Figure 4-5 



R&D expenditures, by selected industries 1960-73 



Current Dollars 



Constant 1967 Dollars' 



(Dollars in Millions) 

 6.000 



Aircraft & missili 



5,000 



4,000 



3,000 



2,000 



1,000 



-•*' 



Motor vehicles and other 

 transportation equipment 



Chemicals Sallied products 



All other m3ni]l,i(:tu(in3 inrtustfes 







_J ^ \ \ 1_ 



Mjchinety 



Professional & scientific 



instruments 



Noiinidnufacturing industiies 



'"— -Petioleun^ :HlinmL' ,^ extraction 

 I I i \ . L_ 



(Dollars in Millions) 

 6,000 



5,000 



4,000 



3,000 



2,000 



1,000 



Motor vehicles and other 

 transportation equipment 



Chemicals 8 allied products 

 \ 



Machinery professional & scientific 

 All other manufacturing industries instruments 



Nonmanufacturing industries 

 \ I i I L 



Petroleum letmmg & extraction 



J \ \ I I 



I960 



'64 



'88 



72 73 



1960 



66 



72 73 



1 GNP implicit price deflators used to convert current dollars to 



constant 1967 dollars- 



SOURCE National Science Foundation, 



Expenditures for R&D in nonmanufacturing 

 industries changed little after 1970.1° 



Industries differ substantially in the size of 

 recent changes in their R&D expenditures. 

 Industries with the largest relative growth in 

 R&D spending between 1971 and 1973 are 

 shown in figure 4-6. 



•" R&D expenditures for all industries are presented in 

 Appendix table 4-5. 



The overall pattern of R&D funding shown in 

 figures 4-5 and 4-6 as well as elsewhere in this 

 chapter, indicates a general shift in the Nation's 

 industrial R&D effort. One aspect of the shift is 

 that industry itself, rather than the Federal 

 Government, has become the prime source of 

 funds for industrial R&D. A second and related 

 aspect is that the R&D is directed increasingly to 

 "civilian" areas, i.e., to areas other than defense 

 and space such as the development of new 

 sources of energy, conservation of resources. 



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