Description of Industries and Summary of Findings

INDUSTRY 2741, MISCELLANEOUS PUBLISHING

This industry is made up of establishments primarily engaged in
miscellaneous publishing activities, not elsewhere classified, whether or
not engaged in printing. Establishments primarily engaged in offering
financial, credit, or other business services, and which may publish
directories as part of this service, are classified in Division l,
Services.

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 2741, Miscellaneous
Publishing, had employment of 65.4 thousand. The employment figure was 6
percent below the 69.5 thousand reported in 1987.

The leading States in employment in 1992 were New York, California,
Pennsylvania, and Illinois, accounting for approximately 38 percent of the
industry's employment. This represents a shift from 1987 when New York,
California, Michigan, and New Jersey accounted for approximately 38 percent
of the industry's employment.

The total receipts for establishments classified in this industry were
$11.0 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 2741 shipped $10.5 billion of miscellaneous publishing products
considered primary to the industry, $269.0 million of secondary products,
and had $232.8 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 97
percent (specialization ratio).  In 1987, the specialization ratio was 98
percent.

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

The products primary to industry 2741, no matter in what industry they were
produced, appear in file MC92F6A and aggregate to $11.6 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 miscellaneous publishing industry amounted
to $2.5 billion. Data on specific materials consumed appear in file MC92F7.

Single-establishment companies in this industry with less than 10 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 18 percent of the total value
of shipments.