Industry	1988	1995	1996	1997	1988-1997 change
	pounds				percent
Food	8,414,635	5,224,392	5,187,430	5,213,000	-38.0
Tobacco	251,946	95,226	73,425	196,961	-21.8
Textiles	36,875,477	16,021,698	15,150,985	16,941,074	-54.1
Apparel	1,048,961	1,260,746	1,195,289	817,329	-22.1
Lumber	33,056,013	31,542,259	28,379,176	25,091,620	-24.1
Furniture	62,412,288	42,164,977	35,799,613	24,892,695	-60.1
Paper	207,840,633	179,640,320	174,420,174	181,559,981	-12.6
Printing	61,234,598	30,967,327	27,157,182	24,484,493	-60.0
Chemicals	1,055,611,740	546,643,304	517,845,766	519,129,158	-50.8
Petroleum	73,096,751	42,990,233	43,893,116	42,850,660	-41.4
Plastics	158,575,935	113,412,580	104,656,280	95,304,534	-39.9
Leather	13,699,921	4,407,246	4,253,859	4,208,084	-69.3
Stone/Clay/Glass	38,754,943	21,956,660	27,142,848	27,586,607	-28.8
Primary Metals	649,920,076	495,602,763	552,228,867	616,157,848	-5.2
Fabricated Metals	163,833,118	94,584,794	81,869,409	81,172,054	-50.5
Machinery	70,744,411	23,610,134	20,054,081	19,121,806	-73.0
Electrical Equip.	134,042,669	31,872,667	28,434,289	26,158,202	-80.5
Transportation Equip.	215,000,245	116,336,180	101,585,633	96,806,810	-55.0
Measure./Photo	55,792,611	12,861,302	10,439,046	7,986,611	-85.7
Miscellaneous	32,750,257	13,354,606	10,064,702	9,804,514	-70.1
Multiple Codes 20-39	311,613,892	128,408,482	95,540,801	106,195,233	-65.9
No Codes 20-39	11,295,569	11,968,348	12,013,614	10,190,873	-9.8
Total	3,395,866,689	1,964,926,244	1,897,385,585	1,941,870,147	-42.8
Federal Facilities	na	6,730,862	4,948,596	3,707,932	n/a

Source:  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 1997 Toxics Release Inventory: Public Data Release (EPA, Washington, DC, 1999).

Notes:  na = not available. Federal facilities were not required to report before 1994. n/a = not applicable.

Last Updated on Tuesday, January 4, 2000