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Industry Statistics

European Standard
Envelope Sizes
and
Measurements

Number	Height	Width	Height	Width
	MMs	MMs	Inches	Inches
C7	81	114	3.19	4.49
C7/6	81	162	3.19	6.38
DL	110	220	4.33	8.66
C6	114	162	4.49	6.38
B6	125	176	4.92	6.93
1/2BC4	125	324	4.92	12.75
E6	140	200	5.51	7.87
C5	162	229	6.38	9.02
B5	176	250	6.93	9.84
E5	200	280	7.87	11.02
C4	229	324	9.02	12.75
B4	250	353	9.84	13.09
E4	280	400	11.02	15.75

Note: These sizes are used in all European countries, except Great Britain. In Great Britain, A4 is the standard size for folded letterhead, 4.25 x 8.625 inches. The dimensions of an A4 envelope is 324mm x 229mm.

1 millimeter = 0.03937 inches

ENVELOPE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT

U.S. Envelope Production
Employees: 16,467

Total U.S. Payroll and
Benefits: $747,697,000

Total U.S. Wage Hours:
33,713,000

Total U.S. Wages:
$531,832,000

Total Companies:
169

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Annual Survey of Manufacturers

U.S. Standard
Envelope Sizes
and
Measurements

Commercial Sizes

Number	Height	Width
6 1/4	3 1/2	6
6 1/2	3 1/2	6 1/4
6 3/4	3 5/8	6 1/2
7	3 3/4	6 3/4
7 3/4	3 7/8	7 1/2
*Monarch	3 7/8	7 1/2
Data Card	3 5/8	7 3/4
Check Size	3 5/8	8 5/8
9	3 7/8	8 7/8
10	4 1/8	9 1/2
11	4 1/2	10 3/8
12	4 3/4	11
14	5	11 1/2

*Pt. Flp.

Booklet Sizes
(Open Side)

Height	Width
4 3/4	6 1/2
5 1/2	7 1/2
5 1/2	8 1/8
5 3/4	8 7/8
6	9
6	9 1/2
6 1/2	9 1/2
7	10
7 1/2	10 1/2
8 3/4	11 1/2
9	12
9 1/2	12 5/8
10	13

U.S. Envelope
Shipments
and
Sales

Year	Units (M's)	Dollars ($B)
1977	100	Under 1
1978	117.5	1.19
1979	124	1.40
1980	124.8	1.56
1981	127	1.69
1982	126	1.70
1983	136	1.82
1984	147	2.12
1985	150	2.22
1986	156	2.32
1987	159	2.50
1988	166	2.81
1989	169	3.01
1990	174	3.06
1991	167	2.90
1992	156	2.63
1993	160	2.68
1994	164	2.75
1995	168	2.82
1996	171	3.01
1997	175	3.08
1998	178	3.13
1999	182	3.43
2000	188.5	3.56
2001	184.0	3.41
2002	181.2	3.31
2003	186.6	3.26
2004	187.3	3.33
2005	194.7	3.46
2006	194.5	3.68
2007	190.4	3.74