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FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 AM EDT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2020

MONTHLY FULL REPORT ON MANUFACTURERS’ SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS 

JUNE 2020

Release Number: CB 20-113 M3-2 (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>.

August 4, 2020 — The U.S. Census Bureau announces the June full report on manufacturers’ shipments, 

inventories and orders:

MANUFACTURED GOODS – NEW ORDERS

JUNE 2020 $437.2 billion +6.2%°

MAY 2020

(revised) $411.7 billion +7.7%°

Next release: September 2, 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, August 4, 2020.

Summary

New orders for manufactured goods in June, up two consecutive months, increased $25.5 billion or 6.2

percent to $437.2 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 7.7 percent May

increase. Shipments, also up two consecutive months, increased $40.7 billion or 9.8 percent to $457.3

billion. This followed a 3.0 percent May increase. Unfilled orders, down three of the last four months,

decreased $15.3 billion or 1.4 percent to $1,092.5 billion. This followed a virtually unchanged May

increase. The unfilled orders-to-shipments ratio was 7.01, down from 7.56 in May. Inventories, up two 

consecutive months, increased $4.0 billion or 0.6 percent to $690.9 billion. This followed a 0.2 percent

May increase. The inventories-to-shipments ratio was 1.51, down from 1.65 in May.

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 1.6% 0.0% -0.5% 0.1% -1.1% 1.7% -0.4% 0.2% -11.0% -13.5% 7.7% 6.2%

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2.0%

3.0%

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5.0%

6.0%

7.0%

8.0%

MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS 2019-2020

Seasonally Adjusted, Month-To-Month Percentage Change

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

August 4, 2020.
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New Orders

New orders for manufactured durable goods in June, up two consecutive months, increased $14.6 billion 

or 7.6 percent to $207.2 billion, up from the previously published 7.3 percent increase. This followed a

15.0 percent May increase. Transportation equipment, also up two consecutive months, led the increase, 

$9.3 billion or 20.2 percent to $55.4 billion. New orders for manufactured nondurable goods increased 

$10.9 billion or 5.0 percent to $230.0 billion.

Shipments

Shipments of manufactured durable goods in June, up two consecutive months, increased $29.8 billion or 

15.1 percent to $227.3 billion, up from the previously published 14.9 percent increase. This followed a 4.1

percent May increase. Transportation equipment, also up two consecutive months, led the increase, $24.3

billion or 52.1 percent to $70.9 billion. Shipments of manufactured nondurable goods, up two consecutive 

months, increased $10.9 billion or 5.0 percent to $230.0 billion. This followed a 2.0 percent May increase. 

Petroleum and coal products, also up two consecutive months, led the increase, $7.6 billion or 27.0

percent to $35.9 billion.

Unfilled Orders

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

$15.3 billion or 1.4 percent to $1,092.5 billion, unchanged from the previously published decrease. 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 $0.2 billion or 

virtually unchanged to $425.0 billion, down from the previously published 0.1 percent increase. This 

followed a virtually unchanged May increase. Transportation equipment, up twenty-three of the last 

twenty-four months, drove the increase, $2.1 billion or 1.5 percent to $146.5 billion. Inventories of 

manufactured nondurable goods, up two consecutive months, increased $3.8 billion or 1.5 percent to 

$265.9 billion. This followed a 0.4 percent May increase. Petroleum and coal products, also up two 

consecutive months, led the increase, $3.2 billion or 11.0 percent to $32.1 billion. By stage of fabrication, 

June materials and supplies decreased 1.2 percent in durable goods and increased 1.9 percent in 

nondurable goods. Work in process increased 1.2 percent in durable goods and 2.3 percent in nondurable 

goods. Finished goods increased 0.1 percent in durable goods and 0.9 percent in nondurable goods.
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The Advance Report on durable goods for July is scheduled for release on August 26, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. EDT

and the Full Report on September 2, 2020 at 10:00 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. 

“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 
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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>.

RESOURCES

API

The Census Bureau’s application programming interface (API) lets developers create custom apps to reach 

new users and makes key demographic, socio-economic and housing statistics more accessible than ever 

before.

<www.census.gov/developers/>.

FRED Mobile App

Receive the latest updates on the nation’s key economic indicators by downloading 

the FRED App <https://fred.stlouisfed.org/fred-mobile/> for both Apple and 

Android devices. FRED, the signature database of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. 

Louis, now incorporates the Census Bureau’s 13 economic indicators.

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Table 1. Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for Industry Groups1

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted 

Monthly Percent Change Monthly

Industry % Change

June May Apr. May - Apr. - Mar. - June May Apr. June 2020/

2020p 2020r 2020 June May Apr. 2020p 2020r 2020 2019 2020p 2019 2019

 All manufacturing industries.................. 457,303 416,573 404,544 9.8 3.0 -14.0 483,608 418,914 404,341 520,507 2,739,524 3,005,095 -8.8

 Excluding transportation................... 386,380 369,950 363,123 4.4 1.9 -8.5 407,449 372,240 363,032 427,540 2,336,801 2,475,447 -5.6

 Excluding defense.............................. 443,380 402,547 390,275 10.1 3.1 -14.5 469,022 405,233 390,947 505,201 2,656,907 2,922,198 -9.1

 With unfilled orders............................ 155,770 146,472 143,820 6.3 1.8 -14.4 168,999 146,145 142,282 185,228 959,341 1,046,720 -8.3

 Durable goods industries......................... 227,326 197,483 189,742 15.1 4.1 -18.8 245,593 196,809 188,568 264,794 1,341,500 1,501,981 -10.7

 Wood products....................................... 8,918 8,674 8,255 2.8 5.1 -9.4 9,784 9,294 8,830 9,679 53,470 53,471 0.0

 Nonmetallic mineral products.................... 11,653 11,235 10,952 3.7 2.6 -4.2 12,769 11,507 11,186 12,067 66,955 66,324 1.0

 Primary metals....................................... 17,816 16,800 16,653 6.0 0.9 -12.2 18,741 17,107 17,379 20,279 112,360 124,729 -9.9

 Iron and steel mills............................ 8,987 8,496 8,489 5.8 0.1 -13.3 9,378 8,727 8,988 10,431 57,530 66,171 -13.1

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals.......... 7,656 7,162 7,083 6.9 1.1 -9.5 8,031 7,227 7,259 8,229 47,068 49,083 -4.1

 Ferrous metal foundries....................... 1,173 1,142 1,081 2.7 5.6 -19.7 1,332 1,153 1,132 1,619 7,762 9,475 -18.1

 Fabricated metal products....................... 29,132 27,668 27,397 5.3 1.0 -11.2 31,263 28,082 27,681 32,940 179,254 189,882 -5.6

 Machinery............................................. 29,715 28,793 28,211 3.2 2.1 -8.5 32,699 28,991 28,275 34,577 182,871 195,371 -6.4

 Farm machinery................................. 1,748 1,569 1,567 11.4 0.1 -7.4 1,867 1,613 1,913 1,994 11,321 13,084 -13.5

 Construction machinery..................... 2,425 2,252 2,292 7.7 -1.7 -13.5 2,624 2,301 2,396 3,316 15,657 18,969 -17.5

 Mining, oil field, and 

 gas field machinery.......................... 1,141 1,145 1,247 -0.3 -8.2 -9.6 1,175 1,079 1,170 1,553 7,617 8,749 -12.9

 Industrial machinery.......................... 3,114 3,178 3,060 -2.0 3.9 -6.0 3,565 3,066 2,809 3,499 18,668 16,997 9.8

 Photographic equipment...................... 536 550 505 -2.5 8.9 -6.7 648 505 456 615 3,181 3,157 0.8

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............ 3,681 3,447 3,323 6.8 3.7 -12.8 4,722 3,709 3,340 4,833 21,894 23,451 -6.6

 Metalworking machinery..................... 2,412 2,360 2,307 2.2 2.3 -6.8 2,617 2,233 2,187 2,718 14,372 15,929 -9.8

 Turbines, generators, and other

 power transmission equipment....... 3,791 3,590 3,455 5.6 3.9 -12.2 3,918 3,686 3,459 4,195 22,916 24,716 -7.3

 Material handling equipment............... 2,596 2,555 2,574 1.6 -0.7 -6.0 2,660 2,508 2,578 2,834 16,055 17,202 -6.7

 Computers and electronic products2.......... 28,462 28,701 28,610 -0.8 0.3 0.5 31,326 26,903 26,135 30,579 166,497 164,634 1.1

 Computers........................................ 567 571 559 -0.7 2.1 -0.2 684 558 524 754 3,268 3,711 -11.9

 Computer storage devices..................... 453 474 484 -4.4 -2.1 -2.8 586 359 354 440 2,727 1,800 51.5

 Other peripheral equipment................ 680 794 725 -14.4 9.5 2.8 894 728 572 876 4,211 4,029 4.5

 Nondefense communications

 equipment.................................... 3,477 3,491 3,485 -0.4 0.2 -0.2 4,390 3,172 3,133 4,069 20,311 19,127 6.2

 Defense communications equipment.... 287 283 264 1.4 7.2 3.5 290 263 269 277 1,550 1,575 -1.6

 Audio and video equipment.................... 317 288 277 10.1 4.0 5.3 300 269 232 328 1,527 1,842 -17.1

 Electronic components......................... 4,130 4,181 4,193 -1.2 -0.3 1.9 4,593 4,190 4,085 4,307 24,846 22,966 8.2

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 1,484 1,490 1,501 -0.4 -0.7 -1.3 1,613 1,443 1,364 1,715 9,040 9,659 -6.4

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment..................................... 2,993 3,006 3,011 -0.4 -0.2 0.3 3,116 2,900 2,900 3,138 17,551 17,082 2.7

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments................. 8,787 8,779 8,775 0.1 0.0 -1.1 9,691 8,378 7,985 9,809 51,474 53,402 -3.6

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 10,293 10,085 10,013 2.1 0.7 -10.3 11,270 9,905 9,828 11,803 62,915 64,533 -2.5

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 947 911 933 4.0 -2.4 -8.3 961 920 922 1,032 5,724 5,934 -3.5

 Household appliances........................ 1,878 1,823 1,610 3.0 13.2 -16.2 2,014 1,743 1,592 1,920 10,655 10,974 -2.9

 Electrical equipment............................ 2,959 2,942 3,079 0.6 -4.4 -11.9 3,472 2,919 2,962 3,978 19,385 20,362 -4.8

 Batteries........................................... 759 737 639 3.0 15.3 -16.9 796 657 616 745 4,096 4,151 -1.3

 Transportation equipment........................ 70,923 46,623 41,421 52.1 12.6 -43.6 76,159 46,674 41,309 92,967 402,723 529,648 -24.0

 Automobiles..................................... 6,119 1,692 473 261.6 257.7 -92.1 6,574 1,693 479 9,432 31,948 56,037 -43.0

 Light trucks and utility vehicles.............. 17,674 4,031 2,190 338.5 84.1 -83.7 18,465 3,930 2,243 21,570 75,607 122,970 -38.5

 Heavy duty trucks ............................. 2,135 1,586 1,279 34.6 24.0 -37.0 2,435 1,607 1,325 2,755 12,078 16,379 -26.3

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers.................................... 26,165 21,061 18,368 24.2 14.7 -30.5 28,147 21,256 19,213 28,892 154,203 172,932 -10.8

 Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 4,190 3,523 4,350 18.9 -19.0 -59.5 5,091 3,418 3,807 14,037 39,331 72,871 -46.0

 Defense aircraft and parts.................. 3,940 3,966 4,213 -0.7 -5.9 9.9 4,445 3,867 3,704 5,363 24,033 28,083 -14.4

 Ships and boats................................. 2,504 2,628 2,363 -4.7 11.2 -11.2 2,732 2,654 2,367 3,354 16,127 18,783 -14.1

 Furniture and related products.................. 6,555 6,040 5,855 8.5 3.2 -10.8 6,681 5,957 5,825 6,761 38,074 39,077 -2.6

 Miscellaneous durable goods................. 13,859 12,864 12,375 7.7 4.0 -3.0 14,901 12,389 12,120 13,142 76,381 74,312 2.8

 Nondurable goods industries..................... 229,977 219,090 214,802 5.0 2.0 -9.3 238,015 222,105 215,773 255,713 1,398,024 1,503,114 -7.0

 Food products....................................... 67,133 66,875 66,810 0.4 0.1 -2.7 67,234 66,284 65,486 65,782 400,819 394,922 1.5

 Grain and oilseed milling....................... 7,159 7,328 7,044 -2.3 4.0 2.5 7,188 7,002 6,875 6,599 41,470 40,912 1.4

 Dairy products.................................. 10,615 10,367 10,235 2.4 1.3 -3.7 10,467 10,351 10,044 10,032 62,111 60,481 2.7

 Meat, poultry, and seafood products... 17,934 17,721 18,173 1.2 -2.5 -7.4 18,788 18,210 18,209 20,011 112,289 117,670 -4.6

 Beverage and tobacco products................ 13,130 12,806 12,398 2.5 3.3 -9.0 13,982 13,291 12,416 13,930 77,366 78,447 -1.4

 Beverages......................................... 9,192 8,952 9,077 2.7 -1.4 -2.6 10,044 9,437 9,095 9,702 54,747 54,452 0.5

 Tobacco............................................ 3,938 3,854 3,321 2.2 16.0 -22.8 3,938 3,854 3,321 4,228 22,619 23,995 -5.7

 Textile mills........................................... 2,053 1,909 1,856 7.5 2.9 -16.8 2,201 1,977 1,900 2,493 12,773 14,207 -10.1

 Textile products................................... 1,811 1,697 1,651 6.7 2.8 -11.8 1,920 1,758 1,696 2,147 10,903 12,263 -11.1

 Apparel................................................ 852 852 831 0.0 2.5 -6.1 823 788 719 877 4,878 5,094 -4.2

 Leather and allied products...................... 387 342 303 13.2 12.9 -15.1 410 337 298 422 2,186 2,455 -11.0

 Paper products...................................... 16,015 16,092 16,140 -0.5 -0.3 -1.0 16,534 16,084 15,811 16,323 96,737 96,158 0.6

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills....... 6,472 6,541 6,561 -1.1 -0.3 -0.7 6,537 6,458 6,396 6,477 38,820 38,529 0.8

 Paperboard containers........................ 5,770 5,760 5,645 0.2 2.0 -1.9 6,059 5,701 5,621 5,907 34,598 34,613 0.0

 Printing................................................. 6,712 6,340 6,425 5.9 -1.3 -10.3 6,632 6,360 6,510 6,903 40,757 41,351 -1.4

 Petroleum and coal products.................. 35,853 28,231 25,163 27.0 12.2 -32.5 37,347 30,508 25,744 56,255 227,906 329,773 -30.9

 Petroleum refineries.......................... 31,797 24,417 21,607 30.2 13.0 -33.9 32,755 26,545 22,286 51,449 204,179 305,521 -33.2

 Chemical products..................................... 66,738 65,282 64,969 2.2 0.5 -4.7 70,068 65,638 66,435 69,245 405,538 404,595 0.2

 Pesticides, fertilizers, and other

 agricultural chemicals....................... 2,705 2,678 2,719 1.0 -1.5 0.7 3,074 3,165 3,529 3,111 18,612 19,920 -6.6

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines............. 25,184 24,465 24,306 2.9 0.7 1.0 26,265 24,091 24,313 22,403 143,921 130,658 10.2

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives.......... 4,256 4,106 4,045 3.7 1.5 -9.1 4,689 4,522 4,524 4,754 26,562 25,726 3.2

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 19,293 18,664 18,256 3.4 2.2 -9.7 20,864 19,080 18,758 21,336 118,161 123,849 -4.6

Year to date

p

 Preliminary 

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

1

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

data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the 

model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. 

2

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

Note: Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonreporting. Since the 

survey panel is not a probability sample, estimates of sampling error cannot be calculated. For further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations see <http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/>. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, June Full Report, August 4, 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. Value of Manufacturers' New Orders for Industry Groups1

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted 

Monthly Percent Change Monthly

Industry % Change

June May Apr. May - Apr. - Mar. - June May Apr. June 2020/

2020p 2020r 2020 June May Apr. 2020p 2020r 2020 2019 2020p 2019 2019

All manufacturing industries2........................ 437,213 411,695 382,304 6.2 7.7 -13.5 463,346 408,235 381,868 508,008 2,664,960 2,963,530 -10.1

 Excluding transportation2...................... 381,857 365,643 356,542 4.4 2.6 -8.9 401,468 367,843 358,154 421,701 2,315,681 2,456,591 -5.7

 Excluding defense2

.............................. 425,449 397,556 369,967 7.0 7.5 -12.8 448,254 396,667 371,111 493,432 2,577,370 2,880,429 -10.5

 With unfilled orders2............................. 140,485 146,473 126,453 -4.1 15.8 -12.3 153,454 139,669 124,104 177,297 912,102 1,032,732 -11.7

 Durable goods industries2......................... 207,236 192,605 167,502 7.6 15.0 -18.3 225,331 186,130 166,095 252,295 1,266,936 1,460,416 -13.2

 Primary metals........................................ 17,906 17,106 15,782 4.7 8.4 -14.5 18,687 17,020 16,402 20,242 111,718 125,148 -10.7

 Iron and steel mills.............................. 8,962 8,908 7,800 0.6 14.2 -14.0 9,348 8,886 8,253 10,544 56,891 66,381 -14.3

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals.......... 7,644 7,011 6,860 9.0 2.2 -14.6 7,934 6,965 6,991 8,211 47,046 49,400 -4.8

 Ferrous metal foundries....................... 1,300 1,187 1,122 9.5 5.8 -16.4 1,405 1,169 1,158 1,487 7,781 9,367 -16.9

 Fabricated metal products........................ 29,159 27,773 26,211 5.0 6.0 -13.6 31,228 28,376 26,804 32,776 180,337 192,795 -6.5

 Machinery............................................. 29,697 28,826 28,503 3.0 1.1 -8.0 31,940 28,626 28,892 33,429 185,240 196,297 -5.6

 Construction machinery........................ 2,410 2,322 2,204 3.8 5.4 -9.0 2,352 2,194 2,199 2,494 15,189 17,223 -11.8

 Mining, oil field, and

 gas field machinery.......................... 1,031 1,025 1,263 0.6 -18.8 -3.5 1,065 959 1,186 1,403 7,272 8,320 -12.6

 Industrial machinery............................ 3,007 3,190 3,033 -5.7 5.2 -2.4 3,300 2,936 2,876 3,412 18,761 17,337 8.2

 Photographic equipment....................... 506 563 533 -10.1 5.6 0.0 572 495 472 651 3,065 2,877 6.5

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............... 3,826 3,442 3,314 11.2 3.9 -15.2 4,810 3,671 3,407 4,710 22,606 24,281 -6.9

 Metalworking machinery....................... 2,582 2,369 2,380 9.0 -0.5 -4.6 2,685 2,243 2,481 2,525 15,027 15,753 -4.6

 Turbines, generators, and other 

 power transmission equipment........... 3,638 3,592 3,518 1.3 2.1 -12.9 3,765 3,688 3,522 4,228 22,753 24,590 -7.5

 Material handling equipment.................. 2,604 2,474 2,582 5.3 -4.2 -7.8 2,917 2,386 2,564 3,335 16,272 17,449 -6.7

 Computers and electronic products2........... 23,890 23,893 23,771 0.0 0.5 -0.1 26,493 22,301 22,079 26,091 140,511 139,450 0.8

 Computers........................................ 526 539 525 -2.4 2.7 -1.1 643 526 490 723 3,124 3,668 -14.8

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 3,519 3,509 3,496 0.3 0.4 0.6 4,240 3,042 3,234 4,047 20,485 19,630 4.4

 Defense communications equipment....... 229 237 212 -3.4 11.8 29.3 223 209 209 213 1,300 1,362 -4.6

 Electronic components......................... 4,118 4,128 4,230 -0.2 -2.4 0.5 4,268 4,053 4,205 4,028 24,709 22,860 8.1

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 1,619 1,624 1,549 -0.3 4.8 0.8 1,767 1,545 1,492 1,735 9,637 10,119 -4.8

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 3,150 3,063 3,013 2.8 1.7 1.1 3,488 2,689 2,915 3,604 18,061 18,698 -3.4

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments..................... 8,797 8,772 8,797 0.3 -0.3 -1.6 9,632 8,441 7,954 9,799 52,063 53,578 -2.8

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 10,307 10,110 10,128 1.9 -0.2 -9.0 11,071 10,028 10,150 11,768 64,034 65,593 -2.4

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 953 893 919 6.7 -2.8 -7.1 1,018 883 909 1,146 5,680 6,102 -6.9

 Household appliances.......................... 2,057 1,899 1,625 8.3 16.9 -15.3 2,151 1,877 1,687 1,925 11,022 11,008 0.1

 Electrical equipment............................ 2,933 2,933 3,054 0.0 -4.0 -12.9 3,362 2,879 2,995 3,841 19,599 20,712 -5.4

 Transportation equipment........................ 55,356 46,052 25,762 20.2 78.8 -48.9 61,878 40,392 23,714 86,307 349,279 506,939 -31.1

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers..................................... 26,932 21,076 18,115 27.8 16.3 -31.1 28,191 21,126 18,527 28,076 154,203 171,897 -10.3

 Nondefense aircraft and parts3................ -10,354 2,858 -8,601 -462.3 (NA) (NA) -9,905 -855 -9,938 9,407 -19,440 53,381 -136.4

 Defense aircraft and parts.................... 2,582 3,718 3,923 -30.6 -5.2 -34.9 3,706 2,431 3,516 5,533 22,827 27,947 -18.3

 Ships and boats.................................. 2,092 2,547 2,272 -17.9 12.1 253.9 3,938 1,653 1,687 1,738 21,437 20,482 4.7

 Furniture and related products................... 6,479 6,055 5,799 7.0 4.4 -12.4 6,568 6,180 5,954 6,778 39,009 40,044 -2.6

 Nondurable goods industries..................... 229,977 219,090 214,802 5.0 2.0 -9.3 238,015 222,105 215,773 255,713 1,398,024 1,503,114 -7.0

Year to date

p

 Preliminary 

r

 Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment. 

1

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

adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual 

review of the model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. 

2

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

3

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

Note: Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonreporting. 

Since the survey panel is not a probability sample, estimates of sampling error cannot be calculated. For further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations see <http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/>. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, June Full Report, August 4, 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 3. Value of Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders for Industry Groups1

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly % Change

Industry June

June May Apr. May - Apr. - Mar. - June May Apr. June 2020/

2020p 2020r 2020 June May Apr. 2020p 2020r 2020 2019 2019

All manufacturing industries2

...................... 1,092,528 1,107,813 1,107,812 -1.4 0.0 -1.5 1,094,903 1,110,448 1,116,924 1,150,272 -4.8

 Excluding transportation2...................... 349,037 348,755 348,183 0.1 0.2 -0.5 351,330 352,594 352,788 352,735 -0.4

 Excluding defense2............................. 873,397 886,523 886,635 -1.5 0.0 -1.7 873,082 889,133 893,496 943,561 -7.5

 Durable goods industries2........................ 1,092,528 1,107,813 1,107,812 -1.4 0.0 -1.5 1,094,903 1,110,448 1,116,924 1,150,272 -4.8

 Primary metals........................................ 30,656 30,566 30,260 0.3 1.0 -2.8 30,817 30,871 30,958 31,355 -1.7

 Iron and steel mills............................... 12,839 12,864 12,452 -0.2 3.3 -5.2 13,028 13,058 12,899 13,842 -5.9

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals............. 12,493 12,505 12,656 -0.1 -1.2 -1.7 12,512 12,609 12,871 12,563 -0.4

 Ferrous metal foundries........................ 5,324 5,197 5,152 2.4 0.9 0.8 5,277 5,204 5,188 4,950 6.6

 Fabricated metal products......................... 72,533 72,506 72,401 0.0 0.1 -1.6 73,533 73,568 73,274 75,829 -3.0

 Machinery.............................................. 96,929 96,947 96,914 0.0 0.0 0.3 97,097 97,856 98,221 97,988 -0.9

 Construction machinery......................... 5,059 5,074 5,004 -0.3 1.4 -1.7 4,909 5,181 5,288 6,529 -24.8

 Mining, oil field, and

 gas field machinery.......................... 3,677 3,787 3,907 -2.9 -3.1 0.4 3,677 3,787 3,907 4,237 -13.2

 Industrial machinery............................. 8,609 8,716 8,704 -1.2 0.1 -0.3 8,584 8,849 8,979 9,024 -4.9

 Photographic equipment........................ 1,022 1,052 1,039 -2.9 1.3 2.8 954 1,030 1,040 1,085 -12.1

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment................ 7,038 6,893 6,898 2.1 -0.1 -0.1 7,208 7,120 7,158 6,973 3.4

 Metalworking machinery........................ 8,210 8,040 8,031 2.1 0.1 0.9 8,269 8,201 8,191 8,271 0.0

 Turbines, generators, and other 

 power transmission equipment............ 23,443 23,596 23,594 -0.6 0.0 0.3 23,443 23,596 23,594 23,861 -1.8

 Material handling equipment................... 11,051 11,043 11,124 0.1 -0.7 0.1 11,253 10,996 11,118 10,999 2.3

 Computers and electronic products2............. 118,834 118,601 118,530 0.2 0.1 0.0 119,081 119,197 119,596 118,016 0.9

 Computers......................................... 1,864 1,905 1,937 -2.2 -1.7 -1.7 1,864 1,905 1,937 1,948 -4.3

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 24,882 24,840 24,822 0.2 0.1 0.0 24,806 24,956 25,086 24,677 0.5

 Defense communications equipment........ 711 769 815 -7.5 -5.6 -6.0 707 774 828 1,051 -32.7

 Electronic components.......................... 14,754 14,766 14,819 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 14,528 14,853 14,990 13,974 4.0

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment....................................... 21,943 21,808 21,674 0.6 0.6 0.2 21,945 21,791 21,689 21,215 3.4

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment....................................... 30,882 30,725 30,668 0.5 0.2 0.0 31,231 30,859 31,070 31,355 -0.4

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments...................... 23,798 23,788 23,795 0.0 0.0 0.1 24,000 24,059 23,996 23,796 0.9

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components.................................... 21,628 21,614 21,589 0.1 0.1 0.5 21,902 22,101 21,978 20,866 5.0

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 1,669 1,663 1,681 0.4 -1.1 -0.8 1,703 1,646 1,683 1,501 13.5

 Household appliances........................... 1,897 1,718 1,642 10.4 4.6 0.9 1,923 1,786 1,652 1,380 39.3

 Electrical equipment............................. 8,573 8,599 8,608 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 8,631 8,741 8,781 8,682 -0.6

 Transportation equipment......................... 743,491 759,058 759,629 -2.1 -0.1 -2.0 743,573 757,854 764,136 797,537 -6.8

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers...................................... 21,152 20,385 20,370 3.8 0.1 -1.2 20,748 20,704 20,834 20,868 -0.6

 Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 503,060 517,604 518,269 -2.8 -0.1 -2.4 501,203 516,199 520,472 570,814 -12.2

 Defense aircraft and parts..................... 83,704 85,062 85,310 -1.6 -0.3 -0.3 83,831 84,570 86,006 80,042 4.7

 Ships and boats.................................. 48,230 48,642 48,723 -0.8 -0.2 -0.2 50,459 49,253 50,254 43,992 14.7

 Furniture and related products................... 7,888 7,964 7,949 -1.0 0.2 -0.7 8,331 8,444 8,221 8,114 2.7

p

 Preliminary 

r

 Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment. 

1

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

include adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the 

latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. 

2

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

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

nonreporting. Since the survey panel is not a probability sample, estimates of sampling error cannot be calculated. For further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations see 

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, June Full Report, August 4, 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 4. Value of Manufacturers' Inventories for Industry Groups1

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly % Change

Industry June

June May Apr. May - Apr. - Mar. - June May Apr. June 2020/

2020p 2020r 2020 June May Apr. 2020p 2020r 2020 2019 2019

 All manufacturing industries...................... 690,900 686,935 685,869 0.6 0.2 -0.5 687,406 689,972 688,560 690,324 -0.4

 Excluding transportation........................ 544,449 542,621 543,132 0.3 -0.1 -0.6 542,321 545,374 545,422 560,679 -3.3

 Excluding defense............................. 665,366 661,724 660,549 0.6 0.2 -0.5 661,760 664,629 663,230 665,479 -0.6

 With unfilled orders............................. 347,045 346,896 346,626 0.0 0.1 0.1 346,116 349,056 348,231 335,275 3.2

 Durable goods industries........................ 424,973 424,813 424,744 0.0 0.0 0.0 423,014 426,987 426,439 412,969 2.4

 Wood products........................................ 11,617 11,573 11,824 0.4 -2.1 -0.3 11,356 11,389 11,814 11,892 -4.5

 Nonmetallic mineral products..................... 14,287 14,404 14,606 -0.8 -1.4 0.8 14,390 14,688 14,833 14,569 -1.2

 Primary metals......................................... 34,016 34,697 35,430 -2.0 -2.1 -1.3 33,870 34,826 35,488 36,405 -7.0

 Iron and steel mills............................... 19,046 19,441 19,824 -2.0 -1.9 -0.6 18,938 19,401 19,700 21,081 -10.2

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals............ 12,832 13,098 13,408 -2.0 -2.3 -2.4 12,816 13,237 13,551 13,088 -2.1

 Ferrous metal foundries........................ 2,138 2,158 2,198 -0.9 -1.8 -0.8 2,116 2,188 2,237 2,236 -5.4

 Fabricated metal products......................... 52,674 53,400 53,382 -1.4 0.0 0.2 52,777 53,692 53,601 53,996 -2.3

 Machinery.............................................. 70,613 70,981 71,200 -0.5 -0.3 -0.4 70,278 71,370 71,481 71,770 -2.1

 Farm machinery.................................. 3,733 3,832 3,906 -2.6 -1.9 2.6 3,668 3,768 3,846 3,885 -5.6

 Construction machinery......................... 6,158 6,176 6,094 -0.3 1.3 0.2 6,150 6,146 6,150 6,328 -2.8

 Mining, oil field, 

 and gas field machinery.................... 4,682 4,853 4,938 -3.5 -1.7 -1.3 4,631 4,873 4,953 5,536 -16.3

 Industrial machinery............................. 9,915 9,795 9,636 1.2 1.7 0.2 10,020 9,736 9,423 9,139 9.6

 Photographic equipment....................... 1,438 1,446 1,475 -0.6 -2.0 -0.8 1,407 1,443 1,462 1,433 -1.8

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............... 5,350 5,483 5,588 -2.4 -1.9 -3.4 5,413 5,850 5,960 5,851 -7.5

 Metalworking machinery........................ 5,987 6,037 6,068 -0.8 -0.5 -0.5 5,884 6,043 6,043 6,071 -3.1

 Turbines, generators, and other

 power transmission equipment............ 9,577 9,525 9,574 0.5 -0.5 -1.0 9,518 9,671 9,703 9,645 -1.3

 Material handling equipment.................. 4,767 4,858 4,964 -1.9 -2.1 -1.4 4,803 4,877 4,976 5,322 -9.8

 Computers and electronic products2

............ 44,177 44,203 44,212 -0.1 0.0 0.5 44,053 44,799 44,502 43,757 0.7

 Computers......................................... 1,859 1,911 1,846 -2.7 3.5 4.9 1,911 1,964 1,735 1,863 2.6

 Computer storage devices.................... 955 954 960 0.1 -0.6 1.1 926 923 885 907 2.1

 Other peripheral equipment................... 1,076 1,071 1,076 0.5 -0.5 0.6 1,064 1,106 1,098 1,017 4.6

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 4,536 4,550 4,582 -0.3 -0.7 0.4 4,554 4,691 4,596 4,503 1.1

 Defense communications equipment........ 660 662 667 -0.3 -0.7 1.2 660 662 667 675 -2.2

 Audio and video equipment.................... 603 702 685 -14.1 2.5 9.8 588 671 660 632 -7.0

 Electronic components.......................... 7,918 7,953 8,041 -0.4 -1.1 -0.6 7,837 7,967 8,363 7,901 -0.8

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 2,946 2,950 2,932 -0.1 0.6 1.1 2,917 2,951 2,938 2,768 5.4

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment....................................... 2,664 2,660 2,666 0.2 -0.2 -0.7 2,669 2,750 2,714 2,711 -1.5

 Electromedical, measuring 

 and control instruments...................... 15,473 15,272 15,218 1.3 0.4 0.4 15,444 15,548 15,317 14,967 3.2

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components.................................... 19,760 19,813 19,906 -0.3 -0.5 1.0 19,900 20,100 20,164 19,943 -0.2

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 2,028 2,029 2,030 0.0 0.0 -1.1 2,029 2,041 2,042 2,069 -1.9

 Household appliances........................... 2,380 2,359 2,498 0.9 -5.6 -1.7 2,380 2,415 2,544 2,761 -13.8

 Electrical equipment............................. 6,435 6,502 6,443 -1.0 0.9 2.1 6,436 6,620 6,559 6,298 2.2

 Batteries............................................ 1,856 1,855 1,865 0.1 -0.5 -0.1 1,960 1,924 1,914 2,022 -3.1

 Transportation equipment......................... 146,451 144,314 142,737 1.5 1.1 0.1 145,085 144,598 143,138 129,645 11.9

 Automobiles....................................... 5,830 5,888 5,688 -1.0 3.5 0.3 5,620 5,769 5,633 5,502 2.1

 Light trucks and utility vehicles.............. 5,198 4,699 4,534 10.6 3.6 -11.9 4,844 4,609 4,484 4,936 -1.9

 Heavy duty trucks ............................... 1,910 1,939 1,967 -1.5 -1.4 3.2 1,923 2,006 1,996 1,926 -0.2

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers...................................... 27,192 27,621 27,748 -1.6 -0.5 2.7 26,814 27,620 27,767 26,234 2.2

 Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 76,913 75,136 73,668 2.4 2.0 -0.4 76,664 75,612 74,210 63,570 20.6

 Defense aircraft and parts..................... 12,479 12,317 12,284 1.3 0.3 0.7 12,429 12,411 12,327 11,913 4.3

 Ships and boats.................................. 4,237 4,181 4,262 1.3 -1.9 0.7 4,352 4,122 4,158 4,131 5.3

 Furniture and related products.................... 7,268 7,267 7,337 0.0 -1.0 -1.1 7,413 7,312 7,276 7,621 -2.7

 Miscellaneous durable goods..................... 24,110 24,161 24,110 -0.2 0.2 0.8 23,892 24,213 24,142 23,371 2.2

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 265,927 262,122 261,125 1.5 0.4 -1.2 264,392 262,985 262,121 277,355 -4.7

 Food products........................................ 54,441 54,421 55,144 0.0 -1.3 -0.2 53,229 52,960 54,109 54,165 -1.7

 Grain and oilseed milling........................ 5,182 5,228 5,285 -0.9 -1.1 -1.1 5,048 4,976 5,189 5,160 -2.2

 Dairy products.................................... 8,332 8,260 8,381 0.9 -1.4 -1.3 8,573 8,457 8,586 8,589 -0.2

 Meat, poultry, and seafood products....... 9,285 9,336 9,776 -0.5 -4.5 -0.2 9,147 9,217 9,624 9,709 -5.8

 Beverage and tobacco products................ 25,724 25,667 25,674 0.2 0.0 1.3 25,211 25,669 25,950 25,319 -0.4

 Beverages......................................... 21,824 21,771 21,775 0.2 0.0 1.8 21,486 21,851 22,043 21,358 0.6

 Tobacco............................................ 3,900 3,896 3,899 0.1 -0.1 -1.3 3,725 3,818 3,907 3,961 -6.0

 Textile mills............................................ 3,111 3,169 3,170 -1.8 0.0 -0.6 3,117 3,180 3,176 3,227 -3.4

 Textile products...................................... 3,777 3,789 3,805 -0.3 -0.4 -1.2 3,747 3,779 3,806 4,005 -6.4

 Apparel................................................. 1,845 1,839 1,858 0.3 -1.0 2.9 1,856 1,829 1,808 1,897 -2.2

 Leather and allied products....................... 854 857 860 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 855 865 854 862 -0.8

 Paper products....................................... 15,324 15,259 15,122 0.4 0.9 1.3 15,275 15,249 15,075 15,388 -0.7

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills........... 5,696 5,672 5,630 0.4 0.7 0.8 5,672 5,695 5,658 5,801 -2.2

 Paperboard containers......................... 5,495 5,470 5,437 0.5 0.6 2.2 5,472 5,455 5,371 5,444 0.5

 Printing.................................................. 5,683 5,680 5,703 0.1 -0.4 0.1 5,610 5,633 5,781 5,593 0.3

 Petroleum and coal products..................... 32,146 28,955 27,035 11.0 7.1 -12.2 32,162 29,764 27,829 40,572 -20.7

 Petroleum refineries............................. 26,567 23,236 21,112 14.3 10.1 -15.2 26,542 23,950 21,885 34,677 -23.5

 Chemical products..................................... 96,610 95,912 96,079 0.7 -0.2 0.3 96,956 97,222 96,759 98,532 -1.6

 Pesticides, fertilizers, and other

 agricultural chemicals........................ 5,539 5,490 5,387 0.9 1.9 -0.7 5,236 5,453 5,545 5,235 0.0

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines.............. 45,578 45,084 44,896 1.1 0.4 1.3 46,503 45,818 45,061 45,745 1.7

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives.............. 3,845 3,882 4,036 -1.0 -3.8 0.4 3,895 3,962 4,164 4,112 -5.3

 Plastics and rubber products..................... 26,412 26,574 26,675 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5 26,374 26,835 26,974 27,795 -5.1

p Preliminary 

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

1 Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories are for the end of the period. Not seasonally adjusted estimates of shipments and new orders include adjusted data for noncalendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. 

Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. 

2

 Estimates of inventories for the semiconductor industry data are included in computers and electronic products, and all other applicable aggregate totals. 

Note: Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonreporting. Since the survey 

panel is not a probability sample, estimates of sampling error cannot be calculated. For further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations see <http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/>. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, June Full Report, August 4, 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 5. Value of Manufacturers' Shipments, New Orders, Unfilled Orders, and Total Inventories for 

 Topical Series1, 2

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Year to date

Industry % Change6

June May Apr. May - Apr. - Mar. - June May Apr. June 2020/

2020p 2020r 2020 June May Apr. 2020p 2020r 2020 2019 2020p 2019 2019

SHIPMENTS

 All manufacturing industries......................... 457,303 416,573 404,544 9.8 3.0 -14.0 483,608 418,914 404,341 520,507 2,739,524 3,005,095 -8.8

 Construction materials and supplies....... 49,967 47,637 46,380 4.9 2.7 -10.2 55,252 49,687 47,912 55,980 299,092 306,670 -2.5

 Information technology......................... 23,813 23,863 23,801 -0.2 0.3 -1.5 26,691 22,681 21,947 26,447 140,562 140,360 0.1

 Computers and related products........... 1,700 1,839 1,768 -7.6 4.0 0.3 2,164 1,645 1,450 2,070 10,206 9,540 7.0

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 52,093 28,370 22,310 83.6 27.2 -53.5 55,621 28,486 23,260 62,649 273,836 368,318 -25.7

 Capital goods...................................... 78,296 75,600 75,518 3.6 0.1 -11.1 85,896 73,867 72,118 94,348 477,339 515,934 -7.5

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 65,995 63,227 63,081 4.4 0.2 -13.5 73,135 61,672 60,318 81,117 404,842 443,760 -8.8

 Excluding aircraft............................. 64,093 62,026 61,110 3.3 1.5 -6.4 70,613 60,438 58,755 71,316 382,925 395,058 -3.1

 Defense capital goods4........................ 12,301 12,373 12,437 -0.6 -0.5 3.7 12,761 12,195 11,800 13,231 72,497 72,174 0.4

 Consumer goods.................................. 189,283 161,587 154,240 17.1 4.8 -17.7 194,519 163,079 153,668 214,111 1,102,746 1,261,995 -12.6

 Consumer durable goods..................... 36,923 18,178 14,381 103.1 26.4 -55.8 38,803 17,987 14,728 44,830 185,078 259,892 -28.8

 Consumer nondurable goods................ 152,360 143,409 139,859 6.2 2.5 -9.7 155,716 145,092 138,940 169,281 917,668 1,002,103 -8.4

 All manufacturing industries5...................... 437,213 411,695 382,304 6.2 7.7 -13.5 463,346 408,235 381,868 508,008 2,664,960 2,963,530 -10.1

 Construction materials and supplies....... 50,141 47,520 45,306 5.5 4.9 -10.9 55,533 49,740 47,181 56,058 299,530 309,663 -3.3

 Information technology......................... 23,883 23,976 23,965 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 26,541 22,475 22,289 26,825 142,504 143,087 -0.4

 Computers and related products........... 1,659 1,807 1,734 -8.2 4.2 0.0 2,123 1,613 1,416 2,039 10,062 9,497 5.9

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 52,860 28,385 22,057 86.2 28.7 -53.9 55,665 28,356 22,574 61,833 273,836 367,283 -25.4

 Capital goods...................................... 62,954 75,292 60,509 -16.4 24.4 -2.4 71,317 68,213 57,253 86,708 429,417 501,575 -14.4

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 52,155 62,334 49,398 -16.3 26.2 7.0 58,048 57,225 47,465 75,165 349,746 429,078 -18.5

 Excluding aircraft............................. 64,338 62,226 61,299 3.4 1.5 -6.6 69,732 60,473 59,690 70,211 388,576 397,889 -2.3

 Defense capital goods4........................ 10,799 12,958 11,111 -16.7 16.6 -30.0 13,269 10,988 9,788 11,543 79,671 72,497 9.9

 Consumer goods.................................. 189,474 161,774 154,232 17.1 4.9 -17.7 194,602 163,260 153,658 214,081 1,103,216 1,262,143 -12.6

 Consumer durable goods..................... 37,114 18,365 14,373 102.1 27.8 -55.9 38,886 18,168 14,718 44,800 185,548 260,040 -28.6

 Consumer nondurable goods.............. 152,360 143,409 139,859 6.2 2.5 -9.7 155,716 145,092 138,940 169,281 917,668 1,002,103 -8.4

 All manufacturing industries5...................... 1,092,528 1,107,813 1,107,812 -1.4 0.0 -1.5 1,094,903 1,110,448 1,116,924 1,150,272 (X) (X) -4.8

 Construction materials and supplies....... 50,495 50,321 50,438 0.3 -0.2 -2.1 51,555 51,274 51,221 54,688 (X) (X) -5.7

 Information technology......................... 114,591 114,521 114,408 0.1 0.1 0.1 115,152 115,302 115,508 114,430 (X) (X) 0.6

 Computers and related products........... 1,864 1,905 1,937 -2.2 -1.7 -1.7 1,864 1,905 1,937 1,948 (X) (X) -4.3

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 21,152 20,385 20,370 3.8 0.1 -1.2 20,748 20,704 20,834 20,868 (X) (X) -0.6

 Capital goods...................................... 788,210 803,552 803,860 -1.9 0.0 -1.8 790,351 804,930 810,584 851,659 (X) (X) -7.2

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 610,040 623,880 624,773 -2.2 -0.1 -2.1 609,568 624,655 629,102 685,616 (X) (X) -11.1

 Excluding aircraft............................. 216,821 216,576 216,376 0.1 0.1 0.1 217,785 218,666 218,631 216,246 (X) (X) 0.7

 Defense capital goods4........................ 178,170 179,672 179,087 -0.8 0.3 -0.7 180,783 180,275 181,482 166,043 (X) (X) 8.9

 Consumer goods.................................. 5,204 5,013 4,826 3.8 3.9 -0.2 5,160 5,077 4,896 4,367 (X) (X) 18.2

 Consumer durable goods..................... 5,204 5,013 4,826 3.8 3.9 -0.2 5,160 5,077 4,896 4,367 (X) (X) 18.2 

 All manufacturing industries....................... 690,900 686,935 685,869 0.6 0.2 -0.5 687,406 689,972 688,560 690,324 (X) (X) -0.4

 Construction materials and supplies....... 70,350 71,273 71,989 -1.3 -1.0 -0.1 70,326 72,053 72,878 72,628 (X) (X) -3.2

 Information technology......................... 39,421 39,407 39,339 0.0 0.2 0.9 39,378 39,968 39,337 38,422 (X) (X) 2.5

 Computers and related products........... 3,890 3,936 3,882 -1.2 1.4 2.7 3,901 3,993 3,718 3,787 (X) (X) 3.0

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 40,130 40,147 39,937 0.0 0.5 0.5 39,201 40,004 39,880 38,598 (X) (X) 1.6

 Capital goods...................................... 214,238 212,594 211,312 0.8 0.6 0.2 214,045 214,067 211,917 200,807 (X) (X) 6.6

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 192,970 191,551 190,199 0.7 0.7 0.1 192,615 192,986 190,837 179,986 (X) (X) 7.0

 Excluding aircraft............................. 128,717 128,971 128,972 -0.2 0.0 0.5 128,504 130,007 129,115 127,694 (X) (X) 0.6

 Defense capital goods4........................ 21,268 21,043 21,113 1.1 -0.3 1.3 21,430 21,081 21,080 20,821 (X) (X) 2.9

 Consumer goods.................................. 202,972 198,808 197,175 2.1 0.8 -1.8 201,180 198,373 196,970 211,203 (X) (X) -4.7

 Consumer durable goods..................... 31,518 31,144 30,969 1.2 0.6 -2.3 30,632 30,802 30,752 31,468 (X) (X) -2.7

 Consumer nondurable goods................ 171,454 167,664 166,206 2.3 0.9 -1.7 170,548 167,571 166,218 179,735 (X) (X) -5.1

NEW ORDERS 

UNFILLED ORDERS 

TOTAL INVENTORIES 

X

 Not Applicable 

p

 Preliminary 

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

1

 Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories are for the end of the period. Not seasonally adjusted estimates of shipments and new orders include adjusted data for noncalendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates 

are not adjusted for price changes. 

2 Topical series are regroupings of the separate industry categories. 

3

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

metalworking machinery; turbines and generators; other power transmission equipment; pumps and compressors; material handling equipment; all other machinery; electronic computers; computer storage devices; other computer peripheral equipment; 

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

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

4

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

5 Estimates and percent changes exclude semiconductor industry data. 

6

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

Note: Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonreporting. Since the survey 

panel is not a probability sample, estimates of sampling error cannot be calculated. For further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations see <http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/>. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, June Full Report, August 4, 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 6. Value of Manufacturers' Inventories, by Stage of Fabrication, by Industry Group1 

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly % Change

Industry June

June May Apr. May - Apr. - Mar. - June May Apr. June 2020/

2020p 2020r 2020 June May Apr. 2020p 2020r 2020 2019 2019

MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

 All manufacturing industries....................... 238,419 238,549 238,756 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 237,515 238,806 238,848 237,468 0.0

 Durable goods industries.......................... 147,355 149,157 149,309 -1.2 -0.1 2.4 146,667 149,019 148,876 143,855 2.0

 Wood products................................... 5,352 5,388 5,468 -0.7 -1.5 1.4 5,153 5,134 5,238 5,171 -0.3

 Nonmetallic mineral products................. 5,811 5,853 5,911 -0.7 -1.0 1.9 5,838 5,888 5,943 5,713 2.2

 Primary metals.................................... 12,686 13,037 13,105 -2.7 -0.5 1.2 12,666 12,834 12,861 13,468 -6.0

 Fabricated metal products.......................... 19,574 19,819 19,715 -1.2 0.5 0.4 19,586 19,716 19,576 20,375 -3.9

 Machinery.......................................... 28,041 28,255 28,531 -0.8 -1.0 3.0 27,902 28,398 28,469 28,329 -1.5

 Computers and electronic products........ 19,863 19,957 19,861 -0.5 0.5 0.4 19,940 20,253 19,998 19,195 3.9

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................... 8,838 8,884 8,808 -0.5 0.9 2.2 8,881 9,005 8,874 8,496 4.5

 Transportation equipment..................... 35,659 36,439 36,418 -2.1 0.1 5.6 35,159 36,257 36,503 31,737 10.8

 Furniture and related products............... 3,555 3,578 3,538 -0.6 1.1 0.4 3,596 3,573 3,501 3,703 -2.9

 Miscellaneous products......................... 7,976 7,947 7,954 0.4 -0.1 1.0 7,946 7,961 7,913 7,668 3.6

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 91,064 89,392 89,447 1.9 -0.1 -1.5 90,848 89,787 89,972 93,613 -3.0

 Food products.................................... 19,583 19,561 19,513 0.1 0.2 -1.1 19,382 19,172 19,259 19,595 -1.1

 Beverage and tobacco products........................ 5,821 5,813 5,764 0.1 0.9 -2.5 5,596 5,772 5,829 5,701 -1.8

 Textiles.............................................. 1,166 1,182 1,187 -1.4 -0.4 1.0 1,176 1,191 1,196 1,188 -1.0

 Textile products................................... 1,196 1,202 1,213 -0.5 -0.9 0.6 1,197 1,207 1,213 1,250 -4.2

 Apparel............................................. 547 547 544 0.0 0.6 2.8 547 547 539 572 -4.4

 Leather and allied products.................... 284 284 283 0.0 0.4 0.7 288 288 279 288 0.0

 Paper products.................................... 7,731 7,731 7,639 0.0 1.2 2.0 7,651 7,659 7,603 7,660 -0.1

 Printing ............................................. 2,713 2,706 2,705 0.3 0.0 0.4 2,696 2,698 2,721 2,714 -0.7

 Petroleum and coal products................. 10,004 8,566 8,643 16.8 -0.9 -11.5 10,349 9,143 9,131 12,311 -15.9

 Chemical products................................ 31,062 30,795 30,980 0.9 -0.6 -0.7 31,066 31,124 31,178 31,477 -1.3

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 10,957 11,005 10,976 -0.4 0.3 1.1 10,900 10,986 11,024 10,857 0.4

WORK IN PROCESS

 All manufacturing industries....................... 206,473 203,584 201,922 1.4 0.8 -0.9 205,589 204,637 203,221 199,456 3.1

 Durable goods industries.......................... 159,523 157,682 157,206 1.2 0.3 -0.7 159,399 159,216 158,490 148,300 7.5

 Wood products................................... 1,665 1,631 1,642 2.1 -0.7 -3.1 1,667 1,637 1,665 1,811 -8.0

 Nonmetallic mineral products................. 1,387 1,397 1,402 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 1,405 1,428 1,452 1,483 -5.3

 Primary metals.................................... 9,269 9,420 9,841 -1.6 -4.3 -4.5 9,305 9,540 9,923 10,657 -12.7

 Fabricated metal products.......................... 13,353 13,569 13,654 -1.6 -0.6 0.0 13,374 13,637 13,713 13,642 -2.0

 Machinery.......................................... 19,767 19,624 19,415 0.7 1.1 -4.5 19,716 19,773 19,461 19,493 1.1

 Computers and electronic products........ 12,776 12,779 12,835 0.0 -0.4 -0.5 12,801 13,145 13,182 12,843 -0.3

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................... 4,230 4,241 4,254 -0.3 -0.3 1.4 4,305 4,358 4,325 4,225 1.9

 Transportation equipment..................... 92,188 90,213 89,283 2.2 1.0 0.3 91,941 90,850 89,847 79,323 15.9

 Furniture and related products............... 1,118 1,101 1,137 1.5 -3.2 -1.2 1,135 1,126 1,145 1,131 0.4

 Miscellaneous products......................... 3,770 3,707 3,743 1.7 -1.0 0.1 3,750 3,722 3,777 3,692 1.6

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 46,950 45,902 44,716 2.3 2.7 -1.3 46,190 45,421 44,731 51,156 -9.7

 Food products.................................... 4,894 4,847 4,587 1.0 5.7 0.7 4,520 4,507 4,387 4,172 8.3

 Beverage and tobacco products........................ 9,112 9,094 9,078 0.2 0.2 1.1 8,711 8,949 9,050 8,950 -2.7

 Textiles.............................................. 592 599 596 -1.2 0.5 -4.9 593 602 600 648 -8.5

 Textile products................................... 338 332 334 1.8 -0.6 -4.6 329 328 336 371 -11.3

 Apparel............................................. 302 296 312 2.0 -5.1 -0.6 308 299 305 325 -5.2

 Leather and allied products.................... 88 85 86 3.5 -1.2 -1.1 85 84 85 94 -9.6

 Paper products.................................... 1,413 1,396 1,395 1.2 0.1 -0.1 1,429 1,400 1,394 1,481 -3.5

 Printing ............................................. 1,198 1,199 1,224 -0.1 -2.0 -1.1 1,127 1,133 1,264 1,134 -0.6

 Petroleum and coal products................. 7,261 6,610 5,536 9.8 19.4 -15.3 7,180 6,636 5,695 10,626 -32.4

 Chemical products................................ 18,849 18,557 18,742 1.6 -1.0 2.0 19,023 18,585 18,754 20,263 -6.1

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 2,903 2,887 2,826 0.6 2.2 -1.1 2,885 2,898 2,861 3,092 -6.7

FINISHED GOODS

 All manufacturing industries....................... 246,008 244,802 245,191 0.5 -0.2 -1.4 244,302 246,529 246,491 253,400 -3.6

 Durable goods industries.......................... 118,095 117,974 118,229 0.1 -0.2 -1.9 116,948 118,752 119,073 120,814 -3.2

 Wood products................................... 4,600 4,554 4,714 1.0 -3.4 -1.2 4,536 4,618 4,911 4,910 -7.6

 Nonmetallic mineral products................. 7,089 7,154 7,293 -0.9 -1.9 0.2 7,147 7,372 7,438 7,373 -3.1

 Primary metals.................................... 12,061 12,240 12,484 -1.5 -2.0 -1.3 11,899 12,452 12,704 12,280 -3.1

 Fabricated metal products.......................... 19,747 20,012 20,013 -1.3 0.0 0.2 19,817 20,339 20,312 19,979 -0.8

 Machinery.......................................... 22,805 23,102 23,254 -1.3 -0.7 -0.8 22,660 23,199 23,551 23,948 -5.4

 Computers and electronic products........ 11,538 11,467 11,516 0.6 -0.4 1.7 11,312 11,401 11,322 11,719 -3.5

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................... 6,692 6,688 6,844 0.1 -2.3 -0.9 6,714 6,737 6,965 7,222 -7.0

 Transportation equipment..................... 18,604 17,662 17,036 5.3 3.7 -10.7 17,985 17,491 16,788 18,585 -3.2

 Furniture and related products............... 2,595 2,588 2,662 0.3 -2.8 -3.0 2,682 2,613 2,630 2,787 -3.8

 Miscellaneous products......................... 12,364 12,507 12,413 -1.1 0.8 0.8 12,196 12,530 12,452 12,011 1.5

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 127,913 126,828 126,962 0.9 -0.1 -1.0 127,354 127,777 127,418 132,586 -3.9

 Food products.................................... 29,964 30,013 31,044 -0.2 -3.3 0.2 29,327 29,281 30,463 30,398 -3.5

 Beverage and tobacco products........................ 10,791 10,760 10,832 0.3 -0.7 3.6 10,904 10,948 11,071 10,668 2.2

 Textiles.............................................. 1,353 1,388 1,387 -2.5 0.1 -0.1 1,348 1,387 1,380 1,391 -3.1

 Textile products................................... 2,243 2,255 2,258 -0.5 -0.1 -1.7 2,221 2,244 2,257 2,384 -6.8

 Apparel............................................. 996 996 1,002 0.0 -0.6 4.0 1,001 983 964 1,000 0.1

 Leather and allied products.................... 482 488 491 -1.2 -0.6 -0.4 482 493 490 480 0.4

 Paper products.................................... 6,180 6,132 6,088 0.8 0.7 0.8 6,195 6,190 6,078 6,247 -0.8

 Printing ............................................. 1,772 1,775 1,774 -0.2 0.1 0.5 1,787 1,802 1,796 1,745 2.4

 Petroleum and coal products................. 14,881 13,779 12,856 8.0 7.2 -11.3 14,633 13,985 13,003 17,635 -17.0

 Chemical products................................ 46,699 46,560 46,357 0.3 0.4 0.2 46,867 47,513 46,827 46,792 0.2

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 12,552 12,682 12,873 -1.0 -1.5 -1.7 12,589 12,951 13,089 13,846 -9.1

p

 Preliminary 

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

1

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

Note: Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonreporting. Since the survey 

panel is not a probability sample, estimates of sampling error cannot be calculated. For further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations see <http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/>. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, June Full Report, August 4, 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 7. Ratios of Manufacturers' Inventories to Shipments and Unfilled Orders 

 to Shipments, by Industry Group 1

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

Inventory/Shipments ratio Unfilled Orders/Shipments ratio2

Industry Jun May Apr Mar Jun May Apr Mar

2020p 2020r 2020 2020 2020p 2020r 2020 2020

All manufacturing industries3

.................................... 1.51 1.65 1.70 1.46 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Durable goods industries3

........................................ 1.87 2.15 2.24 1.82 7.01 7.56 7.70 6.70

 Wood products........................................................... 1.30 1.33 1.43 1.30 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Nonmetallic mineral products............................. 1.23 1.28 1.33 1.27 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Primary metals............................................................ 1.91 2.07 2.13 1.89 1.72 1.82 1.82 1.64

 Fabricated metal products...................................... 1.81 1.93 1.95 1.73 2.56 2.70 2.72 2.45

 Machinery..................................................................... 2.38 2.47 2.52 2.32 3.60 3.69 3.74 3.42

 Computers and electronic products3

................... 1.55 1.54 1.55 1.55 5.47 5.44 5.44 5.43

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components.................................................... 1.92 1.96 1.99 1.77 2.27 2.31 2.30 2.07

 Transportation equipment..................................... 2.06 3.10 3.45 1.94 16.52 19.31 20.27 14.92

 Furniture and related products............................ 1.11 1.20 1.25 1.13 1.37 1.47 1.49 1.36

 Miscellaneous products.......................................... 1.74 1.88 1.95 1.87 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Nondurable goods industries................................... 1.16 1.20 1.22 1.12 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Food products............................................................. 0.81 0.81 0.83 0.80 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Beverage and tobacco products........................... 1.96 2.00 2.07 1.86 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Textiles.......................................................................... 1.52 1.66 1.71 1.43 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Textile products......................................................... 2.09 2.23 2.30 2.06 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Apparel........................................................................ 2.17 2.16 2.24 2.04 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Leather and allied products................................ 2.21 2.51 2.84 2.41 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Paper products.......................................................... 0.96 0.95 0.94 0.92 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Printing........................................................................ 0.85 0.90 0.89 0.80 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Petroleum and coal products............................... 0.90 1.03 1.07 0.83 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Chemical products................................................... 1.45 1.47 1.48 1.41 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Plastics and rubber products................................ 1.37 1.42 1.46 1.33 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Jun3 Jun3 Jun3 Jun3

Industry 2019- 2019- 2019- 2019-

Jun2 May Jun2 May Jun2 May Jun2 May

2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020

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

Durable goods industries....................... 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.1

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

 Nonmetallic mineral products.............. (X) 0.3 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

 Primary metals............................................. 1.2 0.5 1.1 0.6 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.3

 Fabricated metal products.................... 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.2

 Machinery...................................................... 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

 Computers and electronic products..... 0.0 0.3 -0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 -0.2 0.1

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components..................................... 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 -0.1 0.2

 Transportation equipment.................... 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1

 Furniture and related products............. (X) 0.6 (X) 0.8 (X) 0.5 (X) 0.3

 Miscellaneous products.......................... (X) 0.3 (X) 0.3 (X) 0.1 (X) 0.0

Nondurable goods industries................... (X) 0.2 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.1

 Food products.............................................. (X) 0.1 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

 Beverage and tobacco products............ (X) 0.6 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.4

 Textiles.......................................................... (X) 0.7 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

 Textile products......................................... (X) 0.6 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

 Apparel......................................................... (X) 0.8 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.4

 Leather and allied products.................. (X) 1.2 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.1

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

 Printing.......................................................... (X) 0.6 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

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

 Chemical products................................... (X) 0.2 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.1

 Plastics and rubber products................ (X) 0.3 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

X

 Not Applicable 

p

 Preliminary 

r

 Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment. 

2

 Excludes the following industries with no unfilled orders: Wood products; nonmetallic mineral products; medical equipment and supplies; office supplies; 

other miscellaneous manufacturing; cutlery and handtools; farm and garden machinery; computer storage and peripheral devices; audio and video 

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

miscellaneous furniture. 

3

 Unfilled orders to shipments ratio excludes semiconductor manufacturing. 

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

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

error cannot be calculated. For further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations see <http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/>. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, June Full Report, August 4, 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>. 

X Not Applicable 

NA Not Available 

1

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

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

adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, 

based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. 

2

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

3

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

monthly averages are the simple averages of the absolute values of the differences for the months specified. The advance to final percent 

change revisions for the durable goods industries are shown in the advance report for the month. 

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

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

estimates of sampling error cannot be calculated. For further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations see 

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, June Full Report, August 4, 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 8. Revisions to Previously Published Monthly Percent Changes 1

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

Shipments New Orders Unfilled Orders Inventories