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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
WASHINGTON

FACTORY SALES OF AUTOMOBILE TRAILERS: 1936

Table 1. - FACTORY SALES OF AUTOMOBILE TRAILERS, BY TYPES: 1936

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Item | Total All Types | House or Coach Trailers | House Cars 1/ | All Other Types of Passenger Car Trailers 2/ | Motor Truck Trailers | Motor Truck Semi-Trailers

Number of Manufacturers 3/ | 357 | 201 | 6 | 73 | 67 | 116
Number of Trailers Sold | 53,646 | 16,173 | 10 | 11,069 | 2,519 | 23,875
Total Factory Value 4/ | $27,421,763 | $8,496,021 | $9,521 | $771,627 | $2,296,444 | $15,848,150

1/ Body resting entirely on propelling vehicle.
2/ Includes all types of passenger car trailers, except those classified under house or coach trailers and house cars.
3/ The aggregate of the number of manufacturers shown for the respective types of trailers exceeds 357 because some manufacturers sell more than one type of trailer.
4/ Net wholesale (f.o.b. factory) value based on prices charged to dealers, distributors, and branch agencies, including excise taxes.

Table 2. - FACTORY SALES OF ALL TYPES OF AUTOMOTIVE TRAILERS, BY STATES: 1936 1/

[Reports were made on an f.o.b. factory basis, and therefore the statistics refer to the States in which the trailers were produced and not to distribution by sales outlets.]

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State | Number of Manufacturers | Number of Trailers Sold | Total Factory Value 2/ |
United States | 357 | 53,646 | $27,421,763
California | 86 | 4,618 | 2,999,292
Florida | 6 |93 | 129,967
Illinois | 22 | 2,997 | 512,722
Indiana | 15 | 649 | 407,856
Iowa | 7 | 216 | 111,090
Michigan | 58 | 22,728 |14,213,368
Minnesota | 13 | 329 | 82,902
Missouri | 7 | 820 | 677,013
New Jersey | 5 | 304 | 409,263
New York | 16 | 858 | 517,778
Ohio | 22 | 7,750 | 1,714,174
Oregon | 7 | 231 | 180,812
Pennsylvania | 19 | 1,425 | 751,581
Texas | 9 | 846 | 323,175
Washington | 6 | 167 | 200,150
All other States | 59 | 9,615 | 4,190,620

1/ Includes statistics for house and coach trailers, house cars, all other types of passenger car trailers, and motor truck trailers and semi-trailers.

2/ Net wholesale (f.o.b factory) value based on prices charged to dealers, distributors, and branch agencies, including excise taxes.

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