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


 
MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS

In June, 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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2000 .............................................................    350,715    197,807     152,908    481,357    306,472     174,885    346,789    193,881      69,278     549,193        1.35
2001 .............................................................    330,875    181,201     149,674    427,852    267,628     160,224    322,736    173,062      58,240     514,132        1.38
2002 .............................................................    326,227    176,968     149,259    422,883    260,366     162,517    316,835    167,577      51,858     462,279        1.28
2003 .............................................................    334,616    178,549     156,067    408,162    246,823     161,339    330,432    174,366      53,086     478,545        1.24
2004 .............................................................    359,081    188,722     170,359    440,559    264,895     175,664    354,655    184,296      56,179     497,801        1.19
2005 .............................................................    395,173    202,070     193,103    473,841    283,756     190,085    395,383    202,280      65,849     574,104        1.17
2006 .............................................................    417,963    213,516     204,447    523,573    317,786     205,787    419,417    214,970      71,713     661,749        1.20
2007 .............................................................    444,859    224,653     220,206    563,456    335,615     227,841    456,124    235,918      84,340     868,116        1.22
2008 .............................................................    457,189    218,725     238,464    558,969    338,808     220,161    453,583    215,118      73,685     892,699        1.28
2009 .............................................................    384,168    183,154     201,014    509,938    295,335     214,603    371,038    170,024      53,799     793,288        1.36
 
2009:June ........................................................    376,929    175,996     200,933    517,394    307,985     209,409    365,278    164,345      53,264     820,690        1.37
      July .......................................................    381,862    183,564     198,298    513,340    304,403     208,937    374,824    176,526      59,075     819,234        1.34
      Aug ........................................................    383,721    182,319     201,402    509,353    300,186     209,167    373,332    171,930      53,579     814,274        1.33
      Sept .......................................................    390,032    185,857     204,175    506,088    297,925     208,163    381,676    177,501      56,574     810,520        1.30
      Oct ........................................................    394,253    185,949     208,304    508,967    296,632     212,335    385,773    177,469      57,481     807,298        1.29
      Nov ........................................................    400,731    187,705     213,026    510,192    295,936     214,256    390,090    177,064      56,072     801,847        1.27
      Dec ........................................................    408,429    192,426     216,003    509,938    295,335     214,603    394,645    178,642      55,795     793,288        1.25
 
2010:Jan .........................................................    410,972    192,141     218,831    511,430    295,440     215,990    406,306    187,475      59,563     794,513        1.24
      Feb ........................................................    408,967    189,328     219,639    516,707    297,545     219,162    407,985    188,346      64,937     798,552        1.26
      Mar ........................................................    419,787    193,305     226,482    519,045    299,463     219,582    415,012    188,530      60,600     797,869        1.24
      Apr ........................................................    422,133    197,099     225,034    522,387    301,985     220,402    419,055    194,021      65,483     800,948        1.24
      May r.......................................................    414,648    195,799     218,849    520,464    305,591     214,873    411,469    192,620      65,218     803,078        1.26
      June p......................................................    411,177    195,123     216,054    519,999    308,824     211,175    406,405    190,351      63,933     802,792        1.26
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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.