[Economic Indicators March, 2009] [Page Number 21] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS In February, manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and unfilled orders fell; new orders rose. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Manufacturers' shipments \1\ Manufacturers' inventories \2\ Manufacturers' new orders \1\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manufac- Durable goods Manufac- turers' ------------------------ turers' inven- Period Durable Nondurable Durable Nondurable Capital unfilled tory-- Total goods goods Total goods goods Total goods orders \2\ shipments Total industries, ratio nondefense \3\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted, except as noted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1999 ............................................................. 335,991 193,895 142,096 463,625 296,553 167,072 329,770 187,674 64,392 505,498 1.35 2000 ............................................................. 350,715 197,807 152,908 481,673 306,727 174,946 346,789 193,881 69,278 549,445 1.35 2001 ............................................................. 330,875 181,201 149,674 428,113 267,829 160,284 322,746 173,072 58,246 514,349 1.38 2002 ............................................................. 326,227 176,968 149,259 423,133 260,582 162,551 316,809 167,550 51,817 462,122 1.28 2003 ............................................................. 334,616 178,549 156,067 408,304 246,963 161,341 330,369 174,302 52,894 477,608 1.24 2004 ............................................................. 359,081 188,722 170,359 440,697 265,070 175,627 354,619 184,261 56,094 496,343 1.19 2005 ............................................................. 395,173 202,070 193,103 472,860 283,598 189,262 395,401 202,298 65,770 572,835 1.17 2006 ............................................................. 418,330 213,408 204,923 511,487 309,914 201,573 419,793 214,871 71,725 660,406 1.19 2007 ............................................................. 423,423 213,572 209,851 530,664 320,757 209,907 427,597 217,746 74,288 773,297 1.23 2008 ............................................................. 431,929 207,801 224,128 541,986 343,468 198,518 429,343 205,216 69,132 800,360 1.28 2008:Feb ......................................................... 429,531 211,772 217,759 540,675 323,841 216,834 433,860 216,101 74,408 786,860 1.26 Mar ........................................................ 434,378 209,778 224,600 545,791 327,066 218,725 440,216 215,616 75,431 797,114 1.26 Apr ........................................................ 446,031 213,591 232,440 545,633 328,911 216,722 445,915 213,475 73,609 802,972 1.22 May ........................................................ 447,411 211,049 236,362 548,825 330,426 218,399 450,033 213,671 73,639 810,293 1.23 June ....................................................... 455,873 212,947 242,926 555,627 333,127 222,500 459,576 216,650 71,958 818,023 1.22 July ....................................................... 462,379 217,549 244,830 559,070 336,185 222,885 462,993 218,163 74,498 824,232 1.21 Aug ........................................................ 445,455 208,339 237,116 562,781 339,033 223,748 443,200 206,084 68,694 826,529 1.26 Sept ....................................................... 431,492 208,240 223,252 558,296 339,728 218,568 429,286 206,034 67,923 828,225 1.29 Oct ........................................................ 415,900 201,119 214,781 554,990 341,168 213,822 403,315 188,534 63,487 820,672 1.33 Nov ........................................................ 388,928 192,772 196,156 552,253 342,259 209,994 377,203 181,047 60,140 812,879 1.42 Dec ........................................................ 375,980 189,910 186,070 541,986 343,468 198,518 358,811 172,741 53,964 800,360 1.44 2009:Jan r........................................................ 366,366 179,433 186,933 535,850 339,735 196,115 346,120 159,187 48,637 783,955 1.46 Feb p....................................................... 365,928 178,487 187,441 529,667 336,137 193,530 352,189 164,748 52,470 773,242 1.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Annual data are averages of monthly not seasonally adjusted figures; monthly data are seasonally adjusted totals for month. Shipments are the same as sales. \2\ Seasonally adjusted, end of period. \3\ Annual data are averages of seasonally adjusted monthly ratios. Note.--Manufacturers' nondurable new orders (not shown) are the same as nondurable shipments. Also, there are no unfilled nondurable orders; data shown for total unfilled orders are durable unfilled orders. Total and durable shipments and inventories include data on semiconductors; new and unfilled orders do not. Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.