The value of shipments in the ordnance and accessories industry was $1.31 billion in 1991.
NAICS Code 332995 (Other Ordnance and Accessories Manufacturing)
About 45 percent of U.S. large ammunition industry output in the early 1990s was bombs. An additional 40 percent of production included miscellaneous bullets and other projectiles, casings, and components.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 53 establishments operated in this category in the late 1990s.
In the late 1990s, according to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, 427 companies were engaged in the manufacture and distribution of industrial valves in the United States
The top five industries and sectors buying the outputs of the ordnance and accessories industry are listed as follows: federal government purchase, national defense, with a 72.0 percent share; exports, with a 24.4 percent share.
About 80 percent of industry output in the late 1990s was used for commercial and institutional purposes, while 15 percent was utilized in industrial applications. Approximately 4 percent of production was exported.
Covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing ordnance and accessories, not elsewhere classified, such as naval, aircraft, anti-aircraft, tank, coast, and field artillery having a bore more than 30 mm. (or more than 1.18 inch), and components.
There were slightly more than 900 firms actively manufacturing costume jewelry in the United States in the late 1990s
China was especially important to this industry in the 1990s
Alliant Tech Systems Inc., of Edina, Minnesota, led the industry with 2001 sales of $1.8 billion and 11,600 employees. In second place was ITT Industries Defense Electronics and Services, with $1.3 billion in sales and 10,000 total employees.
The value of product shipments in 1995 was approximately $7.0 billion, up from $4.9 billion in 1990. Growth of output and employment stagnated entering the 1990s, but profit rates remained close to the average for the period 1982 to 1992
In 1997 the majority of the top 50 competitors reported less than $50.0 million in sales and had fewer than 200 employees.