Posted on 01/20/2011 7:59:37 PM PST by sickoflibs
Can you post that nifty chart of what the U.S. manufactures? Please be sure to include food & beverages.
If we had too,yes.
Pizza and beer are consumables, necessities - yes.....
But to lump them in with steel and jet engines?
That's disingenuous.
The categories can be broken-out into durable and non-durable goods. Please remember that those two terms have a specific meaning in the field of economics.
This one?
No, the one from Census . . . or is that one only for manufactured export goods? (You could post it anyway for reference).
That was exports.
End-Use Code | Value 2005 | Value 2006 | Value 2007 | Value 2008 | Value 2009 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(00000) Wheat | 4,416,027 | 4,256,669 | 8,450,461 | 11,445,584 | 5,515,311 |
(00010) Rice | 1,337,714 | 1,337,293 | 1,471,002 | 2,311,533 | 2,274,187 |
(00100) Soybeans | 6,626,555 | 7,288,375 | 10,443,447 | 16,031,502 | 16,905,202 |
(00110) Oilseeds, food oils | 1,190,935 | 1,329,691 | 2,034,425 | 3,190,447 | 2,525,373 |
(00200) Corn | 5,824,420 | 8,226,378 | 11,209,235 | 14,611,992 | 9,680,733 |
(00210) Sorghum, barley, oats | 628,355 | 707,276 | 1,226,515 | 1,487,777 | 728,478 |
(00220) Animal feeds, n.e.c. | 3,387,722 | 3,813,842 | 4,567,605 | 5,931,953 | 6,350,471 |
(00300) Meat, poultry, etc. | 7,206,280 | 7,830,539 | 9,803,526 | 13,473,914 | 12,056,081 |
(00310) Dairy products and eggs | 1,299,418 | 1,491,901 | 2,452,990 | 3,245,250 | 1,880,555 |
(00320) Fruits, frozen juices | 4,996,914 | 5,565,404 | 6,204,632 | 7,147,122 | 6,888,310 |
(00330) Vegetables | 3,509,842 | 3,852,542 | 4,320,698 | 5,091,865 | 4,942,980 |
(00340) Nuts | 3,043,642 | 3,226,764 | 3,449,396 | 3,898,846 | 4,183,367 |
(00350) Bakery products | 2,696,155 | 2,997,266 | 3,458,496 | 3,972,302 | 4,057,777 |
(00360) Other foods | 5,872,533 | 6,585,524 | 7,282,239 | 8,312,435 | 8,116,537 |
(00370) Wine and related products | 912,592 | 1,098,847 | 1,217,621 | 1,299,056 | 1,273,536 |
(01000) Fish and shellfish | 4,207,720 | 4,350,747 | 4,374,738 | 4,373,778 | 4,088,512 |
(01010) Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine | 821,174 | 958,548 | 1,176,751 | 1,280,937 | 1,169,517 |
(01020) Nonagricultural foods, etc. | 977,358 | 1,044,775 | 1,120,494 | 1,242,933 | 1,270,889 |
(10000) Cotton, raw | 3,933,122 | 4,516,513 | 4,590,808 | 4,814,406 | 3,368,670 |
(10100) Tobacco, unmanufactured | 983,722 | 1,134,076 | 1,201,464 | 1,231,004 | 1,133,193 |
(10120) Hides and skins | 1,787,883 | 2,055,688 | 2,182,541 | 2,066,608 | 1,465,990 |
(10130) Agric. industry-unmanufactured | 1,401,808 | 1,578,557 | 2,126,111 | 3,270,157 | 2,781,143 |
(10140) Agric. farming-unmanufactured | 1,833,043 | 1,848,596 | 2,082,180 | 2,470,796 | 2,358,184 |
(10150) Agriculture-manufactured, other | 1,651,371 | 1,733,912 | 1,917,364 | 2,219,799 | 2,087,976 |
(11010) Metallurgical grade coal | 2,385,524 | 2,563,510 | 2,937,949 | 5,810,995 | 4,455,228 |
(11020) Coal and fuels, other | 1,329,221 | 1,337,047 | 1,676,376 | 2,793,453 | 2,066,459 |
(11100) Crude oil | 551,652 | 567,086 | 751,092 | 1,031,499 | 972,228 |
(11110) Fuel oil | 6,932,607 | 12,060,896 | 15,573,765 | 34,894,056 | 23,670,220 |
(11120) Petroleum products, other | 14,104,621 | 17,316,831 | 19,325,281 | 27,995,137 | 21,731,464 |
(11130) Natural gas liquids | 1,075,494 | 1,623,363 | 2,107,542 | 3,260,336 | 2,803,344 |
(11200) Gas-natural | 3,109,833 | 2,241,159 | 3,163,501 | 4,892,249 | 3,286,064 |
(11300) Nuclear fuel materials | 1,619,190 | 1,827,382 | 2,430,288 | 2,177,672 | 2,283,340 |
(11400) Electric energy | 1,046,509 | 1,036,051 | 991,907 | 1,263,886 | 561,929 |
(12000) Steelmaking materials | 5,991,623 | 6,801,742 | 9,882,359 | 14,193,933 | 8,548,322 |
(12100) Iron and steel mill products | 6,917,987 | 7,280,901 | 8,857,734 | 11,471,121 | 7,063,152 |
(12110) Iron and steel products, other | 4,351,229 | 5,161,823 | 5,779,523 | 7,264,146 | 5,412,567 |
(12200) Aluminum and alumina | 5,191,121 | 7,293,397 | 8,029,016 | 8,569,567 | 5,691,779 |
(12210) Copper | 2,356,484 | 4,701,430 | 5,378,672 | 6,125,726 | 4,085,511 |
(12260) Nonmonetary gold | 5,548,806 | 8,783,018 | 13,307,357 | 18,689,079 | 13,932,512 |
(12270) Precious metals, other | 3,175,711 | 7,041,535 | 8,438,360 | 10,564,281 | 8,007,692 |
(12290) Nonferrous metals, other | 4,523,315 | 6,601,440 | 8,060,264 | 7,765,131 | 5,825,561 |
(12300) Finished metal shapes | 11,405,809 | 13,941,026 | 15,288,523 | 16,918,626 | 13,091,337 |
(12420) Pulpwood and woodpulp | 5,272,294 | 5,907,916 | 7,112,556 | 7,940,832 | 6,848,862 |
(12430) Newsprint | 9,862,581 | 10,567,425 | 11,543,605 | 12,462,794 | 10,759,362 |
(12500) Plastic materials | 24,793,298 | 27,923,880 | 29,118,286 | 31,639,545 | 25,543,801 |
(12510) Chemicals-fertilizers | 5,197,329 | 5,299,442 | 6,292,134 | 10,760,304 | 7,034,570 |
(12530) Chemicals-inorganic | 5,880,332 | 6,660,376 | 7,014,514 | 8,356,994 | 6,018,503 |
(12540) Chemicals-organic | 23,377,062 | 27,124,997 | 31,622,940 | 33,351,324 | 24,602,598 |
(12550) Chemicals-other | 16,721,139 | 18,518,081 | 20,421,169 | 23,176,664 | 20,785,260 |
(12600) Cotton fiber cloth | 3,232,897 | 3,131,450 | 2,857,846 | 2,777,619 | 2,115,630 |
(12620) Manmade cloth | 5,686,350 | 5,772,104 | 5,872,791 | 6,046,710 | 4,743,467 |
(12630) Hair, waste materials | 483,543 | 552,491 | 606,774 | 617,950 | 488,015 |
(12640) Finished textile supplies | 2,377,417 | 2,539,263 | 2,467,721 | 2,440,976 | 2,072,266 |
(12650) Leather and furs | 1,095,540 | 1,051,872 | 1,150,922 | 935,118 | 568,783 |
(12700) Synthetic rubber-primary | 2,694,877 | 3,188,402 | 3,609,603 | 3,763,748 | 2,792,362 |
(12720) Nonmetallic minerals | 488,854 | 605,025 | 581,999 | 825,002 | 481,209 |
(12750) Industrial rubber products | 2,585,845 | 2,929,954 | 3,249,079 | 3,372,866 | 2,864,700 |
(12760) Mineral supplies-manufactured | 3,751,497 | 4,513,271 | 4,932,509 | 4,994,114 | 4,027,656 |
(12765) Tapes, audio and visual | 2,014,146 | 1,796,091 | 584,404 | 505,783 | 696,209 |
(12770) Other industrial supplies | 14,793,038 | 16,415,191 | 19,854,838 | 20,443,435 | 17,932,452 |
(13100) Logs and lumber | 4,332,968 | 4,604,286 | 4,730,702 | 4,417,280 | 3,523,549 |
(13110) Wood supplies, manufactured | 1,074,196 | 1,221,734 | 1,279,670 | 1,399,805 | 1,014,437 |
(13200) Glass-plate, sheet, etc. | 1,141,029 | 1,279,408 | 1,475,229 | 1,628,697 | 1,344,362 |
(13210) Shingles, molding, wallboard | 2,637,272 | 3,022,113 | 3,413,712 | 3,875,079 | 3,341,640 |
(13220) Nontextile floor tiles | 377,329 | 415,826 | 462,505 | 498,880 | 425,461 |
(20000) Generators, accessories | 7,613,908 | 9,467,357 | 10,415,345 | 12,125,075 | 10,296,288 |
(20005) Electric apparatus | 25,674,197 | 29,809,799 | 30,884,798 | 30,835,619 | 26,062,564 |
(21000) Drilling & oilfield equipment | 8,153,668 | 10,779,975 | 12,611,364 | 15,064,587 | 11,467,010 |
(21010) Specialized mining | 634,938 | 838,723 | 1,059,037 | 1,436,270 | 1,123,268 |
(21030) Excavating machinery | 8,812,827 | 9,870,857 | 12,790,982 | 15,079,628 | 9,810,299 |
(21040) Nonfarm tractors and parts | 1,382,445 | 1,859,599 | 2,102,594 | 3,410,665 | 2,048,417 |
(21100) Industrial engines | 14,934,258 | 15,976,883 | 19,147,306 | 21,848,649 | 21,916,203 |
(21110) Food, tobacco machinery | 2,064,865 | 2,193,266 | 2,610,392 | 3,055,859 | 2,722,159 |
(21120) Metalworking machine tools | 7,663,288 | 9,497,605 | 6,715,081 | 7,442,813 | 5,298,367 |
(21130) Textile, sewing machines | 1,247,851 | 1,273,208 | 1,384,618 | 1,323,294 | 965,597 |
(21140) Wood, glass, plastic | 3,645,557 | 3,628,075 | 3,510,729 | 4,139,420 | 3,414,628 |
(21150) Pulp and paper machinery | 2,718,324 | 2,852,539 | 2,701,033 | 2,955,993 | 2,311,204 |
(21160) Measuring, testing, control instruments | 16,720,633 | 19,151,971 | 20,629,956 | 20,984,430 | 16,939,642 |
(21170) Materials handling equipment | 8,162,312 | 9,919,919 | 11,985,740 | 14,728,350 | 9,722,423 |
(21180) Industrial machines, other | 28,295,944 | 32,697,001 | 38,364,090 | 38,138,302 | 30,876,273 |
(21190) Photo, service industry machinery | 7,492,107 | 8,192,305 | 9,191,558 | 9,846,793 | 7,888,360 |
(21200) Agricultural machinery, equipment | 5,144,124 | 5,312,437 | 6,268,756 | 8,297,054 | 6,253,057 |
(21300) Computers | 10,206,187 | 11,470,423 | 13,535,351 | 14,560,866 | 12,314,744 |
(21301) Computer accessories | 35,330,167 | 36,109,996 | 29,403,993 | 29,336,861 | 25,402,179 |
(21320) Semiconductors | 47,221,556 | 52,429,936 | 50,444,550 | 50,603,102 | 37,487,996 |
(21400) Telecommunications equipment | 25,666,771 | 28,930,842 | 31,424,350 | 32,865,982 | 28,683,134 |
(21500) Business machines and equipment | 2,335,954 | 2,702,010 | 5,392,134 | 4,246,641 | 2,973,575 |
(21600) Laboratory testing instruments | 6,665,275 | 7,280,227 | 8,128,335 | 9,011,278 | 8,693,696 |
(21610) Medicinal equipment | 20,364,358 | 22,702,165 | 23,825,242 | 27,023,260 | 26,879,276 |
(22090) Civilian aircraft, engines, equipment, and parts | 55,888,616 | 64,502,981 | 73,019,297 | 73,998,632 | 74,755,438 |
(22100) Railway transportation equipment | 2,345,207 | 2,939,640 | 3,013,878 | 3,430,978 | 2,500,782 |
(22200) Vessels, excluding scrap | 64,957 | 51,701 | 108,920 | 88,165 | 22,016 |
(22210) Commercial vessels, other | 230,358 | 222,441 | 293,268 | 372,734 | 395,242 |
(22220) Marine engines, parts | 976,964 | 1,127,719 | 1,267,760 | 1,450,095 | 1,188,961 |
(22300) Spacecraft, excluding military | 37,955 | 26,879 | 30,336 | 26,555 | 48,362 |
(30000) Passenger cars, new and used | 30,492,691 | 33,977,613 | 43,743,138 | 49,568,671 | 27,501,371 |
(30100) Trucks, buses and special purpose vehicles | 13,477,345 | 15,104,176 | 17,033,187 | 15,753,472 | 12,472,506 |
(30200) Engines and engine parts (carburetors, pistons, ri | 11,324,368 | 12,197,079 | 13,222,680 | 12,860,797 | 8,775,176 |
(30210) Bodies and chassis for passenger cars | 58,449 | 58,906 | 187,253 | 193,100 | 65,257 |
(30220) Automotive tires and tubes | 2,403,281 | 2,487,460 | 2,733,607 | 3,076,308 | 2,768,978 |
(30230) Other parts and accessories of vehicles | 40,916,620 | 43,336,184 | 44,330,344 | 39,850,620 | 30,131,644 |
(40000) Apparel, household goods - textile | 5,311,955 | 5,199,401 | 4,744,950 | 4,913,001 | 4,767,587 |
(40030) Apparel,household goods-nontextile | 1,672,191 | 1,839,910 | 1,953,582 | 2,232,846 | 2,117,895 |
(40050) Sports apparel and gear | 485,324 | 588,789 | 565,214 | 607,659 | 520,298 |
(40100) Pharmaceutical preparations | 27,618,757 | 30,919,365 | 35,164,635 | 40,422,158 | 46,122,661 |
(40110) Books, printed matter | 4,820,801 | 5,205,957 | 5,586,630 | 5,808,117 | 5,183,642 |
(40120) Toiletries and cosmetics | 5,975,099 | 6,760,241 | 7,615,193 | 8,715,182 | 8,436,427 |
(40130) Tobacco, manufactured | 1,340,630 | 1,362,074 | 1,157,107 | 858,340 | 533,247 |
(40140) Writing and art supplies | 5,623,401 | 5,835,270 | 6,182,716 | 6,743,648 | 5,942,634 |
(41000) Furniture, household goods, etc. | 2,885,663 | 3,209,952 | 3,591,487 | 4,045,732 | 3,221,439 |
(41010) Glassware, chinaware | 405,241 | 433,268 | 493,571 | 521,438 | 395,705 |
(41020) Cookware, cutlery, tools | 771,945 | 871,885 | 1,003,808 | 1,029,246 | 840,518 |
(41030) Household appliances | 6,050,859 | 6,636,064 | 6,940,036 | 7,376,021 | 5,919,684 |
(41040) Rugs | 906,070 | 1,008,340 | 1,023,943 | 1,090,418 | 849,025 |
(41050) Other household goods | 12,428,236 | 14,078,144 | 15,458,272 | 17,020,468 | 16,629,750 |
(41110) Pleasure boats and motors | 2,480,770 | 2,784,741 | 3,149,061 | 3,423,537 | 2,050,067 |
(41120) Toys/games/sporting goods | 7,564,206 | 9,044,514 | 11,288,684 | 11,615,803 | 9,839,225 |
(41140) Musical instruments | 1,058,999 | 1,066,449 | 2,110,834 | 2,182,878 | 2,108,088 |
(41200) TV's, VCR's, etc. | 3,639,449 | 3,867,843 | 3,858,229 | 3,747,936 | 3,904,324 |
(41210) Stereo equipment, etc. | 2,213,713 | 2,460,028 | 2,469,801 | 2,272,000 | 1,786,163 |
(41220) Records, tapes, and disks | 3,640,005 | 3,543,387 | 4,962,046 | 5,135,017 | 4,035,140 |
(41300) Numismatic coins | 67,805 | 155,242 | 244,792 | 321,107 | 282,087 |
(41310) Jewelry, etc | 4,727,493 | 6,150,140 | 6,974,894 | 7,189,366 | 6,807,589 |
(41320) Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. | 4,778,136 | 5,952,850 | 7,497,948 | 8,448,043 | 6,861,140 |
(42000) Nursery stock, etc. | 341,782 | 388,513 | 422,700 | 444,337 | 405,493 |
(42100) Gem diamonds | 8,906,873 | 9,986,079 | 12,328,131 | 15,250,311 | 10,483,995 |
(50000) Military aircraft, complete | 2,417,217 | 4,464,053 | 4,174,989 | 4,580,069 | 2,381,208 |
(50010) Aircraft launching gear, parachutes, etc. | 305,808 | 344,801 | 329,905 | 393,594 | 452,002 |
(50020) Engines and turbines for military aircraft | 1,566,406 | 1,643,263 | 1,780,258 | 1,772,342 | 1,912,519 |
(50030) Military trucks, armored vehicles, etc. | 920,345 | 845,650 | 1,031,680 | 926,068 | 1,012,332 |
(50040) Military ships and boats | 0 | 5,170 | 23,310 | 8,624 | 0 |
(50050) Tanks, artillery, missiles, rockets, guns and ammu | 2,037,040 | 2,714,832 | 2,935,530 | 2,881,743 | 3,121,615 |
(50060) Military apparel and footwear | 668,594 | 693,126 | 654,518 | 540,713 | 434,997 |
(50070) Parts for military-type goods | 4,919,362 | 5,917,827 | 5,963,682 | 5,490,903 | 5,481,298 |
(60000) Minimum value shipments | 18,800,866 | 21,595,289 | 24,277,382 | 27,830,906 | 22,610,420 |
(60010) Miscellaneous domestic exports and special transac | 5,328,568 | 5,365,184 | 6,128,446 | 6,237,098 | 5,799,825 |
(60040) Undocumented exports to Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL | 901,081,813 | 1,025,967,497 | 1,148,198,722 | 1,287,441,997 | 1,056,042,963 |
Thanks, T. Please see #27 above. It is only for manufactured exports, but provides a decent snapshot.
Actually all exports, not just manufactured.
I made no such claim that "Palin didn't need to do real interviews".
She surely doesn't owe you such an interview, but she has written two books, 297 articles, and has made over a hundred speeches, for which I provided links, and you still did not bother to read or watch.
I predicted,YEARS ago that our insane free trade policies would cause us to elect a socialist/communist President of the USA.
"Oh no", replied the Free Traders, "Home ownership has never been higher thanks to free trade ",they cried.
A friend of mine works in a American factory. Their Chinese factory makes the same product which goes out to the market with a 70% failure rate. If their US factory would ever rise to a 3% failure rate then they would be standing in front of corporate explaining why they should still have their jobs. The Chinese government makes that 70% waste possible.
Still spreading that lie? LOL!
Home ownership? Was that in NAFTA, or is it simply a WTO thing?
I remember lots of talk when things were going well. I remember lots of laughs anticipating how people would react when things started not to go well. But I never anticipated that the reaction would be to blame people for saying things are going well when they were going well, because things went not well in the future.
Jeeze, you take BOTH sides of the argument in the same paragraph.
If she decides to run for president she will have to give up her current role and take on another one including giving real interviews. There is nothing wrong with what she is doing now, just your unrealistic expectations. She is doing a service now attacking Democrats.
THIS IS THE REPLY THAT STARTED IT FOR REFERENCE:
Palin Fans like her, fans believe in her, they love watching her nailing Democrats and Obama, But fans have a grip on reality.
Palin-bots are driven by emotion. When asked questions about her being anointed president without a campaign they go on the attack. Everything is circle the wagons to them. They want Sarah to stay mysterious, to hide her real positions from the left, and right, because they fear that they will keep her from being president. Their deepest fear is she may not run, so they endlessly look for others to blame for saying she shouldn't run, so they can vent on them. They think she can win a general election on Facebook and Hannity while everyone else has to be vetted by those NOT trying to get them elected. They are completely delusional. They are not headed for a happy ending.
I don’t see anywhere in the Fed’s notes that this data is adjusted for either the PPI or CPI-U inflation during that period.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/ip_notes.htm
Simply throwing up a “gross value of products” during the timeframe of 1975 to now (encompassing two periods of significant producer price increases) doesn’t impress me much. Never has. This is one of the favorite stats of those who keep trying to explain away the declining capacity utilization, the decline in establishments, employment and the systemic trade imbalance.
As for the productivity argument: Manufacturing productivity is soaring right now. Has been since the downturn began getting real bad in late 2008.
I suppose it is then your argument that what will really benefit the US economy and the manufacturing sectors especially is another recession just like 2007 to 2009, right? Hell, if the recession pushed manufacturing output measured by GVP per employee to $300K, another recession might put it over $400K, right?
Weeding out all the bad items would be a challenge with most of the raw output being bad. I wonder what the respective reliability of the ultimate shipments are.
“Small detail: Making frozen pizza for home cooking is consideredmanufacturing now.”
So? Don’t be such a snob. These are also considered manufacturing jobs:
2007 NAICS DEFINITION
31 Manufacturing
311 Food Manufacturing
3111 Animal Food Manufacturing
31111 Animal Food Manufacturing
311111 Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing
311119 Other Animal Food Manufacturing
3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling
31121 Flour Milling and Malt Manufacturing
311211 Flour Milling
311212 Rice Milling
311213 Malt Manufacturing
31122 Starch and Vegetable Fats and Oils Manufacturing
311221 Wet Corn Milling
311222 Soybean Processing
311223 Other Oilseed Processing
311225 Fats and Oils Refining and Blending
31123 Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing
311230 Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing
3113 Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing
31131 Sugar Manufacturing
311311 Sugarcane Mills
311312 Cane Sugar Refining
311313 Beet Sugar Manufacturing
31132 Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans
311320 Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans
31133 Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate
311330 Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate
31134 Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing
311340 Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing
3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing
31141 Frozen Food Manufacturing
311411 Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing
311412 Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing
31142 Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling, and Drying
311421 Fruit and Vegetable Canning
311422 Specialty Canning
311423 Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing
3115 Dairy Product Manufacturing
31151 Dairy Product (except Frozen) Manufacturing
311511 Fluid Milk Manufacturing
311512 Creamery Butter Manufacturing
311513 Cheese Manufacturing
311514 Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Product Manufacturing
31152 Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing
311520 Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing
etc., etc.
For a complete list, see:
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch?chart_code=31&search=2007
“Simply throwing up a gross value of products during the timeframe of 1975 to now (encompassing two periods of significant producer price increases) doesnt impress me much. Never has.”
That’s probably because you’re a knucklehead when it comes to economics, which is why you engage in unnecessary scare-mongering about China. That’s OK. I understand.
The Fed numbers don’t use prices. As the Fed itself explains in its own notes, the productivity numbers are based on figures from trade organizations that count physical units of a good, as well as things like number of man-hours. Prices — inflated or not — don’t enter into it.
See:
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/ip_notes.htm
“Source data. On a monthly basis, the individual indexes of industrial production are constructed from two main types of source data: (1) output measured in physical units and (2) data on inputs to the production process, from which output is inferred. Data on physical products, such as tons of steel or barrels of oil, are typically obtained from private trade associations and from government agencies . . .”
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