FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2013, AT 8:30 A.M. EDT 

Chris Savage or Adriana Stoica 

Manufacturing and Construction Division 

(301) 763-4832 

M3-1 (13)-06 

CB13-132

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders 

June 2013 

New Orders 

 New orders for manufactured durable goods in June 

increased $9.9 billion or 4.2 percent to $244.5 billion, 

the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This increase, 

up four of the last five months, followed a 5.2 percent 

May increase and was at the highest level since the 

series was first published on a NAICS basis in 1992. 

Excluding transportation, new orders increased slightly. 

Excluding defense, new orders increased 3.0 percent. 

 

 Transportation equipment, also up four of the last five 

months, led the increase, $9.9 billion or 12.8 percent to 

$87.1 billion. This was led by nondefense aircraft and 

parts, which increased $6.5 billion. 

Shipments 

 Shipments of manufactured durable goods in June, 

down two of the last three months, decreased slightly to 

to $229.8 billion. This followed a 1.3 percent May 

increase. 

 Machinery, also down two of the last three months, 

drove the decrease, $0.4 billion or 1.2 percent to $34.2 

billion. This followed a 1.1 percent May increase. 

 

Unfilled Orders 

 Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in 

June, up four of the last five months, increased $21.4 

billion or 2.1 percent to $1,029.4 billion. This was at the 

highest level since the series was first published on a 

NAICS basis and followed a 1.1 percent May increase. 

 Transportation equipment, also up four of the last five 

months, led the increase, $18.0 billion or 2.9 percent to 

$637.4 billion.

Inventories 

 Inventories of manufactured durable goods in June, up 

two of the last three months, increased $0.7 billion or 0.2 

percent to $378.0 billion. This was at the highest level 

since the series was first published on a NAICS basis, 

and followed a slight May decrease. 

 Transportation equipment, up thirteen of the last 

fourteen months, led the increase, $0.6 billion or 0.5 

percent to $116.6 billion. 

Capital Goods 

 Nondefense new orders for capital goods in June 

increased $5.4 billion or 6.3 percent to $91.6 billion. 

Shipments decreased $1.5 billion or 2.0 percent to $74.3 

billion. Unfilled orders increased $17.3 billion or 2.9 

percent to $605.7 billion. Inventories increased $0.1 

billion or 0.1 percent to $171.0 billion. 

 Defense new orders for capital goods in June increased 

$3.1 billion or 35.2 percent to $12.0 billion. Shipments 

increased $0.2 billion or 2.0 percent to $9.9 billion. 

Unfilled orders increased $2.1 billion or 1.2 percent to 

$169.7 billion. Inventories increased $0.6 billion or 2.7 

percent to $23.1 billion. 

Revised May Data 

 Revised seasonally adjusted May figures for all 

manufacturing industries were: new orders, $488.9 

billion (revised from $485.0 billion); shipments, $484.1 

billion (revised from $483.6 billion); unfilled orders, 

$1,008.0 billion (revised from $1,004.8 billion); and 

total inventories, $627.3 billion (revised from $627.8 

billion). 

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

semiconductor manufacturing. For data, call (301) 763-4673 or go to <http://www.census.gov/m3>. 

Revised and more detailed estimates, plus nondurable goods data, will be published on August 2, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. EDT. The 

advance report on durable goods for July is scheduled for release on August 26, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. EDT. See back page for survey 

description. To receive the latest updates on the Nation's key economic indicators, download the America's Economy app for 

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Table 1. Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments and New Orders 1

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted 

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Year to Date

Item Percent

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

2013 2 2013 r 2013 Jun 2 May r Apr 2013 2 2013 r 2012 2013 2012 2013/2012

DURABLE GOODS

 Total: 

 Shipments................................ 229,757 229,773 226,915 0.0 1.3 -0.6 244,143 237,029 239,742 1,367,926 1,334,628 2.5

 New Orders4

.............................. 244,494 234,581 223,003 4.2 5.2 3.6 256,113 235,070 231,237 1,368,210 1,319,487 3.7

 Excluding transportation:

 Shipments................................ 160,646 160,465 160,211 0.1 0.2 -0.4 169,292 164,862 169,820 960,684 954,661 0.6

 New Orders

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.............................. 157,420 157,369 155,774 0.0 1.0 1.8 163,067 160,974 157,287 945,375 929,400 1.7

 Excluding defense:

 Shipments................................ 217,464 217,701 215,110 -0.1 1.2 -0.3 230,467 225,061 225,943 1,296,311 1,262,581 2.7

 New Orders4

.............................. 230,302 223,629 213,124 3.0 4.9 2.6 239,438 227,318 212,079 1,305,313 1,243,042 5.0

 Manufacturing with unfilled orders:

 Shipments................................ 161,645 161,836 158,586 -0.1 2.0 -0.9 172,903 166,833 171,298 959,952 952,779 0.8

 New Orders.............................. 183,051 173,160 161,842 5.7 7.0 4.8 191,044 170,499 169,551 999,788 977,254 2.3

 Primary metals:

 Shipments................................ 24,915 24,379 24,698 2.2 -1.3 0.6 25,455 25,769 25,791 152,565 156,839 -2.7

 New Orders.............................. 25,405 25,466 25,307 -0.2 0.6 2.3 25,258 25,983 24,441 155,362 153,927 0.9

 Fabricated metal products:

 Shipments................................ 28,943 29,009 29,090 -0.2 -0.3 2.2 29,942 30,274 29,893 172,754 171,738 0.6

 New Orders.............................. 29,617 29,593 29,712 0.1 -0.4 1.2 29,167 30,543 29,043 183,320 178,360 2.8

 Machinery:

 Shipments................................ 34,217 34,624 34,255 -1.2 1.1 -2.3 35,973 35,726 36,723 206,825 199,111 3.9

 New Orders.............................. 35,392 34,572 34,396 2.4 0.5 1.2 36,296 35,550 33,884 211,318 202,351 4.4

 Computers and electronic products4

:

 Shipments................................ 27,471 27,259 27,569 0.8 -1.1 -3.1 30,106 25,696 31,018 161,473 168,395 -4.1

 New Orders.............................. 21,661 22,239 21,541 -2.6 3.2 4.6 24,474 20,890 23,909 125,992 134,144 -6.1

 Computers and related products:

 Shipments................................ 2,283 2,307 2,336 -1.0 -1.2 -5.9 3,076 1,920 3,536 13,097 14,506 -9.7

 New Orders.............................. 2,265 2,313 2,362 -2.1 -2.1 -3.7 3,058 1,926 3,457 13,316 14,432 -7.7

 Communications equipment:

 Shipments................................ 4,049 4,117 3,960 -1.7 4.0 0.6 4,663 3,957 4,365 23,300 22,116 5.4

 New Orders.............................. 4,620 5,233 4,543 -11.7 15.2 11.9 5,202 4,950 4,462 26,506 24,229 9.4

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components: 

 Shipments................................ 10,300 10,405 10,195 -1.0 2.1 -0.8 10,972 10,763 11,079 61,617 62,129 -0.8

 New Orders.............................. 10,519 10,712 10,358 -1.8 3.4 0.1 11,079 11,225 10,802 63,084 63,198 -0.2

 Transportation equipment: 

 Shipments................................ 69,111 69,308 66,704 -0.3 3.9 -1.0 74,851 72,167 69,922 407,242 379,967 7.2

 New Orders.............................. 87,074 77,212 67,229 12.8 14.8 8.0 93,046 74,096 73,950 422,835 390,087 8.4

 Motor vehicles and parts:

 Shipments................................ 45,161 44,564 45,158 1.3 -1.3 2.3 47,144 47,696 44,392 271,218 248,596 9.1

 New Orders.............................. 45,340 44,758 45,127 1.3 -0.8 2.3 47,018 47,579 43,925 271,167 247,597 9.5

 Nondefense aircraft and parts:

 Shipments................................ 11,840 12,637 9,709 -6.3 30.2 -10.0 14,062 12,260 11,737 64,190 59,475 7.9

 New Orders.............................. 27,267 20,750 12,346 31.4 68.1 18.4 28,908 17,148 11,172 89,040 68,689 29.6

 Defense aircraft and parts:

 Shipments................................ 4,627 4,669 4,618 -0.9 1.1 -9.5 5,483 4,550 5,587 27,738 28,418 -2.4

 New Orders.............................. 5,107 4,303 4,106 18.7 4.8 42.8 5,967 2,926 6,047 21,627 29,777 -27.4

 All other durable goods: 

 Shipments................................ 34,800 34,789 34,404 0.0 1.1 0.8 36,844 36,634 35,316 205,450 196,449 4.6

 New Orders.............................. 34,826 34,787 34,460 0.1 0.9 1.3 36,793 36,783 35,208 206,299 197,420 4.5

 Capital goods3

:

 Shipments................................ 84,187 85,510 80,950 -1.5 5.6 -3.8 91,246 86,013 90,085 494,076 486,245 1.6

 New Orders.............................. 103,596 95,064 83,807 9.0 13.4 5.4 109,823 89,570 91,781 529,888 510,092 3.9

 Nondefense capital goods:

 Shipments................................ 74,253 75,770 71,394 -2.0 6.1 -3.5 80,496 76,246 79,250 436,024 428,599 1.7

 New Orders.............................. 91,601 86,190 76,374 6.3 12.9 3.5 95,910 83,084 75,983 478,773 448,530 6.7

 Excluding aircraft:

 Shipments........................... 65,822 66,399 65,164 -0.9 1.9 -2.1 70,693 66,918 71,476 392,515 389,045 0.9

 New Orders.......................... 69,526 69,013 67,531 0.7 2.2 1.2 72,733 68,875 68,555 412,222 400,873 2.8

 Defense capital goods:

 Shipments................................ 9,934 9,740 9,556 2.0 1.9 -5.7 10,750 9,767 10,835 58,052 57,646 0.7

 New Orders.............................. 11,995 8,874 7,433 35.2 19.4 29.9 13,913 6,486 15,798 51,115 61,562 -17.0

r

 Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment.

1

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

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

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

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

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

methodology, and data limitations, see http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3.

3

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

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

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

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

medical equipment and supplies.

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

4 Estimates of shipments for the semiconductor industry are no longer shown separately. 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. 
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Table 2. Durable Goods Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders and Total Inventories 1

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted 

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Percent

Item Change

Jun May Apr May - Apr - Mar - Jun May Jun 2013/

2013 2 2013 r 2013 Jun2 May r Apr 2013 2 2013 r 2012 2012

DURABLE GOODS

 Total: 

 Unfilled Orders4......................... 1,029,358 1,007,952 996,628 2.1 1.1 0.3 1,030,700 1,012,559 979,449 5.2

 Total Inventories....................... 377,959 377,274 377,362 0.2 0.0 0.2 375,897 380,508 365,689 2.8

 Excluding transportation:

 Unfilled Orders4

......................... 391,935 388,492 385,072 0.9 0.9 0.7 395,578 395,632 391,524 1.0

 Total Inventories....................... 261,397 261,340 261,286 0.0 0.0 -0.2 260,343 263,607 259,846 0.2

 Excluding defense:

 Unfilled Orders4........................... 828,846 809,339 796,895 2.4 1.6 0.7 829,064 813,922 775,896 6.9

 Total Inventories....................... 349,587 349,330 349,479 0.1 0.0 0.2 347,705 352,490 339,710 2.4

 Manufacturing with unfilled orders:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 1,029,358 1,007,952 996,628 2.1 1.1 0.3 1,030,700 1,012,559 979,449 5.2

 Total Inventories....................... 308,939 308,251 308,347 0.2 0.0 0.3 307,673 311,220 298,085 3.2

 Primary metals:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 35,036 34,546 33,459 1.4 3.2 1.9 34,924 35,121 35,045 -0.3

 Total Inventories....................... 34,836 34,816 35,002 0.1 -0.5 -1.6 34,962 35,045 36,582 -4.4

 Fabricated metal products:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 87,423 86,749 86,165 0.8 0.7 0.7 89,518 90,293 80,225 11.6

 Total Inventories....................... 47,098 47,119 47,251 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 47,282 47,628 47,326 -0.1

 Machinery: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 105,666 104,491 104,543 1.1 0.0 0.1 106,283 105,960 117,686 -9.7

 Total Inventories....................... 65,880 66,160 66,292 -0.4 -0.2 0.3 65,252 67,003 65,464 -0.3

 Computers and electronic products4

:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 134,316 133,457 131,961 0.6 1.1 0.9 134,733 134,194 128,780 4.6

 Total Inventories....................... 46,803 46,530 46,111 0.6 0.9 0.5 46,176 46,757 45,157 2.3

 Computers and related products:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 3,446 3,464 3,458 -0.5 0.2 0.8 3,446 3,464 2,669 29.1

 Total Inventories....................... 4,631 4,596 4,373 0.8 5.1 5.1 4,456 4,738 4,212 5.8

 Communications equipment:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 33,573 33,002 31,886 1.7 3.5 1.9 33,636 33,097 28,652 17.4

 Total Inventories....................... 7,466 7,437 7,476 0.4 -0.5 -2.4 7,327 7,374 7,610 -3.7

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 22,233 22,014 21,707 1.0 1.4 0.8 22,441 22,334 22,102 1.5

 Total Inventories....................... 16,588 16,586 16,649 0.0 -0.4 -1.4 16,596 16,860 16,357 1.5

 Transportation equipment: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 637,423 619,460 611,556 2.9 1.3 0.1 635,122 616,927 587,925 8.0

 Total Inventories....................... 116,562 115,934 116,076 0.5 -0.1 1.1 115,554 116,901 105,843 9.2

 Motor vehicles and parts:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 16,989 16,810 16,616 1.1 1.2 -0.2 16,734 16,860 16,878 -0.9

 Total Inventories....................... 25,136 25,134 25,205 0.0 -0.3 0.1 24,423 25,121 24,645 -0.9

 Nondefense Aircraft and parts:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 458,918 443,491 435,378 3.5 1.9 0.6 456,206 441,360 406,522 12.2

 Total Inventories....................... 62,805 62,407 62,422 0.6 0.0 2.0 62,840 63,428 54,570 15.2

 Defense Aircraft and parts: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 66,474 65,994 66,360 0.7 -0.6 -0.8 66,248 65,764 66,881 -0.9

 Total Inventories....................... 13,692 13,880 13,705 -1.4 1.3 -0.6 13,647 13,917 12,803 6.6

 All other durable goods: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 7,261 7,235 7,237 0.4 0.0 0.8 7,679 7,730 7,686 -0.1

 Total Inventories....................... 50,192 50,129 49,981 0.1 0.3 0.0 50,075 50,314 48,960 2.3

 Capital goods3

:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 775,431 756,022 746,468 2.6 1.3 0.4 777,026 758,449 729,790 6.5

 Total Inventories....................... 194,163 193,469 193,456 0.4 0.0 0.6 193,296 195,560 183,259 5.5

 Nondefense capital goods:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 605,689 588,341 577,921 2.9 1.8 0.9 606,020 590,606 557,417 8.7

 Total Inventories....................... 171,015 170,924 171,045 0.1 -0.1 0.5 170,283 172,978 162,426 4.8

 Excluding aircraft: 

 Unfilled Orders.................... 224,746 221,042 218,428 1.7 1.2 1.1 227,546 225,506 221,883 2.6

 Total Inventories................... 119,598 119,777 119,841 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 118,462 120,838 117,954 0.4

 Defense capital goods:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 169,742 167,681 168,547 1.2 -0.5 -1.2 171,006 167,843 172,373 -0.8

 Total Inventories....................... 23,148 22,545 22,411 2.7 0.6 1.3 23,013 22,582 20,833 10.5

See footnotes at end of Table 1 
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Survey Description 

This report is compiled from results of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, 

and Orders (M3) survey. This survey provides statistics on manufacturers' value of shipments, new 

orders (net of cancellations), end-of-month order backlog (unfilled orders), 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). The M3 includes approximately 4,300 reporting units. Units may be 

divisions of diversified large companies, large homogenous companies, or single-unit manufacturers in 89 

industry categories. Due to the small monthly sample, these 89 categories have been combined into 65 

publication levels. The survey methodology assumes that the month-to-month changes of the total 

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

movements of all establishments that make up the category. The current coverage levels in the survey 

show that reported data in the monthly survey represent approximately 60 percent of the shipments 

estimates at the total manufacturing level. Data published represent manufacturing in a calendar month. 

The data collection is based on a voluntary survey authorized by Title 13 of the United States Code. 

The data presented in this release are based on data obtained from a panel of 4,300 reporting units and 

provide an indication of the activity within the manufacturing sector. The results differ from what would 

be obtained from a complete enumeration of all manufacturing companies. In addition, a different panel 

of 4,300 companies would yield different results. The M3 panel is comprised of companies with $500 

million or more in shipments and a limited number of smaller companies. From a statistical perspective, 

the panel is not a probability sample; therefore, the sampling errors that are normally provided with 

sample surveys cannot be measured. Nonsampling errors are attributable to many sources. The use of 

company or divisional reports to estimate the monthly change for establishments is one source of 

nonsampling error. The use of primarily large companies to represent the month-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: http://www.census.gov/m3.