Description of Industries and Summary of Findings

INDUSTRY 3151, LEATHER GLOVES AND MITTENS

This industry is made up of establishments primarily engaged in
manufacturing dress, semidress, and work gloves exclusively of leather.
Establishments primarily engaged in the manufacture of cloth gloves and
mittens or cloth and leather combination work gloves and mittens are
classified in industry 2381. Products of this industry also are collected
in the Current Industrial Report (CIR) MA-23D, Gloves and Mittens. For
information regarding the CIR, see Contacts for Data Users at the end of
the Census of Manufactures section.

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 3151, Leather Gloves and
Mittens, had employment of 2.8 thousand. The employment figure was 10
percent below the 3.1 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 Wisconsin, Mississippi, and
Illinois, accounting for approximately 43 percent of the industry's
employment. This represents a shift from 1987 when New York, Wisconsin, and
Illinois were the leading States.

The total value of shipments for establishments classified in this industry
was $136.9 million.

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 3151 shipped $105.3 million of products considered primary to the
industry, $15.4 million of secondary products, and had $16.1 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 87 percent (specialization
ratio). In 1987, the specialization ratio was 83 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 93 percent.

The products primary to industry 3151, no matter in what industry they were
produced, appear in file MC92F6A and aggregate to $114.0 million. 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 leather gloves and mittens industry
amounted to $69.6 million. Data on specific materials consumed appear in
file MC92F7.

Single-establishment companies in this industry with less than 5 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 8 percent of the total value
of shipments.