Example sentences for: shipments

How can you use “shipments” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • steel shipments in 2000 was approximately 108,703,000 tons, and imported steel was 30,993,000 tons for a total demand of about 140 million tons.

  • Union Pacific has, in fact, announced that it will be adding 1,500 new workers, but analysts estimate that the crisis has already cost shippers more than $1 billion in delayed shipments and delivery snafus.

  • The other maintains extensive information systems, which allow it to send, receive, and process information on retail demand, orders, and shipments; advanced information technology also helps it plan manufacturing capacity so that the firm can engage in short-cycle production.

  • For example, close to 50 percent of the value of shipments for men’s shirts comes from the cost of materials, while 25 percent arises from compensation costs.

  • The talks start today and the shipments are delayed until at least Monday.


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