U.S. exports of inedible tallow, greases, and oils grew from 1.03 million metric tons in 1998 to 1.11 million metric tons in 2001.
Mexico was the leading market for exports of U.S. animal tallow, greases, and oil, both edible and inedible, in the early 2000s.
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
There were slightly more than 900 firms actively manufacturing costume jewelry in the United States in the late 1990s
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.
About 320 U.S. companies competed in the commercial lighting fixture industry in 1997, with about half of all establishments employing 20 or more workers.
In 1997 the majority of the top 50 competitors reported less than $50.0 million in sales and had fewer than 200 employees.
More than 5,743 establishments were engaged in the manufacture of signs and advertising displays in the late 1990s. Industry shipments grew from $7.9 billion in 1997 to $9.7 billion in 2000.
In 1998 the top four U.S. companies in the metal foil and leaf industry were Gould Electronics, Hampden Papers, Alumax Foils, and Circuit Foil USA.
The states with the highest number of establishments in the industry in the late-1990s were California with 14; New York with 10; New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio with 10; Texas with 7; and Georgia with 6.
The value of shipments in the ordnance and accessories industry was $1.31 billion in 1991.
Grease and inedible tallow accounted for 60 percent of industry production in 2002, and other animal and marine oil mill products made up the remaining share.