Table 3. Multifactor productivity measures for manufacturing industries
in selected periods, 1987-2009
Compound annual growth rates
1987- 1987- 1990- 1995- 2000- 2007- 2008-
2009 1990 1995 2000 2007 2009 2009
Manufacturing 1.1 0.3 1.2 1.8 2.0 -3.0 -5.7
Nondurable
manufacturing 0.1 -0.5 0.7 -0.2 1.0 -2.7 -3.1
Food, beverage,
and tobacco products -0.2 -1.6 1.4 -1.7 0.8 -2.2 -1.4
Textile mills and
textile product mills 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.5 1.7 -2.3 -8.7
Apparel, leather,
and allied products 2.1 0.0 2.9 0.6 4.4 -0.8 -8.7
Paper products 0.1 -0.2 -0.1 0.5 0.7 -2.2 -1.3
Printing and related
support activities 0.3 1.0 -0.2 -0.5 1.3 -1.3 -4.1
Petroleum and coal
products 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.3 2.0 -1.7
Chemical products -0.4 -0.9 -0.7 -0.5 1.9 -6.4 -4.6
Plastics and
rubber products 0.3 0.8 0.5 1.2 0.5 -4.3 -3.6
Durable manufacturing 1.8 0.9 1.5 3.3 2.8 -3.0 -8.0
Wood products -0.5 1.0 -1.3 -0.3 0.9 -6.1 -12.8
Nonmetallic
mineral products -0.2 0.2 0.8 0.1 -0.7 -2.5 -4.5
Primary metals 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.3 -0.4 -1.3 -3.7
Fabricated metal
products -0.4 -0.1 1.0 -0.2 0.6 -8.4 -15.6
Machinery -0.3 1.0 -1.9 -1.2 1.2 -1.6 -2.9
Computer and
electronic products 9.7 5.5 9.3 14.4 9.8 5.1 2.4
Electrical equipment,
appliances, and
components -0.9 -2.4 -2.4 -2.6 1.4 1.4 -1.0
Transportation
equipment -0.2 -1.6 -0.5 0.5 1.7 -5.0 -11.6
Furniture and
related products -0.4 -0.7 0.6 0.6 1.1 -9.7 -12.2
Miscellaneous
manufacturing 1.6 2.6 -0.1 2.4 2.2 0.4 -0.9
Note: Multifactor productivity measures by industry do not sum up to aggregate
manufacturing measures because industry measures exclude transactions
only within the specific industry while the aggregate manufacturing
measures also exclude transactions between all manufacturing industries.