"c           VAR 0556      01240 CASINGS 3R 921-953               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0556         LOC 1176 WIDTH  9             DK  19 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              AUTOMOBILE TIRE PNEUMATIC CASINGS, SHIPMENTS FOR              "
"c              REPLACEMENTS                                                  "
"c              ------------------------------------------------              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  01275                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSANDS OF CASINGS                                  "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1921-12/1951, 05/1952-06/1953           "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  MIMEOGRAPHED SUMMARY TABLES FURNISHED BY THE RUBBER  "
"c              MANUFACTUERS' ASSOCIATION (RMA) FOR 1921-1949 DATA;           "
"c              SUCCEEDING YEARS MAY BE FOUND IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS,  "
"c              MONTHLY ISSUES.                                               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  DATA REPRESENT TOTAL SHIPMENTS LESS SHIPMENTS FOR     "
"c              ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AND FOR EXPORTS; THE LATTER SERIES HAS     "
"c              BEEN REVISED TO EXCLUDE SHIPMENTS TO NONCONTIGUOUS U.S.       "
"c              TERRITORIES WHICH PREVIOUSLY WERE CONSIDERED AS EXPORTS.      "
"c              HOWEVER, SOME FIRMS STILL FOLLOW THAT PRACTICE.  THE CHIEF    "
"c              DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RMA'S DATA AND THE EXPORTS COMPILED    "
"c              BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS IS THAT THE RMA'S DATA       "
"c              COVER ONLY SHIPMENTS OF NEW PNEUMATIC CASINGS, WHILE THE      "
"c              OFFICIAL U.S. EXPORTS COVER USED AND RETREADED AS WELL.       "
"c                   LEND-LEASE SHIPMENTS WERE CONSIDERED AS REPLACEMENT      "
"c              SHIPMENTS FROM 1941-1945.  SHIPMENTS FOR ORDERS BY THE        "
"c              OFFICE OF ECONOMIC WARFARE (ORIGINALLY THE FOREIGN ECONOMIC   "
"c              ADMINISTRATION) WERE, HOWEVER, CONSIDERED AS EXPORTS FROM     "
"c             "LATE 1943 TO THE END OF 1945" (1949 SURVEY OF CURRENT         "
"c              BUSINESS, STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT, P.284).                     "
"c                   ON ACCOUNT OF GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS, EXPORTERS HAD TO  "
"c              RETURN EQUIPMENT INTENDED FOR EXPORT, AND ALSO DEALERS HAD    "
"c              TO RETURN EQUIPMENT TO MANUFACTURERS.  SHIPMENT FIGURES WERE  "
"c              NOT ADJUSTED FOR SUCH RETURNS, AND THE FIGURES FOR 1942       "
"c             "MUST NOT BE USED TO INDICATE TRENDS."                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1921-12/1951, 05/1952-06/1953           "