.6
579 6
cTDataare reported on the basis of 100 percent content of the specified material unless
otherwise indicated. 9 In eludes data not shown separately.
§Data have been restated to exclude black blasting powder formerly included.
% Re vised data for the months of 1968 will be shown later.
1972
Jan.