THE SOAP AND OTHER DETERGENTS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

but it is not clear how well the categories by which such data presented correspond to overall census data for the industry. Assuming a reasonable correspondence, it appears that in 1998 U.S. laundry detergent sales were $4.4 billion, skin care sales were $2.6 billion, and the sales of personal soaps (bar soap, body wash, and liquid hand soap) ................
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