Description of Industries and Summary of Findings

INDUSTRY 2221, BROADWOVEN FABRICS MILLS, MANMADE FIBER AND SILK

This industry is made up of establishments primarily engaged in weaving
fabrics more than 12 inches (30.48 centimeters) in width, wholly or chiefly
by weight of silk and manmade fibers including glass.  Establishments
primarily engaged in weaving or tufting carpets and rugs from these fibers
are classified in industry 2273; those manufacturing tire cord and fabrics
are classified in industry 2296; and those engaged in finishing manmade
fiber and silk broadwoven goods are classified in industry 2262.

The 1992 definition of this industry is the same as that used in the 1987
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The SIC number and title
also are the same.

In the 1992 Census of Manufactures, Industry 2221, Broadwoven Fabrics
Mills, Manmade and Silk, had employment of 87.4 thousand. The employment
figure was 1 percent below the 88.3 thousand reported in 1987. Compared
with 1991, employment increased 12 percent. The 1991 data are based on the
Census Bureau's annual survey of manufactures (ASM), which is a sample
survey conducted each year between censuses.

The leading States in employment in 1992 were South Carolina, North
Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia, accounting for approximately 79 percent of
the industry's employment. This represents a shift from 1987 when South
Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama accounted for approximately
80 percent of the industry's employment.

The total value of shipments for establishments classified in this industry
was $8.8 billion.

Establishments in virtually all industries ship secondary products as well
as products primary to the industry in which they are classified and have
some miscellaneous receipts, such as resales and contract receipts.
Industry 2221 shipped $7.8 billion of products considered primary to the
industry, $921.6 million of secondary products, and had $60.9 million of
miscellaneous receipts, resales, and contract work.  Thus, the ratio of
primary products to the total of both secondary and primary products
shipped by establishments in this industry was 89 percent (specialization
ratio). In 1987, the specialization ratio was 88 percent.

Establishments in this industry also accounted for 92 percent of products
considered primary to the industry no matter where they were actually
produced (coverage ratio). In 1987, the coverage ratio was 91 percent.

The products primary to industry 2221, no matter in what industry they were
produced, appear in file MC92F6A and aggregate to $8.5 billion. For further
explanation of specialization and coverage ratios, see file MC92F5B and the
appendixes.

The total cost of materials, services, and fuels and energy used by
establishments classified in the broadwoven fabrics mills, manmade fiber
and silk industry amounted to $4.8 billion. Data on specific materials
consumed appear in file MC92F7.

Single-establishment companies in this industry with less than 15 employees
were excluded from the mail portion of the census. The data for these
establishments (and a small number of larger establishments whose reports
were not received at the time the data were tabulated) were obtained from
administrative records of other agencies or developed from industry
averages. These establishments accounted for 2 percent of the total value
of shipments.