Industry and Trade Summary: Navigational and Surveying Instruments (February1994)

摘要

The products covered in this report include equipment, instruments, and parts andaccessories that are used in navigational, surveying, meteorological, hydrological, oceanographic, and geophysical operations. These instruments are produced by approximately 336 companies in the United States, ranging in employment from only a handful of employees to thousands. Despite a sluggish U.S. market, U.S. shipments of navigational and surveying instruments averaged a 3-percent annual growth during 1988-92, increasing from $6.4 billion to 1988 to $7.2 billion in 1992. Imports accounted for between 7 and 9 percent of consumption.