[Economic Report of the President (1996)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Table B-54.--Manufacturers' shipments and inventories, 1954-95
[Millions of dollars; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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Shipments\1\                                                  Inventories\2\
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Durable goods industries               Nondurable goods industries
Year or month                                         Durable   Nondurable           --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total      goods       goods      Total             Materials                                Materials    Work
industries  industries              Total       and     Work in  Finished    Total       and       in    Finished
supplies   process    goods              supplies  process    goods
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1954...............................................................    23,355     11,828      11,527     41,612    23,710      7,894     9,721     6,040    17,902      8,167    2,440     7,415
1955...............................................................    26,480     14,071      12,409     45,069    26,405      9,194    10,756     6,348    18,664      8,556    2,571     7,666
1956...............................................................    27,740     14,715      13,025     50,642    30,447     10,417    12,317     7,565    20,195      8,971    2,721     8,622
1957...............................................................    28,736     15,237      13,499     51,871    31,728     10,608    12,837     8,125    20,143      8,775    2,864     8,624
1958...............................................................    27,248     13,553      13,695     50,203    30,194      9,970    12,408     7,816    20,009      8,676    2,827     8,506
1959...............................................................    30,286     15,597      14,689     52,913    32,012     10,709    13,086     8,217    20,901      9,094    2,942     8,865

1960...............................................................    30,878     15,870      15,008     53,786    32,337     10,306    12,809     9,222    21,449      9,097    2,947     9,405
1961...............................................................    30,922     15,601      15,321     54,871    32,496     10,246    13,211     9,039    22,375      9,505    3,108     9,762
1962...............................................................    33,358     17,247      16,111     58,172    34,565     10,794    14,124     9,647    23,607      9,836    3,304    10,467
1963...............................................................    35,058     18,255      16,803     60,029    35,776     11,053    14,835     9,888    24,253     10,009    3,420    10,824
1964...............................................................    37,331     19,611      17,720     63,410    38,421     11,946    16,158    10,317    24,989     10,167    3,531    11,291
1965...............................................................    40,995     22,193      18,802     68,207    42,189     13,298    18,055    10,836    26,018     10,487    3,825    11,706
1966...............................................................    44,870     24,617      20,253     77,986    49,852     15,464    21,908    12,480    28,134     11,197    4,226    12,711
1967...............................................................    46,486     25,233      21,253     84,646    54,896     16,423    24,933    13,540    29,750     11,760    4,431    13,559
1968...............................................................    50,229     27,624      22,605     90,560    58,732     17,344    27,213    14,175    31,828     12,328    4,852    14,648
1969...............................................................    53,501     29,403      24,098     98,145    64,598     18,636    30,282    15,680    33,547     12,753    5,120    15,674

1970...............................................................    52,805     28,156      24,649    101,599    66,651     19,149    29,745    17,757    34,948     13,168    5,271    16,509
1971...............................................................    55,906     29,924      25,982    102,567    66,136     19,679    28,550    17,907    36,431     13,686    5,678    17,067
1972...............................................................    63,027     33,987      29,040    108,121    70,067     20,807    30,713    18,547    38,054     14,677    5,998    17,379
1973...............................................................    72,931     39,635      33,296    124,499    81,192     25,944    35,490    19,758    43,307     18,147    6,729    18,431
1974...............................................................    84,790     44,173      40,617    157,625   101,493     35,070    42,530    23,893    56,132     23,744    8,189    24,199
1975...............................................................    86,589     43,598      42,991    159,708   102,590     33,903    43,227    25,460    57,118     23,565    8,834    24,719
1976...............................................................    98,797     50,623      48,174    174,636   111,988     37,457    46,074    28,457    62,648     25,847    9,929    26,872
1977...............................................................   113,201     59,168      54,033    188,378   120,877     40,186    50,226    30,465    67,501     27,387   10,961    29,153
1978...............................................................   126,905     67,731      59,174    211,691   138,181     45,198    58,848    34,135    73,510     29,619   12,085    31,806
1979...............................................................   143,936     75,927      68,009    242,157   160,734     52,670    69,325    38,739    81,423     32,814   13,910    34,699

1980...............................................................   154,391     77,419      76,972    265,215   174,788     55,173    76,945    42,670    90,427     36,606   15,884    37,937
1981...............................................................   168,129     83,727      84,402    283,413   186,443     57,998    80,998    47,447    96,970     38,165   16,194    42,611
1982...............................................................   163,351     79,212      84,139    311,852   200,444     59,136    86,707    54,601   111,408     44,039   18,612    48,757
1983...............................................................   172,547     85,481      87,066    312,379   199,854     60,325    86,899    52,630   112,525     44,816   18,691    49,018
1984...............................................................   190,682     97,940      92,742    339,516   221,330     66,031    98,251    57,048   118,186     45,692   19,328    53,166
1985...............................................................   194,538    101,279      93,259    334,799   218,212     64,005    98,085    56,122   116,587     44,087   19,445    53,055
1986...............................................................   194,657    103,238      91,419    322,669   212,006     61,409    96,926    53,671   110,663     42,309   18,124    50,230
1987...............................................................   206,326    108,128      98,198    338,075   220,776     63,614   102,328    54,834   117,299     45,287   19,279    52,733
1988...............................................................   223,541    117,993     105,549    367,422   241,402     69,388   112,380    59,634   126,020     49,030   20,446    56,544
1989...............................................................   232,724    121,703     111,022    386,911   256,065     71,942   121,919    62,204   130,846     49,632   21,261    59,953

1990...............................................................   239,459    122,387     117,072    399,068   259,988     72,788   122,520    64,680   139,080     51,606   22,447    65,027
1991...............................................................   235,518    119,151     116,367    386,348   249,117     69,987   115,107    64,023   137,231     51,556   21,886    63,789
1992...............................................................   244,511    125,553     118,958    379,238   237,717     68,165   107,140    62,412   141,521     52,194   22,887    66,440
1993...............................................................   258,520    135,981     122,539    377,425   236,303     68,434   105,358    62,511   141,122     51,866   23,347    65,909
1994...............................................................   280,835    151,060     129,775    391,810   247,644     74,965   105,136    67,543   144,166     52,987   23,869    67,310

1994: Jan..........................................................   268,330    144,709     123,621    378,908   238,172     68,157   105,770    64,245   140,736     51,434   23,349    65,953
Feb..........................................................   271,815    146,260     125,555    380,068   238,832     68,803   105,305    64,724   141,236     51,485   23,278    66,473
Mar..........................................................   274,497    147,388     127,109    379,772   238,195     68,780   105,075    64,340   141,577     51,785   23,417    66,375
Apr..........................................................   274,243    146,932     127,311    380,645   239,164     69,576   104,959    64,629   141,481     51,705   23,205    66,571
May..........................................................   276,232    148,510     127,722    382,382   240,539     70,231   105,506    64,802   141,843     51,953   23,403    66,487
June.........................................................   278,566    150,010     128,556    383,106   241,039     70,763   106,108    64,168   142,067     52,001   23,652    66,414

July.........................................................   275,485    146,472     129,013    386,645   243,392     71,732   106,531    65,129   143,253     52,044   23,888    67,321
Aug..........................................................   288,080    155,619     132,461    387,012   244,116     72,238   106,207    65,671   142,896     52,093   23,752    67,051
Sept.........................................................   286,134    154,350     131,784    386,531   243,814     72,713   105,458    65,643   142,717     52,571   23,905    66,241
Oct..........................................................   283,975    152,586     131,389    388,063   244,925     73,367   105,215    66,343   143,138     52,536   24,026    66,576
Nov..........................................................   291,191    157,292     133,899    389,988   246,374     74,404   104,954    67,016   143,614     52,600   24,198    66,816
Dec..........................................................   296,053    159,299     136,754    391,810   247,644     74,965   105,136    67,543   144,166     52,987   23,869    67,310

1995: Jan..........................................................   297,790    161,079     136,711    396,104   250,251     75,524   106,765    67,962   145,853     53,554   24,014    68,285
Feb..........................................................   298,556    161,206     137,350    399,726   252,124     76,486   107,115    68,523   147,602     54,315   24,223    69,064
Mar..........................................................   298,437    161,571     136,866    402,081   253,237     76,627   106,903    69,707   148,844     55,255   24,183    69,406
Apr..........................................................   295,293    157,970     137,323    405,678   255,334     77,494   107,840    70,000   150,344     55,714   24,283    70,347
May..........................................................   297,093    159,612     137,481    408,289   256,787     77,927   108,408    70,452   151,502     56,220   24,498    70,784
June.........................................................   298,712    160,828     137,884    410,011   257,442     78,441   107,902    71,099   152,569     56,727   24,708    71,134

July.........................................................   293,474    155,919     137,555    412,423   259,532     79,171   108,897    71,464   152,891     56,852   24,790    71,249
Aug..........................................................   303,021    164,196     138,825    413,146   260,091     79,903   108,762    71,426   153,055     57,007   24,737    71,311
Sept p.......................................................   304,280    165,939     138,341    416,177   261,706     80,231   109,370    72,105   154,471     57,381   24,924    72,166
Oct p........................................................   303,155    164,629     138,526    417,816   263,508     81,459   109,490    72,559   154,308     57,124   24,836    72,348
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\1\ Annual data are averages of monthly not seasonally adjusted figures.
\2\ Seasonally adjusted, end of period. Data beginning 1982 are not comparable with data for prior periods.

Note.--Data beginning 1958 are not strictly comparable with earlier data.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.