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FOR RELEASE AT 8:30 AM EDT, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2019

MONTHLY ADVANCE REPORT ON MANUFACTURERS’ SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND

ORDERS JULY 2019

Release Number: CB 19‐122 M3‐1 (19)‐07

August 26, 2019 — The U.S. Census Bureau announces the July advance report on manufacturers’

shipments, inventories and orders:

New Orders

New orders for manufactured durable goods in July increased $5.0 billion or 2.1 percent to $250.4 billion,

the U.S. Census Bureau announced today.  This increase, up two consecutive months, followed a 1.8

percent June increase.  Excluding transportation, new orders decreased 0.4 percent.  Excluding defense,

new orders increased 1.4 percent.  Transportation equipment, also up two consecutive months, drove the

increase, $5.7 billion or 7.0 percent to $86.3 billion.

Shipments

Shipments of manufactured durable goods in July, down following two consecutive monthly increases,

decreased $2.9 billion or 1.1 percent to $254.0 billion.  This followed a 1.0 percent June increase.  

Transportation equipment, also down following two consecutive monthly increases, led the decrease, $1.8

billion or 2.1 percent to $86.4 billion.

DURABLE GOODS – NEW ORDERS

JULY 2019 $250.4 billion             +2.1%°   

JUNE 2019  

(revised) $245.3 billion             +1.8%°

Next release: September 27, 2019

Data adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes.

°Statistical significance is not measurable for this survey.  The Manufacturers' Shipments,

Inventories, and Orders estimates are not based on a probability sample, so the sampling

error of these estimates cannot be measured nor can the confidence intervals be computed.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders, August 26,

2019.

Aug‐18 Sep‐18 Oct‐18 Nov‐18 Dec‐18 Jan‐19 Feb‐19 Mar‐19 Apr‐19 May‐19 Jun‐19 Jul‐19

% Change 4.2% 1.5% ‐4.4% 0.6% 1.1% 0.5% ‐2.6% 1.7% ‐2.8% ‐2.3% 1.8% 2.1%

‐8.0%

‐7.0%

‐6.0%

‐5.0%

‐4.0%

‐3.0%

‐2.0%

‐1.0%

0.0%

1.0%

2.0%

3.0%

4.0%

5.0%

6.0%

7.0%

8.0%

DURABLE GOODS NEW ORDERS 2018‐2019

Seasonally Adjusted,   Month‐To‐Month Percentage Change

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders,

August 26, 2019.
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Unfilled Orders

Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in July, up following three consecutive monthly decreases,

increased $0.7 billion or 0.1 percent to $1,161.6 billion.  This followed a 0.6 percent June decrease.  

Fabricated metal products, up two consecutive months, led the increase, $0.4 billion or 0.4 percent to

$86.5 billion.

Inventories

Inventories of manufactured durable goods in July, up twelve of the last thirteen months, increased $1.5

billion or 0.4 percent to $427.3 billion.  This followed a 0.3 percent June increase.  Transportation

equipment, also up twelve of the last thirteen months, led the increase, $1.4 billion or 1.0 percent to

$141.1 billion.   

Capital Goods

Nondefense new orders for capital goods in July increased $3.6 billion or 5.0 percent to $75.8 billion.  

Shipments decreased $2.3 billion or 3.0 percent to $74.4 billion.  Unfilled orders increased $1.4 billion or

0.2 percent to $693.6 billion.  Inventories increased $1.4 billion or 0.7 percent to $190.5 billion.  Defense

new orders for capital goods in July increased $1.5 billion or 14.4 percent to $11.8 billion.  Shipments

decreased $0.3 billion or 2.3 percent to $12.6 billion.  Unfilled orders decreased $0.8 billion or 0.5 percent

to $155.9 billion.  Inventories increased $0.3 billion or 1.3 percent to $24.0 billion.

Revised June Data

Revised seasonally adjusted June figures for all manufacturing industries were: new orders, $493.8 billion

(unchanged); shipments, $505.4 billion (revised from $506.2 billion); unfilled orders, $1,161.0 billion

(revised from $1,160.2 billion) and total inventories, $695.4 billion (revised from $695.6 billion).

Revised and more detailed estimates, plus nondurable goods data, will be published on September 5,

2019, at 10:00 a.m. EDT.  The Advance Report on durable goods for August is scheduled for release on

September 27, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. EDT.  View the full schedule in the Economic Briefing Room:

<www.census.gov/economic‐indicators/> The full text and tables of this release can be found at

www.census.gov/m3>.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Figures in text are adjusted for seasonality, but not for inflation.  Figures on new and unfilled orders

exclude data for semiconductor manufacturing.  
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“Virtually unchanged” indicates that the change is less than 0.05 percent for a percent increase or

decrease.

Description of the survey  

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‐in‐

process, and finished goods).  Data published from the M3 survey are based on a panel of approximately

5,000 reporting units that represent approximately 3,100 companies and provide an indication of month‐

to‐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 64 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 57 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:  

<www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>.
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Table 1.  Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments and New Orders 1

[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           Percent

Jul Jun May Jun ‐ May ‐  Apr ‐ Jul Jun Jul Change

2019 2 2019 r 2019 Jul 2 Jun r May 2019 2 2019 r 2018 2019 2018 2019/2018

DURABLE GOODS

   Total:               

               Shipments................................ 254,036 256,970 254,487 ‐1.1 1.0 0.5 238,064 270,553 232,167 1,771,016 1,716,509 3.2

               New Orders4

.............................. 250,380 245,349 240,923 2.1 1.8 ‐2.3 233,781 258,354 226,653 1,727,622 1,722,631 0.3

         Excluding transportation:

               Shipments................................ 167,646 168,764 168,372 ‐0.7 0.2 0.3 164,157 177,738 161,339 1,167,357 1,141,099 2.3

               New Orders4

.............................. 164,055 164,674 163,393 ‐0.4 0.8 0.4 159,763 171,941 157,796 1,146,661 1,134,693 1.1

         Excluding defense:

               Shipments................................ 239,358 242,097 239,414 ‐1.1 1.1 0.5 225,267 254,579 220,269 1,671,350 1,626,825 2.7

               New Orders4

.............................. 236,713 233,535 226,496 1.4 3.1 ‐1.2 223,693 242,636 216,628 1,630,673 1,629,364 0.1

    Manufacturing with unfilled orders:

               Shipments................................ 174,348 177,292 176,432 ‐1.7 0.5 0.2 164,485 188,381 161,449 1,227,731 1,195,996 2.7

               New Orders.............................. 175,035 170,032 167,262 2.9 1.7 ‐3.6 164,581 180,142 159,968 1,212,710 1,228,559 ‐1.3

    Primary metals:

               Shipments................................ 20,209 20,440 20,544 ‐1.1 ‐0.5 ‐1.2 19,838 20,975 20,937 147,600 148,923 ‐0.9

               New Orders.............................. 20,273 20,478 20,369 ‐1.0 0.5 ‐0.6 20,011 20,900 21,284 148,337 152,635 ‐2.8

    Fabricated metal products:

               Shipments................................ 33,591 33,904 33,660 ‐0.9 0.7 0.7 33,237 35,141 32,123 235,130 226,636 3.7

               New Orders.............................. 33,953 34,278 33,577 ‐0.9 2.1 0.4 33,623 34,741 32,469 239,333 234,722 2.0

    Machinery:

               Shipments................................ 32,866 33,503 33,284 ‐1.9 0.7 0.7 31,593 35,625 31,219 233,236 227,979 2.3

               New Orders.............................. 32,916 33,099 32,560 ‐0.6 1.7 0.1 31,711 34,374 31,661 232,510 231,498 0.4

    Computers and electronic products 4

:

               Shipments................................ 27,917 27,927 28,292 0.0 ‐1.3 0.4 26,062 30,291 25,488 187,595 179,033 4.8

               New Orders.............................. 23,744 23,689 24,053 0.2 ‐1.5 0.5 21,288 26,236 21,168 160,745 155,445 3.4

         Computers and related products:

               Shipments................................ 1,700 1,736 1,789 ‐2.1 ‐3.0 ‐2.0 1,544 2,262 1,834 11,613 11,917 ‐2.6

               New Orders.............................. 1,705 1,702 1,755 0.2 ‐3.0 ‐3.1 1,549 2,228 1,849 11,570 12,072 ‐4.2

         Communications equipment:

               Shipments................................ 3,916 3,903 3,834 0.3 1.8 0.3 3,438 4,683 3,105 25,675 23,077 11.3

               New Orders.............................. 3,912 3,840 3,703 1.9 3.7 2.0 3,196 4,445 3,036 25,096 24,105 4.1

    Electrical equipment, appliances,    

       and components:                   

               Shipments................................ 11,899 11,834 11,697 0.5 1.2 0.5 11,554 12,566 10,884 80,439 77,242 4.1

               New Orders.............................. 12,108 11,971 11,881 1.1 0.8 1.3 11,619 12,553 10,719 81,626 78,021 4.6

    Transportation equipment:    

               Shipments................................ 86,390 88,206 86,115 ‐2.1 2.4 0.7 73,907 92,815 70,828 603,659 575,410 4.9

               New Orders.............................. 86,325 80,675 77,530 7.0 4.1 ‐7.5 74,018 86,413 68,857 580,961 587,938 ‐1.2

         Motor vehicles and parts:

               Shipments................................ 62,685 62,395 60,766 0.5 2.7 0.8 53,487 63,557 50,005 427,113 399,031 7.0

               New Orders.............................. 62,636 62,318 60,665 0.5 2.7 0.9 53,086 62,779 49,681 426,277 398,614 6.9

         Nondefense aircraft and parts:

               Shipments................................ 9,270 11,068 10,511 ‐16.2 5.3 ‐0.4 8,132 13,324 9,237 77,757 86,570 ‐10.2

               New Orders.............................. 10,613 7,183 3,567 47.8 101.4 ‐52.0 11,419 8,673 8,742 61,446 95,007 ‐35.3

         Defense aircraft and parts:

               Shipments................................ 4,559 4,570 4,700 ‐0.2 ‐2.8 ‐1.8 3,901 5,168 4,017 30,928 29,633 4.4

               New Orders.............................. 3,527 2,624 4,240 34.4 ‐38.1 ‐20.9 2,548 5,369 3,566 29,457 30,157 ‐2.3

    All other durable goods:           

               Shipments................................ 41,164 41,156 40,895 0.0 0.6 0.5 41,873 43,140 40,688 283,357 281,286 0.7

               New Orders.............................. 41,061 41,159 40,953 ‐0.2 0.5 0.8 41,511 43,137 40,495 284,110 282,372 0.6

    Capital goods3

:

               Shipments................................ 87,005 89,640 89,065 ‐2.9 0.6 0.4 81,256 97,155 80,297 614,022 600,363 2.3

               New Orders.............................. 87,635 82,519 81,668 6.2 1.0 ‐6.6 82,218 89,488 78,652 597,918 615,102 ‐2.8

           Nondefense capital goods:

               Shipments................................ 74,401 76,738 76,030 ‐3.0 0.9 0.4 70,268 83,435 70,150 527,812 523,770 0.8

               New Orders.............................. 75,842 72,210 68,774 5.0 5.0 ‐5.0 73,456 77,017 70,230 513,841 536,611 ‐4.2

                Excluding aircraft:

                    Shipments........................... 69,441 69,916 69,915 ‐0.7 0.0 0.4 66,059 74,747 64,912 480,439 466,270 3.0

                    New Orders.......................... 69,658 69,395 68,794 0.4 0.9 0.2 65,632 73,208 65,224 480,385 473,074 1.5

           Defense capital goods:

               Shipments................................ 12,604 12,902 13,035 ‐2.3 ‐1.0 0.6 10,988 13,720 10,147 86,210 76,593 12.6

               New Orders.............................. 11,793 10,309 12,894 14.4 ‐20.0 ‐14.2 8,762 12,471 8,422 84,077 78,491 7.1

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.      3 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 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.   

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, July Advance Report, August 26, 2019. Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at

<www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>.  
Table 2.  Durable Goods Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders and Total Inventories 1

[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           Change

Jul Jun May Jun ‐ May ‐ Apr ‐ Jul Jun Jul 2019/

2019 2 2019 r 2019 Jul 2 Jun r May 2019 2 2019 r 2018 2018

DURABLE GOODS

   Total:                   

               Unfilled Orders 4......................... 1,161,639 1,160,952 1,168,212 0.1 ‐0.6 ‐0.8 1,164,613 1,164,517 1,168,975 ‐0.4

               Total Inventories....................... 427,285 425,778 424,560 0.4 0.3 0.5 430,823 423,575 412,243 4.5

         Excluding transportation:

               Unfilled Orders 4......................... 368,420 367,668 367,397 0.2 0.1 ‐0.2 370,734 370,749 366,608 1.1

               Total Inventories....................... 286,212 286,086 286,062 0.0 0.0 ‐0.1 288,213 285,284 279,922 3.0

         Excluding defense:

               Unfilled Orders 4

........................... 964,554 962,856 967,057 0.2 ‐0.4 ‐0.9 967,015 964,210 985,211 ‐1.8

               Total Inventories....................... 398,917 397,709 396,708 0.3 0.3 0.5 402,342 395,468 384,805 4.6

    Manufacturing with unfilled orders:

               Unfilled Orders......................... 1,161,639 1,160,952 1,168,212 0.1 ‐0.6 ‐0.8 1,164,613 1,164,517 1,168,975 ‐0.4

               Total Inventories....................... 348,372 347,221 346,243 0.3 0.3 0.5 351,640 345,724 336,057 4.6

    Primary metals:

               Unfilled Orders......................... 31,309 31,245 31,207 0.2 0.1 ‐0.6 31,840 31,667 31,590 0.8

               Total Inventories....................... 35,735 35,818 36,178 ‐0.2 ‐1.0 ‐0.7 36,057 35,739 35,987 0.2

    Fabricated metal products:

               Unfilled Orders......................... 86,515 86,153 85,779 0.4 0.4 ‐0.1 87,767 87,381 85,460 2.7

               Total Inventories....................... 54,720 54,740 54,575 0.0 0.3 ‐0.1 55,303 54,699 54,065 2.3

    Machinery:     

               Unfilled Orders......................... 103,025 102,975 103,379 0.0 ‐0.4 ‐0.7 103,074 102,956 104,856 ‐1.7

               Total Inventories....................... 72,343 72,111 71,862 0.3 0.3 0.1 72,577 71,535 68,735 5.6

    Computers and electronic products4

:

               Unfilled Orders......................... 118,495 118,325 118,202 0.1 0.1 0.1 118,566 118,961 115,323 2.8

               Total Inventories....................... 43,317 43,424 43,408 ‐0.2 0.0 ‐0.2 43,762 43,357 43,770 0.0

         Computers and related products:

               Unfilled Orders......................... 2,152 2,147 2,181 0.2 ‐1.6 ‐1.5 2,152 2,147 2,033 5.9

               Total Inventories....................... 3,797 3,806 3,759 ‐0.2 1.3 0.5 3,922 3,816 3,790 3.5

         Communications equipment:

               Unfilled Orders......................... 25,679 25,683 25,746 0.0 ‐0.2 ‐0.5 25,514 25,756 26,087 ‐2.2

               Total Inventories....................... 5,558 5,555 5,539 0.1 0.3 ‐0.4 5,568 5,533 5,406 3.0

    Electrical equipment, appliances,    

        and components:                   

               Unfilled Orders......................... 20,030 19,821 19,684 1.1 0.7 0.9 20,142 20,077 19,811 1.7

               Total Inventories....................... 20,371 20,305 20,283 0.3 0.1 ‐0.1 20,734 20,411 19,214 7.9

    Transportation equipment:    

               Unfilled Orders......................... 793,219 793,284 800,815 0.0 ‐0.9 ‐1.1 793,879 793,768 802,367 ‐1.1

               Total Inventories....................... 141,073 139,692 138,498 1.0 0.9 1.6 142,610 138,291 132,321 7.8

         Motor vehicles and parts:

               Unfilled Orders......................... 26,919 26,968 27,045 ‐0.2 ‐0.3 ‐0.4 26,356 26,757 26,090 1.0

               Total Inventories....................... 38,420 38,385 38,331 0.1 0.1 0.7 39,127 37,583 37,063 5.6

         Nondefense Aircraft and parts:

               Unfilled Orders......................... 581,130 579,787 583,672 0.2 ‐0.7 ‐1.2 581,877 578,590 601,547 ‐3.3

               Total Inventories....................... 73,131 72,120 71,153 1.4 1.4 2.5 73,655 71,652 67,085 9.8

         Defense Aircraft and parts:       

               Unfilled Orders......................... 79,814 80,846 82,792 ‐1.3 ‐2.4 ‐0.6 80,718 82,071 73,018 10.5

               Total Inventories....................... 13,384 13,352 13,269 0.2 0.6 ‐0.8 13,390 13,296 12,943 3.5

    All other durable goods:           

               Unfilled Orders......................... 9,046 9,149 9,146 ‐1.1 0.0 0.6 9,345 9,707 9,568 ‐2.3

               Total Inventories....................... 59,726 59,688 59,756 0.1 ‐0.1 0.1 59,780 59,543 58,151 2.8

    Capital goods3

:

               Unfilled Orders......................... 849,484 848,854 855,975 0.1 ‐0.8 ‐0.9 851,093 850,131 863,832 ‐1.5

               Total Inventories....................... 214,493 212,804 211,489 0.8 0.6 0.9 216,262 212,251 203,374 6.3

           Nondefense capital goods:

               Unfilled Orders......................... 693,626 692,185 696,713 0.2 ‐0.6 ‐1.0 695,449 692,261 715,653 ‐2.8

               Total Inventories....................... 190,496 189,111 187,996 0.7 0.6 1.0 192,158 188,464 180,310 6.6

                Excluding aircraft:               

                    Unfilled Orders.................... 218,746 218,529 219,050 0.1 ‐0.2 ‐0.5 219,291 219,718 221,294 ‐0.9

                    Total Inventories................... 129,895 129,485 129,241 0.3 0.2 0.1 131,035 128,972 125,182 4.7

           Defense capital goods:

               Unfilled Orders......................... 155,858 156,669 159,262 ‐0.5 ‐1.6 ‐0.1 155,644 157,870 148,179 5.0

               Total Inventories....................... 23,997 23,693 23,493 1.3 0.9 0.5 24,104 23,787 23,064 4.5

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.      3 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 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.   

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, July Advance Report, August 26, 2019. Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at

<www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>.