[Economic Indicators April, 2009]
[Page Number 21]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS

In March, manufacturers' shipments, inventories, new and unfilled orders 
fell.
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                                                                      Manufacturers' shipments \1\     Manufacturers' inventories \2\     Manufacturers' new orders \1\
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                                                                                                                                                        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\
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                                                                                                Millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted, except as noted
 
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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: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 .........................................................    366,366    179,433     186,933    535,850    339,735     196,115    346,120    159,187      48,637     783,955        1.46
      Feb r.......................................................    364,479    177,831     186,648    528,920    335,164     193,756    348,460    161,812      50,931     770,939        1.45
      Mar p.......................................................    359,958    175,132     184,826    524,822    330,655     194,167    345,304    160,478      51,331     759,032        1.46
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    \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.