MA334M Consumer Electronics

CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS SERIES
2007

MA334M — CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Report the number of radios, televisions, speakers,
etc., that were manufactured or assembled into
complete units and physically shipped from this
establishment.

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.

2. Figures to be reported

3. Columnar structure of report

Companies with more than one establishment
manufacturing the products covered by this survey
are requested to complete a separate report form
for each location. If you have not received a
separate form for each of your establishments,
please call the contact listed on the report form or
write to the U.S. Census Bureau for additional
forms.

When entering figures on the report form, please be
sure to report the information in the correct columns as
follows:

1. Scope of survey

This survey covers companies engaged in the
manufacture of automotive and household radios,
television receivers, speakers, microphones, and
amplifiers in the United States.
Resales and assembly — Do not include data on
products which were purchased by you for resale in
the same condition. Include in your shipments data
equipment which you assembled from purchased
components. However, equipment which you
repackaged, trimmed, reinforced, and otherwise
altered without significantly enhancing or changing
the function of the equipment should not be
included with shipments and is to be reported as
resales on the MA-10000 Report.
Imports — Exclude all imports whether or not
shipped under your brand name.
Include sets manufactured by you that were
shipped from your plant with private brand names
as well as sets shipped under your own company
brand name.

Column 1 – Quantity of Shipments
Column 2 – Value of Shipments to F.O.B. Plant
Column 3 – Quantity of Shipments to OEM
Column 4 – Value of Shipments to OEM
Column 5 – Quantity of Shipments to Distribution
Column 6 – Value of Shipments to Distribution
4. Distribution of shipments by end use for
Automotive Audio Equipment:
The TOTAL quantity and value figures for AM-FM radios,
satellite radios and compact disc player combinations (item
code 1134), other automotive audio equipment including
equalizers and amplifiers (item code 1142), and total
automotive audio equip- ment (item code 1199) should be
subdivided by end use: quantity and value of shipments to
original equipment manufactures (OEM) and/or to
distribution.
OEM includes shipments to customer’s plants for
incorporation or assembly into automotive vehicles.
Include shipments to depots and warehouses of the same
or other companies where such shipments are for
subsequent use in original equipment, i.e. intermediate
use.
Distribution includes shipments to wholesales and retail
distributors, dealers, and for “after market” replacement,
i.e. personal consumption.

Value of shipments
For item codes 1134, 1142, and 1199 only:
The figures on value of shipments should include all
products 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

USCENSUSBUREAU

The quantity of shipments in column 1 should equal the
sum of columns 3 and 5 for each total.
The value of shipments in column 2 should equal the sum
of columns 4 and 6 for each total.

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DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS – Continued
5. Definitions
The product detail for this survey, as shown in the Reference List, is
defined according to standard nomenclature for this industry.
6. Comparability
Data reported in this survey should correspond to data reported in the
Economic Census - Manufacturing Sector form. The sum of values for
item codes shown in column (a) should correspond to dollar values
reported under product codes indicated in column (b) below.

Current Industrial Reports
(Form MA334M)

Economic Census - Manufacturing
Sector

Item codes
(a)

Product codes
(b)

1134 and 1142

3343101100

2060 through 2075

3343102100

5071 through 5095

3343104100

6048 and 6073

3343105100

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REFERENCE LIST
FORM

MA334M
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

Product
code

Item
code

Item description
AUTOMOTIVE AUDIO EQUIPMENT (EXCLUDING SPEAKERS):

3343101101

1134

AM-FM radios, satellite radios and compact disc player combinations, for automobiles

3343101104

1142

3343101100

1199

Other automotive audio equipment (excluding speakers), including equalizers and
amplifiers
Total automotive audio equipment (Sum of item codes 1134 and 1142)
TELEVISION RECEIVERS, INCLUDING COMBINATIONS:

3343102101

2060

Projection televisions

3343102112

2065

CRT-based televisions, excluding projection-types

3343102114

2075

LCD and plasma display panel televisions

3343102100

2099

Total television receivers (Sum of item codes 2060–2075)
SPEAKERS AND MICROPHONES

3343104101

5071

Single loudspeakers mounted in an enclosure

3343104104

5073

Multiple loudspeakers mounted in an enclosure

3343104107

5075

Other loudspeakers, including unmounted speakers sold separately

3343104111

5092

Microphones

3343104117

5095

Public address systems, including musical instrument amplifiers

3343104100

5099

Total speakers and microphones, (Sum of item codes 5071–5095)
OTHER CONSUMER AUDIO AND VIDEO EQUIPMENT (EXCLUDING SPEAKERS):

3343105107

6048

Power amplifiers, including preamplifiers

3343105124

6073

Other consumer audio and video equipment (excluding speakers), portable digital
music players, portable stereos/boom boxes, DVD players, including combinations and
digital video recorders

3343105100

6099

Total other consumer audio and video equipment (Sum of item codes 6048 and 6073)
SELECTED NONMANUFACTURING REVENUES OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT

9999998900

9973

Resales–Sales of products bought and sold without further manufacture, processing, or
assembly

9999998041

9975

Research and development

3/26/08

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