FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2010, AT 8:30 A.M. EDT 

Chris Savage or Jessica Young 

Manufacturing and Construction Division 

(301) 763-4832 

M3-1 (10)-06 

CB10-112

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders 

June 2010 

New Orders 

 New orders for manufactured durable goods in June 

decreased $2.0 billion or 1.0 percent to $190.5 billion, 

the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This was the 

second consecutive monthly decrease and followed a 0.8 

percent May decrease. Excluding transportation, new 

orders decreased 0.6 percent. Excluding defense, new 

orders decreased 0.7 percent. 

 

 Transportation equipment, down four of the last five 

months, had the largest decrease, $1.1 billion or 2.4 

percent to $45.9 billion. This was due to nondefense 

aircraft and parts, which decreased $1.8 billion. 

Shipments 

 Shipments of manufactured durable goods in June, 

down two consecutive months, decreased $0.7 billion or 

0.3 percent to $195.0 billion. This followed a 0.7 percent 

May decrease. 

 Computers and electronic products, down four of the 

last five months, had the largest decrease, $1.3 billion or 

4.1 percent to $31.3 billion. 

 

Unfilled Orders 

 Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in 

June, down following two consecutive monthly 

increases, decreased $0.1 billion to $802.9 billion. This 

followed a 0.3 percent May increase. 

 Transportation equipment, down three of the last four 

months, had the largest decrease, $2.7 billion or 0.6 

percent to $476.8 billion. 

Inventories 

 Inventories of manufactured durable goods in June, up 

six consecutive months, increased $2.8 billion or 0.9 

percent to $308.2 billion. This followed a 1.1 percent 

May increase. 

 Transportation equipment, up six consecutive months, 

had the largest increase, $0.8 billion or 1.1 percent to 

$80.0 billion. 

Capital Goods 

 Nondefense new orders for capital goods in June 

decreased $1.1 billion or 1.6 percent to $64.1 billion. 

Shipments increased $0.6 billion or 1.0 percent to $63.2 

billion. Unfilled orders increased $0.9 billion or 0.2 

percent to $486.6 billion. Inventories increased $1.3 

billion or 1.0 percent to $128.1 billion. 

 Defense new orders for capital goods in June 

decreased $0.7 billion or 6.8 percent to $9.6 billion. 

Shipments decreased $0.1 billion or 1.5 percent to $9.8 

billion. Unfilled orders decreased $0.2 billion or 0.1 

percent to $139.6 billion. Inventories increased slightly 

or 0.1 percent to $17.9 billion. 

Revised May Data 

 Revised seasonally adjusted May figures for all 

manufacturing industries were: new orders, $412.7 

billion (revised from $413.2 billion); shipments, $416.0 

billion (revised from $416.8 billion); unfilled orders, 

$803.0 billion (revised from $802.8 billion); and total 

inventories, $520.8 billion (revised from $520.4 billion). 

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 <http://www.census.gov/m3>.

Revised and more detailed estimates, plus nondurable goods data, will be published on August 3, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. EDT. The advance report on durable goods for July is scheduled for release on August 25, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. EDT. See back page for survey description. 
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Table 1. Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments and New Orders1

[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

Item 

Jun May Apr May - Apr - Mar - Jun May Jun Change

2010 2 2010 r 2010 Jun 2 May r Apr 2010 2 2010 r 2009 2010 2009 10/09

DURABLE GOODS

 Total: 

 Shipments ................................ 195,032 195,690 197,099 -0.3 -0.7 2.0 209,955 194,824 190,408 1,156,383 1,072,084 7.9

 New Orders 4

.............................. 190,490 192,455 194,021 -1.0 -0.8 2.9 203,890 188,429 175,957 1,136,050 975,096 16.5

 Excluding transportation:

 Shipments................................ 146,416 148,388 148,691 -1.3 -0.2 2.5 156,922 148,384 140,788 867,164 793,119 9.3

 New Orders 4

.............................. 144,571 145,420 143,652 -0.6 1.2 -0.9 154,825 144,877 134,676 853,393 740,367 15.3

 Excluding defense:

 Shipments................................ 182,765 183,363 183,851 -0.3 -0.3 2.4 196,889 182,627 175,519 1,078,442 995,320 8.4

 New Orders 4

.............................. 178,455 179,713 181,002 -0.7 -0.7 3.4 191,464 177,425 163,616 1,057,247 902,120 17.2

 Manufacturing with unfilled orders:

 Shipments................................ 143,168 142,969 143,344 0.1 -0.3 0.5 155,255 142,273 141,117 843,903 781,193 8.0

 New Orders .............................. 143,085 145,027 146,423 -1.3 -1.0 3.2 152,429 140,993 129,396 855,441 710,063 20.5

 Primary metals:

 Shipments................................ 19,828 20,129 20,043 -1.5 0.4 0.2 21,390 20,691 14,379 118,661 86,252 37.6

 New Orders.............................. 19,624 20,025 20,155 -2.0 -0.6 0.0 21,189 20,809 15,074 120,844 82,126 47.1

 Fabricated metal products:

 Shipments................................ 27,419 27,623 27,556 -0.7 0.2 1.7 29,128 28,058 26,855 161,087 153,882 4.7

 New Orders.............................. 27,352 27,026 27,701 1.2 -2.4 0.5 28,284 27,917 24,848 163,550 147,059 11.2

 Machinery:

 Shipments................................ 24,957 24,782 24,034 0.7 3.1 -1.4 26,951 25,400 24,769 146,504 142,460 2.8

 New Orders.............................. 27,016 27,206 24,484 -0.7 11.1 -6.9 28,430 27,100 23,485 154,667 129,986 19.0

 Computers and electronic products4

:

 Shipments................................ 31,278 32,618 33,653 -4.1 -3.1 9.1 32,764 30,539 30,554 188,133 167,529 12.3

 New Orders .............................. 27,184 27,701 27,661 -1.9 0.1 2.1 29,704 24,837 27,609 156,451 140,083 11.7

 Computers and related products:

 Shipments................................ 6,122 5,956 6,056 2.8 -1.7 0.9 6,975 5,227 6,087 33,635 30,256 11.2

 New Orders.............................. 6,406 6,251 6,005 2.5 4.1 -5.8 7,259 5,522 6,425 33,942 29,301 15.8

 Communications equipment:

 Shipments................................ 3,464 3,693 3,885 -6.2 -4.9 3.2 4,069 3,486 4,723 21,042 20,882 0.8

 New Orders.............................. 3,228 3,180 3,612 1.5 -12.0 6.0 3,581 2,673 4,364 19,932 21,556 -7.5

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components: 

 Shipments................................ 9,490 9,433 9,529 0.6 -1.0 1.4 10,334 9,464 9,567 55,859 53,566 4.3

 New Orders.............................. 10,059 9,697 9,758 3.7 -0.6 -6.1 10,944 9,795 9,082 59,422 52,067 14.1

 Transportation equipment: 

 Shipments................................ 48,616 47,302 48,408 2.8 -2.3 0.3 53,033 46,440 49,620 289,219 278,965 3.7

 New Orders.............................. 45,919 47,035 50,369 -2.4 -6.6 15.4 49,065 43,552 41,281 282,657 234,729 20.4

 Motor vehicles and parts:

 Shipments................................ 30,641 29,779 29,324 2.9 1.6 1.9 32,565 29,185 26,457 177,796 158,226 12.4

 New Orders.............................. 30,453 29,721 29,234 2.5 1.7 2.0 32,156 29,022 26,119 176,886 157,041 12.6

 Nondefense aircraft and parts:

 Shipments................................ 6,561 6,193 6,925 5.9 -10.6 -0.7 8,130 5,960 8,988 39,715 47,613 -16.6

 New Orders.............................. 5,273 7,084 10,144 -25.6 -30.2 215.7 6,155 5,503 4,327 38,203 16,341 133.8

 Defense aircraft and parts:

 Shipments................................ 5,245 5,037 5,594 4.1 -10.0 -2.8 5,807 4,855 6,523 32,173 30,646 5.0

 New Orders.............................. 5,335 5,011 5,283 6.5 -5.1 -4.0 5,941 4,272 7,345 32,794 31,021 5.7

 All other durable goods: 

 Shipments................................ 33,444 33,803 33,876 -1.1 -0.2 1.7 36,355 34,232 34,664 196,920 189,430 4.0

 New Orders.............................. 33,336 33,765 33,893 -1.3 -0.4 1.5 36,274 34,419 34,578 198,459 189,046 5.0

 Capital goods:3

 Shipments................................ 72,930 72,473 73,009 0.6 -0.7 -0.4 79,564 70,792 76,704 431,566 417,272 3.4

 New Orders.............................. 73,647 75,393 76,108 -2.3 -0.9 6.3 78,484 70,352 67,093 437,889 359,877 21.7

 Nondefense capital goods:

 Shipments................................ 63,160 62,555 62,423 1.0 0.2 0.3 69,371 60,952 64,914 368,507 355,209 3.7

 New Orders.............................. 64,061 65,111 65,483 -1.6 -0.6 8.1 68,851 61,440 57,952 374,446 301,030 24.4

 Excluding aircraft:

 Shipments........................... 59,318 59,210 58,354 0.2 1.5 0.4 64,497 57,639 59,310 345,617 325,145 6.3

 New Orders.......................... 61,338 60,987 58,327 0.6 4.6 -2.8 65,585 58,619 56,910 352,508 304,199 15.9

 Defense capital goods:

 Shipments................................ 9,770 9,918 10,586 -1.5 -6.3 -4.4 10,193 9,840 11,790 63,059 62,063 1.6

 New Orders.............................. 9,586 10,282 10,625 -6.8 -3.2 -3.1 9,633 8,912 9,141 63,443 58,847 7.8

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 Based on advance sample. 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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 The Capital Goods Industries include Nondefense : 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.

 Defense Capital Goods include : small arms and ordnance, communications equipment, aircraft; missiles, space vehicles, and parts, ships and boats, and search and navigation equipment.

4 Estimates of shipments for the semiconductor industry are no longer shown separately. Estimates and percent changes of shipments and inventories for the semiconductor industry are included 

 in computers and electronic products, and all other applicable aggregate totals. Estimates and percent changes for new orders and unfilled orders exclude semiconductor industry data. 
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Table 2. Durable Goods Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders and Total Inventories1

[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 Percent

Item 

Jun May Apr May - Apr - Mar - Jun May Jun 2010/

2010 2 2010 r 2010 Jun2 May r Apr 2010 2 2010 r 2009 2009

DURABLE GOODS

 Total: 

 Unfilled Orders4......................... 802,923 803,006 800,948 0.0 0.3 0.4 804,224 807,050 821,520 -2.1

 Total Inventories....................... 308,230 305,453 301,985 0.9 1.1 0.8 306,561 307,865 305,432 0.4

 Excluding transportation:

 Unfilled Orders4......................... 326,079 323,465 321,140 0.8 0.7 0.3 327,829 326,687 315,797 3.8

 Total Inventories....................... 228,185 226,245 223,493 0.9 1.2 0.9 226,773 227,479 227,582 -0.4

 Excluding defense:

 Unfilled Orders4

........................... 649,608 649,459 647,816 0.0 0.3 0.5 649,810 651,996 656,994 -1.1

 Total Inventories....................... 285,098 282,328 278,725 1.0 1.3 1.0 283,506 284,690 282,552 0.3

 Manufacturing with unfilled orders:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 802,923 803,006 800,948 0.0 0.3 0.4 804,224 807,050 821,520 -2.1

 Total Inventories....................... 250,218 247,890 245,221 0.9 1.1 1.0 248,860 249,873 245,675 1.3

 Primary metals:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 18,313 18,517 18,621 -1.1 -0.6 0.6 18,554 18,755 15,810 17.4

 Total Inventories....................... 30,851 30,634 29,786 0.7 2.8 3.9 30,581 30,592 27,389 11.7

 Fabricated metal products:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 53,651 53,718 54,315 -0.1 -1.1 0.3 54,537 55,381 55,290 -1.4

 Total Inventories....................... 41,558 41,148 40,858 1.0 0.7 0.6 41,416 41,226 41,169 0.6

 Machinery: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 95,581 93,522 91,098 2.2 2.7 0.5 95,329 93,850 87,984 8.3

 Total Inventories....................... 50,079 49,994 49,583 0.2 0.8 0.5 49,762 50,378 52,804 -5.8

 Computers and electronic products4:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 121,553 121,188 120,812 0.3 0.3 0.1 121,698 121,519 123,257 -1.3

 Total Inventories....................... 44,831 44,016 43,457 1.9 1.3 0.7 44,185 44,370 43,588 1.4

 Computers and related products:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 5,678 5,394 5,099 5.3 5.8 -1.0 5,678 5,394 4,563 24.4

 Total Inventories....................... 4,640 4,624 4,490 0.3 3.0 0.1 4,555 4,862 4,298 6.0

 Communications equipment:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 27,661 27,897 28,410 -0.8 -1.8 -1.0 27,664 28,152 29,186 -5.2

 Total Inventories....................... 7,910 7,626 7,523 3.7 1.4 1.6 7,670 7,681 7,557 1.5

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 24,345 23,776 23,512 2.4 1.1 1.0 24,664 24,054 21,790 13.2

 Total Inventories....................... 14,114 13,900 13,663 1.5 1.7 0.6 14,127 14,106 14,240 -0.8

 Transportation equipment: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 476,844 479,541 479,808 -0.6 -0.1 0.4 476,395 480,363 505,723 -5.8

 Total Inventories....................... 80,045 79,208 78,492 1.1 0.9 0.6 79,788 80,386 77,850 2.5

 Motor vehicles and parts:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 13,901 14,089 14,147 -1.3 -0.4 -0.6 13,738 14,147 15,043 -8.7

 Total Inventories....................... 20,668 20,477 20,080 0.9 2.0 1.1 20,304 20,810 18,140 11.9

 Nondefense Aircraft and parts:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 322,912 324,200 323,309 -0.4 0.3 1.0 322,053 324,028 334,746 -3.8

 Total Inventories....................... 36,573 36,039 35,561 1.5 1.3 1.9 36,803 36,777 35,351 4.1

 Defense Aircraft and parts: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 47,940 47,850 47,876 0.2 -0.1 -0.6 48,369 48,235 51,408 -5.9

 Total Inventories....................... 12,022 12,142 12,191 -1.0 -0.4 -0.7 12,059 12,208 12,123 -0.5

 All other durable goods: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 12,636 12,744 12,782 -0.8 -0.3 0.1 13,047 13,128 11,666 11.8

 Total Inventories....................... 46,752 46,553 46,146 0.4 0.9 0.2 46,702 46,807 48,392 -3.5

 Capital goods:3

 Unfilled Orders......................... 626,205 625,488 622,568 0.1 0.5 0.5 626,775 627,855 648,070 -3.3

 Total Inventories....................... 146,001 144,671 143,395 0.9 0.9 0.8 145,478 146,247 146,739 -0.9

 Nondefense capital goods:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 486,561 485,660 483,104 0.2 0.5 0.6 486,108 486,628 497,616 -2.3

 Total Inventories....................... 128,106 126,789 125,403 1.0 1.1 1.1 127,697 128,381 129,174 -1.1

 Excluding aircraft: 

 Unfilled Orders.................... 193,290 191,270 189,493 1.1 0.9 0.0 193,753 192,665 192,920 0.4

 Total Inventories................... 99,754 98,983 98,014 0.8 1.0 0.6 99,015 99,967 101,990 -2.9

 Defense capital goods:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 139,644 139,828 139,464 -0.1 0.3 0.0 140,667 141,227 150,454 -6.5

 Total Inventories....................... 17,895 17,882 17,992 0.1 -0.6 -1.2 17,781 17,866 17,565 1.2

See footnotes at end of Table 1 
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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. This survey provides statistics on 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-in-process, and finished goods). The M3 includes 

approximately 4,300 reporting units. Units may be divisions of diversified large companies, large homogenous 

companies, or single-unit manufacturers in 89 industry categories. Due to the small monthly sample, these 89 

categories have been combined into 64 publication levels. The survey methodology assumes that the month-tomonth changes of the total operations of those companies in the monthly survey effectively represent the month-tomonth movements of all establishments that make up the category. The current coverage levels in the survey show 

that reported data in the monthly survey represent approximately 60 percent of the shipments estimates at the total 

manufacturing level. Data published represent manufacturing in a calendar month. The data collection is based on a 

voluntary survey authorized by Title 13 of the United States Code. 

The data presented in this release are based on data obtained from a panel of 4,300 reporting units and provide an 

indication of the activity within the manufacturing sector. The results differ from what would be obtained from a 

complete enumeration of all manufacturing companies. In addition, a different panel of 4,300 companies would 

yield different results. The M3 panel is comprised of companies with $500 million or more in shipments and a 

limited number of smaller companies. From a statistical perspective, the panel is not 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-tomonth 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.