Table 2.--Pianos: Domestic producers' sales in the United States, by 475 : 530 : 1,883 : 509 : : 1/ Because of rounding, value figures may not add to the totals shown. less discounts and other allowances. Compiled from data furnished the U.S. Tariff Commission by 19 domestic producers for 1964-67 and by 18 for 1968-69. One producer ceased operations at end of 1967. These data accounted for at least 95 percent of domestic producers' sales in the United States. Table 3.--Pianos: U.S. imports for consumption, 1/ by major types, specified periods 1958-69 1 These data are known to be incomplete and therefore do not agree with the official statistics in table 1. 2/ Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown. Source: Compiled from data furnished the U.S. Tariff Commission by importers. Table 4.--Pianos: Import sales in the United States, by types, 1964-68, January-June 1968 and January-June 1969 1 Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown. Source: Compiled from data furnished the U.S. Tariff Commission by Table 5.--Piano parts, n.s.p.f.: U.S. imports for consumption, by principal sources, specified periods 1958-69 Table 6.--Financial experience of 18 U.S. firms for the establishments in which pianos were produced, 1964-68 1/ 1/ The data presented here are for -he fiscal years of each individual corporation. For those concerns where sales of pianos accounted for more than 90 percent of the total establishment sales, the sales for all products of the establishment are shown as piano sales. For one concern, the data include the operations of a sales corporation as well as the operations of the individual establishments. One concern which ceased operations in 1967 did not furnish any profit or loss data. Source: Compiled from data submitted to the U.S. Tariff Commission by the producers. |