[Economic Indicators April, 2010]
[Page Number 21]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS

In March, manufacturers' shipments, inventories and new orders rose, 
while unfilled orders fell.
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                                                                      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\
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                                                                                                Millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted, except as noted
 
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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    427,720    267,533     160,187    322,746    173,072      58,246     514,262        1.38
2002 .............................................................    326,227    176,968     149,259    422,724    260,265     162,459    316,809    167,550      51,817     462,056        1.28
2003 .............................................................    334,616    178,549     156,067    407,967    246,712     161,255    330,369    174,302      52,894     477,557        1.24
2004 .............................................................    359,081    188,722     170,359    440,330    264,794     175,536    354,619    184,261      56,094     496,395        1.19
2005 .............................................................    395,173    202,070     193,103    472,398    283,220     189,178    395,401    202,298      65,770     572,827        1.16
2006 .............................................................    418,330    213,408     204,923    510,865    309,320     201,545    419,793    214,871      71,725     660,243        1.19
2007 .............................................................    423,423    213,572     209,851    529,957    319,923     210,034    427,597    217,746      74,288     772,982        1.23
2008 .............................................................    431,929    207,801     224,128    541,767    342,699     199,068    429,343    205,216      69,132     798,967        1.28
2009 .............................................................    364,616    174,602     190,015    494,435    302,714     191,721    353,921    163,907      52,534     717,672        1.39
 
2009:Mar .........................................................    357,240    173,884     183,356    521,501    328,422     193,079    341,319    157,963      49,773     759,101        1.46
      Apr ........................................................    357,324    173,480     183,844    515,642    324,569     191,073    343,818    159,974      48,324     749,752        1.44
      May ........................................................    354,190    169,440     184,750    511,305    320,714     190,591    348,109    163,359      52,945     747,473        1.44
      June .......................................................    360,117    169,672     190,445    505,009    315,984     189,025    350,431    159,986      52,369     740,349        1.40
      July .......................................................    362,611    174,982     187,629    500,593    312,367     188,226    356,836    169,207      57,030     739,445        1.38
      Aug ........................................................    362,269    172,366     189,903    496,549    308,133     188,416    353,923    164,020      52,185     735,313        1.37
      Sept .......................................................    366,882    174,914     191,968    492,559    305,056     187,503    360,153    168,185      54,383     732,138        1.34
      Oct ........................................................    370,294    175,345     194,949    494,397    304,023     190,374    363,047    168,098      55,458     729,336        1.34
      Nov ........................................................    376,048    176,772     199,276    495,268    303,298     191,970    366,688    167,412      53,808     724,054        1.32
      Dec ........................................................    382,727    180,942     201,785    494,435    302,714     191,721    372,285    170,500      55,000     717,672        1.29
 
2010:Jan .........................................................    385,325    180,817     204,508    495,778    302,871     192,907    381,425    176,917      57,149     718,960        1.29
      Feb r.......................................................    386,968    180,220     206,748    499,220    304,198     195,022    386,426    179,678      61,047     722,535        1.29
      Mar p.......................................................    395,587    182,800     212,787    500,712    305,191     195,521    391,459    178,672      56,761     721,687        1.27
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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.