U.S. manufacturers of durable goods - profits

The statistic shows the sum of profits before taxes of durable goods manufacturing corporations in the US between 1997 and 2012. In 2005, this figure came to 211 billion U.S. dollars.

Profits before taxes of durable goods manufacturing corporations in the U.S. from 1997 through 2012 (in billion U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Profits before taxes in billion U.S. dollars
1997	167
1998	175
1999	199
2000	191
2001*	-69
2002	45
2003	118
2004	200
2005	211
2006	249
2007	247
2008	98
2009	84
2010	287
2011	335
2012	302

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Release date

December 2013

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1997 to 2012

Supplementary notes

* According to the source, the data are based on Standard Industrial Classifcation code (SIC) through 2000; starting in 2001, data reported based on the North American Industry Classifcation System (NAICS).
Beginning 1998, profts before and after income taxes refect inclusion of minority stockholders’ interest in net income before and after income taxes.
Data are not necessarily comparable from year to year due to changes in accounting.
The value for 1997 corresponds to a previous edition of the Statistical Abstract of the United States.

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