Much of the drop can be attributed to anemic product demand, and the increased market share of international competitors.
Overall, the United States was successful in the finfish industry throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s.
Jewelry retailing grew by 6 to 7 percent per year in the late 1990s, and the manufacturing end of the trade was naturally closely related. Total industry shipments increased from $737 million in 1998 to $817 million in 2000.
During the 1990s and the early years of the twenty-first century, despite the decline in the percent of workers who were unionized, nearly 16 million U.S. workers, between one-eighth and one-sixth of the labor force, belonged to labor unions.
Although the major peripheral product segments experienced solid growth in the late 1990s, conditions changed during the early 2000s, as the economy worsened.
In the late 1990s, low interest rates and a booming American economy fueled residential, public, and commercial construction in the United States, which in turn boosted demand for construction machinery and equipment.
Industry shipments declined during the late 1990s, from $1.31 billion in 1999 to $1.23 billion in 2000
The sharp decline in cigarette smoking the United States throughout the 1990s has had a dramatic impact on the vending industry.
In 1993, for example, 3,500 companies comprised this industry segment, but as of the late 1990s, a mere 750 remained.
Canned foods suffered a decline at the beginning of the 1990s as consumers turned to fresh and frozen products in a search of healthier foods.
Decreased defense budgets, the end of the cold war, and diminished commercial aircraft industry purchases all contributed to annual declines throughout the 1990s.
There were no major work stoppages in the pulp and paper industry during the 1990s
One of the main causes cited for almost two decades of industry stagnation was the decline of the steel industry, a prime market for the industry's products. In addition, world demand for carbon and graphite electrodes plummeted
the federal Tax Reform Act of 1986, the revision of commercial banks' loan underwriting standards, and the decline of the U.S. savings and loan industry.
The canned foods industry generated more than $14.5 billion in sales in the late 1990s
Industry shipments declined during the late 1990s, from $1.31 billion in 1999 to $1.23 billion in 2000
The United States banking industry in the late 1990s was estimated to be worth $520 billion
In the late 1990s, the American banking industry included 9,100 commercial banks and 1,800 thrift institutions