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FOR RELEASE AT 8:30 AM EDT, MONDAY, JULY 27, 2020

MONTHLY ADVANCE REPORT ON DURABLE GOODS MANUFACTURERS’ SHIPMENTS, 

INVENTORIES AND ORDERS JUNE 2020

Release Number: CB 20-112 M3-1 (20)-06

Statement Regarding COVID-19 Impact: Due to recent events surrounding COVID-19, many businesses are 

operating on a limited capacity or have ceased operations completely. The Census Bureau has monitored 

response and data quality and determined estimates in this release meet publication standards. For more 

information on the compilation of this month's reports, see < M3 COVID-19 FAQs>.

July 27, 2020 — The U.S. Census Bureau announces the June advance report on durable goods 

manufacturers’ shipments, inventories and orders:

New Orders

New orders for manufactured durable goods in June increased $14.0 billion or 7.3 percent to $206.9

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

15.1 percent May increase. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 3.3 percent. Excluding 

defense, new orders increased 9.2 percent. Transportation equipment, also up two consecutive months,

led the increase, $9.2 billion or 20.0 percent to $55.3 billion.

DURABLE GOODS – NEW ORDERS

JUNE 2020 $206.9 billion +7.3%°

MAY 2020

(revised) $192.9 billion +15.1%°

Next release: August 26, 2020

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, July 27, 

2020.

Jun-19 Jul-19 Aug-19 Sep-19 Oct-19 Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20

% Change 0.1% 2.5% 0.5% -0.9% -0.1% -2.6% 2.8% -0.2% 2.0% -16.7% -18.3% 15.1% 7.3%

-19.0%

-18.0%

-17.0%

-16.0%

-15.0%

-14.0%

-13.0%

-12.0%

-11.0%

-10.0%

-9.0%

-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%

9.0%

10.0%

11.0%

12.0%

13.0%

14.0%

15.0%

16.0%

DURABLE GOODS NEW ORDERS 2019-2020

Seasonally Adjusted, Month-To-Month Percentage Change

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

July 27, 2020.
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Shipments

Shipments of manufactured durable goods in June, up two consecutive months, increased $29.4 billion or

14.9 percent to $227.1 billion. This followed a 4.2 percent May increase. Transportation equipment, also

up two consecutive months, led the increase, $24.2 billion or 51.9 percent to $70.9 billion.

Unfilled Orders

Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in June, down three of the last four months, decreased

$15.4 billion or 1.4 percent to $1,092.4 billion. This followed a virtually unchanged May increase. 

Transportation equipment, down four consecutive months, drove the decrease, $15.6 billion or 2.1 

percent to $743.5 billion.

Inventories

Inventories of manufactured durable goods in June, up four consecutive months, increased $0.4 billion or 

0.1 percent to $425.3 billion. This followed a virtually unchanged May increase. Transportation 

equipment, up twenty-three of the last twenty-four months, drove the increase, $2.2 billion or 1.5 percent 

to $146.5 billion. 

Capital Goods

Nondefense new orders for capital goods in June decreased $10.3 billion or 16.4 percent to $52.2 billion. 

Shipments increased $2.8 billion or 4.4 percent to $66.1 billion. Unfilled orders decreased $13.9 billion or 

2.2 percent to $610.0 billion. Inventories increased $1.4 billion or 0.7 percent to $193.0 billion. Defense 

new orders for capital goods in June decreased $2.2 billion or 16.8 percent to $10.8 billion. Shipments

decreased $0.1 billion or 0.8 percent to $12.3 billion. Unfilled orders decreased $1.5 billion or 0.8 percent 

to $178.2 billion. Inventories increased $0.2 billion or 1.1 percent to $21.3 billion.

Revised May Data

Revised seasonally adjusted May figures for all manufacturing industries were: new orders, $411.9 billion 

(revised from $412.8 billion); shipments, $416.8 billion (revised from $417.0 billion); unfilled orders, 

$1,107.8 billion (revised from $1,108.5 billion) and total inventories, $687.1 billion (revised from $687.0

billion).

Revised and more detailed estimates, plus nondurable goods data, will be published on August 4, 2020, at

10:00 a.m. EDT. The Advance Report on durable goods for July is scheduled for release on August 26, 2020

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

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

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EXPLANATORY NOTES

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

exclude data for semiconductor manufacturing. 

“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-inprocess, 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 monthto-month change for the Manufacturing Sector. These reporting units may be divisions of diversified large 

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

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

assumes that the month-to-month changes of the total operations of the reporting units in the M3 panel 

effectively represent the month-to-month movements of all establishments that make up the category. 

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

approximately 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 
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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

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

2020 2 2020 r 2020 Jun 2 May r Apr 2020 2 2020 r 2019 2020 2019 2020/2019

DURABLE GOODS

 Total: 

 Shipments................................ 227,119 197,721 189,742 14.9 4.2 -18.8 245,416 197,014 264,794 1,341,528 1,501,981 -10.7

 New Orders4

.............................. 206,873 192,862 167,502 7.3 15.1 -18.3 224,972 186,373 252,295 1,266,820 1,460,416 -13.3

 Excluding transportation:

 Shipments................................ 156,264 151,071 148,321 3.4 1.9 -7.4 169,328 150,310 171,827 938,846 972,333 -3.4

 New Orders4

.............................. 151,584 146,779 141,740 3.3 3.6 -8.3 163,165 145,946 165,988 917,577 953,477 -3.8

 Excluding defense:

 Shipments................................ 213,193 183,661 175,473 16.1 4.7 -20.2 230,829 183,290 249,488 1,258,867 1,419,084 -11.3

 New Orders4

.............................. 195,092 178,686 155,165 9.2 15.2 -17.3 209,861 174,762 237,719 1,179,168 1,377,315 -14.4

 Manufacturing with unfilled orders:

 Shipments................................ 155,677 146,691 143,820 6.1 2.0 -14.4 168,920 146,347 185,228 959,464 1,046,720 -8.3

 New Orders.............................. 140,258 146,719 126,453 -4.4 16.0 -12.3 153,229 139,911 177,297 912,119 1,032,732 -11.7

 Primary metals:

 Shipments................................ 17,704 16,886 16,653 4.8 1.4 -12.2 18,621 17,182 20,279 112,315 124,729 -10.0

 New Orders.............................. 17,817 17,202 15,782 3.6 9.0 -14.5 18,604 17,095 20,242 111,710 125,148 -10.7

 Fabricated metal products:

 Shipments................................ 29,105 27,739 27,397 4.9 1.2 -11.2 31,226 28,163 32,940 179,298 189,882 -5.6

 New Orders.............................. 29,075 27,825 26,211 4.5 6.2 -13.6 31,119 28,449 32,776 180,301 192,795 -6.5

 Machinery:

 Shipments................................ 29,667 28,769 28,211 3.1 2.0 -8.5 32,684 28,943 34,577 182,808 195,371 -6.4

 New Orders.............................. 29,573 28,797 28,503 2.7 1.0 -8.0 31,851 28,576 33,429 185,101 196,297 -5.7

 Computers and electronic products4

:

 Shipments................................ 28,472 28,692 28,610 -0.8 0.3 0.5 31,354 26,877 30,579 166,499 164,634 1.1

 New Orders.............................. 23,921 23,904 23,771 0.1 0.6 -0.1 26,542 22,290 26,091 140,549 139,450 0.8

 Computers and related products:

 Shipments................................ 1,690 1,839 1,768 -8.1 4.0 0.3 2,151 1,645 2,070 10,193 9,540 6.8

 New Orders.............................. 1,649 1,807 1,734 -8.7 4.2 0.0 2,110 1,613 2,039 10,049 9,497 5.8

 Communications equipment:

 Shipments................................ 3,767 3,767 3,749 0.0 0.5 0.1 4,688 3,425 4,346 21,859 20,702 5.6

 New Orders.............................. 3,773 3,748 3,708 0.7 1.1 1.9 4,501 3,243 4,260 21,815 20,992 3.9

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components: 

 Shipments................................ 10,342 10,140 10,013 2.0 1.3 -10.3 11,324 9,959 11,803 63,023 64,533 -2.3

 New Orders.............................. 10,305 10,182 10,128 1.2 0.5 -9.0 11,064 10,110 11,768 64,109 65,593 -2.3

 Transportation equipment: 

 Shipments................................ 70,855 46,650 41,421 51.9 12.6 -43.6 76,088 46,704 92,967 402,682 529,648 -24.0

 New Orders.............................. 55,289 46,083 25,762 20.0 78.9 -48.9 61,807 40,427 86,307 349,243 506,939 -31.1

 Motor vehicles and parts:

 Shipments................................ 52,008 28,400 22,310 83.1 27.3 -53.5 55,531 28,516 62,649 273,776 368,318 -25.7

 New Orders.............................. 52,783 28,420 22,057 85.7 28.8 -53.9 55,583 28,391 61,833 273,789 367,283 -25.5

 Nondefense aircraft and parts5

:

 Shipments................................ 4,190 3,523 4,350 18.9 -19.0 -59.5 5,091 3,418 14,037 39,331 72,871 -46.0

 New Orders.............................. -10,354 2,858 -8,601 -462.3 (NA) (NA) -9,905 -855 9,407 -19,440 53,381 -136.4

 Defense aircraft and parts:

 Shipments................................ 3,939 3,966 4,213 -0.7 -5.9 9.9 4,443 3,867 5,363 24,031 28,083 -14.4

 New Orders.............................. 2,579 3,717 3,923 -30.6 -5.3 -34.9 3,700 2,431 5,533 22,821 27,947 -18.3

 All other durable goods: 

 Shipments................................ 40,974 38,845 37,437 5.5 3.8 -6.1 44,119 39,186 41,649 234,903 233,184 0.7

 New Orders.............................. 40,893 38,869 37,345 5.2 4.1 -6.4 43,985 39,426 41,682 235,807 234,194 0.7

 Capital goods3

:

 Shipments................................ 78,393 75,694 75,518 3.6 0.2 -11.1 86,018 73,956 94,348 477,550 515,934 -7.4

 New Orders.............................. 62,975 75,405 60,509 -16.5 24.6 -2.4 71,350 68,343 86,708 429,580 501,575 -14.4

 Nondefense capital goods:

 Shipments................................ 66,088 63,287 63,081 4.4 0.3 -13.5 73,254 61,718 81,117 405,007 443,760 -8.7

 New Orders.............................. 52,156 62,409 49,398 -16.4 26.3 7.0 58,056 57,312 75,165 349,841 429,078 -18.5

 Excluding aircraft:

 Shipments........................... 64,186 62,086 61,110 3.4 1.6 -6.4 70,732 60,484 71,316 383,090 395,058 -3.0

 New Orders.......................... 64,339 62,301 61,299 3.3 1.6 -6.6 69,740 60,560 70,211 388,671 397,889 -2.3

 Defense capital goods:

 Shipments................................ 12,305 12,407 12,437 -0.8 -0.2 3.7 12,764 12,238 13,231 72,543 72,174 0.5

 New Orders.............................. 10,819 12,996 11,111 -16.8 17.0 -30.0 13,294 11,031 11,543 79,739 72,497 10.0

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. 

5

 (NA) - New Orders month-to-month percent change is not provided for Nondefense aircraft and parts because the denominator has a negative value. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, June Advance Report, July 27, 2020. 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

Jun May Apr May - Apr - Mar - Jun May Jun 2020/

2020 2 2020 r 2020 Jun2 May r Apr 2020 2 2020 r 2019 2019

DURABLE GOODS

 Total: 

 Unfilled Orders4......................... 1,092,421 1,107,840 1,107,812 -1.4 0.0 -1.5 1,094,797 1,110,488 1,150,272 -4.8

 Total Inventories....................... 425,284 424,899 424,744 0.1 0.0 0.0 423,367 427,049 412,969 2.5

 Excluding transportation:

 Unfilled Orders4

......................... 348,925 348,778 348,183 0.0 0.2 -0.5 351,219 352,629 352,735 -0.4

 Total Inventories....................... 278,804 280,583 282,007 -0.6 -0.5 0.0 278,246 282,453 283,324 -1.8

 Excluding defense:

 Unfilled Orders4

........................... 873,273 886,547 886,635 -1.5 0.0 -1.7 872,958 889,173 943,561 -7.5

 Total Inventories....................... 399,743 399,683 399,424 0.0 0.1 0.0 397,713 401,701 388,124 2.5

 Manufacturing with unfilled orders:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 1,092,421 1,107,840 1,107,812 -1.4 0.0 -1.5 1,094,797 1,110,488 1,150,272 -4.8

 Total Inventories....................... 347,227 346,939 346,626 0.1 0.1 0.1 346,328 349,089 335,275 3.3

 Primary metals:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 30,689 30,576 30,260 0.4 1.0 -2.8 30,854 30,871 31,355 -1.6

 Total Inventories....................... 34,125 34,737 35,430 -1.8 -2.0 -1.3 33,984 34,872 36,405 -6.7

 Fabricated metal products:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 72,457 72,487 72,401 0.0 0.1 -1.6 73,453 73,560 75,829 -3.1

 Total Inventories....................... 52,758 53,405 53,382 -1.2 0.0 0.2 52,866 53,699 53,996 -2.1

 Machinery: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 96,848 96,942 96,914 -0.1 0.0 0.3 97,021 97,854 97,988 -1.0

 Total Inventories....................... 70,528 70,932 71,200 -0.6 -0.4 -0.4 70,181 71,327 71,770 -2.2

 Computers and electronic products4

:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 118,905 118,629 118,530 0.2 0.1 0.0 119,155 119,214 118,016 1.0

 Total Inventories....................... 44,290 44,256 44,212 0.1 0.1 0.5 44,191 44,830 43,757 1.0

 Computers and related products:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 1,864 1,905 1,937 -2.2 -1.7 -1.7 1,864 1,905 1,948 -4.3

 Total Inventories....................... 3,894 3,937 3,882 -1.1 1.4 2.7 3,906 3,993 3,787 3.1

 Communications equipment:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 25,624 25,618 25,637 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 25,545 25,732 25,728 -0.7

 Total Inventories....................... 5,203 5,224 5,249 -0.4 -0.5 0.5 5,222 5,363 5,178 0.8

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 21,594 21,631 21,589 -0.2 0.2 0.5 21,869 22,129 20,866 4.8

 Total Inventories....................... 19,793 19,837 19,906 -0.2 -0.3 1.0 19,945 20,112 19,943 0.0

 Transportation equipment: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 743,496 759,062 759,629 -2.1 -0.1 -2.0 743,578 757,859 797,537 -6.8

 Total Inventories....................... 146,480 144,316 142,737 1.5 1.1 0.1 145,121 144,596 129,645 11.9

 Motor vehicles and parts:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 21,165 20,390 20,370 3.8 0.1 -1.2 20,761 20,709 20,868 -0.5

 Total Inventories....................... 40,190 40,166 39,937 0.1 0.6 0.5 39,270 40,018 38,598 1.7

 Nondefense Aircraft and parts:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 503,060 517,604 518,269 -2.8 -0.1 -2.4 501,203 516,199 570,814 -12.2

 Total Inventories....................... 76,913 75,136 73,668 2.4 2.0 -0.4 76,664 75,612 63,570 20.6

 Defense Aircraft and parts: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 83,701 85,061 85,310 -1.6 -0.3 -0.3 83,827 84,570 80,042 4.7

 Total Inventories....................... 12,481 12,317 12,284 1.3 0.3 0.7 12,431 12,411 11,913 4.3

 All other durable goods: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 8,432 8,513 8,489 -1.0 0.3 -1.1 8,867 9,001 8,681 2.1

 Total Inventories....................... 57,310 57,416 57,877 -0.2 -0.8 0.3 57,079 57,613 57,453 -0.7

 Capital goods3

:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 788,153 803,571 803,860 -1.9 0.0 -1.8 790,303 804,971 851,659 -7.2

 Total Inventories....................... 214,223 212,607 211,312 0.8 0.6 0.2 214,033 214,074 200,807 6.6

 Nondefense capital goods:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 609,963 623,895 624,773 -2.2 -0.1 -2.1 609,498 624,696 685,616 -11.1

 Total Inventories....................... 192,950 191,559 190,199 0.7 0.7 0.1 192,597 192,988 179,986 7.0

 Excluding aircraft: 

 Unfilled Orders.................... 216,744 216,591 216,376 0.1 0.1 0.1 217,715 218,707 216,246 0.7

 Total Inventories................... 128,697 128,979 128,972 -0.2 0.0 0.5 128,486 130,009 127,694 0.6

 Defense capital goods:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 178,190 179,676 179,087 -0.8 0.3 -0.7 180,805 180,275 166,043 8.9

 Total Inventories....................... 21,273 21,048 21,113 1.1 -0.3 1.3 21,436 21,086 20,821 3.0

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, June Advance Report, July 27, 2020. 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>.