Table 4-6. Industrial R&D expenditures, percent change, 1971-73 



Percent change 



Industry 



Motor vehicles and other transportation equipment 



Rubber products 



Professional and scientific Instruments 



Machinery 



Electrical equipment and communication 



Fabricated metal products 



Lumber, wood products, and furniture 



Chemicals and allied products 



Stone, clay, and glass products 



Food and kindred products 



Textiles and apparel 



Paper and allied products 



Aircraft and missiles 



^ GNP implicit price deflators used to conveil current dollars to constant 1967 dollars 



SOURCE National Science Foundation. Research and Development in Industry. 1973. {NSF 75-3M). 



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