AIA Statistics- Economic Indicators

Fourth Quarter 2006

2006 continues four years of steady U.S aerospace expansion. All aerospace indicators are up from the third quarter and every 2006 year end indicator increased from those in 2005. During this period, U.S. aerospace added 13,000 employees to its rolls. Sales grew more than 6%, profits were up almost 12% and orders topped 17% from the previous record-breaking year.

In Billions of Current Dollars	4Q 2006	3Q 2006	% Change 3Q06 to 4Q06	4Q 2005	2006 Year-End	2005 Year-End
Aerospace Sales	$57.30	$51.54	11.2%	$53.21	$210.13	$197.23
Profits	$4.07	$3.77	7.9%	$2.86	$14.07	$12.57
Orders	$82.64	$58.94	40.2%	$86.41	$257.99	$219.41
Exports--Total	$23.89	$20.84	14.6%	$18.35	$85.26	$67.43
Exports--Civil	$19.42	$17.00	14.2%	$15.46	$71.39	$57.23
Exports--Military	$4.47	$3.84	16.4%	$2.87	$13.86	$10.21
Employment (in thousands)	634	632	0.2%	621	635	625

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