Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Thousands of Long Tons, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Data Cover Approximately The Entire Output Of Tin And Terne Plate In The United States. According To R.W. Shannon In"Sheet Steel And Tin Plate" (P. 228), The Metal Containers Industry Accounted For 74.5% Of The Shipments Of Tin Plate In 1929. These Metal Containers Consist Chiefly Of Tin Cans To Contain Preserved Foods, And Gasoline And Oil Cans. According To Mckeesport Tin Plate Company, The Tin Can Industry Is Their Largest Consumer. Source: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Survey Of Current Business, December 1932, P. 20, And Successive Issues.

This NBER data series m01143 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html.

NBER Indicator: m01143