FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015, AT 10:00 A.M. EST 

Adriana Stoica 

Economic Indicators Division 

(301) 763-4832 

M3-2 (15)-10 

CB 15-195 

Full Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders 

October 2015 

Summary 

 New orders for manufactured goods in October, up 

following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased 

$6.8 billion or 1.5 percent to $473.9 billion, the U.S. 

Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 0.8 

percent September decrease. 

 Shipments, down six of the last seven months, 

decreased $2.5 billion or 0.5 percent to $475.2 billion. 

This followed a 0.3 percent September decrease. 

 Unfilled orders, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased $3.4 billion or 0.3 percent to 

$1,191.8 billion. This followed a 0.5 percent September 

decrease. The unfilled orders-to-shipments ratio was 

6.94, up from 6.86 in September. 

 Inventories, down four consecutive months, decreased 

$0.6 billion or 0.1 percent to $643.6 billion. This 

followed a 0.5 percent September decrease. The 

inventories-to-shipments ratio was 1.35, unchanged from 

September. 

New Orders 

 New orders for manufactured durable goods in 

October, up following two consecutive monthly 

decreases, increased $6.8 billion or 2.9 percent to $238.8 

billion, down from the previously published 3.0 percent 

increase. This followed a 0.8 percent September 

decrease. 

 Transportation equipment, also up following two 

consecutive monthly decreases, led the increase, $6.0 

billion or 7.9 percent to $82.0 billion. 

 New orders for manufactured nondurable goods 

increased less than $0.1 billion or virtually unchanged to $235.1 billion. 

 

Shipments 

 Shipments of manufactured durable goods in October, 

down two of the last three months, decreased $2.5 

billion or 1.0 percent to $240.1 billion, unchanged from 

the previously published 1.0 percent decrease. This 

followed a 0.3 percent September increase. 

 Transportation equipment, also down two of the last 

three months, led the decrease, $2.0 billion or 2.5 

percent to $78.7 billion. 

 Shipments of manufactured nondurable goods, up 

following three consecutive monthly decreases, 

increased less than $0.1 billion or virtually unchanged to $235.1 billion. This followed a 0.9 percent September 

decrease. Paper products, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, drove the increase, $0.2 billion or 1.2 

percent to $16.2 billion. 

 

Unfilled Orders 

 Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in 

October, up following two consecutive monthly 

decreases, increased $3.4 billion or 0.3 percent to 

$1,191.8 billion, unchanged from the previously 

published 0.3 percent increase. This followed a 0.5 

percent September decrease. 

 

 Transportation equipment, also up following two 

consecutive monthly decreases, led the increase, $3.3 

billion or 0.4 percent to $798.2 billion. 

Inventories 

 Inventories of manufactured durable goods in October, 

down five of the last six months, decreased $1.0 billion 

or 0.3 percent to $397.0 billion, down from the 

previously published 0.2 percent decrease. This followed 

a 0.6 percent September decrease. 

 

 Primary metals, down nine consecutive months, led the 

decrease, $0.3 billion or 0.9 percent to $35.7 billion. 

 Inventories of manufactured nondurable goods, up 

following three consecutive monthly decreases, 

increased $0.4 billion or 0.2 percent to $246.5 billion. 

This followed a 0.4 percent September decrease. 

Petroleum and coal products, also up following three 

consecutive monthly decreases, drove the increase, $0.5 

billion or 1.4 percent to $34.1 billion. 

 By stage of fabrication, October materials and supplies 

were virtually unchanged in both durable goods and 

nondurable goods. Work in process decreased 1.0 

percent in durable goods and increased 0.6 percent in 

nondurable goods. Finished goods increased 0.5 percent 

in durable goods and increased 0.2 percent in nondurable 

goods. 

Figures in text are adjusted for seasonality, but not for inflation. Figures on new and unfilled orders exclude data for semiconductor manufacturing. For 

data, call (301) 763-4673 or go to www.census.gov/m3. The Advance Report on durable goods for November is scheduled for release on December 23, 2015 

at 8:30 a.m. EST and the Full Report on January 6, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. EST. See back page for survey description. To receive the latest updates on the 

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“Virtually unchanged” indicates that the change is less than 0.05 percent for a percent increase or decrease. 
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Table 1. Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for Industry Groups1

[Estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.] 

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted 

Monthly Percent Change Monthly

Industry % Change

Oct. Sep. Aug. Sep. - Aug. - July - Oct. Sep. Aug. Oct. 2015/

2015p 2015r 2015 Oct. Sep. Aug. 2015p 2015r 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2014

 All manufacturing industries.................. 475,173 477,659 479,066 -0.5 -0.3 -0.9 486,595 497,893 489,290 517,305 4,822,221 5,039,467 -4.3

 Excluding transportation................... 396,479 396,916 398,571 -0.1 -0.4 -1.0 405,189 411,050 408,209 437,959 4,040,356 4,314,233 -6.3

 Excluding defense.............................. 461,983 464,722 466,675 -0.6 -0.4 -0.8 473,678 483,604 477,092 505,546 4,701,167 4,922,254 -4.5

 With unfilled orders............................ 171,776 173,217 173,321 -0.8 -0.1 -0.3 173,570 184,064 175,287 177,182 1,725,345 1,690,146 2.1

 Durable goods industries......................... 240,079 242,610 241,985 -1.0 0.3 -0.5 246,197 257,240 245,702 250,415 2,411,609 2,371,268 1.7

 Wood products....................................... 8,164 8,123 7,990 0.5 1.7 -1.2 8,680 8,455 8,511 8,793 82,051 82,881 -1.0

 Nonmetallic mineral products.................... 9,707 9,786 9,718 -0.8 0.7 -0.8 10,709 10,624 10,630 11,142 98,797 98,575 0.2

 Primary metals....................................... 20,114 20,208 20,346 -0.5 -0.7 -1.8 20,529 20,619 20,890 24,778 214,749 236,175 -9.1

 Iron and steel mills............................ 9,141 9,296 9,461 -1.7 -1.7 -2.1 9,357 9,478 9,726 12,364 99,635 118,249 -15.7

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals.......... 9,372 9,286 9,227 0.9 0.6 -2.3 9,564 9,375 9,477 10,690 98,625 101,195 -2.5

 Ferrous metal foundries....................... 1,601 1,626 1,658 -1.5 -1.9 3.1 1,608 1,766 1,687 1,724 16,489 16,731 -1.4

 Fabricated metal products....................... 29,456 29,484 29,640 -0.1 -0.5 -0.6 30,757 31,034 30,997 32,236 302,059 303,783 -0.6

 Machinery............................................. 33,056 33,496 33,411 -1.3 0.3 -0.7 33,312 34,290 32,852 34,491 334,435 342,100 -2.2

 Farm machinery................................. 1,547 1,603 1,708 -3.5 -6.1 0.5 1,453 1,489 1,583 1,524 16,994 29,518 -42.4

 Construction machinery..................... 3,220 3,266 3,487 -1.4 -6.3 -4.4 3,520 3,048 3,173 4,120 35,518 28,792 23.4

 Mining, oil field, and 

 gas field machinery.......................... 1,545 1,549 1,579 -0.3 -1.9 -6.7 1,535 1,621 1,579 2,542 17,902 27,539 -35.0

 Industrial machinery.......................... 3,144 3,165 2,928 -0.7 8.1 -1.1 3,262 3,507 2,774 3,048 28,488 29,292 -2.7

 Photographic equipment...................... 541 504 523 7.3 -3.6 -2.8 579 571 518 644 5,250 5,771 -9.0

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............ 3,974 3,972 3,937 0.1 0.9 -0.7 3,723 4,169 4,103 3,723 40,010 39,529 1.2

 Metalworking machinery..................... 3,250 3,181 3,208 2.2 -0.8 -0.8 3,474 3,398 3,224 2,945 29,696 25,840 14.9

 Turbines, generators, and other

 power transmission equipment....... 3,702 4,179 4,047 -11.4 3.3 4.0 3,714 4,138 4,086 3,979 40,798 38,838 5.0

 Material handling equipment............... 2,691 2,714 2,703 -0.8 0.4 0.4 2,835 2,822 2,793 2,666 25,840 24,328 6.2

 Computers and electronic products2

.......... 29,750 29,790 29,536 -0.1 0.9 1.2 29,320 32,822 29,621 28,371 288,926 281,136 2.8

 Computers........................................ 649 651 670 -0.3 -2.8 -5.6 586 718 643 528 6,556 6,925 -5.3

 Computer storage devices..................... 477 484 465 -1.4 4.1 -2.9 344 727 368 360 4,492 5,709 -21.3

 Other peripheral equipment................ 906 830 880 9.2 -5.7 -7.6 760 1,002 731 777 9,065 9,134 -0.8

 Nondefense communications

 equipment.................................... 3,242 3,390 3,285 -4.4 3.2 -2.8 2,965 4,086 3,225 2,917 33,033 32,073 3.0

 Defense communications equipment.... 345 314 345 9.9 -9.0 10.2 373 350 334 390 3,395 3,782 -10.2

 Audio and video equipment.................... 289 279 256 3.6 9.0 3.6 341 279 245 312 2,368 2,991 -20.8

 Electronic components......................... 4,907 4,808 4,798 2.1 0.2 -1.3 4,790 5,143 5,123 3,723 46,481 37,199 25.0

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 1,433 1,416 1,394 1.2 1.6 2.7 1,345 1,649 1,404 1,225 13,373 12,234 9.3

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment..................................... 2,707 2,674 2,752 1.2 -2.8 -1.5 2,687 2,914 2,808 2,655 26,317 25,678 2.5

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments................. 9,914 9,865 9,690 0.5 1.8 2.7 9,326 11,243 9,227 8,491 93,061 87,091 6.9

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 10,142 10,175 10,167 -0.3 0.1 -2.0 10,292 10,786 10,378 10,765 103,433 105,179 -1.7

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 1,005 1,009 989 -0.4 2.0 -1.5 1,064 1,061 1,025 1,022 9,650 9,743 -1.0

 Household appliances........................ 1,582 1,564 1,589 1.2 -1.6 -1.9 1,636 1,650 1,589 1,825 16,214 17,397 -6.8

 Electrical equipment............................ 3,084 3,112 3,113 -0.9 0.0 -3.2 2,973 3,381 3,156 3,260 32,014 33,365 -4.0

 Batteries........................................... 871 822 820 6.0 0.2 -2.4 990 902 827 1,034 8,325 8,861 -6.0

 Transportation equipment........................ 78,694 80,743 80,495 -2.5 0.3 -0.4 81,406 86,843 81,081 79,346 781,865 725,234 7.8

 Automobiles..................................... 8,121 8,679 8,791 -6.4 -1.3 -1.6 9,048 9,265 8,936 10,302 88,295 84,897 4.0

 Light trucks and utility vehicles.............. 14,159 14,744 14,148 -4.0 4.2 -3.7 15,302 15,873 14,679 13,254 135,963 122,664 10.8

 Heavy duty trucks ............................. 3,126 3,059 3,070 2.2 -0.4 -4.2 3,315 3,198 3,102 3,270 31,395 27,081 15.9

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers.................................... 26,266 26,669 26,747 -1.5 -0.3 -0.4 28,124 27,386 27,546 26,552 262,388 238,443 10.0

 Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 13,696 14,376 15,324 -4.7 -6.2 10.1 12,402 16,460 14,634 12,741 139,058 122,979 13.1

 Defense aircraft and parts.................. 5,480 5,388 5,067 1.7 6.3 -4.0 5,298 6,096 4,892 4,549 48,087 46,324 3.8

 Ships and boats................................. 2,798 2,979 2,752 -6.1 8.2 -3.2 2,857 3,059 2,691 2,902 27,896 28,577 -2.4

 Furniture and related products.................. 6,500 6,471 6,420 0.4 0.8 -0.8 6,489 6,691 6,905 6,143 63,810 59,802 6.7

 Miscellaneous durable goods................. 14,496 14,334 14,262 1.1 0.5 0.0 14,703 15,076 13,837 14,350 141,484 136,403 3.7

 Nondurable goods industries..................... 235,094 235,049 237,081 0.0 -0.9 -1.3 240,398 240,653 243,588 266,890 2,410,612 2,668,199 -9.7

 Food products....................................... 66,199 66,145 66,161 0.1 0.0 0.2 69,890 67,793 66,696 71,474 659,020 667,667 -1.3

 Grain and oilseed milling....................... 8,137 8,142 8,299 -0.1 -1.9 -1.0 9,006 8,277 8,490 9,273 81,570 82,540 -1.2

 Dairy products.................................. 9,979 9,910 9,919 0.7 -0.1 0.2 10,416 10,121 10,113 11,556 99,584 108,375 -8.1

 Meat, poultry, and seafood products... 18,656 18,770 18,859 -0.6 -0.5 -0.6 19,227 19,026 19,018 20,692 191,218 198,547 -3.7

 Beverage and tobacco products................ 13,050 12,912 12,665 1.1 2.0 1.8 13,101 13,289 13,048 12,639 125,980 123,688 1.9

 Beverages......................................... 9,070 9,108 9,005 -0.4 1.1 0.6 9,121 9,485 9,388 9,004 89,966 90,292 -0.4

 Tobacco............................................ 3,980 3,804 3,660 4.6 3.9 4.8 3,980 3,804 3,660 3,635 36,014 33,396 7.8

 Textile mills........................................... 2,591 2,577 2,562 0.5 0.6 0.1 2,692 2,647 2,681 2,682 26,124 26,674 -2.1

 Textile products................................... 1,936 1,958 1,951 -1.1 0.4 0.8 1,985 1,968 2,058 1,926 19,585 19,181 2.1

 Apparel................................................ 1,158 1,159 1,167 -0.1 -0.7 1.1 1,385 1,223 1,277 1,391 11,367 10,851 4.8

 Leather and allied products...................... 462 454 447 1.8 1.6 -3.5 487 456 438 498 4,631 4,611 0.4

 Paper products...................................... 16,232 16,039 16,063 1.2 -0.1 -0.1 16,706 16,362 16,531 17,282 162,055 163,234 -0.7

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills....... 7,216 7,063 7,079 2.2 -0.2 -0.2 7,306 7,185 7,346 7,107 71,602 70,603 1.4

 Paperboard containers........................ 5,219 5,227 5,224 -0.2 0.1 0.5 5,472 5,360 5,402 6,239 52,801 55,227 -4.4

 Printing................................................. 7,253 7,202 7,208 0.7 -0.1 -1.9 7,729 7,530 7,237 7,525 71,887 69,576 3.3

 Petroleum and coal products.................. 43,077 43,043 45,458 0.1 -5.3 -6.3 43,697 44,256 49,354 66,056 491,270 722,260 -32.0

 Petroleum refineries.......................... 39,436 39,470 41,838 -0.1 -5.7 -6.7 39,674 40,142 45,028 61,544 453,324 680,231 -33.4

 Chemical products..................................... 64,192 64,555 64,303 -0.6 0.4 -0.1 63,145 65,772 64,618 64,763 644,487 661,740 -2.6

 Pesticides, fertilizers, and other

 agricultural chemicals....................... 4,957 5,096 5,050 -2.7 0.9 2.2 3,679 4,473 4,080 3,143 49,486 42,592 16.2

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines............. 16,931 17,011 16,677 -0.5 2.0 0.9 16,969 17,820 16,817 14,467 159,002 146,399 8.6

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives.......... 3,397 3,423 3,374 -0.8 1.5 2.4 3,455 3,451 3,529 3,385 34,231 33,446 2.3

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 18,944 19,005 19,096 -0.3 -0.5 -1.0 19,581 19,357 19,650 20,654 194,206 198,717 -2.3

p

 Preliminary r Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment.

1

 Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories are for the end of the period. Not seasonally adjusted 

estimates of shipments and new orders include adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences,

where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes.

See note at end of Table 2 relating to survey error and revision.

2 Estimates and percent changes of shipments for the semiconductor industry are included in computers and electronic products, and all other applicable aggregate totals. 

 

Year to date
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Table 2. Value of Manufacturers' New Orders for Industry Groups1

[Estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.] 

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted 

Monthly Percent Change Monthly

Industry % Change

Oct. Sep. Aug. Sep. - Aug. - July - Oct. Sep. Aug. Oct. 2015/

2015p 2015r 2015 Oct. Sep. Aug. 2015p 2015r 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2014

All manufacturing industries2........................ 473,873 467,064 471,041 1.5 -0.8 -2.1 480,481 487,375 472,263 509,549 4,738,108 5,098,110 -7.1

 Excluding transportation2

...................... 391,854 391,083 393,320 0.2 -0.6 -1.1 398,062 404,388 399,370 431,408 3,987,341 4,289,453 -7.0

 Excluding defense2

.............................. 460,866 453,989 459,648 1.5 -1.2 -1.7 468,059 472,229 464,051 497,465 4,627,142 4,978,040 -7.0

 With unfilled orders2............................. 175,131 167,472 170,048 4.6 -1.5 -3.4 172,992 178,007 163,493 176,222 1,689,726 1,805,266 -6.4

 Durable goods industries2

......................... 238,779 232,015 233,960 2.9 -0.8 -2.9 240,083 246,722 228,675 242,659 2,327,496 2,429,911 -4.2

 Primary metals........................................ 19,822 19,709 20,286 0.6 -2.8 -1.1 19,952 19,433 20,149 24,387 211,778 237,429 -10.8

 Iron and steel mills.............................. 9,044 8,903 9,512 1.6 -6.4 0.4 8,877 8,520 9,341 11,764 97,941 118,435 -17.3

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals.......... 9,261 9,170 9,203 1.0 -0.4 -2.6 9,543 9,246 9,255 10,770 97,716 101,885 -4.1

 Ferrous metal foundries....................... 1,517 1,636 1,571 -7.3 4.1 -1.8 1,532 1,667 1,553 1,853 16,121 17,109 -5.8

 Fabricated metal products........................ 29,216 29,641 29,090 -1.4 1.9 -2.6 29,638 30,662 29,776 32,178 301,057 308,952 -2.6

 Machinery............................................. 33,259 32,874 32,955 1.2 -0.2 -0.6 33,084 33,249 32,162 33,426 327,176 354,246 -7.6

 Construction machinery........................ 3,009 3,036 3,376 -0.9 -10.1 0.4 3,284 2,771 3,258 4,210 31,849 31,300 1.8

 Mining, oil field, and

 gas field machinery.......................... 1,503 1,337 1,413 12.4 -5.4 0.1 1,306 1,434 1,348 1,834 15,895 27,503 -42.2

 Industrial machinery............................ 3,111 3,067 2,969 1.4 3.3 0.8 3,307 3,259 2,702 3,036 27,914 30,130 -7.4

 Photographic equipment....................... 577 519 547 11.2 -5.1 2.2 603 587 545 611 5,452 5,655 -3.6

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............... 3,934 3,881 3,928 1.4 -1.2 -1.0 3,668 4,238 3,963 3,950 40,025 41,128 -2.7

 Metalworking machinery....................... 3,108 2,998 3,149 3.7 -4.8 0.9 3,332 3,192 3,134 2,775 29,160 25,791 13.1

 Turbines, generators, and other 

 power transmission equipment........... 3,955 4,226 3,823 -6.4 10.5 3.4 3,829 4,125 3,725 3,616 38,019 42,406 -10.3

 Material handling equipment.................. 2,798 2,956 2,648 -5.3 11.6 -8.8 2,637 3,088 2,580 2,602 27,087 25,544 6.0

 Computers and electronic products2

........... 25,659 25,178 25,252 1.9 -0.3 -0.1 24,266 29,105 23,975 22,835 247,266 234,027 5.7

 Computers........................................ 677 639 660 5.9 -3.2 -1.6 614 706 633 577 6,680 7,374 -9.4

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 3,570 3,600 3,503 -0.8 2.8 -6.0 3,476 4,342 3,223 3,316 36,347 36,460 -0.3

 Defense communications equipment....... 350 314 351 11.5 -10.5 -2.0 318 384 339 326 3,499 3,481 0.5

 Electronic components......................... 4,988 4,821 4,760 3.5 1.3 -1.7 4,909 5,017 5,153 3,776 46,918 37,452 25.3

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 1,644 1,615 1,682 1.8 -4.0 5.3 1,642 1,860 1,632 1,637 16,167 15,503 4.3

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 2,485 2,618 2,723 -5.1 -3.9 -2.4 2,320 3,247 2,421 2,882 25,400 25,632 -0.9

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments..................... 10,047 9,749 9,723 3.1 0.3 3.8 9,275 11,291 8,950 8,675 94,039 88,448 6.3

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 9,910 9,991 10,152 -0.8 -1.6 -0.8 10,099 10,510 10,243 11,156 102,767 107,941 -4.8

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 1,000 978 1,016 2.2 -3.7 1.2 1,078 1,015 1,033 1,046 9,651 9,793 -1.5

 Household appliances.......................... 1,614 1,556 1,493 3.7 4.2 -1.6 1,681 1,638 1,447 1,857 16,137 17,583 -8.2

 Electrical equipment............................ 3,043 3,033 3,174 0.3 -4.4 -3.6 2,971 3,137 3,154 3,448 32,440 34,261 -5.3

 Transportation equipment........................ 82,019 75,981 77,721 7.9 -2.2 -6.9 82,419 82,987 72,893 78,141 750,767 808,657 -7.2

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers..................................... 26,203 26,726 26,677 -2.0 0.2 -1.0 27,610 27,353 27,529 26,296 260,824 239,498 8.9

 Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 17,492 9,663 14,245 81.0 -32.2 -11.3 14,257 12,436 10,685 11,449 121,346 199,724 -39.2

 Defense aircraft and parts.................... 5,676 6,495 5,028 -12.6 29.2 15.4 6,302 7,691 3,165 5,674 43,865 44,168 -0.7

 Ships and boats.................................. 2,540 2,383 2,332 6.6 2.2 -30.2 2,102 2,217 1,997 1,982 23,496 34,625 -32.1

 Furniture and related products................... 6,516 6,423 6,554 1.4 -2.0 2.7 6,522 6,646 6,519 6,235 64,359 60,824 5.8

 Nondurable goods industries..................... 235,094 235,049 237,081 0.0 -0.9 -1.3 240,398 240,653 243,588 266,890 2,410,612 2,668,199 -9.7

p

 Preliminary r Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment.

1

 Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories are for the end of the period. Not seasonally

 adjusted estimates of shipments and new orders include adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday

and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates are not

adjusted for price changes.

2

 Data on new orders are not available for the semiconductor industry. Estimates and percent changes for new orders exclude semiconductor industry data.

Note: Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling

error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonreporting. Since the survey panel is not a probability sample, estimates of sampling error cannot be

calculated. For further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations see <http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/>.

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Table 3. Value of Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders for Industry Groups1

[Estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.] 

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly % Change

Industry Oct.

Oct. Sep. Aug. Sep. - Aug. - July - Oct. Sep. Aug. Oct. 2015/

2015p 2015r 2015 Oct. Sep. Aug. 2015p 2015r 2015 2014 2014

All manufacturing industries2...................... 1,191,794 1,188,439 1,194,184 0.3 -0.5 -0.3 1,179,283 1,179,861 1,185,918 1,204,931 -2.1

 Excluding transportation2...................... 393,623 393,593 394,576 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 389,628 391,219 393,420 397,083 -1.9

 Excluding defense2

............................. 1,009,566 1,006,028 1,011,911 0.4 -0.6 -0.2 998,337 998,420 1,005,334 1,011,650 -1.3

 Durable goods industries2........................ 1,191,794 1,188,439 1,194,184 0.3 -0.5 -0.3 1,179,283 1,179,861 1,185,918 1,204,931 -2.1

 Primary metals........................................ 34,670 34,962 35,461 -0.8 -1.4 -0.2 33,211 33,788 34,974 35,840 -7.3

 Iron and steel mills............................... 17,822 17,919 18,312 -0.5 -2.1 0.3 16,690 17,170 18,128 18,645 -10.5

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals............. 11,916 12,027 12,143 -0.9 -1.0 -0.2 11,724 11,745 11,874 12,087 -3.0

 Ferrous metal foundries........................ 4,932 5,016 5,006 -1.7 0.2 -1.7 4,797 4,873 4,972 5,108 -6.1

 Fabricated metal products......................... 81,680 81,920 81,763 -0.3 0.2 -0.7 80,824 81,943 82,315 82,818 -2.4

 Machinery.............................................. 110,988 110,785 111,407 0.2 -0.6 -0.4 109,920 110,148 111,189 120,216 -8.6

 Construction machinery......................... 5,696 5,907 6,137 -3.6 -3.7 -1.8 5,473 5,709 5,986 9,297 -41.1

 Mining, oil field, and

 gas field machinery.......................... 9,188 9,230 9,442 -0.5 -2.2 -1.7 9,132 9,361 9,548 11,979 -23.8

 Industrial machinery............................. 8,319 8,352 8,450 -0.4 -1.2 0.5 8,266 8,221 8,469 9,869 -16.2

 Photographic equipment........................ 1,668 1,632 1,617 2.2 0.9 1.5 1,676 1,652 1,636 1,589 5.5

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment................ 7,510 7,550 7,641 -0.5 -1.2 -0.1 7,395 7,450 7,381 7,511 -1.5

 Metalworking machinery........................ 6,344 6,486 6,669 -2.2 -2.7 -0.9 6,286 6,428 6,634 7,271 -13.5

 Turbines, generators, and other 

 power transmission equipment............ 32,423 32,170 32,123 0.8 0.1 -0.7 32,166 32,051 32,064 35,483 -9.3

 Material handling equipment................... 12,333 12,226 11,984 0.9 2.0 -0.5 11,997 12,195 11,929 10,208 17.5

 Computers and electronic products2............. 135,650 135,086 134,848 0.4 0.2 0.3 135,349 134,867 134,123 127,451 6.2

 Computers......................................... 2,596 2,568 2,580 1.1 -0.5 -0.4 2,596 2,568 2,580 2,438 6.5

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 37,111 36,783 36,573 0.9 0.6 0.6 37,067 36,556 36,300 32,540 13.9

 Defense communications equipment........ 3,001 2,996 2,996 0.2 0.0 0.2 2,996 3,051 3,017 3,006 -0.3

 Electronic components.......................... 11,046 10,965 10,952 0.7 0.1 -0.3 11,036 10,917 11,043 10,632 3.8

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment....................................... 20,119 19,908 19,709 1.1 1.0 1.5 20,309 20,012 19,801 17,389 16.8

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment....................................... 32,107 32,329 32,385 -0.7 -0.2 -0.1 31,982 32,349 32,016 33,328 -4.0

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments...................... 29,670 29,537 29,653 0.5 -0.4 0.1 29,363 29,414 29,366 28,118 4.4

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components.................................... 22,103 22,335 22,519 -1.0 -0.8 -0.1 21,893 22,086 22,362 22,618 -3.2

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 1,094 1,099 1,130 -0.5 -2.7 2.4 1,107 1,093 1,139 1,152 -3.9

 Household appliances........................... 1,512 1,480 1,488 2.2 -0.5 -6.1 1,447 1,402 1,414 1,472 -1.7

 Electrical equipment............................. 9,618 9,659 9,738 -0.4 -0.8 0.6 9,528 9,530 9,774 9,086 4.9

 Transportation equipment......................... 798,171 794,846 799,608 0.4 -0.6 -0.3 789,655 788,642 792,498 807,848 -2.3

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers...................................... 21,630 21,693 21,636 -0.3 0.3 -0.3 20,466 20,980 21,013 19,975 2.5

 Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 612,365 608,569 613,282 0.6 -0.8 -0.2 606,064 604,209 608,233 612,030 -1.0

 Defense aircraft and parts..................... 65,521 65,325 64,218 0.3 1.7 -0.1 65,167 64,163 62,568 68,429 -4.8

 Ships and boats.................................. 27,201 27,459 28,055 -0.9 -2.1 -1.5 26,553 27,308 28,150 32,721 -18.9

 Furniture and related products................... 7,699 7,683 7,731 0.2 -0.6 1.8 7,598 7,565 7,610 7,369 3.1

p Preliminary r Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment.

1

 Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories are for the end of the period. Not seasonally

adjusted estimates of shipments and new orders include adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday

and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates are not

adjusted for price changes.

2

 Data on unfilled orders are not available for the semiconductor industry. Estimates and percent changes for unfilled orders exclude semiconductor industry data. 

See note at end of Table 2 relating to survey error and revision.
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Table 4. Value of Manufacturers' Inventories for Industry Groups1

[Estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.] 

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly % Change

Industry Oct.

Oct. Sep. Aug. Sep. - Aug. - July - Oct. Sep. Aug. Oct. 2015/

2015p 2015r 2015 Oct. Sep. Aug. 2015p 2015r 2015 2014 2014

 All manufacturing industries...................... 643,577 644,149 647,522 -0.1 -0.5 -0.4 647,438 643,155 652,408 659,237 -1.8

 Excluding transportation........................ 512,622 513,024 515,128 -0.1 -0.4 -0.6 515,931 512,364 519,225 532,115 -3.0

 Excluding defense............................. 616,610 616,607 618,862 0.0 -0.4 -0.5 620,596 615,550 623,680 633,818 -2.1

 With unfilled orders............................. 323,904 325,084 327,107 -0.4 -0.6 -0.2 324,139 323,697 329,998 323,699 0.1

 Durable goods industries........................ 397,034 398,047 400,531 -0.3 -0.6 -0.2 397,310 396,329 403,719 395,087 0.6

 Wood products........................................ 11,260 11,194 11,197 0.6 0.0 -0.6 11,146 11,047 11,057 10,582 5.3

 Nonmetallic mineral products..................... 12,892 12,964 13,001 -0.6 -0.3 -0.1 12,536 12,755 12,927 12,583 -0.4

 Primary metals......................................... 35,687 36,022 36,417 -0.9 -1.1 -1.6 35,486 35,952 36,494 38,696 -8.3

 Iron and steel mills............................... 20,169 20,566 20,951 -1.9 -1.8 -1.9 20,126 20,609 20,959 23,009 -12.5

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals............ 13,578 13,496 13,482 0.6 0.1 -1.1 13,441 13,423 13,535 13,762 -2.3

 Ferrous metal foundries........................ 1,940 1,960 1,984 -1.0 -1.2 -1.3 1,919 1,920 2,000 1,925 -0.3

 Fabricated metal products......................... 49,109 49,031 48,927 0.2 0.2 0.0 48,638 48,598 49,003 48,038 1.2

 Machinery.............................................. 65,900 66,114 66,341 -0.3 -0.3 -0.5 66,071 65,951 67,189 67,287 -1.8

 Farm machinery.................................. 3,149 3,181 3,253 -1.0 -2.2 -1.0 2,850 2,966 3,194 3,418 -16.6

 Construction machinery......................... 6,944 6,949 6,935 -0.1 0.2 -4.0 6,998 6,945 6,899 6,943 0.8

 Mining, oil field, 

 and gas field machinery.................... 5,350 5,407 5,440 -1.1 -0.6 -0.5 5,262 5,394 5,539 6,202 -15.2

 Industrial machinery............................. 6,043 6,068 6,100 -0.4 -0.5 1.8 6,075 6,110 6,157 6,445 -5.7

 Photographic equipment....................... 1,385 1,421 1,382 -2.5 2.8 1.0 1,409 1,433 1,434 1,364 3.3

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............... 5,112 5,161 5,300 -0.9 -2.6 -0.4 5,034 5,010 5,370 5,129 -1.9

 Metalworking machinery........................ 5,510 5,523 5,586 -0.2 -1.1 -0.1 5,573 5,642 5,702 5,538 0.6

 Turbines, generators, and other

 power transmission equipment............ 10,098 10,106 10,003 -0.1 1.0 -0.3 10,434 10,168 10,363 10,497 -0.6

 Material handling equipment.................. 4,264 4,239 4,215 0.6 0.6 0.8 4,398 4,357 4,339 4,035 9.0

 Computers and electronic products2

............ 44,645 44,922 45,539 -0.6 -1.4 -1.0 45,099 44,694 46,461 45,105 0.0

 Computers......................................... 1,065 1,100 1,111 -3.2 -1.0 -8.1 1,088 1,156 1,184 1,185 -8.2

 Computer storage devices.................... 1,242 1,255 1,367 -1.0 -8.2 -4.9 1,328 1,215 1,467 1,584 -16.2

 Other peripheral equipment................... 1,006 1,074 1,118 -6.3 -3.9 -6.1 1,010 1,045 1,156 1,312 -23.0

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 4,597 4,610 4,737 -0.3 -2.7 -0.6 4,632 4,539 4,796 5,226 -11.4

 Defense communications equipment........ 833 837 834 -0.5 0.4 -1.1 833 837 834 798 4.4

 Audio and video equipment.................... 760 748 768 1.6 -2.6 -2.2 863 841 824 859 0.5

 Electronic components.......................... 8,093 8,141 8,194 -0.6 -0.6 -1.1 8,080 8,041 8,229 7,372 9.6

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 3,486 3,478 3,496 0.2 -0.5 0.3 3,548 3,479 3,559 3,331 6.5

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment....................................... 3,099 3,121 3,233 -0.7 -3.5 1.5 3,060 3,042 3,257 2,866 6.8

 Electromedical, measuring 

 and control instruments...................... 14,229 14,344 14,395 -0.8 -0.4 -0.5 14,298 14,164 14,837 14,677 -2.6

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components.................................... 16,401 16,463 16,579 -0.4 -0.7 -0.4 16,404 16,206 16,842 16,350 0.3

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 1,866 1,857 1,849 0.5 0.4 0.8 1,856 1,852 1,879 1,852 0.2

 Household appliances........................... 2,128 2,119 2,091 0.4 1.3 0.6 2,168 2,117 2,178 2,106 2.9

 Electrical equipment............................. 4,866 4,908 4,962 -0.9 -1.1 -1.1 4,870 4,670 4,998 5,037 -3.3

 Batteries............................................ 1,353 1,368 1,392 -1.1 -1.7 -0.5 1,386 1,412 1,476 1,377 0.7

 Transportation equipment......................... 130,955 131,125 132,394 -0.1 -1.0 0.6 131,507 130,791 133,183 127,122 3.4

 Automobiles....................................... 4,704 4,476 4,629 5.1 -3.3 1.8 4,802 4,519 4,634 4,683 2.5

 Light trucks and utility vehicles.............. 4,376 4,232 4,185 3.4 1.1 -0.6 4,555 4,258 4,210 3,804 19.7

 Heavy duty trucks ............................... 1,798 1,921 1,951 -6.4 -1.5 -0.6 1,852 1,910 1,937 1,685 9.9

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers...................................... 24,822 24,773 25,050 0.2 -1.1 -0.5 24,818 24,651 25,190 23,983 3.5

 Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 67,436 67,346 67,090 0.1 0.4 0.2 67,605 66,835 67,478 65,918 2.6

 Defense aircraft and parts..................... 11,868 11,953 12,784 -0.7 -6.5 2.9 11,876 11,968 12,819 12,913 -8.0

 Ships and boats.................................. 2,177 2,099 2,246 3.7 -6.5 1.4 2,163 2,086 2,230 2,217 -2.4

 Furniture and related products.................... 7,339 7,332 7,284 0.1 0.7 0.3 7,323 7,342 7,439 6,835 7.1

 Miscellaneous durable goods..................... 22,846 22,880 22,852 -0.1 0.1 0.1 23,100 22,993 23,124 22,489 2.7

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 246,543 246,102 246,991 0.2 -0.4 -0.7 250,128 246,826 248,689 264,150 -5.3

 Food products........................................ 53,453 53,537 53,268 -0.2 0.5 0.4 56,916 54,312 53,764 56,790 0.2

 Grain and oilseed milling........................ 5,931 5,913 5,904 0.3 0.2 -0.3 6,359 5,671 5,697 6,586 -3.4

 Dairy products.................................... 8,147 8,253 8,054 -1.3 2.5 0.3 8,161 8,284 8,238 8,723 -6.4

 Meat, poultry, and seafood products....... 9,282 9,200 9,315 0.9 -1.2 -0.4 9,544 9,193 9,470 9,792 -2.5

 Beverage and tobacco products................ 19,819 20,103 20,133 -1.4 -0.1 -0.3 20,580 20,084 19,537 20,536 0.2

 Beverages......................................... 15,601 15,885 15,879 -1.8 0.0 0.0 16,288 16,023 15,489 16,333 -0.3

 Tobacco............................................ 4,218 4,218 4,254 0.0 -0.8 -1.1 4,292 4,061 4,048 4,203 2.1

 Textile mills............................................ 3,270 3,285 3,272 -0.5 0.4 0.9 3,255 3,288 3,274 3,252 0.1

 Textile products...................................... 3,014 3,002 2,977 0.4 0.8 0.9 3,014 3,011 2,980 2,993 0.7

 Apparel................................................. 2,695 2,646 2,630 1.9 0.6 1.1 2,772 2,763 2,790 2,435 13.8

 Leather and allied products....................... 857 856 865 0.1 -1.0 0.2 863 876 883 884 -2.4

 Paper products....................................... 16,685 16,684 16,690 0.0 0.0 0.1 16,530 16,695 16,806 16,318 1.3

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills........... 7,359 7,377 7,376 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 7,225 7,309 7,368 6,444 12.1

 Paperboard containers......................... 4,700 4,680 4,684 0.4 -0.1 0.5 4,675 4,695 4,727 5,296 -11.7

 Printing.................................................. 5,826 5,782 5,726 0.8 1.0 0.2 6,102 5,972 6,015 5,690 7.2

 Petroleum and coal products..................... 34,095 33,611 34,494 1.4 -2.6 -5.3 34,705 34,099 35,454 48,172 -28.0

 Petroleum refineries............................. 29,465 28,857 29,822 2.1 -3.2 -6.2 30,260 29,488 30,812 43,452 -30.4

 Chemical products..................................... 82,524 82,087 82,346 0.5 -0.3 -0.1 81,404 81,361 82,689 82,363 -1.2

 Pesticides, fertilizers, and other

 agricultural chemicals........................ 4,702 4,731 4,729 -0.6 0.0 -0.4 4,568 4,427 4,455 4,801 -4.9

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines.............. 33,038 32,556 32,420 1.5 0.4 0.8 32,619 32,230 32,482 30,538 6.8

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives.............. 3,718 3,741 3,696 -0.6 1.2 0.4 3,567 3,631 3,619 3,596 -0.8

 Plastics and rubber products..................... 24,305 24,509 24,590 -0.8 -0.3 -0.1 23,987 24,365 24,497 24,717 -3.0

p Preliminary r Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment.

1

 Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories are for the end of the period. Not seasonally adjusted 

estimates of shipments and new orders include adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences,

where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. 2 Estimates of inventories for the semiconductor industry data are included in computers and electronic products, and all other applicable aggregate totals. 

See note at end of Table 2 relating to survey error and revision.
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Table 5. Value of Manufacturers' Shipments, New Orders, Unfilled Orders, and Total Inventories for 

 Topical Series1, 2

[Estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.] 

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Year to date

Industry % Change6

Oct. Sep. Aug. Sep. - Aug. - July - Oct. Sep. Aug. Oct. 2015/

2015p 2015r 2015 Oct. Sep. Aug. 2015p 2015r 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2014

SHIPMENTS

 All manufacturing industries................... 475,173 477,659 479,066 -0.5 -0.3 -0.9 486,595 497,893 489,290 517,305 4,822,221 5,039,467 -4.3

 Construction materials and supplies....... 46,467 46,438 46,197 0.1 0.5 -0.6 49,390 49,104 49,528 50,809 471,564 473,061 -0.3

 Information technology......................... 24,329 24,304 24,165 0.1 0.6 0.0 23,202 27,581 23,564 22,120 236,431 229,044 3.2

 Computers and related products........... 2,032 1,965 2,015 3.4 -2.5 -5.9 1,690 2,447 1,742 1,665 20,113 21,768 -7.6

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 51,672 53,151 52,756 -2.8 0.7 -1.7 55,789 55,722 54,263 53,378 518,041 473,085 9.5

 Capital goods...................................... 89,410 90,484 90,256 -1.2 0.3 0.6 87,896 98,006 88,636 88,192 883,875 865,844 2.1

 Nondefense capital goods3

.................. 78,726 79,949 80,257 -1.5 -0.4 1.3 77,493 86,392 78,745 78,858 786,338 772,576 1.8

 Excluding aircraft............................. 69,491 69,842 69,301 -0.5 0.8 -0.8 69,146 74,507 68,147 69,892 691,361 690,476 0.1

 Defense capital goods4........................ 10,684 10,535 9,999 1.4 5.4 -4.5 10,403 11,614 9,891 9,334 97,537 93,268 4.6

 Consumer goods.................................. 187,691 188,562 189,986 -0.5 -0.7 -1.7 194,384 194,763 195,193 214,211 1,919,103 2,119,111 -9.4

 Consumer durable goods..................... 35,735 36,922 36,470 -3.2 1.2 -2.1 37,841 39,301 36,887 37,205 358,587 338,722 5.9

 Consumer nondurable goods................ 151,956 151,640 153,516 0.2 -1.2 -1.7 156,543 155,462 158,306 177,006 1,560,516 1,780,389 -12.3

 All manufacturing industries5

................... 473,873 467,064 471,041 1.5 -0.8 -2.1 480,481 487,375 472,263 509,549 4,738,108 5,098,110 -7.1

 Construction materials and supplies....... 46,014 46,133 46,031 -0.3 0.2 -0.9 48,541 48,800 48,699 51,616 471,728 480,252 -1.8

 Information technology......................... 24,630 24,478 24,688 0.6 -0.9 0.6 23,339 28,493 23,149 23,441 242,014 239,673 1.0

 Computers and related products........... 2,060 1,953 2,005 5.5 -2.6 -4.6 1,718 2,435 1,732 1,714 20,237 22,217 -8.9

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 51,609 53,208 52,686 -3.0 1.0 -2.0 55,275 55,689 54,246 53,122 516,477 474,140 8.9

 Capital goods...................................... 92,788 83,043 86,794 11.7 -4.3 -7.0 87,367 89,507 80,173 84,963 854,601 958,058 -10.8

 Nondefense capital goods3

.................. 83,180 73,509 78,181 13.2 -6.0 -4.6 79,501 78,475 73,656 76,818 766,986 862,818 -11.1

 Excluding aircraft............................. 70,052 69,186 68,863 1.3 0.5 -1.4 69,181 73,193 66,430 69,976 689,384 716,428 -3.8

 Defense capital goods4........................ 9,608 9,534 8,613 0.8 10.7 -23.8 7,866 11,032 6,517 8,145 87,615 95,240 -8.0

 Consumer goods.................................. 187,767 188,548 190,009 -0.4 -0.8 -1.6 194,479 194,790 195,028 214,266 1,918,947 2,119,456 -9.5

 Consumer durable goods..................... 35,811 36,908 36,493 -3.0 1.1 -1.5 37,936 39,328 36,722 37,260 358,431 339,067 5.7

 Consumer nondurable goods.............. 151,956 151,640 153,516 0.2 -1.2 -1.7 156,543 155,462 158,306 177,006 1,560,516 1,780,389 -12.3

 All manufacturing industries5

................... 1,191,794 1,188,439 1,194,184 0.3 -0.5 -0.3 1,179,283 1,179,861 1,185,918 1,204,931 (X) (X) -2.1

 Construction materials and supplies....... 54,058 54,511 54,816 -0.8 -0.6 -0.3 53,806 54,655 54,959 54,741 (X) (X) -1.7

 Information technology......................... 136,151 135,850 135,676 0.2 0.1 0.4 135,800 135,663 134,751 129,316 (X) (X) 5.0

 Computers and related products........... 2,596 2,568 2,580 1.1 -0.5 -0.4 2,596 2,568 2,580 2,438 (X) (X) 6.5

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 21,630 21,693 21,636 -0.3 0.3 -0.3 20,466 20,980 21,013 19,975 (X) (X) 2.5

 Capital goods...................................... 904,654 901,276 908,717 0.4 -0.8 -0.4 894,960 895,489 903,988 915,472 (X) (X) -2.2

 Nondefense capital goods3

.................. 757,863 753,409 759,849 0.6 -0.8 -0.3 749,642 747,634 755,551 757,009 (X) (X) -1.0

 Excluding aircraft............................. 246,044 245,483 246,139 0.2 -0.3 -0.2 244,389 244,354 245,668 247,477 (X) (X) -1.2

 Defense capital goods4

........................ 146,791 147,867 148,868 -0.7 -0.7 -0.9 145,318 147,855 148,437 158,463 (X) (X) -8.3

 Consumer goods.................................. 5,321 5,245 5,259 1.4 -0.3 0.4 5,107 5,012 4,985 4,932 (X) (X) 3.5

 Consumer durable goods..................... 5,321 5,245 5,259 1.4 -0.3 0.4 5,107 5,012 4,985 4,932 (X) (X) 3.5

 All manufacturing industries................... 643,577 644,149 647,522 -0.1 -0.5 -0.4 647,438 643,155 652,408 659,237 (X) (X) -1.8

 Construction materials and supplies....... 65,161 65,349 65,393 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 64,041 64,557 65,212 63,345 (X) (X) 1.1

 Information technology......................... 38,016 38,329 38,856 -0.8 -1.4 -0.8 38,318 38,033 39,792 39,321 (X) (X) -2.6

 Computers and related products........... 3,313 3,429 3,596 -3.4 -4.6 -6.3 3,426 3,416 3,807 4,081 (X) (X) -16.0

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 35,700 35,402 35,815 0.8 -1.2 -0.2 36,027 35,338 35,971 34,155 (X) (X) 5.5

 Capital goods...................................... 197,061 197,948 199,573 -0.4 -0.8 -0.1 197,851 197,178 202,032 197,714 (X) (X) 0.1

 Nondefense capital goods3

.................. 175,150 175,447 175,963 -0.2 -0.3 -0.5 176,073 174,629 178,389 177,195 (X) (X) -0.6

 Excluding aircraft............................. 118,946 119,598 120,158 -0.5 -0.5 -0.7 119,761 119,263 122,173 122,274 (X) (X) -2.1

 Defense capital goods4

........................ 21,911 22,501 23,610 -2.6 -4.7 2.9 21,778 22,549 23,643 20,519 (X) (X) 6.1

 Consumer goods.................................. 186,439 185,295 185,818 0.6 -0.3 -0.7 191,512 186,621 187,405 199,555 (X) (X) -4.0

 Consumer durable goods..................... 29,950 29,493 29,561 1.5 -0.2 0.6 30,443 29,604 29,899 28,532 (X) (X) 6.7

 Consumer nondurable goods................ 156,489 155,802 156,257 0.4 -0.3 -1.0 161,069 157,017 157,506 171,023 (X) (X) -5.8

X Not Applicable p Preliminary r Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment.

1 Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories are for the end of the period. Not seasonally adjusted 

estimates of shipments and new orders include adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes.

2

 Topical series are regroupings of the separate industry categories.

3

 Nondefense capital goods industries include: small arms and ordnance; farm machinery and equipment; construction machinery; mining, oil, and gas field machinery; industrial machinery;

vending, laundry, and other machinery; photographic equipment; metalworking machinery; turbines and generators; other power transmission equipment; pumps and compressors;

material handling equipment; all other machinery; electronic computers; computer storage devices; other computer peripheral equipment; communications equipment; search and navigation

equipment; electromedical, measuring, and control instruments; electrical equipment; other electrical equipment, appliances, and components; heavy duty trucks; aircraft; railroad rolling stock;

ships and boats; office and institutional furniture; and medical equipment and supplies.

4 Defense capital goods industries include: small arms and ordnance; communications equipment; aircraft; missiles, space vehicles, and parts; ships and boats;

and search and navigation equipment.

5 Estimates and percent changes exclude semiconductor industry data. 

6

 Based on year-to-date for shipments and new orders, but on same month prior year for unfilled orders and inventories.

See note at end of Table 2 relating to survey error and revision.

NEW ORDERS 

UNFILLED ORDERS 

TOTAL INVENTORIES 
 7

Table 6. Value of Manufacturers' Inventories, by Stage of Fabrication, by Industry Group1 

[Estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.] 

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly % Change

Industry Oct.

Oct. Sep. Aug. Sep. - Aug. - July - Oct. Sep. Aug. Oct. 2015/

2015p 2015r 2015 Oct. Sep. Aug. 2015p 2015r 2015 2014 2014

MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

 All manufacturing industries....................... 212,390 212,422 213,544 0.0 -0.5 -0.4 212,944 211,943 214,257 218,589 -2.6

 Durable goods industries.......................... 132,324 132,341 133,221 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 132,385 132,354 134,124 133,072 -0.5

 Wood products................................... 4,456 4,459 4,469 -0.1 -0.2 -1.1 4,583 4,538 4,459 4,423 3.6

 Nonmetallic mineral products................. 4,917 4,972 5,007 -1.1 -0.7 -1.1 4,895 4,969 5,010 4,876 0.4

 Primary metals.................................... 13,747 13,883 13,869 -1.0 0.1 -1.6 13,901 13,995 13,791 15,176 -8.4

 Fabricated metal products........................ 17,715 17,485 17,551 1.3 -0.4 -0.5 17,570 17,493 17,582 17,701 -0.7

 Machinery.......................................... 25,812 25,923 26,014 -0.4 -0.3 -0.9 25,852 25,913 26,369 25,933 -0.3

 Computers and electronic products........ 18,617 18,667 18,905 -0.3 -1.3 -0.5 18,717 18,570 19,081 18,494 1.2

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................... 6,453 6,485 6,558 -0.5 -1.1 -0.5 6,383 6,358 6,638 6,517 -2.1

 Transportation equipment..................... 29,126 28,977 29,341 0.5 -1.2 2.4 29,020 29,022 29,570 28,806 0.7

 Furniture and related products............... 3,819 3,806 3,800 0.3 0.2 0.0 3,795 3,808 3,828 3,518 7.9

 Miscellaneous products......................... 7,662 7,684 7,707 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 7,669 7,688 7,796 7,628 0.5

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 80,066 80,081 80,323 0.0 -0.3 -0.8 80,559 79,589 80,133 85,517 -5.8

 Food products.................................... 17,872 18,019 17,973 -0.8 0.3 0.5 18,827 17,773 17,666 19,184 -1.9

 Beverage and tobacco products................. 5,150 5,150 5,105 0.0 0.9 -0.8 5,164 5,000 4,894 5,156 0.2

 Textiles.............................................. 1,196 1,194 1,198 0.2 -0.3 1.4 1,182 1,196 1,204 1,158 2.1

 Textile products................................... 1,147 1,136 1,127 1.0 0.8 1.3 1,139 1,137 1,126 1,174 -3.0

 Apparel............................................. 920 900 885 2.2 1.7 1.4 935 918 907 730 28.1

 Leather and allied products.................... 254 257 253 -1.2 1.6 0.0 255 264 259 254 0.4

 Paper products.................................... 8,544 8,563 8,565 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 8,423 8,607 8,596 8,090 4.1

 Printing ............................................. 2,747 2,749 2,755 -0.1 -0.2 -0.4 2,778 2,808 2,836 2,738 1.5

 Petroleum and coal products................. 8,101 7,755 7,682 4.5 1.0 -6.2 8,185 7,646 7,729 11,107 -26.3

 Chemical products................................ 24,437 24,603 24,960 -0.7 -1.4 -0.7 24,111 24,478 25,111 25,767 -6.4

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 9,698 9,755 9,820 -0.6 -0.7 -0.5 9,560 9,762 9,805 10,159 -5.9

WORK IN PROCESS

 All manufacturing industries....................... 202,442 203,698 205,897 -0.6 -1.1 -0.3 204,560 201,884 206,660 208,149 -1.7

 Durable goods industries.......................... 155,184 156,703 158,019 -1.0 -0.8 -0.1 155,605 155,819 159,551 153,762 1.2

 Wood products................................... 2,348 2,319 2,337 1.3 -0.8 -0.8 2,326 2,302 2,309 2,110 10.2

 Nonmetallic mineral products................. 1,483 1,478 1,504 0.3 -1.7 0.7 1,421 1,451 1,501 1,342 5.9

 Primary metals.................................... 10,844 10,987 11,238 -1.3 -2.2 -1.4 10,813 10,897 11,416 11,657 -7.2

 Fabricated metal products........................ 13,072 13,057 12,991 0.1 0.5 0.0 13,098 13,015 13,155 13,255 -1.2

 Machinery.......................................... 19,120 19,494 19,754 -1.9 -1.3 0.7 19,503 19,578 20,163 20,596 -5.3

 Computers and electronic products........ 15,092 15,293 15,429 -1.3 -0.9 -2.0 15,154 15,056 15,772 14,637 3.5

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................... 3,770 3,840 3,873 -1.8 -0.9 -0.4 3,772 3,794 3,923 3,901 -3.3

 Transportation equipment..................... 84,507 85,207 85,906 -0.8 -0.8 0.2 84,551 84,641 86,237 81,687 3.5

 Furniture and related products............... 1,036 1,047 1,032 -1.1 1.5 -0.4 1,029 1,047 1,040 1,002 2.7

 Miscellaneous products......................... 3,912 3,981 3,955 -1.7 0.7 1.4 3,938 4,038 4,035 3,575 10.2

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 47,258 46,995 47,878 0.6 -1.8 -1.2 48,955 46,065 47,109 54,387 -10.0

 Food products.................................... 5,671 5,707 5,856 -0.6 -2.5 -0.9 6,766 5,162 5,361 6,154 9.9

 Beverage and tobacco products................. 7,167 7,327 7,398 -2.2 -1.0 0.4 7,756 7,247 6,756 7,674 1.1

 Textiles.............................................. 770 766 762 0.5 0.5 0.3 771 774 771 802 -3.9

 Textile products................................... 462 458 459 0.9 -0.2 1.3 464 466 461 448 3.6

 Apparel............................................. 319 318 324 0.3 -1.9 -1.2 324 330 343 348 -6.9

 Leather and allied products.................... 105 106 109 -0.9 -2.8 10.1 107 106 108 93 15.1

 Paper products.................................... 1,310 1,345 1,355 -2.6 -0.7 1.3 1,304 1,353 1,372 1,481 -12.0

 Printing ............................................. 1,433 1,415 1,372 1.3 3.1 1.0 1,583 1,475 1,518 1,348 17.4

 Petroleum and coal products................. 8,922 8,928 9,418 -0.1 -5.2 -5.0 9,246 9,003 9,746 15,849 -41.7

 Chemical products................................ 18,401 17,919 18,123 2.7 -1.1 -0.4 17,976 17,469 17,977 17,646 1.9

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 2,698 2,706 2,702 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 2,658 2,680 2,696 2,544 4.5

FINISHED GOODS

 All manufacturing industries....................... 228,745 228,029 228,081 0.3 0.0 -0.5 229,934 229,328 231,491 232,499 -1.1

 Durable goods industries.......................... 109,526 109,003 109,291 0.5 -0.3 -0.5 109,320 108,156 110,044 108,253 1.0

 Wood products................................... 4,456 4,416 4,391 0.9 0.6 0.1 4,237 4,207 4,289 4,049 4.6

 Nonmetallic mineral products................. 6,492 6,514 6,490 -0.3 0.4 0.4 6,220 6,335 6,416 6,365 -2.3

 Primary metals.................................... 11,096 11,152 11,310 -0.5 -1.4 -1.5 10,772 11,060 11,287 11,863 -9.2

 Fabricated metal products........................ 18,322 18,489 18,385 -0.9 0.6 0.3 17,970 18,090 18,266 17,082 5.2

 Machinery.......................................... 20,968 20,697 20,573 1.3 0.6 -1.2 20,716 20,460 20,657 20,758 -0.2

 Computers and electronic products........ 10,936 10,962 11,205 -0.2 -2.2 -0.7 11,228 11,068 11,608 11,974 -6.2

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................... 6,178 6,138 6,148 0.7 -0.2 -0.2 6,249 6,054 6,281 5,932 5.3

 Transportation equipment..................... 17,322 16,941 17,147 2.2 -1.2 -0.7 17,936 17,128 17,376 16,629 7.9

 Furniture and related products............... 2,484 2,479 2,452 0.2 1.1 1.1 2,499 2,487 2,571 2,315 7.9

 Miscellaneous products......................... 11,272 11,215 11,190 0.5 0.2 -0.1 11,493 11,267 11,293 11,286 1.8

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 119,219 119,026 118,790 0.2 0.2 -0.4 120,614 121,172 121,447 124,246 -2.9

 Food products.................................... 29,910 29,811 29,439 0.3 1.3 0.6 31,323 31,377 30,737 31,452 -0.4

 Beverage and tobacco products................. 7,502 7,626 7,630 -1.6 -0.1 -0.5 7,660 7,837 7,887 7,706 -0.6

 Textiles.............................................. 1,304 1,325 1,312 -1.6 1.0 0.8 1,302 1,318 1,299 1,292 0.8

 Textile products................................... 1,405 1,408 1,391 -0.2 1.2 0.4 1,411 1,408 1,393 1,371 2.9

 Apparel............................................. 1,456 1,428 1,421 2.0 0.5 1.5 1,513 1,515 1,540 1,357 11.5

 Leather and allied products.................... 498 493 503 1.0 -2.0 -1.6 501 506 516 537 -6.7

 Paper products.................................... 6,831 6,776 6,770 0.8 0.1 0.2 6,803 6,735 6,838 6,747 0.8

 Printing ............................................. 1,646 1,618 1,599 1.7 1.2 0.6 1,741 1,689 1,661 1,604 8.5

 Petroleum and coal products................. 17,072 16,928 17,394 0.9 -2.7 -5.1 17,274 17,450 17,979 21,216 -18.6

 Chemical products................................ 39,686 39,565 39,263 0.3 0.8 0.5 39,317 39,414 39,601 38,950 0.9

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 11,909 12,048 12,068 -1.2 -0.2 0.4 11,769 11,923 11,996 12,014 -2.0

p Preliminary r Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment.

1

 Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories are for the end of the period. Not seasonally adjusted 

estimates of shipments and new orders include adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences,

where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes.

See note at end of Table 2 relating to survey error and revisions.
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Table 7. Ratios of Manufacturers' Inventories to Shipments and Unfilled Orders 

 to Shipments, by Industry Group 1

[Based on Seasonally Adjusted data from the Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.] 

Inventory/Shipments ratio Unfilled Orders/Shipments ratio2

Industry Oct Sep Aug Jul Oct Sep Aug Jul

2015p 2015r 2015 2015 2015p 2015r 2015 2015

All manufacturing industries3............................ 1.35 1.35 1.35 1.34 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Durable goods industries3.................................. 1.65 1.64 1.66 1.65 6.94 6.86 6.89 6.89

 Wood products.............................................. 1.38 1.38 1.40 1.39 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Nonmetallic mineral products......................... 1.33 1.32 1.34 1.33 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Primary metals.............................................. 1.77 1.78 1.79 1.79 1.72 1.73 1.74 1.72

 Fabricated metal products.............................. 1.67 1.66 1.65 1.64 2.86 2.87 2.84 2.84

 Machinery..................................................... 1.99 1.97 1.99 1.98 3.61 3.56 3.60 3.59

 Computers and electronic products3

................ 1.50 1.51 1.54 1.58 5.85 5.84 5.88 5.88

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components........................................ 1.62 1.62 1.63 1.60 2.38 2.39 2.41 2.36

 Transportation equipment.............................. 1.66 1.62 1.64 1.63 14.98 14.65 14.68 14.86

 Furniture and related products........................ 1.13 1.13 1.13 1.12 1.38 1.39 1.41 1.37

 Miscellaneous products.................................. 1.58 1.60 1.60 1.60 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Nondurable goods industries............................. 1.05 1.05 1.04 1.04 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Food products.............................................. 0.81 0.81 0.81 0.80 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Beverage and tobacco products...................... 1.52 1.56 1.59 1.62 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Textiles........................................................ 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.27 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Textile products............................................ 1.56 1.53 1.53 1.52 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Apparel......................................................... 2.33 2.28 2.25 2.25 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Leather and allied products............................. 1.85 1.89 1.94 1.86 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Paper products.............................................. 1.03 1.04 1.04 1.04 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Printing......................................................... 0.80 0.80 0.79 0.78 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Petroleum and coal products........................... 0.79 0.78 0.76 0.75 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Chemical products......................................... 1.29 1.27 1.28 1.28 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Plastics and rubber products........................... 1.28 1.29 1.29 1.28 (X) (X) (X) (X)

X Not Applicable p

 Preliminary r Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment.

2

 Excludes the following industries with no unfilled orders: Wood products; nonmetallic mineral products; 

medical equipment and supplies; office supplies; other miscellaneous manufacturing; cutlery and handtools;

farm and garden machinery; computer storage and peripheral devices; audio and video equipment; manufacturing

and reproducing magnetic and optical media; batteries; automobiles; light trucks and utility vehicles; heavy duty

trucks; and miscellaneous furniture.

3 Unfilled orders to shipments ratio excludes semiconductor manufacturing.

Oct3 Oct3 Oct3 Oct3

Industry 2014- 2014- 2014- 2014-

Oct2 Sep Oct2 Sep Oct2 Sep Oct2 Sep

2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015

 

All manufacturing industries.................. (X) 0.2 (X) 0.4 (X) 0.1 (X) 0.1

Durable goods industries....................... 0.0 0.3 -0.1 0.7 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.1

 Wood products................................... (X) 0.6 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.3

 Nonmetallic mineral products.............. (X) 0.5 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.3

 Primary metals.................................... 0.0 0.5 0.2 1.1 -0.1 0.4 0.0 0.4

 Fabricated metal products.................... -0.1 0.3 -0.6 0.4 -0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2

 Machinery.......................................... -0.6 0.6 -0.4 0.9 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.2

 Computers and electronic products..... 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.1 -0.4 0.3

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................. 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.9 -0.1 0.3 -0.2 0.3

 Transportation equipment.................... 0.0 0.4 -0.1 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1

 Furniture and related products............. (X) 0.4 (X) 0.5 (X) 0.5 (X) 0.3

 Miscellaneous products...................... (X) 0.5 (X) 0.5 (X) 0.3 (X) 0.3

Nondurable goods industries................... (X) 0.2 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.3

 Food products................................... (X) 0.3 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

 Beverage and tobacco products............ (X) 0.5 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.3

 Textiles............................................. (X) 0.5 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.4

 Textile products.................................. (X) 1.8 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.3

 Apparel.............................................. (X) 1.2 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 1.0

 Leather and allied products.................... (X) 1.3 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.5

 Paper products.................................... (X) 0.4 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

 Printing.............................................. (X) 0.5 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.4

 Petroleum and coal products................. (X) 0.6 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 1.4

 Chemical products................................ (X) 0.4 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

 Plastics and rubber products................. (X) 0.3 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.3

X Not Applicable NA Not Available

1

 Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories 

are for the end of the period. Not seasonally adjusted estimates of shipments and new orders include adjusted data for non-calendar 

reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, 

as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted 

for price changes.

2

 The current month revisions are the difference between the advance percent change and the percent change as shown in this

 publication.

3

 The twelve month revisions are the differences between the month-to-month percent changes of the preliminary and

final estimates. The monthly averages are the simple averages of the absolute values of the differences for the months specified. 

The advance to final percent change revisions for the durable goods industries are shown in the advance report for the month.

Table 8. Revisions to Previously Published Monthly Percent Changes 1

[Based on Seasonally Adjusted data from the Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.] 

Shipments New Orders Unfilled Orders Inventories
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Survey Description 

This report is compiled from results of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, 

and Orders (M3) survey, which is a voluntary survey authorized by Title 13 of the United States Code. 

This survey provides statistics on a calendar-month basis for manufacturers' value of shipments, new 

orders (net of cancellations), end-of-month order backlog (unfilled orders), end-of-month total inventory 

(at current cost or market value), and inventories by stage of fabrication (materials and supplies, work-inprocess, and finished goods). Data published from the M3 survey are based on a panel of approximately 

4,800 reporting units that represent approximately 3,000 companies and provide an indication of monthto-month change for the Manufacturing Sector. These reporting units may be divisions of diversified 

large companies, large homogenous companies, or single-unit manufacturers in 92 industry categories, 

which are combined into 65 publication levels due to the small monthly panel size. The survey 

methodology assumes that the month-to-month changes of the total operations of the reporting units in the 

M3 panel effectively represent the month-to-month movements of all establishments that make up the 

category. 

The companies for which shipments data are currently reported or imputed in the M3 survey represent 

approximately 61 percent of the total value of shipments for manufacturing establishments in the 2012 

Economic Census, and these companies include almost two-thirds of the manufacturing companies with 

$500 million or more in shipments in the 2012 Economic Census. The companies for which shipments 

data are currently reported in the M3 survey represent approximately 54 percent of the total value of 

shipments for manufacturing establishments in the 2012 Economic Census. Statistics based on the M3 

panel differ from the results that would be obtained from a complete enumeration of all manufacturing 

companies. The M3 panel is not based on a probability sample; therefore, the sampling errors that are 

normally provided with sample surveys cannot be measured. Nonsampling errors are attributable to many 

sources. The use of company or divisional reports to estimate the monthly change for establishments is 

one source of nonsampling error. The use of primarily large companies to represent the month-to-month 

movement of all companies is another potential source. Any corrections will be published in the full 

report. Corrections received after the full report will be released in the next month’s advance report. Any 

revisions made later than two months will be reflected in the annual benchmark publication. 

Additional survey documentation can be found on our web site: http://www.census.gov/m3. 

Release Dates for the M3 Survey 

Survey month Advance Report 

(8:30 a.m. release time) 

Full Report 

(10:00 a.m. release time) 

October 2015 November 25, 2015 December 3, 2015 

November 2015 December 23, 2015 January 6, 2016 

December 2015 January 28, 2016 February 4, 2016 

January 2016 February 25, 2016 March 3, 2016 

February 2016 March 24, 2016 April 4, 2016 

March 2016 April 26, 2016 May 4, 2016 

April 2016 May 26, 2016 June 3, 2016 

May 2016 June 24, 2016 July 5, 2016 

June 2016 July 27, 2016 August 4, 2016 

July 2016 August 25, 2016 September 2, 2016 

August 2016 September 28, 2016 October 5, 2016 

September 2016 October 27, 2016 November 3, 2016 

October 2016 November 23, 2016 December 6, 2016 

November 2016 December 22, 2016 Not available at this time 

Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/inforeg/statpolicy/pfei-schedule-of-release-dates-2016.pdf