Description of Industries and Summary of Findings INDUSTRY 3651, HOUSEHOLD AUDIO AND VIDEO EQUIPMENT This industry is made up of establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing electronic and audio and video equipment for home entertainment (including automotive), such as television sets, radio broadcast receivers, tape players, phonographs, and video recorders and players. Also included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing public address systems and music distribution apparatus. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing phonograph records and prerecorded audio tapes are classified in industry 3652; those manufacturing telephone answering machines are classified in industry 3661; those manufacturing motion picture reproduction equipment are classified in industry 3861; and those manufacturing phonograph needles and cartridges are classified in industry 3679. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing separate cabinets for home electronic equipment are classified in industry major group 25. Products of this industry also are collected in the Current Industrial Report (CIR) MA36M, Consumer Electronics. 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 3651, Household Audio and Video Equipment, had employment of 31.2 thousand. The employment figure was 1 percent above the 30.9 thousand reported in 1987. The leading States in employment in 1992 were California, Indiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. This represents a shift from 1987 when California, Tennessee, Indiana, and Missouri were the leading States in 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 3651 shipped $7.2 billion of household audio and video equipment considered primary to the industry, $1.1 billion of secondary products, and had $477.0 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 94 percent. Establishments in this industry also accounted for 94 percent of products considered primary to the industry no matter where they were actually produced (coverage ratio). In 1987, the coverage ratio was 92 percent. The products primary to industry 3651, no matter in what industry they were produced, appear in file MC92F6A and aggregate to $7.7 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 household audio and video equipment industry amounted to $6.4 billion. Data on specific materials consumed appear in file MC92F7. Single-establishment companies in this industry with less than 20 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 4 percent of the total value of shipments. INDUSTRY 3652, PRERECORDED RECORDS AND TAPES This industry is made up of establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing phonograph records and prerecorded audio tapes and disks. Establishments primarily engaged in the design, development, and production of prepackaged computer software are classified in services, industry group 737; and those reproducing prerecorded video tape cassettes and disks are classified in services, major group 78. 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 3652, Prerecorded Records and Tapes, had employment of 15.7 thousand. The employment figure was 18 percent above the 13.3 thousand reported in 1987. Compared with 1991, employment increased 16 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 California, Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. This represents a shift from 1987 when Georgia, California, Pennsylvania, and Illinois were the leading States in employment. The total value of shipments for establishments classified in this industry was $1.8 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 3652 shipped $1.6 billion of prerecorded records and tapes considered primary to the industry, $24.2 million of secondary products, and had $135.5 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 99 percent (specialization ratio). In 1987, the specialization ratio was 100 percent. Establishments in this industry also accounted for 97 percent of products considered primary to the industry no matter where they were actually produced (coverage ratio). In 1987, the coverage ratio was 99 percent. The products primary to industry 3652, no matter in what industry they were produced, appear in file MC92F6A and aggregate to $1.7 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 prerecorded records and tapes industry amounted to $631.5 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 12 percent of the total value of shipments.