Table 5.--Sheet glass:

1/ Shipments by U.S. producers, and U.S. imports for consumption, by weight (per square foot) and by kinds, 1965-69, January-September 1969, and January-September 1970

892,339: 17,806 : 910,145

71.0 :

24,824 ::
48,059
72,883

:

19.2 :
:
818,766 42,978 :
239,973 : 1,301 :

6.2 :

:

U.S. shilments-----1,000 pounds--: 23,954 :

------do----:

Apparent U.S. consumption--do----:

U.S. shipments-----1,000 pounds--:

549,260: 44,544 : 593,804 : 1,465,553 : 62,350: 1,527,903 58,640 : 212,570 : 1,168 : 213,738 151,516: 1,428 : 152,944 : 421,910 : 3,413 : 425,323 82,594 : 1,104,909: 18,974: 1,123,883: 700,776: 45,972: 746,748 : 1,887,463 : 65,763 : 1,953,226

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861,744: 461,100 26,796 487,896: 1,304,690 : 69,774 : 1,374,464
241,274: 170,949 : 2,271: 173,220 : 457,385 5,169 :
:
462,554

: 1,058,739 : 44,279: 1,103,018: 632,049: 29,067: 661,116: 1,762,075 : 74,943: 1,837,018

362,732: 20,126: 382,858 : 1,181,821: 55,738 : 1,237,559 269,053 161,009: 10,719 : 171,728 : 446,407 : 14,488 : 460,895 : 1,067,518: 37,270: 1,104,788: 523,741 : 30,845: 554,586: 1,628,228: 70,226: 1,698,454

1/ Producers' shipments to domestic customers. Exports (which are not reported in the same detail as imports) are believed to consist mostly of window glass; therefore, they have been deducted from U.S. shipments of clear glass weighing over 16 ounces, but not over 28 ounces per square foot.

Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce and from information submitted to the U.S. Tariff Commission by the U.S. producers.

:

:

:

171,738 110,441 : 11,266

121,707 :

919,026 24,534 :
294,034 : 13,586 :

943,560

307,620

:

: 1,213,060 : 38,120: 1,251,180

:

:

Table 6.--Employment and man-hours worked in U.S. establishments in which sheet glass was produced, 1965-69

All products------thousands--: 19,461: 17,733 : 16,692 : 16,559 : 15,866 Sheet glass---- -‒‒‒do‒‒‒‒‒‒: 14,438: 12,848: 12,415 12,184: 12,029 5,023 : 4,885: 4,277 : 4,375 : 3,837

Other products----

Source:

Compiled from data submitted to the U.S. Tariff Commission by the

U.S. producers.

Table 7.--Sheet glass: U.S. production and U.S. producers' end-of-period inventories, 1/ 1961-70

1/ Includes only inventories of glass inspected for defects and cut to the size in which it is intended to be sold; does not include inventories of glass intended to be recut before shipment.

2/ Not available.

Source: Compiled from data submitted to the U.S. Tariff Commission by the U.S. producers.

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Table 8.--Sheet glass: U.S. imports for consumption, by principal sources, 1965-69,
January-September 1969, and January-September 1970

49.275: 39.740:

43.717:

81,605:

77.369:

62,606: 47,284

:

Total--

Communist-dominated countries--:

Grand total--

386,882: 422,108 : 416,412 : 582,487 : 482,883 : 385,971 : 278,876 38,441: 40,445: 44,482: 46,227: 40,423: 29,381: 28,744

: 425,323: 462,553 : 460,894 : 628,714 : 523,306 : 415,352: 307,620

Source:

Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Table 9.--Sheet glass weighing over 16 but not over 28 ounces per square foot and measuring not over 100 united inches: 1/ U.S. imports for consumption, by principal sources, 1965-69, January-September 1969, and January-September 1970

Total--

Communist-dominated countries--:

Grand total-

179,938: 199,386 : 213,384 : 323,678 : 246,543 : 198,194 : 129,846 23,397 : 29,456 : 38,447: 40,070: 36,426: 25,973 : 26,926 : 203,335 228,842 : 251,831 : 363,748 : 282,969: 224,167: 156,772

1' Dutiable in accordance with escape-clause provisions under TSUS appendix items 923.31, 923.33, 923.35, 923.71, 923.73, and 923.75. Such imports are reported statistically in TSUSA items 542.3120542.3570 and 542.7100-542.7500, inclusive.

Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.