FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2006, AT 10:00 A.M. EST 

Chris Savage or Patrick Kent 

Manufacturing and Construction Division 

(301) 763-4832 

M3-2 (06)-2 

CB06-49 

Full Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders 

February 2006

Summary

 New orders for manufactured goods in February, up 

four of the last five months, increased $0.8 billion or 0.2 

percent to $401.9 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau 

reported today. This followed a 3.9 percent January 

decrease. 

 Shipments, down following four consecutive monthly increases, decreased $4.4 billion or 1.1 percent to $405.0 

billion. This followed a 0.1 percent January increase. 

 Unfilled orders, up nine of the last ten months, 

increased $5.5 billion or 0.9 percent to $642.4 billion. 

This was at the highest level since the series was first 

stated on a NAICS basis in 1992 and followed a 0.2 

percent January decrease. The unfilled orders-toshipments ratio was 4.30, up from 4.25 in January. 

 Inventories, down following five consecutive monthly 

increases, decreased $1.7 billion or 0.4 percent to $473.8 

billion. This followed a 1.1 percent January increase. 

The inventories-to-shipments ratio was 1.17, up from 

1.16 in January. 

New Orders 

 New orders for manufactured durable goods in 

February, up four of the last five months, increased $5.6 

billion or 2.7 percent to $215.8 billion, revised from the 

previously published 2.6 percent increase. This 

followed an 8.9 percent January decrease. 

 Transportation equipment, up four of the last five 

months, had the largest increase, $7.6 billion or 13.6 

percent to $63.1 billion. 

 New orders for manufactured nondurable goods 

decreased $4.9 billion or 2.5 percent to $186.1 billion. 

 

Shipments 

 Shipments of manufactured durable goods in February, 

up four of the last five months, increased $0.5 billion or 

0.2 percent to $219.0 billion, unchanged from the 

previously published increase. This followed a 1.8 

percent January decrease. 

 Computers and electronic products, up four of the last 

five months, had the largest increase, $1.7 billion or 4.4 

percent to $39.5 billion. 

 Shipments of manufactured nondurable goods, down 

following four consecutive monthly increases, decreased 

$4.9 billion or 2.5 percent to $186.1 billion. This 

decrease was led by petroleum and coal products, which 

decreased $4.2 billion or 11.1 percent to $33.7 billion. 

 

Unfilled Orders 

 Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in 

February, up nine of the last ten months, increased $5.5 

billion or 0.9 percent to $642.4 billion, unchanged from 

the previously published increase. This was at the 

highest level since the series began and followed a 0.2 

percent January decrease. 

 

 Transportation equipment, up nine of the last ten 

months, had the largest increase, $4.4 billion or 1.3 

percent to $332.3 billion. 

Inventories 

 Inventories of manufactured durable goods in 

February, down following five consecutive monthly 

increases, decreased $1.4 billion or 0.5 percent to $287.3 

billion, unchanged from the previously published 

decrease. This followed a 1.0 percent January increase. 

 Computers and electronic products, down two of the 

last three months, had the largest decrease, $1.1 billion 

or 2.3 percent to $45.6 billion. 

 Inventories of manufactured nondurable goods, down 

following two consecutive monthly increases, decreased 

$0.3 billion or 0.2 percent to $186.5 billion. This 

decrease was due to chemical products, which decreased $0.5 billion or 0.8 percent to $56.5 billion. 

 By stage of fabrication, February materials and 

supplies increased 0.1 percent in durable goods and 0.2 

percent in nondurable goods. Work in process decreased 

0.9 percent in durable goods and 1.8 percent in 

nondurable goods. Finished goods decreased 0.6 percent 

in durable goods and increased 0.1 percent in nondurable 

goods. 

Figures in text, other than year-to-date, are in seasonally adjusted current dollars. 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>. 

The advance report on durable goods for March is scheduled for release on April 26, 2006, at 8:30 a.m. EDT and the full report on May 3, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. EDT. See back page for survey description. 
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Table 1. Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for Industry Groups

[Millions of Dollars]

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted 1

Monthly Percent Change Monthly

Industry Percent

Feb. Jan. Dec. Jan. - Dec. - Nov. - Feb. Jan. Dec. Feb. 2006/

2006p 2006r 2005 Feb. Jan. Dec. 2006p 2006r 2005 2005 2006p 2005 2005

 All manufacturing industries .................. 405,046 409,417 408,876 -1.1 0.1 2.4 383,455 373,213 403,446 359,440 756,668 706,476 7.1

 Excluding transportation ................... 346,286 350,783 345,403 -1.3 1.6 1.7 324,905 322,454 340,387 303,546 647,359 600,831 7.7

 Excluding defense .............................. 395,394 399,371 399,195 -1.0 0.0 2.4 374,269 365,195 392,376 350,662 739,464 690,200 7.1

 With unfilled orders ........................... 149,236 149,778 152,906 -0.4 -2.0 4.2 141,885 133,287 156,001 131,210 275,172 255,734 7.6

 Durable goods industries ........................218,954 218,461 222,438 0.2 -1.8 4.0 208,739 194,015 223,603 194,194 402,754 376,859 6.9

 Wood products................................. ...... 9,717 9,680 9,478 0.4 2.1 2.4 8,836 8,130 8,536 8,262 16,966 15,688 8.1

 Nonmetallic mineral products................... 9,941 9,840 9,607 1.0 2.4 1.2 8,796 8,887 8,464 7,657 17,683 15,239 16.0

 Primary metals............................ .......... 16,772 16,948 16,425 -1.0 3.2 0.8 16,567 16,833 14,547 15,551 33,400 31,053 7.6

 Iron and steel mills............................ 7,268 7,407 7,320 -1.9 1.2 2.6 7,169 7,349 6,636 7,311 14,518 14,605 -0.6

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals......... 7,798 7,792 7,381 0.1 5.6 -0.9 7,743 7,790 6,445 6,643 15,533 13,230 17.4

 Ferrous metal foundries...................... 1,706 1,749 1,724 -2.5 1.5 0.5 1,655 1,694 1,466 1,597 3,349 3,218 4.1

 Fabricated metal products...................... 25,358 25,451 25,061 -0.4 1.6 3.1 24,282 23,507 23,085 22,511 47,789 44,169 8.2

 Machinery............................................. 27,996 28,652 29,128 -2.3 -1.6 6.8 26,204 25,233 28,700 24,234 51,437 47,369 8.6

 Farm machinery................................. 1,822 1,739 1,695 4.8 2.6 -2.2 1,974 1,444 1,414 1,857 3,418 3,300 3.6

 Construction machinery..................... 3,061 3,209 3,023 -4.6 6.2 3.9 2,885 2,827 2,964 2,457 5,712 4,704 21.4

 Mining, oil field, and 

 gas field machinery........................ 983 1,025 995 -4.1 3.0 -2.1 951 974 1,104 855 1,925 1,696 13.5

 Industrial machinery.......................... 2,158 2,622 2,651 -17.7 -1.1 9.7 1,880 2,411 2,998 2,275 4,291 4,922 -12.8

 Photographic equipment...................... 685 688 755 -0.4 -8.9 2.0 580 556 846 561 1,136 1,087 4.5

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............ 3,304 3,331 3,193 -0.8 4.3 0.7 2,842 2,800 3,245 2,495 5,642 4,899 15.2

 Metalworking machinery..................... 3,669 3,780 3,644 -2.9 3.7 28.0 3,050 3,107 3,538 2,561 6,157 4,996 23.2

 Turbines, generators, and other

 power transmission equipment....... 3,605 3,373 4,823 6.9 -30.1 21.3 3,630 3,191 4,576 3,624 6,821 6,999 -2.5

 Material handling equipment............... 1,976 2,016 1,969 -2.0 2.4 2.9 1,848 1,947 2,001 1,619 3,795 3,150 20.5

 Computers and electronic products ......... 39,535 37,877 38,629 4.4 -1.9 2.6 36,284 32,341 45,775 32,977 68,625 64,809 5.9

 Computers........................................ 6,274 6,199 6,664 1.2 -7.0 0.2 5,340 5,712 7,726 5,050 11,052 10,781 2.5

 Computer storage devices................... 857 894 922 -4.1 -3.0 20.5 593 511 1,658 545 1,104 1,063 3.9

 Other peripheral equipment................ 1,228 1,232 1,241 -0.3 -0.7 4.9 1,028 853 1,843 1,077 1,881 2,037 -7.7

 Nondefense communications

 equipment.................................... 5,936 5,663 5,370 4.8 5.5 5.8 5,163 4,784 6,819 4,328 9,947 8,556 16.3

 Defense communications equipment... 464 736 528 -37.0 39.4 8.0 432 622 610 531 1,054 873 20.7

 Audio and video equipment.................. 814 852 878 -4.5 -3.0 8.5 730 774 1,109 741 1,504 1,486 1.2

 Semiconductors ................................. 8,667 7,043 7,789 23.1 -9.6 4.1 8,704 6,332 8,038 6,921 15,036 13,900 8.2

 Electronic components....................... 5,118 5,078 5,064 0.8 0.3 1.5 4,922 4,476 5,724 4,564 9,398 8,754 7.4

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment..................................... 913 928 902 -1.6 2.9 -2.5 877 798 973 889 1,675 1,670 0.3

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment..................................... 2,716 2,763 2,539 -1.7 8.8 -2.1 2,638 2,194 2,881 2,502 4,832 4,438 8.9

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments................. 6,044 5,942 6,135 1.7 -3.1 0.0 5,396 4,793 7,774 5,292 10,189 10,138 0.5

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 10,113 10,244 9,835 -1.3 4.2 -0.9 9,429 9,025 9,975 8,732 18,454 16,847 9.5

 Electric lighting equipment................... 1,058 1,052 1,018 0.6 3.3 -1.8 1,047 943 1,102 1,011 1,990 1,946 2.3

 Household appliances........................ 2,188 2,189 2,214 0.0 -1.1 -1.6 1,993 1,728 2,474 1,944 3,721 3,595 3.5

 Electrical equipment............................ 3,359 3,395 3,144 -1.1 8.0 -3.3 3,119 3,011 3,179 2,765 6,130 5,336 14.9

 Batteries........................................... 598 597 579 0.2 3.1 4.7 494 511 560 462 1,005 935 7.5

 Transportation equipment...................... 58,760 58,634 63,473 0.2 -7.6 6.6 58,550 50,759 63,059 55,894 109,309 105,645 3.5

 Automobiles..................................... 6,980 7,205 7,488 -3.1 -3.8 3.4 7,157 6,736 6,635 7,467 13,893 14,150 -1.8

 Light trucks and utility vehicles............ 12,630 12,821 13,913 -1.5 -7.8 8.7 12,863 11,363 12,868 13,526 24,226 24,928 -2.8

 Heavy duty trucks ............................. 2,008 1,980 1,872 1.4 5.8 0.1 1,902 1,828 1,652 1,645 3,730 3,250 14.8

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers.................................... 18,828 19,553 19,689 -3.7 -0.7 4.2 19,284 18,157 17,033 19,480 37,441 37,668 -0.6

 Nondefense aircraft and parts.............. 8,944 7,815 10,968 14.4 -28.7 14.1 8,438 5,357 14,151 5,025 13,795 9,294 48.4

 Defense aircraft and parts.................. 3,982 3,721 3,863 7.0 -3.7 1.3 3,649 2,870 4,638 3,302 6,519 6,406 1.8

 Ships and boats................................. 1,973 2,180 2,108 -9.5 3.4 10.1 2,001 1,802 2,038 2,443 3,803 4,608 -17.5

 Furniture and related products................. 7,777 7,830 7,889 -0.7 -0.7 2.6 7,694 7,500 7,653 7,134 15,194 13,927 9.1

 Miscellaneous durable goods................. 12,985 13,305 12,913 -2.4 3.0 4.5 12,097 11,800 13,809 11,242 23,897 22,113 8.1

 Nondurable goods industries................... 186,092 190,956 186,438 -2.5 2.4 0.5 174,716 179,198 179,843 165,246 353,914 329,617 7.4

 Food products....................................... 45,408 45,579 45,115 -0.4 1.0 -0.2 43,435 43,509 45,189 42,729 86,944 85,104 2.2

 Grain and oilseed milling..................... 3,068 3,131 3,100 -2.0 1.0 -0.5 3,036 3,038 2,985 2,909 6,074 5,825 4.3

 Dairy products.................................. 6,729 6,821 6,765 -1.3 0.8 -0.7 6,148 6,567 6,743 6,256 12,715 12,889 -1.3

 Meat, poultry, and seafood products... 15,372 15,548 15,127 -1.1 2.8 -0.5 14,897 14,879 14,654 14,738 29,776 29,091 2.4

 Beverage and tobacco products............... 9,259 9,417 9,477 -1.7 -0.6 -0.9 8,550 8,456 9,217 8,081 17,006 16,016 6.2

 Beverages......................................... 6,130 6,145 6,229 -0.2 -1.3 0.8 5,421 5,184 5,969 5,101 10,605 9,936 6.7

 Tobacco............................................ 3,129 3,272 3,248 -4.4 0.7 -3.9 3,129 3,272 3,248 2,980 6,401 6,080 5.3

 Textile mills........................................... 3,394 3,384 3,340 0.3 1.3 -0.9 3,376 3,049 3,035 3,519 6,425 6,765 -5.0

 Textile products................................... 2,969 2,949 2,890 0.7 2.0 -1.1 2,891 2,621 2,553 2,756 5,512 5,284 4.3

 Apparel................................................ 3,642 3,629 3,763 0.4 -3.6 2.4 3,659 3,184 3,318 3,447 6,843 6,489 5.5

 Leather and allied products..................... 485 470 455 3.2 3.3 -4.4 513 400 461 498 913 938 -2.7

 Paper products...................................... 14,210 14,243 13,954 -0.2 2.1 1.2 13,686 14,107 13,597 13,439 27,793 27,049 2.8

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills....... 6,000 5,974 6,011 0.4 -0.6 1.2 5,809 5,981 5,817 5,794 11,790 11,690 0.9

 Paperboard containers........................ 3,925 3,961 3,923 -0.9 1.0 1.8 3,714 3,873 3,755 3,655 7,587 7,410 2.4

 Printing................................................. 7,355 7,293 7,036 0.9 3.7 -1.1 6,918 6,848 7,173 7,057 13,766 14,214 -3.2

 Petroleum and coal products.................. 33,681 37,884 35,820 -11.1 5.8 6.3 29,899 33,884 33,735 25,407 63,783 51,102 24.8

 Petroleum refineries.......................... 30,627 34,713 32,776 -11.8 5.9 6.5 27,569 31,485 31,293 23,455 59,054 47,242 25.0

 Chemical products.................................. 47,827 48,155 46,789 -0.7 2.9 -2.0 44,869 46,379 45,481 42,423 91,248 85,319 6.9

 Pesticides, fertilizers, and other

 agricultural chemicals..................... 2,276 2,453 2,360 -7.2 3.9 3.1 2,167 2,086 1,958 1,834 4,253 3,361 26.5

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines............ 11,475 11,427 11,375 0.4 0.5 -2.5 10,436 11,510 11,344 10,466 21,946 22,088 -0.6

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives.......... 2,556 2,485 2,456 2.9 1.2 0.6 2,406 2,173 2,122 2,295 4,579 4,466 2.5

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 17,862 17,953 17,799 -0.5 0.9 -0.7 16,920 16,761 16,084 15,890 33,681 31,337 7.5

p Preliminary r

 Revised NA Not available.

1

 Shipments are the totals for the period and are adjusted for trading-day and calendar-month variations.

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

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

[Millions of Dollars]

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted 1

Monthly Percent Change Monthly

Industry Percent

Feb. Jan. Dec. Jan. - Dec. - Nov. - Feb. Jan. Dec. Feb. 2006/

2006p 2006r 2005 Feb. Jan. Dec. 2006p 2006r 2005 2005 2006p 2005 2005

All manufacturing industries 2................... 401,857 401,075 417,144 0.2 -3.9 1.6 385,293 374,583 418,610 360,770 759,876 706,649 7.5

 Excluding transportation 2

................... 338,727 345,520 338,692 -2.0 2.0 1.1 322,435 322,683 334,515 304,536 645,118 598,978 7.7

 Excluding defense 2

............................. 391,066 394,799 407,433 -0.9 -3.1 1.3 374,822 368,095 403,889 353,276 742,917 691,172 7.5

 With unfilled orders 2.......................... 154,714 148,479 168,963 4.2 -12.1 2.0 152,427 140,989 179,203 139,461 293,416 269,807 8.8

 Durable goods industries 2..................... 215,765 210,119 230,706 2.7 -8.9 2.5 210,577 195,385 238,767 195,524 405,962 377,032 7.7

 Primary metals............................ ............ 16,593 17,002 16,790 -2.4 1.3 -4.1 16,949 17,734 15,505 16,029 34,683 31,593 9.8

 Iron and steel mills.............................. 7,005 7,469 7,698 -6.2 -3.0 -4.9 7,269 7,783 7,413 7,692 15,052 14,609 3.0

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals......... 7,798 7,735 7,369 0.8 5.0 -4.1 7,872 8,127 6,615 6,786 15,999 13,732 16.5

 Ferrous metal foundries...................... 1,790 1,798 1,723 -0.4 4.4 -0.4 1,808 1,824 1,477 1,551 3,632 3,252 11.7

 Fabricated metal products...................... 25,315 26,025 25,233 -2.7 3.1 2.4 24,960 24,798 22,928 23,702 49,758 46,276 7.5

 Machinery............................................. 28,224 30,247 31,243 -6.7 -3.2 9.2 28,806 28,128 31,469 27,933 56,934 52,461 8.5

 Construction machinery....................... 3,002 3,019 3,095 -0.6 -2.5 4.5 3,045 3,091 3,367 2,921 6,136 5,900 4.0

 Mining, oil field, and

 gas field machinery........................ 1,098 1,299 1,056 -15.5 23.0 0.8 1,158 1,311 1,024 1,098 2,469 1,996 23.7

 Industrial machinery............................ 2,223 3,616 2,723 -38.5 32.8 14.2 2,005 3,820 2,747 2,175 5,825 4,841 20.3

 Photographic equipment...................... 678 717 794 -5.4 -9.7 11.0 574 618 842 545 1,192 1,106 7.8

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............ 3,613 3,492 3,559 3.5 -1.9 -9.8 3,311 3,149 3,610 2,525 6,460 5,008 29.0

 Metalworking machinery....................... 3,754 3,724 3,556 0.8 4.7 25.8 3,397 3,196 3,336 2,887 6,593 5,898 11.8

 Turbines, generators, and other 

 power transmission equipment....... 3,266 3,669 6,298 -11.0 -41.7 53.9 4,530 3,429 7,054 5,890 7,959 8,558 -7.0

 Material handling equipment............... 2,064 2,155 2,113 -4.2 2.0 -9.5 2,146 1,999 2,318 2,069 4,145 4,206 -1.5

 Computers and electronic products 2...... 31,301 29,638 30,055 5.6 -1.4 0.3 28,945 26,364 37,976 27,958 55,309 54,551 1.4

 Computers........................................ 6,200 5,770 6,855 7.5 -15.8 2.3 5,266 5,283 7,917 5,191 10,549 10,564 -0.1

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 6,451 5,344 4,768 20.7 12.1 -5.8 6,317 5,059 5,877 5,349 11,376 10,675 6.6

 Defense communications equipment... 144 442 326 -67.4 35.6 59.0 118 330 559 301 448 505 -11.3

 Semiconductors 2

................................ (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)

 Electronic components....................... 5,186 5,094 5,182 1.8 -1.7 6.3 5,231 4,707 6,053 4,924 9,938 9,281 7.1

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment..................................... 1,271 907 887 40.1 2.3 -6.0 1,257 900 959 956 2,157 1,977 9.1

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 2,463 2,437 2,125 1.1 14.7 -15.2 2,465 2,177 3,403 2,865 4,642 5,262 -11.8

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments.................... 6,183 6,119 6,274 1.0 -2.5 -1.2 5,479 5,278 7,978 5,472 10,757 10,588 1.6

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 10,579 11,027 10,198 -4.1 8.1 -0.1 10,414 10,165 10,075 9,281 20,579 18,027 14.2

 Electric lighting equipment................... 1,135 1,142 1,018 -0.6 12.2 -13.4 1,125 1,061 1,150 978 2,186 1,992 9.7

 Household appliances.......................... 2,290 2,291 1,969 0.0 16.4 -12.1 2,201 1,944 2,135 2,010 4,145 3,876 6.9

 Electrical equipment............................ 3,572 3,715 3,563 -3.8 4.3 3.7 3,534 3,419 3,393 3,100 6,953 5,938 17.1

 Transportation equipment........................ 63,130 55,555 78,452 13.6 -29.2 3.6 62,858 51,900 84,095 56,234 114,758 107,671 6.6

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers.................................... 18,840 19,888 20,032 -5.3 -0.7 7.0 19,524 19,051 17,944 19,769 38,575 38,095 1.3

 Nondefense aircraft and parts.............. 11,755 7,712 25,804 52.4 -70.1 -2.8 10,924 6,996 31,984 6,420 17,920 11,302 58.6

 Defense aircraft and parts................... 3,857 4,786 5,328 -19.4 -10.2 32.0 3,531 4,996 7,131 2,696 8,527 5,634 51.3

 Ships and boats................................. 3,818 2,472 1,392 54.4 77.6 11.3 3,868 2,791 1,822 1,755 6,659 4,124 61.5

 Furniture and related products................. 8,104 7,785 7,412 4.1 5.0 -2.2 8,040 7,464 6,585 7,277 15,504 14,073 10.2

 Nondurable goods industries.................. 186,092 190,956 186,438 -2.5 2.4 0.5 174,716 179,198 179,843 165,246 353,914 329,617 7.4

p

 Preliminary r Revised NA Not available.

1

 New orders are the totals for the period and are adjusted for trading-day and calendar-month variations.

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. Further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations are contained in our most recent annual benchmark publication,

Current Industrial Reports: M3-3(04), "Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: 1992-2004."

Year to date
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Table 3. Value of Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders for Industry Groups

[Millions of Dollars]

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Percent

Industry Change

Feb. Jan. Dec. Jan. - Dec. - Nov. - Feb. Jan. Dec. Feb. Feb.

2006p 2006r 2005 Feb. Jan. Dec. 2006p 2006r 2005 2005 06/05

All manufacturing industries 1................... 642,440 636,962 638,261 0.9 -0.2 2.6 652,578 642,036 634,334 557,639 17.0

 Excluding transportation 1................... 310,170 309,062 307,282 0.4 0.6 0.4 315,561 309,327 302,766 287,000 10.0

 Excluding defense 1............................. 499,937 495,598 493,127 0.9 0.5 3.4 508,283 499,026 489,794 404,329 25.7

 Durable goods industries 1..................... 642,440 636,962 638,261 0.9 -0.2 2.6 652,578 642,036 634,334 557,639 17.0

 Primary metals........................................ 24,127 24,306 24,252 -0.7 0.2 1.5 24,999 24,617 23,716 21,026 18.9

 Iron and steel mills.............................. 13,832 14,095 14,033 -1.9 0.4 2.8 14,320 14,220 13,786 11,709 22.3

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals......... 7,240 7,240 7,297 0.0 -0.8 -0.2 7,504 7,375 7,038 6,475 15.9

 Ferrous metal foundries...................... 3,055 2,971 2,922 2.8 1.7 0.0 3,175 3,022 2,892 2,842 11.7

 Fabricated metal products...................... 48,944 48,987 48,413 -0.1 1.2 0.4 48,965 48,287 46,996 43,917 11.5

 Machinery............................................. 88,300 88,072 86,477 0.3 1.8 2.5 90,965 88,363 85,468 79,692 14.1

 Construction machinery....................... 7,391 7,450 7,640 -0.8 -2.5 1.0 8,019 7,859 7,595 6,241 28.5

 Mining, oil field, and

 gas field machinery........................ 2,935 2,820 2,546 4.1 10.8 2.5 2,973 2,766 2,429 1,856 60.2

 Industrial machinery............................ 9,835 9,770 8,776 0.7 11.3 0.8 9,990 9,865 8,456 9,018 10.8

 Photographic equipment...................... 1,276 1,283 1,254 -0.5 2.3 3.2 1,272 1,278 1,216 845 50.5

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............ 7,693 7,384 7,223 4.2 2.2 5.3 7,739 7,270 6,921 5,005 54.6

 Metalworking machinery....................... 7,697 7,612 7,668 1.1 -0.7 -1.1 7,826 7,479 7,390 7,169 9.2

 Turbines, generators, and other 

 power transmission equipment....... 32,202 32,541 32,245 -1.0 0.9 4.8 33,504 32,604 32,366 32,150 4.2

 Material handling equipment............... 7,716 7,628 7,489 1.2 1.9 2.0 7,925 7,627 7,575 6,906 14.8

 Computers and electronic products 1...... 114,891 114,458 115,654 0.4 -1.0 -0.7 116,517 115,152 114,797 112,393 3.7

 Computers......................................... 5,613 5,687 6,116 -1.3 -7.0 3.2 5,613 5,687 6,116 6,200 -9.5

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 30,757 30,242 30,561 1.7 -1.0 -1.9 31,182 30,028 29,753 30,995 0.6

 Defense communications equipment... 6,001 6,321 6,615 -5.1 -4.4 -3.0 6,110 6,424 6,716 5,981 2.2

 Semiconductors 1

................................ (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)

 Electronic components....................... 13,069 13,001 12,985 0.5 0.1 0.9 13,381 13,072 12,841 13,301 0.6

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment..................................... 4,691 4,333 4,354 8.3 -0.5 -0.3 4,767 4,387 4,285 4,041 18.0

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 33,455 33,708 34,034 -0.8 -1.0 -1.2 33,921 34,094 34,111 34,106 -0.5

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments.................... 21,305 21,166 20,989 0.7 0.8 0.7 21,543 21,460 20,975 17,769 21.2

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 20,184 19,718 18,935 2.4 4.1 2.0 20,644 19,659 18,519 16,591 24.4

 Electric lighting equipment................... 2,198 2,121 2,031 3.6 4.4 0.0 2,196 2,118 2,000 1,758 24.9

 Household appliances.......................... 895 793 691 12.9 14.8 -26.2 1,060 852 636 866 22.4

 Electrical equipment............................ 11,729 11,516 11,196 1.8 2.9 3.9 11,831 11,416 11,008 9,715 21.8

 Transportation equipment........................ 332,270 327,900 330,979 1.3 -0.9 4.7 337,017 332,709 331,568 270,639 24.5

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers.................................... 17,349 17,337 17,002 0.1 2.0 2.1 18,155 17,915 17,021 15,697 15.7

 Nondefense aircraft and parts.............. 193,815 191,004 191,107 1.5 -0.1 8.4 196,542 194,056 192,417 124,594 57.7

 Defense aircraft and parts................... 53,310 53,435 52,370 -0.2 2.0 2.9 53,587 53,705 51,579 54,625 -1.9

 Ships and boats................................. 15,521 13,676 13,384 13.5 2.2 -5.1 16,304 14,437 13,448 18,375 -11.3

 Furniture and related products................. 7,997 7,670 7,715 4.3 -0.6 -5.8 7,744 7,398 7,434 7,173 8.0

p

 Preliminary r Revised NA Not available.

1

 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.
 5

Table 4. Value of Manufacturers' Inventories for Industry Groups

[Millions of Dollars]

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Percent

Industry Change

Feb. Jan. Dec. Jan. - Dec. - Nov. - Feb. Jan. Dec. Feb. Feb.

2006p 2006r 2005 Feb. Jan. Dec. 2006p 2006r 2005 2005 06/05

 All manufacturing industries .................. 473,769 475,450 470,458 -0.4 1.1 0.6 477,422 473,261 457,277 462,466 3.2

 Excluding transportation ...................... 407,138 408,136 403,261 -0.2 1.2 0.7 410,195 406,479 392,776 396,357 3.5

 Excluding defense ............................. 454,447 456,026 450,837 -0.3 1.2 0.6 457,966 454,002 438,091 443,263 3.3

 With unfilled orders ............................. 223,450 223,545 221,344 0.0 1.0 0.1 225,537 222,877 215,416 220,059 2.5

 Durable goods industries ........................ 287,301 288,690 285,928 -0.5 1.0 0.1 290,347 287,736 277,470 283,014 2.6

 Wood products................................. ...... 10,702 10,750 10,818 -0.4 -0.6 1.3 11,025 10,911 10,622 10,689 3.1

 Nonmetallic mineral products................... 10,459 10,449 10,366 0.1 0.8 1.8 10,698 10,442 10,065 10,363 3.2

 Primary metals............................ ............ 24,568 24,274 23,888 1.2 1.6 0.3 24,805 24,515 23,970 24,087 3.0

 Iron and steel mills.............................. 13,646 13,421 13,236 1.7 1.4 -0.5 13,715 13,570 13,404 14,147 -3.1

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals......... 8,927 8,863 8,635 0.7 2.6 1.6 9,064 8,975 8,623 7,943 14.1

 Ferrous metal foundries...................... 1,995 1,990 2,017 0.3 -1.3 0.3 2,026 1,970 1,943 1,997 1.5

 Fabricated metal products...................... 37,671 37,541 37,181 0.3 1.0 1.1 38,182 37,467 36,324 37,700 1.3

 Machinery............................................. 48,227 48,284 47,783 -0.1 1.0 0.0 48,966 48,175 46,334 46,604 5.1

 Farm machinery................................. 2,338 2,357 2,367 -0.8 -0.4 -2.4 2,519 2,461 2,385 2,674 -5.8

 Construction machinery........................ 4,102 4,082 4,047 0.5 0.9 -0.7 4,233 4,107 3,988 3,898 8.6

 Mining, oil field, 

 and gas field machinery.................. 2,911 2,855 2,833 2.0 0.8 2.9 2,920 2,818 2,702 2,580 13.2

 Industrial machinery............................ 6,238 6,177 6,215 1.0 -0.6 -2.3 6,397 6,065 5,994 6,653 -3.8

 Photographic equipment...................... 1,450 1,441 1,451 0.6 -0.7 0.8 1,451 1,423 1,339 1,302 11.4

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............ 4,058 4,080 4,055 -0.5 0.6 -0.1 4,133 3,988 3,798 4,157 -0.6

 Metalworking machinery....................... 4,634 4,661 4,656 -0.6 0.1 -0.3 4,587 4,591 4,468 4,297 6.7

 Turbines, generators, and other

 power transmission equipment....... 6,205 6,242 6,012 -0.6 3.8 1.7 6,206 6,183 5,813 5,564 11.5

 Material handling equipment............... 2,842 2,849 2,818 -0.2 1.1 -1.3 2,866 2,841 2,780 2,567 11.6

 Computers and electronic products ......... 45,602 46,664 45,896 -2.3 1.7 -1.1 45,841 46,353 44,227 45,942 -0.2

 Computers......................................... 1,868 1,859 2,029 0.5 -8.4 3.8 1,854 1,756 1,998 1,968 -5.8

 Computer storage devices................... 1,480 1,493 1,535 -0.9 -2.7 0.3 1,497 1,434 1,319 1,397 7.2

 Other peripheral equipment................ 1,729 1,746 1,745 -1.0 0.1 -2.7 1,734 1,717 1,590 1,893 -8.4

 Nondefense communications

 equipment..................................... 9,372 9,364 9,164 0.1 2.2 -4.0 9,487 9,426 8,889 9,717 -2.4

 Defense communications equipment... 1,121 1,071 929 4.7 15.3 -13.3 1,121 1,071 929 1,089 2.9

 Audio and video equipment.................. 1,067 1,068 1,110 -0.1 -3.8 -7.4 1,020 1,044 1,069 1,074 -5.0

 Semiconductors 1

................................ (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)

 Electronic components....................... 7,049 7,100 6,884 -0.7 3.1 -1.3 7,064 7,115 6,655 6,975 1.3

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment..................................... 2,727 2,751 2,729 -0.9 0.8 2.1 2,729 2,711 2,658 2,673 2.1

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 2,876 2,773 2,472 3.7 12.2 0.7 2,873 2,735 2,384 2,898 -0.9

 Electromedical, measuring 

 and control instruments.................... 9,939 9,861 9,777 0.8 0.9 -0.1 10,058 9,835 9,569 9,849 2.1

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 13,370 13,403 13,163 -0.2 1.8 1.2 13,696 13,382 12,593 12,790 7.1

 Electric lighting equipment................... 1,637 1,659 1,567 -1.3 5.9 1.8 1,658 1,639 1,481 1,548 7.1

 Household appliances.......................... 2,350 2,367 2,346 -0.7 0.9 1.8 2,432 2,350 2,117 2,186 11.3

 Electrical equipment............................ 4,591 4,569 4,513 0.5 1.2 0.7 4,746 4,643 4,421 4,304 10.3

 Batteries............................................ 715 734 680 -2.6 7.9 5.8 693 675 605 597 16.1

 Transportation equipment...................... 66,631 67,314 67,197 -1.0 0.2 0.1 67,227 66,782 64,501 66,109 1.7

 Automobiles....................................... 2,288 2,488 2,201 -8.0 13.0 -3.3 2,305 2,434 1,989 2,093 10.1

 Light trucks and utility vehicles............ 3,399 3,267 3,312 4.0 -1.4 -1.2 3,363 3,116 2,924 2,820 19.3

 Heavy duty trucks .............................. 1,252 1,254 1,251 -0.2 0.2 -1.4 1,267 1,241 1,200 1,271 -0.3

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers..................................... 17,315 17,385 17,620 -0.4 -1.3 -1.2 17,449 17,416 17,224 18,102 -3.6

 Nondefense aircraft and parts.............. 23,001 23,340 22,731 -1.5 2.7 1.3 23,267 23,144 21,667 22,789 2.1

 Defense aircraft and parts..................... 11,565 11,678 11,792 -1.0 -1.0 0.1 11,671 11,552 11,524 11,207 4.1

 Ships and boats.................................. 2,620 2,719 2,970 -3.6 -8.5 8.4 2,678 2,745 2,931 2,670 0.3

 Furniture and related products................. 8,986 8,955 8,927 0.3 0.3 -0.3 8,804 8,887 8,732 8,508 3.5

 Miscellaneous durable goods.................... 21,085 21,056 20,709 0.1 1.7 -0.7 21,103 20,822 20,102 20,222 4.4

 Nondurable goods industries................... 186,468 186,760 184,530 -0.2 1.2 1.3 187,075 185,525 179,807 179,452 4.2

 Food products........................................ 33,358 33,341 33,136 0.1 0.6 0.5 33,364 33,128 32,848 32,148 3.8

 Grain and oilseed milling..................... 3,412 3,477 3,453 -1.9 0.7 1.1 3,619 3,624 3,510 3,229 12.1

 Dairy products.................................... 4,156 4,099 4,071 1.4 0.7 1.4 4,122 3,973 3,751 4,014 2.7

 Meat, poultry, and seafood products... 6,029 6,099 6,356 -1.1 -4.0 2.2 5,990 5,920 6,092 6,183 -3.1

 Beverage and tobacco products............... 15,308 15,336 15,395 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2 15,464 15,569 15,388 14,890 3.9

 Beverages......................................... 10,704 10,713 10,781 -0.1 -0.6 0.0 10,694 10,707 10,631 9,938 7.6

 Tobacco............................................ 4,604 4,623 4,614 -0.4 0.2 -0.8 4,770 4,862 4,757 4,952 -3.7

 Textile mills........................................... 4,222 4,244 4,242 -0.5 0.0 0.8 4,260 4,245 4,118 4,407 -3.3

 Textile products...................................... 3,695 3,720 3,778 -0.7 -1.5 3.2 3,725 3,729 3,630 3,760 -0.9

 Apparel................................................. 6,035 6,063 6,118 -0.5 -0.9 -0.5 5,920 6,020 5,836 5,984 -1.1

 Leather and allied products..................... 850 915 874 -7.1 4.7 -0.1 845 921 855 868 -2.6

 Paper products....................................... 14,129 13,995 13,972 1.0 0.2 0.3 14,277 14,040 13,789 14,505 -1.6

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills....... 6,078 6,051 6,069 0.4 -0.3 0.5 6,162 6,081 6,019 6,257 -1.5

 Paperboard containers........................ 4,019 3,952 3,980 1.7 -0.7 2.5 4,067 4,003 3,974 4,222 -3.7

 Printing.................................................. 6,546 6,557 6,484 -0.2 1.1 0.4 6,329 6,181 6,092 6,439 -1.7

 Petroleum and coal products.................. 25,473 25,387 25,022 0.3 1.5 1.5 24,803 24,462 23,125 21,283 16.5

 Petroleum refineries............................. 22,953 22,905 22,472 0.2 1.9 0.7 22,320 22,112 20,886 19,060 17.1

 Chemical products.................................. 56,500 56,962 55,480 -0.8 2.7 3.0 57,171 56,646 54,497 55,214 3.5

 Pesticides, fertilizers, and other

 agricultural chemicals....................... 2,704 2,713 2,719 -0.3 -0.2 1.6 3,224 3,069 2,852 2,788 15.6

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines............ 18,561 18,919 17,732 -1.9 6.7 1.3 18,278 18,192 17,137 18,920 -3.4

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives............. 2,900 2,882 2,837 0.6 1.6 0.3 2,951 2,863 2,705 2,822 4.6

 Plastics and rubber products..................... 20,352 20,240 20,029 0.6 1.1 0.8 20,917 20,584 19,629 19,954 4.8

p

 Preliminary r Revised NA Not available.

1 Inventories for semiconductor industry data are included in computers and electronic products and total durable goods industries, but are not shown separately. 

See note at end of Table 2 relating to survey error and revision.
 6 

Table 5. Value of Manufacturers' Shipments, New Orders, Unfilled Orders, and Total Inventories for 

 Topical Series 1

[Millions of Dollars]

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted2

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Year to date Percent

Industry Change6

Feb. Jan. Dec. Jan. - Dec. - Nov. - Feb. Jan. Dec. Feb. 2006/

2006p 2006r 2005 Feb. Jan. Dec. 2006p 2006r 2005 2005 2006p 2005 2005

SHIPMENTS

 All manufacturing industries .................. 405,046 409,417 408,876 -1.1 0.1 2.4 383,455 373,213 403,446 359,440 756,668 706,476 7.1

 Construction materials and supplies...... 44,587 44,394 43,653 0.4 1.7 1.6 40,636 39,111 39,522 37,174 79,747 72,685 9.7

 Information technology......................... 29,345 29,455 29,411 -0.4 0.1 2.2 26,014 24,921 35,519 24,603 50,935 48,277 5.5

 Computers and related products .......... 8,359 8,325 8,827 0.4 -5.7 2.7 6,961 7,076 11,227 6,672 14,037 13,881 1.1

 Motor vehicle and parts........................ 40,446 41,559 42,962 -2.7 -3.3 5.3 41,206 38,084 38,188 42,118 79,290 79,996 -0.9

 Capital goods...................................... 78,714 78,553 81,414 0.2 -3.5 5.0 72,852 66,727 91,059 65,317 139,579 126,901 10.0

 Nondefense capital goods 3

.................. 70,692 70,057 73,256 0.9 -4.4 5.2 65,142 59,867 81,929 57,807 125,009 113,083 10.5

 Excluding aircraft............................. 64,769 65,292 65,321 -0.8 0.0 3.8 59,464 57,220 70,659 55,435 116,684 109,162 6.9

 Defense capital goods 4....................... 8,022 8,496 8,158 -5.6 4.1 2.8 7,710 6,860 9,130 7,510 14,570 13,818 5.4

 Consumer goods.................................. 153,504 158,669 157,236 -3.3 0.9 2.5 145,956 147,362 152,973 140,276 293,318 276,291 6.2

 Consumer durable goods..................... 38,316 39,122 40,362 -2.1 -3.1 5.4 37,954 34,914 38,832 38,205 72,868 71,812 1.5

 Consumer nondurable goods............... 115,188 119,547 116,874 -3.6 2.3 1.5 108,002 112,448 114,141 102,071 220,450 204,479 7.8

 All manufacturing industries 5

................. 401,857 401,075 417,144 0.2 -3.9 1.6 385,293 374,583 418,610 360,770 759,876 706,649 7.5

 Construction materials and supplies...... 45,031 44,740 44,127 0.7 1.4 0.2 41,701 40,047 39,757 37,982 81,748 73,992 10.5

 Information technology......................... 29,777 28,543 28,736 4.3 -0.7 0.4 27,348 25,505 35,602 26,310 52,853 51,662 2.3

 Computers and related products .......... 8,285 7,896 9,018 4.9 -12.4 4.3 6,887 6,647 11,418 6,813 13,534 13,664 -1.0

 Motor vehicle and parts........................ 40,458 41,894 43,305 -3.4 -3.3 6.6 41,446 38,978 39,099 42,407 80,424 80,423 0.0

 Capital goods...................................... 81,921 75,938 96,162 7.9 -21.0 1.9 78,923 69,813 111,922 70,955 148,736 136,889 8.7

 Nondefense capital goods 3

.................. 72,948 71,392 89,318 2.2 -20.1 1.9 70,277 65,113 100,617 64,373 135,390 123,712 9.4

 Excluding aircraft............................. 65,588 66,750 66,750 -1.7 0.0 4.9 63,748 60,948 71,993 60,848 124,696 117,683 6.0

 Defense capital goods 4....................... 8,973 4,546 6,844 97.4 -33.6 1.4 8,646 4,700 11,305 6,582 13,346 13,177 1.3

 Consumer goods.................................. 153,661 158,580 155,970 -3.1 1.7 1.9 146,350 147,642 151,419 140,184 293,992 276,050 6.5

 Consumer durable goods..................... 38,473 39,033 39,096 -1.4 -0.2 3.0 38,348 35,194 37,278 38,113 73,542 71,571 2.8

 Consumer nondurable goods.............. 115,188 119,547 116,874 -3.6 2.3 1.5 108,002 112,448 114,141 102,071 220,450 204,479 7.8

 All manufacturing industries 5................. 642,440 636,962 638,261 0.9 -0.2 2.6 652,578 642,036 634,334 557,639 (X) (X) 17.0

 Construction materials and supplies...... 41,461 41,017 40,671 1.1 0.9 1.2 41,369 40,304 39,368 35,407 (X) (X) 16.8

 Information technology......................... 108,460 108,028 108,940 0.4 -0.8 -0.6 109,965 108,631 108,047 104,189 (X) (X) 5.5

 Computers and related products .......... 5,613 5,687 6,116 -1.3 -7.0 3.2 5,613 5,687 6,116 6,200 (X) (X) -9.5

 Motor vehicle and parts........................ 17,349 17,337 17,002 0.1 2.0 2.1 18,155 17,915 17,021 15,697 (X) (X) 15.7

 Capital goods...................................... 478,412 475,205 477,820 0.7 -0.5 3.2 485,996 479,925 476,839 408,432 (X) (X) 19.0

 Nondefense capital goods 3..................349,552 347,296 345,961 0.6 0.4 4.9 355,605 350,470 345,224 268,593 (X) (X) 32.4

 Excluding aircraft............................. 177,342 176,523 175,065 0.5 0.8 0.8 180,767 176,483 172,755 165,472 (X) (X) 9.2

 Defense capital goods 4

....................... 128,860 127,909 131,859 0.7 -3.0 -1.0 130,391 129,455 131,615 139,839 (X) (X) -6.8

 Consumer goods.................................. 12,575 12,418 12,507 1.3 -0.7 -9.2 12,835 12,441 12,161 13,816 (X) (X) -7.1

 Consumer durable goods..................... 12,575 12,418 12,507 1.3 -0.7 -9.2 12,835 12,441 12,161 13,816 (X) (X) -7.1 

 All manufacturing industries .................. 473,769 475,450 470,458 -0.4 1.1 0.6 477,422 473,261 457,277 462,466 (X) (X) 3.2

 Construction materials and supplies...... 54,549 54,531 54,224 0.0 0.6 1.4 55,568 54,429 52,497 54,322 (X) (X) 2.3

 Information technology......................... 38,044 37,839 37,340 0.5 1.3 -1.3 38,328 37,557 36,037 38,376 (X) (X) -0.1

 Computers and related products .......... 5,077 5,098 5,309 -0.4 -4.0 0.6 5,085 4,907 4,907 5,258 (X) (X) -3.3

 Motor vehicle and parts........................ 24,254 24,394 24,384 -0.6 0.0 -1.4 24,384 24,207 23,337 24,286 (X) (X) 0.4

 Capital goods...................................... 130,266 130,421 129,134 -0.1 1.0 0.1 131,514 129,657 125,118 127,098 (X) (X) 3.5

 Nondefense capital goods 3..................114,726 114,865 113,462 -0.1 1.2 0.0 115,946 114,140 109,613 111,323 (X) (X) 4.2

 Excluding aircraft............................. 96,072 95,935 94,987 0.1 1.0 -0.4 97,031 95,368 92,034 93,292 (X) (X) 4.0

 Defense capital goods 4....................... 15,540 15,556 15,672 -0.1 -0.7 0.9 15,568 15,517 15,505 15,775 (X) (X) -1.3

 Consumer goods.................................. 143,640 144,078 142,043 -0.3 1.4 0.3 143,025 142,313 137,429 137,500 (X) (X) 4.0

 Consumer durable goods..................... 31,948 32,010 31,730 -0.2 0.9 -0.6 32,093 31,781 30,236 30,749 (X) (X) 4.4

 Consumer nondurable goods............... 111,692 112,068 110,313 -0.3 1.6 0.5 110,932 110,532 107,193 106,751 (X) (X) 3.9

p

 Preliminary r Revised X Not Applicable.

1

 Topical series are regroupings of the separate industry categories.

2

 Shipments and new orders are the totals for the period and are adjusted for trading-day and calendar-month variations.

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 Group

[Millions of Dollars]

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Percent

Industry Change

Feb. Jan. Dec. Jan. - Dec. - Nov. - Feb. Jan. Dec. Feb. Feb.

2006p 2006r 2005 Feb. Jan. Dec. 2006p 2006r 2005 2005 06/05

MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

 All manufacturing industries..................... 160,274 160,058 160,100 0.1 0.0 1.2 160,884 160,574 158,789 156,617 2.7

 Durable goods industries........................ 96,408 96,298 96,332 0.1 0.0 0.0 96,874 96,699 95,947 95,919 1.0

 Wood products................................... 4,379 4,380 4,395 0.0 -0.3 1.7 4,460 4,586 4,596 3,953 12.8

 Nonmetallic mineral products............... 3,904 3,817 3,804 2.3 0.3 3.9 3,895 3,803 3,777 3,593 8.4

 Primary metals.................................... 9,250 8,970 8,718 3.1 2.9 -2.2 9,115 9,008 8,953 9,024 1.0

 Fabricated metal products.................. 14,110 13,975 13,827 1.0 1.1 1.1 14,253 14,018 13,833 14,201 0.4

 Machinery.......................................... 16,714 16,737 16,703 -0.1 0.2 0.5 16,773 16,817 16,406 16,173 3.7

 Computers and electronic products ...... 15,250 15,711 15,841 -2.9 -0.8 -0.7 15,422 15,780 15,797 16,259 -5.1

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components.............................. 5,283 5,324 5,254 -0.8 1.3 0.2 5,416 5,360 5,217 5,077 6.7

 Transportation equipment.................. 16,005 16,003 16,559 0.0 -3.4 -0.4 16,073 15,975 16,295 16,625 -3.3

 Furniture and related products............ 4,059 4,021 3,965 0.9 1.4 -0.1 4,016 4,016 3,948 3,815 5.3

 Miscellaneous products........................ 7,454 7,360 7,266 1.3 1.3 -1.3 7,451 7,336 7,125 7,199 3.5

 Nondurable goods industries.................... 63,866 63,760 63,768 0.2 0.0 3.1 64,010 63,875 62,842 60,698 5.5

 Food products................................... 10,678 10,709 10,626 -0.3 0.8 0.2 10,798 10,838 10,694 10,282 5.0

 Beverage and tobacco products........... 4,646 4,732 4,721 -1.8 0.2 -4.9 4,744 4,939 4,869 5,168 -8.2

 Textiles.............................................. 1,343 1,309 1,290 2.6 1.5 0.2 1,349 1,308 1,276 1,327 1.7

 Textile products.................................. 1,482 1,501 1,477 -1.3 1.6 2.2 1,477 1,505 1,459 1,359 8.7

 Apparel............................................. 1,291 1,303 1,316 -0.9 -1.0 -0.8 1,285 1,304 1,311 1,353 -5.0

 Leather and allied products................... 254 279 298 -9.0 -6.4 12.9 249 278 296 253 -1.6

 Paper products................................... 6,259 6,188 6,152 1.1 0.6 1.0 6,295 6,204 6,167 6,276 0.3

 Printing ............................................ 3,000 2,988 2,925 0.4 2.2 1.7 2,919 2,903 2,825 2,906 0.4

 Petroleum and coal products............... 8,501 8,383 8,577 1.4 -2.3 7.5 8,269 8,005 8,074 6,411 29.0

 Chemical products............................. 18,519 18,471 18,576 0.3 -0.6 8.0 18,601 18,562 18,115 17,718 5.0

 Plastics and rubber products............... 7,893 7,897 7,810 -0.1 1.1 0.1 8,024 8,029 7,756 7,645 5.0

WORK IN PROCESS

 All manufacturing industries .................. 131,260 132,717 130,803 -1.1 1.5 0.6 131,957 131,977 125,920 128,108 3.0

 Durable goods industries ........................ 102,405 103,334 102,078 -0.9 1.2 0.9 103,247 102,743 97,970 99,520 3.7

 Wood products................................... 1,973 1,910 1,901 3.3 0.5 5.3 1,987 1,913 1,900 1,982 0.3

 Nonmetallic mineral products............... 1,153 1,179 1,171 -2.2 0.7 0.9 1,210 1,175 1,099 1,217 -0.6

 Primary metals.................................... 7,701 7,571 7,513 1.7 0.8 1.7 7,819 7,643 7,396 7,562 3.4

 Fabricated metal products.................. 11,121 11,079 10,788 0.4 2.7 0.0 11,222 11,058 10,472 10,404 7.9

 Machinery.......................................... 14,544 14,554 14,254 -0.1 2.1 -2.6 14,524 14,148 13,512 14,196 2.3

 Computers and electronic products ...... 20,857 21,099 20,268 -1.1 4.1 -0.2 20,808 20,804 19,068 19,318 7.7

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components.............................. 2,751 2,733 2,691 0.7 1.6 1.6 2,809 2,726 2,572 2,742 2.4

 Transportation equipment.................. 37,470 38,358 38,594 -2.3 -0.6 2.7 38,014 38,503 37,253 37,207 2.2

 Furniture and related products............ 1,543 1,547 1,545 -0.3 0.1 -2.8 1,527 1,545 1,539 1,541 -0.9

 Miscellaneous products........................ 3,292 3,304 3,353 -0.4 -1.5 3.7 3,327 3,228 3,159 3,351 -0.7

 Nondurable goods industries.................... 28,855 29,383 28,725 -1.8 2.3 -0.7 28,710 29,234 27,950 28,588 0.4

 Food products................................... 2,812 2,872 3,067 -2.1 -6.4 0.4 2,804 3,016 3,255 2,949 -4.9

 Beverage and tobacco products........... 4,730 4,690 4,762 0.9 -1.5 0.6 4,787 4,877 5,034 4,048 18.3

 Textiles.............................................. 1,135 1,141 1,118 -0.5 2.1 -4.9 1,147 1,151 1,092 1,217 -5.8

 Textile products.................................. 548 549 543 -0.2 1.1 -2.7 549 543 501 570 -3.7

 Apparel............................................. 1,087 1,069 1,089 1.7 -1.8 2.3 1,077 1,064 1,019 1,002 7.5

 Leather and allied products................... 120 119 92 0.8 29.3 1.1 122 123 90 137 -10.9

 Paper products................................... 1,356 1,317 1,324 3.0 -0.5 -3.8 1,352 1,333 1,322 1,396 -3.2

 Printing ............................................ 1,733 1,745 1,732 -0.7 0.8 -0.1 1,674 1,581 1,478 1,735 -3.5

 Petroleum and coal products............... 2,325 3,002 2,548 -22.6 17.8 -9.3 2,276 2,869 2,236 3,036 -25.0

 Chemical products............................. 10,785 10,671 10,256 1.1 4.0 0.9 10,623 10,413 9,807 10,210 4.0

 Plastics and rubber products............... 2,224 2,208 2,194 0.7 0.6 0.9 2,299 2,264 2,116 2,288 0.5

FINISHED GOODS

 All manufacturing industries .................. 182,235 182,675 179,555 -0.2 1.7 0.1 184,581 180,710 172,568 177,741 3.8

 Durable goods industries ........................ 88,488 89,058 87,518 -0.6 1.8 -0.6 90,226 88,294 83,553 87,575 3.0

 Wood products................................... 4,350 4,460 4,522 -2.5 -1.4 -0.6 4,578 4,412 4,126 4,754 -3.7

 Nonmetallic mineral products............... 5,402 5,453 5,391 -0.9 1.2 0.6 5,593 5,464 5,189 5,553 0.7

 Primary metals.................................... 7,617 7,733 7,657 -1.5 1.0 1.9 7,871 7,864 7,621 7,501 4.9

 Fabricated metal products.................. 12,440 12,487 12,566 -0.4 -0.6 2.0 12,707 12,391 12,019 13,095 -3.0

 Machinery.......................................... 16,969 16,993 16,826 -0.1 1.0 1.8 17,669 17,210 16,416 16,235 8.8

 Computers and electronic products ...... 9,495 9,854 9,787 -3.6 0.7 -3.4 9,611 9,769 9,362 10,365 -7.3

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components.............................. 5,336 5,346 5,218 -0.2 2.5 2.1 5,471 5,296 4,804 4,971 10.1

 Transportation equipment.................. 13,156 12,953 12,044 1.6 7.5 -6.6 13,140 12,304 10,953 12,277 7.0

 Furniture and related products............ 3,384 3,387 3,417 -0.1 -0.9 0.7 3,261 3,326 3,245 3,152 3.5

 Miscellaneous products........................ 10,339 10,392 10,090 -0.5 3.0 -1.7 10,325 10,258 9,818 9,672 6.8

 Nondurable goods industries.................... 93,747 93,617 92,037 0.1 1.7 0.8 94,355 92,416 89,015 90,166 4.6

 Food products................................... 19,868 19,760 19,443 0.5 1.6 0.7 19,762 19,274 18,899 18,917 4.5

 Beverage and tobacco products........... 5,932 5,914 5,912 0.3 0.0 3.2 5,933 5,753 5,485 5,674 4.6

 Textiles.............................................. 1,744 1,794 1,834 -2.8 -2.2 5.0 1,764 1,786 1,750 1,863 -5.3

 Textile products.................................. 1,665 1,670 1,758 -0.3 -5.0 6.0 1,699 1,681 1,670 1,831 -7.2

 Apparel............................................. 3,657 3,691 3,713 -0.9 -0.6 -1.2 3,558 3,652 3,506 3,629 -2.0

 Leather and allied products................... 476 517 484 -7.9 6.8 -6.9 474 520 469 478 -0.8

 Paper products................................... 6,514 6,490 6,496 0.4 -0.1 0.5 6,630 6,503 6,300 6,833 -3.0

 Printing ............................................ 1,813 1,824 1,827 -0.6 -0.2 -1.0 1,736 1,697 1,789 1,798 -3.4

 Petroleum and coal products............... 14,647 14,002 13,897 4.6 0.8 0.1 14,258 13,588 12,815 11,836 20.5

 Chemical products............................. 27,196 27,820 26,648 -2.2 4.4 0.5 27,947 27,671 26,575 27,286 2.4

 Plastics and rubber products............... 10,235 10,135 10,025 1.0 1.1 1.4 10,594 10,291 9,757 10,021 5.7

p

 Preliminary r Revised

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

[Based on Seasonally Adjusted data]

Inventory/Shipments ratio Unfilled Orders/Shipments ratio1

Industry Feb Jan Dec Nov Feb Jan Dec Nov

2006p 2006r 2005 2005 2006p 2006r 2005 2005

 All manufacturing industries2

...... 1.17 1.16 1.15 1.17 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Durable goods industries2

................... 1.31 1.32 1.29 1.34 4.30 4.25 4.17 4.24

 Wood products................................ 1.10 1.11 1.14 1.15 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Nonmetallic mineral products........... 1.05 1.06 1.08 1.07 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Primary metals................................. 1.46 1.43 1.45 1.46 1.44 1.43 1.48 1.47

 Fabricated metal products............... 1.49 1.48 1.48 1.51 2.00 2.00 1.99 2.05

 Machinery....................................... 1.72 1.69 1.64 1.75 3.48 3.38 3.25 3.42

 Computers and electronic products 2

.. 1.15 1.23 1.19 1.23 4.18 4.19 4.25 4.34

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................. 1.32 1.31 1.34 1.31 2.12 2.04 2.05 1.98

 Transportation equipment................. 1.13 1.15 1.06 1.13 8.95 8.95 8.23 8.39

 Furniture and related products........... 1.16 1.14 1.13 1.16 1.16 1.11 1.10 1.20

 Miscellaneous products.................... 1.62 1.58 1.60 1.69 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Nondurable goods industries.............. 1.00 0.98 0.99 0.98 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Food products................................... 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.73 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Beverage and tobacco products......... 1.65 1.63 1.62 1.61 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Textiles.......................................... 1.24 1.25 1.27 1.25 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Textile products............................... 1.24 1.26 1.31 1.25 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Apparel.......................................... 1.66 1.67 1.63 1.67 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Leather and allied products............... 1.75 1.95 1.92 1.84 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Paper products................................ 0.99 0.98 1.00 1.01 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Printing.......................................... 0.89 0.90 0.92 0.91 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Petroleum and coal products............ 0.76 0.67 0.70 0.73 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Chemical products............................. 1.18 1.18 1.19 1.13 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Plastics and rubber products.............. 1.14 1.13 1.13 1.11 (X) (X) (X) (X)

p

 Preliminary r Revised X Not Applicable

1

 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.

2 Unfilled orders to shipments ratio excludes semiconductor manufacturing.

Feb2 Feb2 Feb2 Feb2

Industry 2005- 2005- 2005- 2005-

Feb1 Jan Feb1 Jan Feb1 Jan Feb1 Jan

2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006

 All manufacturing industries.......... (X) 0.4 (X) 0.6 (X) 0.2 (X) 0.1

Durable goods industries...................... 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1

 Wood products................................... (X) 1.1 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.9

 Nonmetallic mineral products.............. (X) 0.5 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

 Primary metals.................................... 0.0 0.3 0.1 1.2 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.3

 Fabricated metal products................... -0.4 0.5 -0.8 0.8 -0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3

 Machinery.......................................... 0.0 0.7 -0.4 1.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1

 Computers and electronic products ..... 0.8 0.7 1.4 1.4 -0.1 0.3 0.3 0.5

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................. 0.2 0.4 -0.9 1.6 -0.7 0.8 -0.2 0.2

 Transportation equipment................... -0.4 0.6 0.2 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2

 Furniture and related products............. (X) 0.4 (X) 0.6 (X) 0.7 (X) 0.3

 Miscellaneous products...................... (X) 0.9 (X) 1.4 (X) 1.1 (X) 0.5

Nondurable goods industries.................. (X) 0.4 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

 Food products................................... (X) 0.6 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.4

 Beverage and tobacco products............ (X) 0.9 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.4

 Textiles............................................. (X) 0.9 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.8

 Textile products................................. (X) 0.7 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.6

 Apparel.............................................. (X) 1.6 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.5

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

 Paper products................................... (X) 0.8 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

 Printing.............................................. (X) 0.4 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.3

 Petroleum and coal products............... (X) 0.6 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.5

 Chemical products................................ (X) 0.7 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.3

 Plastics and rubber products............... (X) 0.5 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

X Not Applicable NA Not Available

1

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

 publication.

2

 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

[Based on Seasonally Adjusted data]

Shipments New Orders Unfilled Orders Inventories
NOTICE

Revised historical data for Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders will be issued on 

May 19, 2006. These revisions reflect:

• benchmarking the shipments and inventory data to the 2004 Annual Survey of Manufactures

(ASM) data;

• adjusting new orders and order backlog to be consistent with the benchmarked shipments

and inventory data;

• correcting monthly data for late receipts, reclassifications of reported data, and revisions to

previously reported data; and

• updating the seasonal adjustment factors for all series.

For revised historical data go to http://www.census.gov/m3/hist/naicshist.htm. An accompanying

press release will include the revised 2006 January through March data. Please call Chris Savage on

(301)763-4832 with questions.

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), and end-of-month total inventory (at current cost or market value). 

The M3 includes approximately 4,200 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 59 publication levels. The survey methodology assumes that the

month-to-month changes of the total operations of those companies in the monthly survey effectively represent the

month-to-month 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 62 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 4,200 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 4,200 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.

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