Table 1-18. Unit labor cost' in manufacturing industries, 



by selected countries, 1960-74 



(Index, 1960 = 100) 



' In national currency unadjusted for inflation. 



SOURCE P Capdevlelle and A Neef, ■Productivity and Unit Labor Costs in tfie United States and Abroad". Monthly 

 Labor Review. July 1975. 



Table 1-19. U.S. trade balance in R&D-intensive and non-R&D-lntensive 



manufactured products. 1960-74 



(Dollars in millions) 



1974 



1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 



R&D-intensive 



Balance 5,891 6,237 6,720 6,958 7,970 8,177 8,020 8.817 9,755 10,471 11,722 11,727 11,012 15,101 23,612 



Export 7,597 8.018 8,715 8,975 10,267 11,107 12,203 13,407 15,312 16,955 19,274 20,228 22.003 29,088 41,115 



Import 1,706 1,781 1,995 2.017 2,297 2,930 4183 4,590 5,537 6,484 7,552 8,501 10,991 13,987 17,503 



Non R&D-intensive 



Balance -179 -12 -691 -765 -678-2,027-3,325-3,729-6,581 -6,698 -8,285 -11,698 -15,039 -15,370 -16,296 



Export 4,962 4730 4,940 5,284 6,121 6,281 6,913 7,437 8,506 9,830 10,069 10,215 11,737 15,643 22412 



Import 5,141 4,742 5,631 6,049 6,799 8,308 10,238 11,166 15,087 16,528 18.354 21,913 26,776 31,013 38,708 



SOURCE U.S. Department of Commerce, Domestic and International Business Administration, Oi/ersess Business Reports, April 1975 and April 1972 



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