TABLE 13-2
INNOVATION IN AMERICA,RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)
EXPENDITURE IN THE UNITED STATES ($,IN MILLIONS),1988
Sales RDExp Profits
1 Containers 6375.3 62.5 185.1
2 Nonbank Fin 11626.4 92.9 1569.5
3 Service Inds 14655.1 178.3 276.8
4 Metals and mining 21869.2 258.4 2828.1
5 Housing and con. 26408.3 494.7 2225.9
6 General manuf. 32405.6 1083.0 3751.9
7 Leisure time inds. 35107.7 1620.6 2884.1
8 Paper and forest 40295.4 421.7 4645.7
9 Food industries 70761.6 509.2 5036.4
10 Health care 80552.8 6620.1 13869.9
11 Aerospace 95294.0 3918.6 4487.8
12 Consumer prod. 101314.1 1595.3 10278.9
13 Electrical and el. 116141.3 6107.5 8787.3
14 Chemicals 122315.7 4454.1 16438.8
15 Conglomerates 141649.9 3163.8 9761.4
16 Office equipment 175025.8 13210.7 19774.5
17 Fuel industries 241434.8 1703.8 23168.5
18 Automotive 293543.0 9528.2 18415.4