MA314Q Carpet and Rugs

CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS SERIES
2006

MA314Q — SHIPMENTS OF CARPET AND RUGS,
INCLUDING INTERPLANT TRANSFERS
DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
but exclude —

1. Scope of survey
This survey covers all companies manufacturing
carpet and rugs in the United States.

Products transferred to you from other divisions
of your company;

2. Figures to be reported

Products made by you on commission for
others from their materials;

a. Quantity and value of shipments
The figures on quantity and value of shipments
should include the physical shipments of all carpet
and rugs sold, transferred to other establishments
within your company, or shipped on consignment,
whether for domestic or export sale. The value
represents the net sales price, f.o.b. plant, to the
customer or branch to which the products are
shipped, net of discounts, allowances, freight
charges, and returns. Shipments to your own
branches should be assigned the same value as
comparable sales to unaffiliated customers, i.e.,
the value includes an appropriate allocation of
company overhead and profit. Products bought
and resold without further manufacture should not
be included in shipments.

Products fabricated from carpeting or roll goods
produced in another plant.
3. Definitions
The product detail for this survey is defined
according to standard nomenclature for this
industry.

4. Comparability
If you also report in the Annual Survey of Manufactures
(Form MA-10000), the sum of values for item codes
shown in column (a) should correspond to the dollar
values reported under product class codes indicated in
column (b) below:

b. Shipments of carpet and rugs
Quantity — Report the quantities of your own goods
shipped from the reporting establishment. Your
data should include —

Current Industrial Reports
(Form MA314Q)

Annual Survey of
Manufactures

Item codes
(a)

Product class codes
(b)
3141101
3141103
3141105

Any carpet manufactured to be cut into carpet
tile;

1219
1311
1410 through 1485

Products transferred to other divisions of your
company such as warehouses or sales offices,
as well as products shipped to outside
customers;

5. Units of measure

Shipments of products made for you on
commission by others from your materials;

Quantity of shipments — Report in thousands of
square yards.

For automobile and aircraft carpeting, report
value, f.o.b. plant, which should include
fabrication costs, if applicable.

Value of shipments — Report in thousands of dollars.

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CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS SERIES
REFERENCE LIST
FORM

MA314Q

SHIPMENTS OF CARPET AND RUGS, INCLUDING INTERPLANT TRANSFERS
Product
Item
Item description
code
code
3141101100
1219
Woven carpet and rugs, TOTAL
By fiber of face yarn:
3141101102

1221

Cotton

3141101104

1223

Manmade

3141101106

1225

Wool

3141101108

1227

Other

3141103110

1311

Tufted carpet and rugs, TOTAL
By type:

3141103112

1321

Washable scatter rugs, bathmats, and sets (rugs 6' x 9' and smaller)

3141103114

1323

Hard-backed nonwashable accent/area rugs (6' x 9' and smaller)

3141103116

1325

Room size rugs over 6 'x 9'

3141103118

1327

Roll goods 6' and larger (except automobile and aircraft),
including modular carpet

314110311A

1331

Tufted artificial grass for nonathletic surfaces

314110311C

1340

Automobile and aircraft

314110311E

1342

Modular tile
By fiber of face yarn:

314110311E

1351

Nylon

314110311G

1353

Polyester

314110311J

1357

Polypropylene

314110311L

1359

All other
Other carpet and rugs

3141105102

1410

Knitted

3141105104

1474

Needle punched

3141105106

1481

Felt

3141105108

1485

Braided, hooked, and other carpet and rugs, not elsewhere classified

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