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FOR RELEASE AT 8:30 AM EDT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2020

MONTHLY ADVANCE REPORT ON DURABLE GOODS MANUFACTURERS’ SHIPMENTS, 

INVENTORIES AND ORDERS JULY 2020

Release Number: CB 20-124 M3-1 (20)-07

Statement Regarding COVID-19 Impact: The Census Bureau continues to monitor response and data 

quality and has determined that estimates in this release meet publication standards. For more 

information, see < M3 COVID-19 FAQs>.

August 26, 2020 — The U.S. Census Bureau announces the July advance report on durable goods 

manufacturers’ shipments, inventories and orders:

New Orders

New orders for manufactured durable goods in July increased $23.2 billion or 11.2 percent to $230.7

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

7.7 percent June increase. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 2.4 percent. Excluding defense, 

new orders increased 9.9 percent. Transportation equipment, also up three consecutive months, led the 

increase, $19.6 billion or 35.6 percent to $74.7 billion.

DURABLE GOODS – NEW ORDERS

JULY 2020 $230.7 billion +11.2%°

JUNE 2020

(revised) $207.5 billion +7.7%°

Next release: September 25, 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 26, 

2020.

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

% Change 2.5% 0.5% -0.9% -0.1% -2.6% 2.8% -0.2% 2.0% -16.7% -18.3% 15.0% 7.7% 11.2%

-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, 

August 26, 2020.
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Shipments

Shipments of manufactured durable goods in July, up three consecutive months, increased $16.6 billion or

7.3 percent to $244.0 billion. This followed a 15.2 percent June increase. Transportation equipment, also

up three consecutive months, led the increase, $12.6 billion or 17.8 percent to $83.2 billion.

Unfilled Orders

Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in July, down four of the last five months, decreased $8.2

billion or 0.8 percent to $1,084.4 billion. This followed a 1.4 percent June decrease. Transportation 

equipment, down five consecutive months, drove the decrease, $8.4 billion or 1.1 percent to $735.2

billion.

Inventories

Inventories of manufactured durable goods in July, down two consecutive months, decreased $1.9 billion 

or 0.5 percent to $422.6 billion. This followed a 0.1 percent June decrease. Machinery, down six of the 

last seven months, led the decrease, $0.7 billion or 1.0 percent to $69.7 billion. 

Capital Goods

Nondefense new orders for capital goods in July increased $5.4 billion or 10.2 percent to $58.0 billion. 

Shipments increased $1.3 billion or 2.0 percent to $67.6 billion. Unfilled orders decreased $9.5 billion or 

1.6 percent to $600.8 billion. Inventories increased $0.6 billion or 0.3 percent to $193.3 billion. Defense 

new orders for capital goods in July increased $3.2 billion or 30.0 percent to $14.0 billion. Shipments

increased $0.1 billion or 1.2 percent to $12.3 billion. Unfilled orders increased $1.7 billion or 1.0 percent 

to $180.0 billion. Inventories increased less than $0.1 billion or 0.1 percent to $21.2 billion.

Revised June Data

Revised seasonally adjusted June figures for all manufacturing industries were: new orders, $438.1 billion 

(revised from $437.2 billion); shipments, $458.1 billion (revised from $457.3 billion); unfilled orders, 

$1,092.7 billion (revised from $1,092.5 billion) and total inventories, $690.4 billion (revised from $690.9

billion).

Revised and more detailed estimates, plus nondurable goods data, will be published on September 2,

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

September 25, 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

Jul Jun May Jun - May - Apr - Jul Jun Jul Change

2020 22020 r

2020 Jul 2

Jun r May 2020 22020 r

2019 2020 2019 2020/2019

DURABLE GOODS

 Total:

 Shipments................................ 244,013 227,447 197,483 7.3 15.2 4.1 229,975 245,326 232,912 1,571,208 1,734,893 -9.4

 New Orders4.............................. 230,672 207,456 192,605 11.2 7.7 15.0 215,744 225,262 227,185 1,482,611 1,687,601 -12.1

 Excluding transportation:

 Shipments................................ 160,851 156,863 150,860 2.5 4.0 1.7 157,829 169,564 159,350 1,096,736 1,131,683 -3.1

 New Orders4.............................. 155,928 152,343 146,553 2.4 4.0 3.4 152,713 163,747 154,163 1,070,664 1,107,640 -3.3

 Excluding defense:

 Shipments................................ 229,986 213,653 183,457 7.6 16.5 4.5 217,452 230,882 220,747 1,476,210 1,639,831 -10.0

 New Orders4.............................. 215,011 195,710 178,466 9.9 9.7 15.0 204,622 210,334 218,555 1,384,063 1,595,870 -13.3

 Manufacturing with unfilled orders:

 Shipments................................ 161,460 155,791 146,472 3.6 6.4 1.8 153,125 168,737 161,526 1,112,204 1,208,246 -7.9

 New Orders.............................. 153,237 140,636 146,473 9.0 -4.0 15.8 143,884 153,358 160,798 1,055,890 1,193,530 -11.5

 Primary metals:

 Shipments................................ 18,080 17,868 16,800 1.2 6.4 0.9 17,698 18,717 19,263 130,034 143,992 -9.7

 New Orders.............................. 17,895 17,862 17,106 0.2 4.4 8.4 17,419 18,622 19,206 129,072 144,354 -10.6

 Fabricated metal products:

 Shipments................................ 29,910 29,178 27,668 2.5 5.5 1.0 29,499 31,317 31,326 208,807 221,208 -5.6

 New Orders.............................. 29,951 29,350 27,773 2.0 5.7 6.0 29,858 31,365 31,930 210,332 224,725 -6.4

 Machinery:

 Shipments................................ 30,332 29,826 28,793 1.7 3.6 2.1 29,352 32,776 30,748 212,300 226,119 -6.1

 New Orders.............................. 30,509 29,906 28,826 2.0 3.7 1.1 29,635 32,073 30,521 215,008 226,818 -5.2

 Computers and electronic products4:

 Shipments................................ 29,563 28,583 28,701 3.4 -0.4 0.3 27,712 31,326 26,859 194,209 191,493 1.4

 New Orders.............................. 24,389 23,863 23,893 2.2 -0.1 0.5 22,388 26,563 21,479 162,969 160,929 1.3

 Computers and related products:

 Shipments................................ 1,821 1,699 1,839 7.2 -7.6 4.0 1,634 2,167 1,523 11,843 11,063 7.1

 New Orders.............................. 1,809 1,658 1,807 9.1 -8.2 4.2 1,622 2,126 1,514 11,687 11,011 6.1

 

 Communications equipment:

 Shipments................................ 4,075 3,762 3,774 8.3 -0.3 0.7 3,597 4,680 3,162 25,458 23,864 6.7

 New Orders.............................. 4,021 3,705 3,746 8.5 -1.1 1.0 3,641 4,463 3,062 25,426 24,054 5.7

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components: 

 Shipments................................ 10,519 10,307 10,085 2.1 2.2 0.7 10,288 11,246 10,685 73,179 75,218 -2.7

 New Orders.............................. 10,730 10,311 10,110 4.1 2.0 -0.2 10,419 11,030 10,779 74,412 76,372 -2.6

 Transportation equipment: 

 Shipments................................ 83,162 70,584 46,623 17.8 51.4 12.6 72,146 75,762 73,562 474,472 603,210 -21.3

 New Orders.............................. 74,744 55,113 46,052 35.6 19.7 78.8 63,031 61,515 73,022 411,947 579,961 -29.0

 Motor vehicles and parts:

 Shipments................................ 64,205 51,877 28,370 23.8 82.9 27.2 55,784 55,343 52,604 329,342 420,922 -21.8

 New Orders.............................. 64,226 52,692 28,385 21.9 85.6 28.7 55,621 55,393 52,107 329,185 419,390 -21.5

 

 Nondefense aircraft and parts5:

 Shipments................................ 3,947 4,182 3,523 -5.6 18.7 -19.0 3,429 5,091 8,332 42,760 81,203 -47.3

 New Orders.............................. -5,801 -10,507 2,858 (NA) -467.6 (NA) -4,071 -9,905 11,612 -23,511 64,993 -136.2

 Defense aircraft and parts:

 Shipments................................ 4,265 3,959 3,966 7.7 -0.2 -5.9 3,820 4,447 4,030 27,855 32,113 -13.3

 New Orders.............................. 4,665 2,634 3,718 77.1 -29.2 -5.2 3,764 3,689 2,696 26,574 30,643 -13.3

 All other durable goods: 

 Shipments................................ 42,447 41,101 38,813 3.3 5.9 3.7 43,280 44,182 40,469 278,207 273,653 1.7

 New Orders.............................. 42,454 41,051 38,845 3.4 5.7 4.0 42,994 44,094 40,248 278,871 274,442 1.6

 Capital goods3:

 Shipments................................ 79,865 78,428 75,600 1.8 3.7 0.1 75,214 85,877 78,555 552,534 594,489 -7.1

 New Orders.............................. 72,067 63,459 75,292 13.6 -15.7 24.4 67,529 71,560 78,712 497,189 580,287 -14.3

 Nondefense capital goods:

 Shipments................................ 67,550 66,256 63,227 2.0 4.8 0.2 64,288 73,260 68,059 469,255 511,819 -8.3

 New Orders.............................. 58,038 52,665 62,334 10.2 -15.5 26.2 57,450 58,438 71,282 407,586 500,360 -18.5

 Excluding aircraft:

 Shipments........................... 65,906 64,359 62,026 2.4 3.8 1.5 62,973 70,738 63,311 446,023 458,369 -2.7

 New Orders.......................... 66,099 64,885 62,226 1.9 4.3 1.5 62,972 70,122 62,943 451,938 460,832 -1.9

 Defense capital goods:

 Shipments................................ 12,315 12,172 12,373 1.2 -1.6 -0.5 10,926 12,617 10,496 83,279 82,670 0.7

 New Orders.............................. 14,029 10,794 12,958 30.0 -16.7 16.6 10,079 13,122 7,430 89,603 79,927 12.1

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

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

shipments and new orders include adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, 

as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. 

2 Based on advance sample. Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response and 

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

3

 The Capital Goods Industries include Nondefense : small arms and ordnance; farm machinery and equipment; construction machinery; mining, oil, and gas field machinery; industrial machinery; vending, laundry, and other machinery; photographic 

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

peripheral equipment; communications equipment; search and navigation equipment; electromedical, measuring, and control instruments; electrical equipment; other electrical equipment, appliances, and components; heavy duty trucks; aircraft; 

railroad rolling stock; ships and boats; office and institutional furniture; and medical equipment and supplies. Defense Capital Goods include : small arms and ordnance, communications equipment, aircraft; missiles, space vehicles, and parts, ships and 

boats, and search and navigation equipment. 

4

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

orders exclude semiconductor industry data. 

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, July Advance Report, August 26, 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

Jul Jun May Jun - May - Apr - Jul Jun Jul 2020/

2020 2 2020 r 2020 Jul 2Jun r May 2020 2 2020

 r

2019 2019

DURABLE GOODS

 Total:

 Unfilled Orders4......................... 1,084,435 1,092,658 1,107,813 -0.8 -1.4 0.0 1,085,828 1,095,069 1,149,544 -5.5

 Total Inventories....................... 422,572 424,483 424,813 -0.5 -0.1 0.0 425,729 422,704 419,913 1.4

 Excluding transportation:

 Unfilled Orders4......................... 349,266 349,071 348,755 0.1 0.1 0.2 351,336 351,462 352,547 -0.3

 Total Inventories....................... 276,083 278,101 280,499 -0.7 -0.9 -0.5 277,955 277,708 285,846 -2.8

 Excluding defense:

 Unfilled Orders4........................... 863,559 873,416 886,523 -1.1 -1.5 0.0 865,430 873,270 946,368 -8.6

 Total Inventories....................... 397,187 399,078 399,602 -0.5 -0.1 0.0 400,247 397,259 394,752 1.4

 Manufacturing with unfilled orders:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 1,084,435 1,092,658 1,107,813 -0.8 -1.4 0.0 1,085,828 1,095,069 1,149,544 -5.5

 Total Inventories....................... 345,140 346,582 346,896 -0.4 -0.1 0.1 348,039 345,736 340,548 2.2

 Primary metals:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 30,375 30,560 30,566 -0.6 0.0 1.0 30,497 30,776 31,298 -2.6

 Total Inventories....................... 33,536 33,947 34,697 -1.2 -2.2 -2.1 33,735 33,835 36,386 -7.3

 Fabricated metal products:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 72,719 72,678 72,506 0.1 0.2 0.1 73,975 73,616 76,433 -3.2

 Total Inventories....................... 51,886 52,535 53,400 -1.2 -1.6 0.0 52,532 52,655 54,502 -3.6

 Machinery: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 97,204 97,027 96,947 0.2 0.1 0.0 97,436 97,153 97,761 -0.3

 Total Inventories....................... 69,710 70,391 70,981 -1.0 -0.8 -0.3 70,022 70,139 72,865 -3.9

 Computers and electronic products4:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 118,661 118,717 118,601 0.0 0.1 0.1 118,785 119,119 117,635 1.0

 Total Inventories....................... 43,995 44,182 44,203 -0.4 0.0 0.0 44,430 44,105 44,170 0.6

 Computers and related products:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 1,852 1,864 1,905 -0.6 -2.2 -1.7 1,852 1,864 1,939 -4.5

 Total Inventories....................... 3,860 3,903 3,936 -1.1 -0.8 1.4 4,003 3,930 3,946 1.4

 

 Communications equipment:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 25,498 25,552 25,609 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 25,557 25,513 25,628 -0.3

 Total Inventories....................... 5,239 5,200 5,212 0.8 -0.2 -0.7 5,254 5,214 5,221 0.6

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 21,829 21,618 21,614 1.0 0.0 0.1 22,016 21,885 20,960 5.0

 Total Inventories....................... 19,828 19,802 19,813 0.1 -0.1 -0.5 20,144 19,936 20,238 -0.5

 Transportation equipment: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 735,169 743,587 759,058 -1.1 -2.0 -0.1 734,492 743,607 796,997 -7.8

 Total Inventories....................... 146,489 146,382 144,314 0.1 1.4 1.1 147,774 144,996 134,067 10.2

 Motor vehicles and parts:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 21,221 21,200 20,385 0.1 4.0 0.1 20,591 20,754 20,371 1.1

 Total Inventories....................... 39,387 40,128 40,147 -1.8 0.0 0.5 40,146 39,222 40,418 -0.7

 

 Nondefense Aircraft and parts:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 493,167 502,915 517,604 -1.9 -2.8 -0.1 493,703 501,203 574,094 -14.0

 Total Inventories....................... 77,854 76,923 75,136 1.2 2.4 2.0 78,058 76,664 65,348 19.4

 Defense Aircraft and parts: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 84,137 83,737 85,062 0.5 -1.6 -0.3 83,756 83,812 78,708 6.4

 Total Inventories....................... 12,447 12,476 12,317 -0.2 1.3 0.3 12,491 12,422 12,008 4.0

 All other durable goods: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 8,478 8,471 8,521 0.1 -0.6 0.4 8,627 8,913 8,460 2.0

 Total Inventories....................... 57,128 57,244 57,405 -0.2 -0.3 -0.8 57,092 57,038 57,685 -1.0

 Capital goods3:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 780,785 788,583 803,552 -1.0 -1.9 0.0 782,928 790,613 851,816 -8.1

 Total Inventories....................... 214,457 213,889 212,594 0.3 0.6 0.6 216,106 213,719 204,698 5.6

 Nondefense capital goods:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 600,777 610,289 623,880 -1.6 -2.2 -0.1 602,995 609,833 688,839 -12.5

 Total Inventories....................... 193,298 192,747 191,551 0.3 0.6 0.7 194,894 192,483 183,623 6.1

 Excluding aircraft: 

 Unfilled Orders.................... 217,295 217,102 216,576 0.1 0.2 0.1 218,049 218,050 215,878 1.0

 Total Inventories................... 127,990 128,428 128,971 -0.3 -0.4 0.0 129,235 128,372 129,897 -0.5

 Defense capital goods:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 180,008 178,294 179,672 1.0 -0.8 0.3 179,933 180,780 162,977 10.4

 Total Inventories....................... 21,159 21,142 21,043 0.1 0.5 -0.3 21,212 21,236 21,075 0.7

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

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

new orders include adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, 

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

2

 Based on advance sample. Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors 

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

see http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3. 

3

 The Capital Goods Industries include Nondefense : small arms and ordnance; farm machinery and equipment; construction machinery; mining, oil, and gas field machinery; industrial machinery; vending, laundry, 

and other machinery; photographic equipment; metalworking machinery; turbines and generators; other power transmission equipment; pumps and compressors; material handling equipment; all other machinery; 

electronic computers; computer storage devices; other computer peripheral equipment; communications equipment; search and navigation equipment; electromedical, measuring, and control instruments; 

electrical equipment; other electrical equipment, appliances, and components; heavy duty trucks; aircraft; railroad rolling stock; ships and boats; office and institutional furniture; and medical equipment and 

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

4

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

changes for new orders and unfilled orders exclude semiconductor industry data. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, July Advance Report, August 26, 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>.