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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
WASHINGTON

FACTORY SALES OF AUTOMOBILE TRAILERS, 1936---Continued

Table 3. - FACTORY SALES OF HOUSE OR COACH TRAILERS, BY STATES: 1936

[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.]

[[4 column table]]
State | Number of Manufacturers | Number of Trailers Sold | Total Factory Value 1/ 
United States | 201 | 16,173 | $8,496,021
California | 50 | 2,228 | 1,252,530
Florida | 6 | 92 | 129, 592
Illinois |6 | 229 | 100,665
Indiana | 10 | 375 | 181,479 
Iowa | 6 | 125 | 63,576
Michigan | 45 | 11,036 | 5,512,176
Minnesota | 7 | 60 | 31,584
New York | 8 | 630 | 433,374
Ohio | 11 | 323 | 134,905
Pennsylvania | 10 | 445 | 300,904
Wisconsin | 8 | 67 | 29,666
All other States | 34 | 562 | 325,570

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

Table 4. - FACTORY SALES OF MOTOR TRUCK TRAILERS AND SEMI-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.]

[[4 column table]]
State | Number of Manufacturers | Number of Trailers Sold | Total Factory Value 2/ 
United States | 144 | 26,394 | $18,144,594
California | 29 | 1,579 | 1,634,985
Illinois | 9 | 257 | 202,874
Indiana | 4 |243 | 201,012
Missouri | 7 |800 | 666,936
New York | 7 | 148 | 76,046
Oregon | 6 | 189 | 168,252
Pennsylvania | 7 | 297 | 428,774
Texas | 6 | 771 | 302,300
Michigan and Ohio 3/ | 19 | 12,487 | 9,904,594
All other States | 50 | 9,623 | 4,558,821

1/ Includes statistics for all types of motor truck trailers.
2/ Net wholesale (f.o.b factory) value based on prices charged to dealers, distributors, and branch agencies, including excise taxes.
3/ Statistics for these States shown in combination to avoid the possibility of disclosing the sales of individual manufacturers.

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