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FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 AM EST, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2019

MONTHLY FULL REPORT ON MANUFACTURERS’ SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS

SEPTEMBER 2019

Release Number: CB 19‐161 M3‐2 (19)‐09

November 4, 2019 — The U.S. Census Bureau announces the September full report on manufacturers’

shipments, inventories and orders:

MANUFACTURED GOODS – NEW ORDERS

SEPTEMBER 2019 $496.7 billion           ‐0.6%°

AUGUST 2019  

(revised) $499.6 billion            ‐0.1%°

Next release: December 5, 2019 Data adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes.

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

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

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders, November 4,

2019.

Summary

New orders for manufactured goods in September, down two consecutive months, decreased $2.9 billion

or 0.6 percent to $496.7 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today.  This followed a 0.1 percent

August decrease.  Shipments, down three consecutive months, decreased $1.1 billion or 0.2 percent to

$501.1 billion.  This followed a 0.3 percent August decrease.  Unfilled orders, down following two

consecutive monthly increases, decreased $0.1 billion or virtually unchanged to $1,163.3 billion.  This

followed a 0.1 percent August increase.  The unfilled orders‐to‐shipments ratio was 6.69, up from 6.68 in

August.  Inventories, up nine of the last ten months, increased $2.2 billion or 0.3 percent to $697.9 billion.  

This followed a 0.1 percent August decrease.  The inventories‐to‐shipments ratio was 1.39, unchanged

from August.

New Orders

New orders for manufactured durable goods in September, down following three consecutive monthly

increases, decreased $3.1 billion or 1.2 percent to $247.7 billion, down from the previously published 1.1

percent decrease.  This followed a 0.2 percent August increase.  Transportation equipment, also down

following three consecutive monthly increases, led the decrease, $2.4 billion or 2.8 percent to $84.3

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

% Change ‐2.2% ‐0.5% 0.2% 0.1% ‐1.0% 1.3% ‐1.2% ‐1.3% 0.5% 1.4% ‐0.1% ‐0.6%

‐4.0%

‐3.0%

‐2.0%

‐1.0%

0.0%

1.0%

2.0%

3.0%

4.0%

MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS 2018‐2019

Seasonally Adjusted,   Month‐To‐Month Percentage Change

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

November 4, 2019.
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billion.  New orders for manufactured nondurable goods increased $0.1 billion or 0.1 percent to $249.0

billion.

Shipments

Shipments of manufactured durable goods in September, down three consecutive months, decreased $1.2

billion or 0.5 percent to $252.1 billion, down from the previously published 0.4 percent decrease.  This

followed a 0.2 percent August decrease.  Transportation equipment, also down three consecutive months,

led the decrease, $1.2 billion or 1.3 percent to $84.4 billion.  Shipments of manufactured nondurable

goods, up two of the last three months, increased $0.1 billion or 0.1 percent to $249.0 billion.  This

followed a 0.4 percent August decrease.  Petroleum and coal products, also up two of the last three

months, drove the increase, $0.2 billion or 0.4 percent to $51.3 billion.

Unfilled Orders

Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in September, down following two consecutive monthly

increases, decreased $0.1 billion or virtually unchanged to $1,163.3 billion, unchanged from the previously

published decrease.  This followed a 0.1 percent August increase.  Fabricated metal products, down

following three consecutive monthly increases, drove the decrease, $0.2 billion or 0.2 percent to $86.9

billion.

Inventories

Inventories of manufactured durable goods in September, up fourteen of the last fifteen months,

increased $2.0 billion or 0.5 percent to $430.3 billion, unchanged from the previously published increase.  

This followed a 0.3 percent August increase.  Transportation equipment, also up fourteen of the last

fifteen months, drove the increase, $2.2 billion or 1.5 percent to $145.5 billion.  Inventories of

manufactured nondurable goods, up following five consecutive monthly decreases, increased $0.2 billion

or 0.1 percent to $267.6 billion.  This followed a 0.6 percent August decrease.  Chemical products, up

following two consecutive monthly decreases, drove the increase, $0.5 billion or 0.5 percent to $91.1

billion.  By stage of fabrication, September materials and supplies increased 0.1 percent in durable goods

and decreased 0.5 percent in nondurable goods.  Work in process increased 1.2 percent in durable goods

and 0.5 percent in nondurable goods.  Finished goods were virtually unchanged in durable goods and

increased 0.3 percent in nondurable goods.  

The Advance Report on durable goods for October is scheduled for release on November 27, 2019 at 8:30

a.m. EST and the Full Report on December 5, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. EST.  View the full schedule in the

Economic Briefing Room: <www.census.gov/economic‐indicators/>.  The full text and tables of this release

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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‐in‐

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

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

to‐month change for the Manufacturing Sector.  These reporting units may be divisions of diversified large

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

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

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

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

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

approximately 64 percent of the total value of shipments for manufacturing establishments in the 2012

Economic Census, and these companies include almost two‐thirds of the manufacturing companies with

$500 million or more in shipments in the 2012 Economic Census.  The companies for which shipments data

are currently reported in the M3 survey represent approximately 57 percent of the total value of

shipments for manufacturing establishments in the 2012 Economic Census.  Statistics based on the M3

panel differ from the results that would be obtained from a complete enumeration of all manufacturing

companies.  The M3 panel is not based on a probability sample; therefore, the sampling errors that are

normally provided with sample surveys cannot be measured.  Nonsampling errors are attributable to many

sources.  The use of company or divisional reports to estimate the monthly change for establishments is

one source of nonsampling error.  The use of primarily large companies to represent the month‐to‐month

movement of all companies is another potential source.  Any corrections will be published in the full

report.  Corrections received after the full report will be released in the next month’s advance report.  Any  
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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>.

2020 RELEASE DATES FOR THE M3 SURVEY

Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp‐content/uploads/2019/09/pfei_schedule_release_dates_2020.pdf

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NEW TIME SERIES

Beginning with the release of June 2018 data on July 26, 2018, historical estimates of the Monthly Advance

Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders are available on a seasonally adjusted basis

as well as a not seasonally adjusted basis at: <https://www.census.gov/econ/currentdata/>.   

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Table 1.  Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for Industry Groups

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[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

Sep. Aug. July Aug. ‐ July ‐ June ‐ Sep. Aug. July Sep. 2019/

2019p 2019r 2019 Sep. Aug. July 2019p 2019r 2019 2018 2019p 2018 2018

  All manufacturing industries.................. 501,115 502,177 503,617 ‐0.2 ‐0.3 ‐0.3 514,561 520,191 490,073 516,992 4,537,794 4,486,562 1.1

      Excluding transportation................... 416,711 416,619 417,110 0.0 ‐0.1 0.1 426,395 430,689 416,187 424,081 3,756,490 3,725,522 0.8

      Excluding defense.............................. 486,397 487,467 488,969 ‐0.2 ‐0.3 ‐0.2 498,515 505,703 477,313 501,929 4,407,634 4,368,094 0.9

      With unfilled orders............................ 173,799 174,192 174,193 ‐0.2 0.0 ‐1.7 181,567 180,056 164,291 184,838 1,588,961 1,565,587 1.5

  Durable goods industries......................... 252,124 253,325 253,792 ‐0.5 ‐0.2 ‐1.2 262,340 263,168 237,716 263,398 2,295,979 2,247,446 2.2

  Wood products....................................... 9,151 9,202 9,088 ‐0.6 1.3 ‐0.5 9,476 9,826 9,416 9,540 83,363 85,779 ‐2.8

  Nonmetallic mineral products.................... 11,562 11,443 11,403 1.0 0.4 0.2 12,081 12,676 12,161 11,106 102,585 98,570 4.1

  Primary metals....................................... 20,437 20,174 20,164 1.3 0.0 ‐1.2 20,322 21,017 19,714 21,297 188,803 193,372 ‐2.4

      Iron and steel mills............................ 10,194 10,103 10,108 0.9 0.0 ‐0.7 10,027 10,580 9,993 10,775 95,877 96,439 ‐0.6

      Aluminum and nonferrous metals.......... 8,782 8,602 8,565 2.1 0.4 ‐2.3 8,797 8,896 8,280 9,151 79,176 84,316 ‐6.1

      Ferrous metal foundries....................... 1,461 1,469 1,491 ‐0.5 ‐1.5 1.4 1,498 1,541 1,441 1,371 13,750 12,617 9.0

  Fabricated metal products....................... 33,717 33,676 33,441 0.1 0.7 ‐1.1 34,742 35,676 33,084 33,156 305,302 295,293 3.4

  Machinery............................................. 32,807 33,282 32,921 ‐1.4 1.1 ‐1.6 33,030 33,618 31,608 32,690 299,812 294,070 2.0

      Farm machinery................................. 2,556 2,548 2,467 0.3 3.3 ‐6.2 2,321 2,329 2,357 2,325 24,336 23,743 2.5

      Construction machinery..................... 2,943 3,134 2,926 ‐6.1 7.1 ‐7.1 2,855 3,107 2,742 2,861 27,376 26,571 3.0

      Mining, oil field, and

          gas field machinery.......................... 1,315 1,429 1,487 ‐8.0 ‐3.9 ‐3.5 1,371 1,427 1,449 1,568 12,841 13,591 ‐5.5

      Industrial machinery.......................... 3,005 2,982 2,795 0.8 6.7 ‐2.7 3,473 3,023 2,655 3,069 24,965 23,706 5.3

      Photographic equipment...................... 545 552 546 ‐1.3 1.1 ‐0.2 591 529 540 623 4,932 4,854 1.6

      Ventilation, heating, air‐conditioning,

          and refrigeration equipment............ 4,061 4,130 4,025 ‐1.7 2.6 ‐1.7 4,103 4,450 4,353 3,851 37,739 35,487 6.3

      Metalworking machinery..................... 2,590 2,625 2,689 ‐1.3 ‐2.4 3.5 2,666 2,621 2,494 2,595 23,244 24,151 ‐3.8

      Turbines, generators, and other

          power transmission equipment....... 4,403 4,327 4,390 1.8 ‐1.4 ‐0.9 4,283 4,522 4,202 4,364 39,499 37,714 4.7

      Material handling equipment............... 2,747 2,806 2,876 ‐2.1 ‐2.4 1.0 2,720 2,956 2,768 2,636 25,488 24,141 5.6

  Computers and electronic products

2

.......... 27,668 27,786 27,861 ‐0.4 ‐0.3 ‐0.3 30,829 27,785 26,182 29,984 246,351 236,343 4.2

      Computers........................................ 538 578 590 ‐6.9 ‐2.0 ‐1.2 661 623 552 996 5,485 7,070 ‐22.4

      Computer storage devices..................... 307 346 347 ‐11.3 ‐0.3 2.7 407 304 251 371 2,926 2,466 18.7

      Other peripheral equipment................ 818 791 756 3.4 4.6 ‐5.5 1,006 722 739 898 6,923 6,522 6.1

      Nondefense communications

          equipment.................................... 3,632 3,606 3,607 0.7 0.0 0.6 4,504 3,248 3,151 4,005 31,434 28,152 11.7

      Defense communications equipment.... 263 261 269 0.8 ‐3.0 ‐14.9 290 277 244 340 2,517 2,521 ‐0.2

      Audio and video equipment.................... 295 310 337 ‐4.8 ‐8.0 0.6 273 282 289 248 2,517 1,891 33.1

      Electronic components......................... 3,613 3,693 3,613 ‐2.2 2.2 ‐1.0 3,773 3,996 3,566 3,542 32,689 31,369 4.2

      Nondefense search and navigation

          equipment...................................... 1,482 1,568 1,570 ‐5.5 ‐0.1 0.4 1,665 1,552 1,407 1,682 14,006 13,609 2.9

      Defense search and navigation

          equipment..................................... 2,834 2,826 2,846 0.3 ‐0.7 1.1 3,118 2,798 2,602 2,982 25,004 24,283 3.0

      Electromedical, measuring,

          and control instruments................. 9,082 9,085 9,179 0.0 ‐1.0 0.5 10,235 8,935 8,627 10,423 81,661 81,182 0.6

  Electrical equipment, appliances,        

    and components................................... 11,770 11,676 11,788 0.8 ‐1.0 ‐0.3 12,513 12,251 11,462 12,101 105,111 101,444 3.6

      Electric lighting equipment..................... 1,063 1,049 1,059 1.3 ‐0.9 ‐0.4 1,086 1,098 1,044 1,048 9,369 9,413 ‐0.5

      Household appliances........................ 1,783 1,789 1,733 ‐0.3 3.2 0.9 1,929 1,876 1,604 1,855 15,527 15,238 1.9

      Electrical equipment............................ 3,151 3,096 3,207 1.8 ‐3.5 ‐0.4 3,460 3,253 3,041 3,386 28,549 28,212 1.2

      Batteries........................................... 947 921 917 2.8 0.4 ‐2.2 1,019 974 872 944 7,865 8,120 ‐3.1

  Transportation equipment........................ 84,404 85,558 86,507 ‐1.3 ‐1.1 ‐1.9 88,166 89,502 73,886 92,911 781,304 761,040 2.7

      Automobiles..................................... 8,231 8,519 8,821 ‐3.4 ‐3.4 ‐2.6 8,305 9,121 6,785 8,633 78,837 81,502 ‐3.3

      Light trucks and utility vehicles.............. 21,428 22,080 22,499 ‐3.0 ‐1.9 2.3 22,346 23,812 18,312 21,971 192,332 175,613 9.5

      Heavy duty trucks ............................. 2,927 2,894 2,927 1.1 ‐1.1 ‐2.5 2,970 2,994 2,988 2,760 27,644 24,407 13.3

      Motor vehicle bodies, parts,       

          and trailers.................................... 28,019 28,171 28,361 ‐0.5 ‐0.7 0.1 28,058 30,027 25,332 27,005 255,862 243,748 5.0

      Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 9,332 9,170 9,375 1.8 ‐2.2 ‐15.3 10,789 8,706 8,132 17,495 97,252 116,910 ‐16.8

      Defense aircraft and parts.................. 4,225 4,358 4,543 ‐3.1 ‐4.1 ‐0.6 4,815 4,360 3,904 5,380 40,105 39,690 1.0

      Ships and boats................................. 2,600 2,677 2,630 ‐2.9 1.8 ‐9.0 2,646 2,526 2,406 2,785 24,933 24,907 0.1

  Furniture and related products.................. 6,780 6,684 6,845 1.4 ‐2.4 ‐0.4 6,755 7,217 6,993 6,428 60,987 58,622 4.0

  Miscellaneous durable goods................. 13,828 13,844 13,774 ‐0.1 0.5 0.0 14,426 13,600 13,210 14,185 122,361 122,913 ‐0.4

  Nondurable goods industries..................... 248,991 248,852 249,825 0.1 ‐0.4 0.7 252,221 257,023 252,357 253,594 2,241,815 2,239,116 0.1

  Food products....................................... 68,022 68,098 67,977 ‐0.1 0.2 1.0 69,246 69,706 65,941 68,204 602,855 601,573 0.2

      Grain and oilseed milling....................... 7,423 7,454 7,375 ‐0.4 1.1 ‐1.8 7,264 7,722 7,238 7,488 66,387 69,915 ‐5.0

      Dairy products.................................. 9,449 9,484 9,544 ‐0.4 ‐0.6 1.4 9,440 9,741 9,495 9,302 83,917 84,527 ‐0.7

      Meat, poultry, and seafood products... 19,330 19,335 19,248 0.0 0.5 0.8 19,372 19,966 18,977 19,261 174,273 174,669 ‐0.2

  Beverage and tobacco products................ 13,080 13,174 13,019 ‐0.7 1.2 3.5 13,455 13,657 13,196 13,040 114,353 113,267 1.0

      Beverages......................................... 8,790 8,670 8,684 1.4 ‐0.2 1.1 9,165 9,153 8,861 8,932 78,593 78,665 ‐0.1

      Tobacco............................................ 4,290 4,504 4,335 ‐4.8 3.9 8.8 4,290 4,504 4,335 4,108 35,760 34,602 3.3

  Textile mills........................................... 2,420 2,433 2,453 ‐0.5 ‐0.8 ‐1.2 2,436 2,602 2,443 2,526 22,475 22,808 ‐1.5

  Textile products................................... 2,263 2,267 2,280 ‐0.2 ‐0.6 0.6 2,238 2,384 2,321 2,297 20,751 20,575 0.9

  Apparel................................................ 946 946 950 0.0 ‐0.4 ‐3.0 992 1,051 979 1,017 8,370 8,443 ‐0.9

  Leather and allied products...................... 407 409 425 ‐0.5 ‐3.8 1.7 387 413 429 389 3,786 3,732 1.4

  Paper products...................................... 16,275 16,263 16,243 0.1 0.1 0.2 16,473 16,943 16,442 16,232 145,873 144,906 0.7

      Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills....... 6,579 6,565 6,581 0.2 ‐0.2 1.6 6,725 6,872 6,807 6,735 58,666 59,386 ‐1.2

      Paperboard containers........................ 5,732 5,741 5,703 ‐0.2 0.7 ‐0.5 5,817 6,039 5,707 5,597 51,534 50,282 2.5

  Printing................................................. 6,924 6,916 6,913 0.1 0.0 1.3 7,140 7,091 6,793 6,540 60,536 58,446 3.6

  Petroleum and coal products.................. 51,273 51,085 52,910 0.4 ‐3.4 1.6 52,275 54,321 56,778 58,599 478,259 497,034 ‐3.8

      Petroleum refineries.......................... 46,859 46,756 48,655 0.2 ‐3.9 1.9 47,319 49,142 51,834 54,035 438,613 460,207 ‐4.7

  Chemical products..................................... 67,597 67,437 66,837 0.2 0.9 ‐0.5 67,660 68,206 66,865 65,086 604,435 588,377 2.7

      Pesticides, fertilizers, and other

          agricultural chemicals....................... 2,655 2,559 2,487 3.8 2.9 ‐4.9 2,502 2,197 2,097 2,610 24,907 25,110 ‐0.8

      Pharmaceuticals and medicines............. 23,616 23,456 22,857 0.7 2.6 ‐0.8 23,988 23,476 22,693 21,737 204,319 189,244 8.0

      Paints, coatings, and adhesives.......... 3,868 3,876 3,875 ‐0.2 0.0 ‐0.5 3,776 4,144 4,096 3,666 35,922 35,209 2.0

  Plastics and rubber products.................. 19,784 19,824 19,818 ‐0.2 0.0 0.1 19,919 20,649 20,170 19,664 180,122 179,955 0.1

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, September Full Report, November 4, 2019.  Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at

<www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>.
Table 2.  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

Sep. Aug. July Aug. ‐ July ‐ June ‐ Sep. Aug. July Sep. 2019/

2019p 2019r 2019 Sep. Aug. July 2019p 2019r 2019 2018 2019p 2018 2018

All manufacturing industries2........................ 496,651 499,585 500,153 ‐0.6 ‐0.1 1.4 507,418 511,110 485,683 520,015 4,478,086 4,493,324 ‐0.3

      Excluding transportation2...................... 412,309 412,814 413,552 ‐0.1 ‐0.2 0.2 419,911 423,344 411,802 419,550 3,721,983 3,708,414 0.4

      Excluding defense2.............................. 480,269 483,182 486,449 ‐0.6 ‐0.7 1.0 487,052 496,948 475,654 494,628 4,346,665 4,359,188 ‐0.3

      With unfilled orders2

............................. 173,675 175,862 175,020 ‐1.2 0.5 3.0 178,825 175,547 164,243 192,018 1,566,577 1,607,336 ‐2.5

  Durable goods industries2......................... 247,660 250,733 250,328 ‐1.2 0.2 2.1 255,197 254,087 233,326 266,421 2,236,271 2,254,208 ‐0.8

  Primary metals........................................ 20,576 20,582 20,259 0.0 1.6 ‐0.8 19,591 20,790 19,876 20,757 188,536 195,981 ‐3.8

      Iron and steel mills.............................. 10,348 10,440 10,256 ‐0.9 1.8 0.3 9,501 10,508 10,257 10,300 95,688 98,557 ‐2.9

      Aluminum and nonferrous metals.......... 8,818 8,623 8,544 2.3 0.9 ‐2.1 8,705 8,688 8,207 9,076 79,174 84,599 ‐6.4

      Ferrous metal foundries....................... 1,410 1,519 1,459 ‐7.2 4.1 ‐0.7 1,385 1,594 1,412 1,381 13,674 12,825 6.6

  Fabricated metal products........................ 33,567 34,101 33,906 ‐1.6 0.6 ‐0.8 33,614 35,704 33,477 32,476 308,382 302,476 2.0

  Machinery............................................. 32,762 32,681 32,777 0.2 ‐0.3 ‐1.0 32,399 32,559 31,682 32,616 297,404 297,653 ‐0.1

      Construction machinery........................ 2,723 2,756 2,732 ‐1.2 0.9 ‐4.7 2,673 2,698 2,492 3,121 25,269 26,903 ‐6.1

      Mining, oil field, and

          gas field machinery.......................... 1,295 1,403 1,428 ‐7.7 ‐1.8 2.6 1,351 1,401 1,390 1,672 12,290 13,444 ‐8.6

      Industrial machinery............................ 3,008 2,934 2,726 2.5 7.6 2.3 3,417 2,942 2,593 3,022 24,589 23,766 3.5

      Photographic equipment....................... 569 536 460 6.2 16.5 ‐21.9 664 500 477 599 4,590 4,485 2.3

      Ventilation, heating, air‐conditioning,

          and refrigeration equipment............... 4,094 4,093 3,992 0.0 2.5 ‐1.6 4,028 4,199 4,250 3,878 38,343 36,369 5.4

      Metalworking machinery....................... 2,599 2,512 2,727 3.5 ‐7.9 6.5 2,556 2,458 2,577 2,468 22,581 24,106 ‐6.3

      Turbines, generators, and other        

          power transmission equipment........... 4,377 4,305 4,478 1.7 ‐3.9 0.4 4,257 4,500 4,290 4,229 39,400 37,341 5.5

      Material handling equipment.................. 2,699 2,764 2,880 ‐2.4 ‐4.0 ‐8.3 2,631 2,795 2,751 2,675 25,441 25,636 ‐0.8

  Computers and electronic products2........... 23,340 23,618 23,640 ‐1.2 ‐0.1 ‐0.2 27,017 22,033 21,337 26,946 209,847 204,590 2.6

      Computers........................................ 579 545 580 6.2 ‐6.0 3.0 702 590 542 1,044 5,435 7,295 ‐25.5

      Nondefense communications

          equipment...................................... 3,479 3,429 3,566 1.5 ‐3.8 ‐0.7 4,381 2,943 2,950 4,182 30,683 29,277 4.8

      Defense communications equipment....... 233 225 227 3.6 ‐0.9 ‐8.8 278 250 190 330 2,209 2,557 ‐13.6

      Electronic components......................... 3,761 3,791 3,621 ‐0.8 4.7 1.0 3,910 3,974 3,689 3,550 32,813 32,112 2.2

      Nondefense search and navigation

          equipment...................................... 1,658 1,716 1,611 ‐3.4 6.5 1.6 1,830 1,543 1,500 1,740 14,838 14,254 4.1

      Defense search and navigation

          equipment...................................... 2,850 2,929 2,899 ‐2.7 1.0 ‐5.3 3,360 2,616 2,327 3,283 26,343 24,184 8.9

      Electromedical, measuring,

          and control instruments..................... 8,896 9,076 9,240 ‐2.0 ‐1.8 1.3 10,374 8,333 8,448 10,960 81,295 81,741 ‐0.5

  Electrical equipment, appliances,        

    and components................................... 11,814 11,737 11,991 0.7 ‐2.1 0.2 12,277 12,253 11,543 11,670 106,080 101,798 4.2

      Electric lighting equipment..................... 1,124 1,116 1,123 0.7 ‐0.6 0.0 1,137 1,151 1,084 1,038 9,788 9,479 3.3

      Household appliances.......................... 1,782 1,816 1,767 ‐1.9 2.8 0.8 1,957 1,894 1,637 1,876 15,637 15,427 1.4

      Electrical equipment............................ 3,102 3,083 3,241 0.6 ‐4.9 0.0 3,225 3,203 3,116 3,145 28,660 27,882 2.8

  Transportation equipment........................ 84,342 86,771 86,601 ‐2.8 0.2 7.3 87,507 87,766 73,881 100,465 756,103 784,910 ‐3.7

      Motor vehicle bodies, parts,       

          and trailers..................................... 27,690 27,914 28,183 ‐0.8 ‐1.0 ‐0.3 27,584 30,207 24,830 27,174 254,632 244,061 4.3

      Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 7,987 9,059 10,936 ‐11.8 ‐17.2 52.2 6,646 7,027 11,421 14,484 75,121 123,739 ‐39.3

      Defense aircraft and parts.................... 5,735 5,404 3,539 6.1 52.7 34.7 7,202 3,652 2,544 12,259 40,313 46,326 ‐13.0

      Ships and boats.................................. 2,023 3,468 1,953 ‐41.7 77.6 86.9 2,152 3,187 416 3,735 24,166 27,896 ‐13.4

  Furniture and related products................... 6,693 6,756 6,879 ‐0.9 ‐1.8 ‐0.3 6,784 6,882 6,733 6,741 61,533 59,600 3.2

  Nondurable goods industries..................... 248,991 248,852 249,825 0.1 ‐0.4 0.7 252,221 257,023 252,357 253,594 2,241,815 2,239,116 0.1

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.      

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, September Full Report, November 4, 2019.  Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at

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

Sep. Aug. July Aug. ‐ July ‐ June ‐ Sep. Aug. July Sep. 2019/

2019p 2019r 2019 Sep. Aug. July 2019p 2019r 2019 2018 2018

All manufacturing industries2...................... 1,163,347 1,163,471 1,161,801 0.0 0.1 0.1 1,157,250 1,159,992 1,164,501 1,178,161 ‐1.8

      Excluding transportation2

...................... 368,820 368,882 368,425 0.0 0.1 0.2 365,874 367,957 370,730 364,452 0.4

      Excluding defense2............................. 962,835 964,623 964,646 ‐0.2 0.0 0.2 955,674 962,736 966,919 982,312 ‐2.7

  Durable goods industries2........................ 1,163,347 1,163,471 1,161,801 0.0 0.1 0.1 1,157,250 1,159,992 1,164,501 1,178,161 ‐1.8

  Primary metals........................................ 31,851 31,712 31,304 0.4 1.3 0.3 30,836 31,567 31,794 30,487 1.1

      Iron and steel mills............................... 16,623 16,469 16,132 0.9 2.1 0.9 16,080 16,606 16,678 16,336 ‐1.6

      Aluminum and nonferrous metals............. 11,789 11,753 11,732 0.3 0.2 ‐0.2 11,394 11,486 11,694 10,789 5.6

      Ferrous metal foundries........................ 3,439 3,490 3,440 ‐1.5 1.5 ‐0.9 3,362 3,475 3,422 3,362 0.0

  Fabricated metal products......................... 86,872 87,022 86,597 ‐0.2 0.5 0.5 86,644 87,772 87,744 84,557 2.5

  Machinery.............................................. 102,243 102,288 102,889 0.0 ‐0.6 ‐0.1 101,392 102,023 103,082 104,920 ‐3.4

      Construction machinery......................... 4,499 4,719 5,097 ‐4.7 ‐7.4 ‐3.7 4,254 4,436 4,845 6,330 ‐32.8

      Mining, oil field, and

          gas field machinery.......................... 3,655 3,675 3,701 ‐0.5 ‐0.7 ‐1.6 3,655 3,675 3,701 4,392 ‐16.8

      Industrial machinery............................. 7,799 7,796 7,844 0.0 ‐0.6 ‐0.9 7,730 7,786 7,867 8,526 ‐9.3

      Photographic equipment........................ 1,287 1,263 1,279 1.9 ‐1.3 ‐6.3 1,248 1,175 1,204 1,461 ‐14.6

      Ventilation, heating, air‐conditioning,

          and refrigeration equipment................ 8,017 7,984 8,021 0.4 ‐0.5 ‐0.4 7,713 7,788 8,039 6,993 10.3

      Metalworking machinery........................ 6,791 6,782 6,895 0.1 ‐1.6 0.6 6,675 6,785 6,948 7,720 ‐13.5

      Turbines, generators, and other        

          power transmission equipment............ 28,654 28,680 28,702 ‐0.1 ‐0.1 0.3 28,654 28,680 28,702 29,447 ‐2.7

      Material handling equipment................... 12,974 13,022 13,064 ‐0.4 ‐0.3 0.0 13,022 13,111 13,272 12,920 0.8

  Computers and electronic products2............. 118,477 118,465 118,371 0.0 0.1 0.1 117,863 117,274 118,454 115,704 1.9

      Computers......................................... 2,145 2,104 2,137 1.9 ‐1.5 ‐0.5 2,145 2,104 2,137 2,103 2.0

      Nondefense communications

          equipment...................................... 24,198 24,351 24,528 ‐0.6 ‐0.7 ‐0.2 24,007 24,130 24,435 24,754 ‐3.0

      Defense communications equipment........ 1,006 1,036 1,072 ‐2.9 ‐3.4 ‐3.8 1,027 1,039 1,066 1,466 ‐29.9

      Electronic components.......................... 13,041 12,893 12,795 1.1 0.8 0.1 12,920 12,783 12,805 12,565 2.8

      Nondefense search and navigation

          equipment....................................... 20,755 20,579 20,431 0.9 0.7 0.2 20,693 20,528 20,537 19,718 4.9

      Defense search and navigation

          equipment....................................... 29,447 29,431 29,328 0.1 0.4 0.2 29,405 29,163 29,345 27,106 8.5

      Electromedical, measuring,

          and control instruments...................... 27,885 28,071 28,080 ‐0.7 0.0 0.2 27,666 27,527 28,129 27,992 ‐1.2

  Electrical equipment, appliances,        

    and components.................................... 20,135 20,091 20,030 0.2 0.3 1.0 19,924 20,160 20,158 19,386 2.8

      Electric lighting equipment..................... 1,753 1,692 1,625 3.6 4.1 4.1 1,770 1,719 1,666 1,411 25.4

      Household appliances........................... 1,284 1,285 1,258 ‐0.1 2.1 2.8 1,325 1,297 1,279 1,373 ‐3.5

      Electrical equipment............................. 7,968 8,017 8,030 ‐0.6 ‐0.2 0.4 7,765 8,000 8,050 7,505 3.5

  Transportation equipment......................... 794,527 794,589 793,376 0.0 0.2 0.0 791,376 792,035 793,771 813,709 ‐2.7

      Motor vehicle bodies, parts,       

          and trailers...................................... 26,198 26,527 26,784 ‐1.2 ‐1.0 ‐0.7 25,962 26,436 26,256 26,820 ‐3.2

      Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 579,892 581,237 581,348 ‐0.2 0.0 0.3 576,057 580,200 581,879 599,939 ‐4.0

      Defense aircraft and parts..................... 82,402 80,892 79,846 1.9 1.3 ‐1.2 82,397 80,010 80,718 79,130 4.1

      Ships and boats.................................. 28,844 29,421 28,630 ‐2.0 2.8 ‐2.3 28,737 29,231 28,570 30,043 ‐4.3

  Furniture and related products................... 8,642 8,729 8,657 ‐1.0 0.8 0.4 8,615 8,586 8,921 8,857 ‐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, September Full Report, November 4, 2019.  Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at

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

Sep. Aug. July Aug. ‐ July ‐ June ‐ Sep. Aug. July Sep. 2019/

2019p 2019r 2019 Sep. Aug. July 2019p 2019r 2019 2018 2018

  All manufacturing industries...................... 697,876 695,671 696,204 0.3 ‐0.1 0.1 698,015 700,055 700,944 681,230 2.5

      Excluding transportation........................ 552,403 552,354 554,699 0.0 ‐0.4 ‐0.2 552,080 555,435 558,112 550,972 0.2

      Excluding defense............................. 669,499 667,556 667,811 0.3 0.0 0.1 669,607 671,888 672,446 654,324 2.3

      With unfilled orders............................. 351,089 349,208 348,200 0.5 0.3 0.3 351,241 352,576 351,348 334,437 5.0

  Durable goods industries........................ 430,324 428,293 427,196 0.5 0.3 0.4 430,039 432,002 430,599 410,520 4.8

  Wood products........................................ 12,092 12,136 12,113 ‐0.4 0.2 ‐0.5 11,883 11,992 11,914 12,115 ‐1.9

  Nonmetallic mineral products..................... 15,037 15,053 15,029 ‐0.1 0.2 0.5 14,851 14,999 15,096 14,552 2.1

  Primary metals......................................... 34,777 34,972 35,480 ‐0.6 ‐1.4 ‐0.8 34,857 35,270 35,902 35,887 ‐2.9

      Iron and steel mills............................... 18,850 19,138 19,715 ‐1.5 ‐2.9 ‐1.7 18,990 19,315 19,931 20,489 ‐7.3

      Aluminum and nonferrous metals............ 13,805 13,701 13,657 0.8 0.3 0.7 13,797 13,826 13,861 13,389 3.0

      Ferrous metal foundries........................ 2,122 2,133 2,108 ‐0.5 1.2 ‐2.6 2,070 2,129 2,110 2,009 3.0

  Fabricated metal products......................... 54,324 54,328 54,494 0.0 ‐0.3 ‐0.3 54,292 54,543 55,038 54,277 0.0

  Machinery.............................................. 72,158 72,242 72,390 ‐0.1 ‐0.2 0.4 72,239 72,960 72,618 69,777 3.5

      Farm machinery.................................. 4,246 4,190 4,294 1.3 ‐2.4 5.6 4,026 4,019 4,110 3,591 12.1

      Construction machinery......................... 5,921 5,980 5,947 ‐1.0 0.6 2.7 5,954 5,954 5,895 5,553 7.2

      Mining, oil field,   

          and gas field machinery.................... 5,456 5,451 5,483 0.1 ‐0.6 0.4 5,401 5,489 5,475 5,397 0.1

      Industrial machinery............................. 8,500 8,490 8,446 0.1 0.5 ‐0.3 8,815 8,703 8,428 9,007 ‐2.1

      Photographic equipment....................... 1,756 1,747 1,748 0.5 ‐0.1 ‐1.4 1,756 1,813 1,785 1,699 3.4

      Ventilation, heating, air‐conditioning,

          and refrigeration equipment............... 5,508 5,541 5,604 ‐0.6 ‐1.1 0.2 5,334 5,530 5,642 4,940 8.0

      Metalworking machinery........................ 6,102 6,156 6,147 ‐0.9 0.1 0.7 6,198 6,276 6,186 6,023 2.9

      Turbines, generators, and other

          power transmission equipment............ 9,527 9,585 9,580 ‐0.6 0.1 ‐1.0 9,498 9,782 9,737 9,611 ‐1.2

      Material handling equipment.................. 5,916 5,937 5,971 ‐0.4 ‐0.6 ‐1.6 6,086 6,086 6,097 5,983 1.7

  Computers and electronic products2

............ 43,582 43,406 43,300 0.4 0.2 ‐0.3 43,320 44,051 43,741 43,139 0.4

      Computers......................................... 1,636 1,592 1,586 2.8 0.4 0.4 1,686 1,637 1,629 1,540 9.5

      Computer storage devices.................... 1,179 1,156 1,132 2.0 2.1 2.5 1,115 1,188 1,174 986 13.1

      Other peripheral equipment................... 1,098 1,084 1,092 1.3 ‐0.7 ‐2.8 1,073 1,124 1,119 1,185 ‐9.5

      Nondefense communications

          equipment...................................... 4,883 4,865 4,854 0.4 0.2 0.4 4,782 4,994 4,852 4,641 3.0

      Defense communications equipment........ 712 723 723 ‐1.5 0.0 0.6 712 723 723 646 10.2

      Audio and video equipment.................... 658 657 647 0.2 1.5 ‐2.7 710 684 639 616 15.3

      Electronic components.......................... 7,188 7,234 7,280 ‐0.6 ‐0.6 ‐1.1 7,176 7,230 7,373 7,325 ‐2.0

      Nondefense search and navigation

          equipment...................................... 2,746 2,717 2,696 1.1 0.8 0.5 2,759 2,760 2,735 2,592 6.4

      Defense search and navigation

          equipment....................................... 2,553 2,549 2,527 0.2 0.9 ‐0.3 2,484 2,572 2,565 2,536 ‐2.1

      Electromedical, measuring        

          and control instruments...................... 15,689 15,588 15,550 0.6 0.2 ‐0.1 15,544 15,852 15,722 15,283 1.7

  Electrical equipment, appliances,        

    and components.................................... 20,265 20,285 20,342 ‐0.1 ‐0.3 0.2 19,972 20,589 20,726 18,937 5.5

      Electric lighting equipment..................... 2,277 2,277 2,254 0.0 1.0 0.3 2,271 2,300 2,300 2,238 1.5

      Household appliances........................... 2,889 2,912 2,936 ‐0.8 ‐0.8 ‐0.3 2,863 3,025 3,033 2,788 2.7

      Electrical equipment............................. 5,729 5,737 5,718 ‐0.1 0.3 ‐0.3 5,419 5,783 5,796 5,042 7.5

      Batteries............................................ 1,829 1,897 1,937 ‐3.6 ‐2.1 ‐1.2 1,899 2,009 2,030 1,902 ‐0.2

  Transportation equipment......................... 145,473 143,317 141,505 1.5 1.3 1.3 145,935 144,620 142,832 130,258 12.0

      Automobiles....................................... 5,129 4,980 4,926 3.0 1.1 2.7 5,272 5,038 5,012 4,184 26.0

      Light trucks and utility vehicles.............. 4,987 5,065 4,968 ‐1.5 2.0 1.3 5,043 5,212 5,214 4,630 8.9

      Heavy duty trucks ............................... 2,245 2,200 2,223 2.0 ‐1.0 2.9 2,161 2,236 2,321 2,120 1.9

      Motor vehicle bodies, parts,       

          and trailers...................................... 26,680 26,554 26,485 0.5 0.3 ‐0.1 26,623 26,668 26,783 25,652 3.8

      Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 76,742 75,170 73,346 2.1 2.5 1.7 76,974 75,848 73,654 66,119 16.4

      Defense aircraft and parts..................... 13,495 13,409 13,399 0.6 0.1 0.3 13,487 13,437 13,403 13,123 2.8

      Ships and boats.................................. 3,335 3,303 3,322 1.0 ‐0.6 2.6 3,454 3,323 3,402 3,001 15.1

  Furniture and related products.................... 8,064 8,047 7,993 0.2 0.7 ‐0.1 8,014 8,171 8,156 7,914 1.3

  Miscellaneous durable goods..................... 24,552 24,507 24,550 0.2 ‐0.2 0.0 24,676 24,807 24,576 23,664 4.3

  Nondurable goods industries...................... 267,552 267,378 269,008 0.1 ‐0.6 ‐0.2 267,976 268,053 270,345 270,710 ‐1.0

  Food products........................................ 54,509 54,347 54,399 0.3 ‐0.1 0.0 55,226 54,807 54,225 54,913 0.6

      Grain and oilseed milling........................ 5,399 5,397 5,398 0.0 0.0 3.4 5,227 5,258 5,237 5,127 2.0

      Dairy products.................................... 7,862 7,822 7,834 0.5 ‐0.2 0.2 7,913 7,968 8,096 7,667 3.2

      Meat, poultry, and seafood products....... 9,541 9,555 9,516 ‐0.1 0.4 0.7 9,626 9,789 9,715 9,396 2.4

  Beverage and tobacco products................ 25,031 25,137 25,267 ‐0.4 ‐0.5 0.2 24,861 24,318 24,430 24,391 1.9

      Beverages......................................... 20,604 20,693 20,779 ‐0.4 ‐0.4 0.4 20,592 20,204 20,267 19,998 3.0

      Tobacco............................................ 4,427 4,444 4,488 ‐0.4 ‐1.0 ‐0.8 4,269 4,114 4,163 4,393 ‐2.8

  Textile mills............................................ 3,360 3,365 3,375 ‐0.1 ‐0.3 1.1 3,353 3,370 3,387 3,261 2.8

  Textile products...................................... 3,506 3,489 3,554 0.5 ‐1.8 0.2 3,522 3,499 3,555 3,535 ‐0.4

  Apparel................................................. 1,913 1,919 1,923 ‐0.3 ‐0.2 ‐1.6 1,987 2,023 2,012 2,034 ‐2.3

  Leather and allied products....................... 776 775 770 0.1 0.6 ‐0.1 781 785 779 803 ‐2.7

  Paper products....................................... 16,306 16,333 16,273 ‐0.2 0.4 ‐0.5 16,331 16,397 16,359 16,101 1.4

      Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills........... 6,818 6,844 6,811 ‐0.4 0.5 ‐0.4 6,749 6,838 6,821 6,416 5.2

      Paperboard containers......................... 5,082 5,078 5,060 0.1 0.4 ‐0.8 5,134 5,103 5,081 5,159 ‐0.5

  Printing.................................................. 5,566 5,525 5,524 0.7 0.0 ‐0.4 5,626 5,558 5,511 5,577 0.9

  Petroleum and coal products..................... 38,594 38,908 40,001 ‐0.8 ‐2.7 ‐0.7 39,352 39,496 41,359 44,371 ‐11.3

      Petroleum refineries............................. 32,863 33,151 34,237 ‐0.9 ‐3.2 ‐0.9 33,681 33,681 35,518 38,503 ‐12.5

  Chemical products..................................... 91,125 90,639 90,725 0.5 ‐0.1 ‐0.3 90,145 90,905 91,528 88,867 1.4

      Pesticides, fertilizers, and other

          agricultural chemicals........................ 5,168 5,115 5,099 1.0 0.3 0.6 4,745 4,837 4,819 4,095 15.9

      Pharmaceuticals and medicines.............. 37,743 37,227 37,069 1.4 0.4 ‐0.3 37,337 37,301 37,493 36,070 3.5

      Paints, coatings, and adhesives.............. 3,887 3,866 3,860 0.5 0.2 ‐0.1 3,817 3,790 3,869 3,890 ‐1.9

  Plastics and rubber products..................... 26,866 26,941 27,197 ‐0.3 ‐0.9 ‐0.2 26,792 26,895 27,200 26,857 ‐0.2

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 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, September Full Report, November 4, 2019.  Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at

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

Sep. Aug. July Aug. ‐ July ‐ June ‐ Sep. Aug. July Sep. 2019/

2019p 2019r 2019 Sep. Aug. July 2019p 2019r 2019 2018 2019p 2018 2018

SHIPMENTS

  All manufacturing industries......................... 501,115 502,177 503,617 ‐0.2 ‐0.3 ‐0.3 514,561 520,191 490,073 516,992 4,537,794 4,486,562 1.1

    Construction materials and supplies....... 52,454 52,399 52,172 0.1 0.4 ‐0.6 54,128 56,926 54,575 52,114 475,657 465,730 2.1

    Information technology......................... 25,086 25,204 25,375 ‐0.5 ‐0.7 0.0 28,265 24,796 23,715 27,776 225,071 215,302 4.5

    Computers and related products........... 1,663 1,715 1,693 ‐3.0 1.3 ‐2.4 2,074 1,649 1,542 2,265 15,334 16,058 ‐4.5

    Motor vehicle and parts......................... 60,605 61,664 62,608 ‐1.7 ‐1.5 0.3 61,679 65,954 53,417 60,369 554,675 525,270 5.6

    Capital goods......................................      86,901 86,943 87,058 0.0 ‐0.1 ‐2.9 93,421 86,622 81,357 97,752 794,131 787,889 0.8

      Nondefense capital goods3.................. 74,165 74,302 74,492 ‐0.2 ‐0.3 ‐2.9 79,643 74,225 70,409 84,982 681,788 686,906 ‐0.7

        Excluding aircraft............................. 68,861 69,355 69,413 ‐0.7 ‐0.1 ‐0.7 72,896 69,536 66,200 71,717 622,979 607,215 2.6

      Defense capital goods4

........................ 12,736 12,641 12,566 0.8 0.6 ‐2.6 13,778 12,397 10,948 12,770 112,343 100,983 11.2

    Consumer goods.................................. 211,233 212,069 213,705 ‐0.4 ‐0.8 1.0 214,997 219,639 208,049 217,652 1,899,190 1,887,781 0.6

      Consumer durable goods..................... 43,486 44,474 45,110 ‐2.2 ‐1.4 0.7 44,748 46,852 37,950 44,522 394,387 379,245 4.0

      Consumer nondurable goods................ 167,747 167,595 168,595 0.1 ‐0.6 1.1 170,249 172,787 170,099 173,130 1,504,803 1,508,536 ‐0.2

  All manufacturing industries5

...................... 496,651 499,585 500,153 ‐0.6 ‐0.1 1.4 507,418 511,110 485,683 520,015 4,478,086 4,493,324 ‐0.3

    Construction materials and supplies....... 52,434 52,622 52,526 ‐0.4 0.2 ‐0.6 53,246 56,537 54,745 51,577 477,919 471,404 1.4

    Information technology......................... 25,007 25,164 25,422 ‐0.6 ‐1.0 ‐0.7 28,710 23,590 22,959 28,662 225,754 217,853 3.6

    Computers and related products........... 1,704 1,682 1,683 1.3 ‐0.1 ‐1.1 2,115 1,616 1,532 2,313 15,284 16,283 ‐6.1

    Motor vehicle and parts......................... 60,276 61,407 62,430 ‐1.8 ‐1.6 0.2 61,205 66,134 52,915 60,538 553,445 525,583 5.3

    Capital goods......................................      84,590 87,404 87,815 ‐3.2 ‐0.5 6.4 89,439 83,185 82,225 99,157 770,562 806,019 ‐4.4

      Nondefense capital goods3.................. 71,443 73,584 75,994 ‐2.9 ‐3.2 5.2 72,804 70,673 73,518 81,808 657,396 696,708 ‐5.6

        Excluding aircraft............................. 68,495 68,901 69,435 ‐0.6 ‐0.8 0.0 72,041 67,579 65,694 72,022 620,083 613,994 1.0

      Defense capital goods4........................ 13,147 13,820 11,821 ‐4.9 16.9 14.7 16,635 12,512 8,707 17,349 113,166 109,311 3.5

    Consumer goods.................................. 211,225 212,171 213,741 ‐0.4 ‐0.7 1.0 215,125 219,658 208,144 217,725 1,899,587 1,887,908 0.6

      Consumer durable goods..................... 43,478 44,576 45,146 ‐2.5 ‐1.3 0.4 44,876 46,871 38,045 44,595 394,784 379,372 4.1

      Consumer nondurable goods.............. 167,747 167,595 168,595 0.1 ‐0.6 1.1 170,249 172,787 170,099 173,130 1,504,803 1,508,536 ‐0.2

  All manufacturing industries5

...................... 1,163,347 1,163,471 1,161,801 0.0 0.1 0.1 1,157,250 1,159,992 1,164,501 1,178,161 (X) (X) ‐1.8

    Construction materials and supplies....... 60,515 60,535 60,312 0.0 0.4 0.6 60,067 60,949 61,338 58,245 (X) (X) 3.1

    Information technology......................... 115,853 115,932 115,972 ‐0.1 0.0 0.0 115,255 114,810 116,016 113,697 (X) (X) 1.4

    Computers and related products........... 2,145 2,104 2,137 1.9 ‐1.5 ‐0.5 2,145 2,104 2,137 2,103 (X) (X) 2.0

    Motor vehicle and parts......................... 26,198 26,527 26,784 ‐1.2 ‐1.0 ‐0.7 25,962 26,436 26,256 26,820 (X) (X) ‐3.2

    Capital goods......................................      847,799 850,110 849,649 ‐0.3 0.1 0.1 843,628 847,610 851,047 867,223 (X) (X) ‐2.7

      Nondefense capital goods3.................. 690,286 693,008 693,726 ‐0.4 ‐0.1 0.2 685,028 691,867 695,419 712,614 (X) (X) ‐3.9

        Excluding aircraft............................. 217,770 218,136 218,590 ‐0.2 ‐0.2 0.0 216,449 217,304 219,261 221,269 (X) (X) ‐2.2

      Defense capital goods4........................ 157,513 157,102 155,923 0.3 0.8 ‐0.5 158,600 155,743 155,628 154,609 (X) (X) 2.6

    Consumer goods.................................. 4,870 4,878 4,776 ‐0.2 2.1 0.8 4,883 4,755 4,736 4,938 (X) (X) ‐1.1

      Consumer durable goods..................... 4,870 4,878 4,776 ‐0.2 2.1 0.8 4,883 4,755 4,736 4,938 (X) (X) ‐1.1

  All manufacturing industries....................... 697,876 695,671 696,204 0.3 ‐0.1 0.1 698,015 700,055 700,944 681,230 (X) (X) 2.5

    Construction materials and supplies....... 73,117 73,264 73,412 ‐0.2 ‐0.2 ‐0.1 72,615 73,171 73,740 73,037 (X) (X) ‐0.6

    Information technology......................... 40,690 40,383 40,290 0.8 0.2 0.1 40,382 41,068 40,745 38,939 (X) (X) 3.7

    Computers and related products........... 3,913 3,832 3,810 2.1 0.6 0.1 3,874 3,949 3,922 3,711 (X) (X) 4.4

    Motor vehicle and parts......................... 39,041 38,799 38,602 0.6 0.5 0.6 39,099 39,154 39,330 36,586 (X) (X) 6.9

    Capital goods......................................      218,336 216,402 214,858 0.9 0.7 0.9 218,184 218,978 216,358 202,055 (X) (X) 8.0

      Nondefense capital goods3.................. 194,386 192,686 190,851 0.9 1.0 0.9 194,195 195,238 192,250 179,462 (X) (X) 8.2

        Excluding aircraft............................. 130,139 129,881 129,977 0.2 ‐0.1 0.3 129,848 131,617 131,127 125,491 (X) (X) 3.5

      Defense capital goods4

........................ 23,950 23,716 24,007 1.0 ‐1.2 1.3 23,989 23,740 24,108 22,593 (X) (X) 6.2

    Consumer goods.................................. 202,954 202,615 203,551 0.2 ‐0.5 ‐0.1 204,279 203,675 204,740 204,942 (X) (X) ‐0.3

      Consumer durable goods..................... 32,393 32,294 32,100 0.3 0.6 0.4 32,620 32,873 32,422 30,502 (X) (X) 6.9

      Consumer nondurable goods................ 170,561 170,321 171,451 0.1 ‐0.7 ‐0.2 171,659 170,802 172,318 174,440 (X) (X) ‐1.6

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 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 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, September Full Report, November 4, 2019.  Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at

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

Sep. Aug. July Aug. ‐ July ‐ June ‐ Sep. Aug. July Sep. 2019/

2019p 2019r 2019 Sep. Aug. July 2019p 2019r 2019 2018 2018

MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

  All manufacturing industries....................... 236,941 237,317 237,764 ‐0.2 ‐0.2 ‐0.2 237,459 238,247 239,269 236,467 0.4

    Durable goods industries.......................... 145,526 145,419 145,850 0.1 ‐0.3 0.1 146,261 146,525 146,920 144,142 1.5

      Wood products................................... 5,207 5,177 5,160 0.6 0.3 ‐0.6 5,239 5,192 5,055 5,135 2.0

      Nonmetallic mineral products................. 6,169 6,208 6,211 ‐0.6 0.0 0.4 6,160 6,213 6,232 5,947 3.6

      Primary metals.................................... 12,357 12,547 12,780 ‐1.5 ‐1.8 ‐2.0 12,528 12,709 12,923 13,199 ‐5.1

      Fabricated metal products..........................       20,360 20,326 20,379 0.2 ‐0.3 ‐0.5 20,588 20,488 20,609 20,926 ‐1.6

      Machinery.......................................... 29,167 29,265 29,430 ‐0.3 ‐0.6 0.8 29,311 29,511 29,587 28,209 3.9

      Computers and electronic products........ 19,344 19,354 19,313 ‐0.1 0.2 0.7 19,251 19,471 19,482 18,822 2.3

      Electrical equipment, appliances,

         and components............................... 8,487 8,527 8,560 ‐0.5 ‐0.4 0.3 8,358 8,612 8,661 8,049 3.8

      Transportation equipment..................... 32,562 32,180 32,163 1.2 0.1 0.5 32,942 32,315 32,386 32,034 2.8

      Furniture and related products............... 3,807 3,823 3,838 ‐0.4 ‐0.4 ‐1.2 3,776 3,861 3,901 3,876 ‐2.6

      Miscellaneous products......................... 8,066 8,012 8,016 0.7 0.0 ‐0.1 8,108 8,153 8,084 7,945 2.1

   Nondurable goods industries...................... 91,415 91,898 91,914 ‐0.5 0.0 ‐0.8 91,198 91,722 92,349 92,325 ‐1.2

      Food  products.................................... 18,466 18,307 18,046 0.9 1.4 ‐0.5 18,375 18,184 18,058 17,804 3.2

      Beverage and tobacco products........................ 5,895 5,935 5,994 ‐0.7 ‐1.0 ‐0.3 5,793 5,643 5,698 5,854 ‐1.0

      Textiles.............................................. 1,128 1,137 1,142 ‐0.8 ‐0.4 ‐0.3 1,121 1,147 1,149 1,142 ‐1.8

      Textile products................................... 1,352 1,354 1,356 ‐0.1 ‐0.1 ‐0.6 1,357 1,357 1,358 1,327 2.3

      Apparel............................................. 462 473 472 ‐2.3 0.2 ‐0.2 461 477 477 516 ‐10.7

      Leather and allied products.................... 272 277 275 ‐1.8 0.7 ‐0.4 274 280 281 274 0.0

      Paper products.................................... 8,070 8,090 8,015 ‐0.2 0.9 ‐1.6 8,108 8,116 8,019 8,245 ‐1.7

      Printing ............................................. 2,781 2,798 2,785 ‐0.6 0.5 ‐1.2 2,800 2,807 2,804 2,878 ‐2.7

      Petroleum and coal products................. 10,186 10,512 10,731 ‐3.1 ‐2.0 ‐4.0 10,256 10,368 11,021 12,281 ‐16.5

      Chemical products................................ 31,541 31,677 31,685 ‐0.4 0.0 0.0 31,316 31,913 32,032 30,582 2.4

      Plastics and rubber products.................. 11,262 11,338 11,413 ‐0.7 ‐0.7 ‐0.1 11,337 11,430 11,452 11,422 ‐0.7

WORK IN PROCESS

  All manufacturing industries....................... 217,526 215,293 214,932 1.0 0.2 0.5 216,413 216,343 216,533 208,046 4.0

    Durable goods industries.......................... 163,975 161,998 160,701 1.2 0.8 0.7 163,568 163,643 162,217 151,292 8.1

      Wood products................................... 2,133 2,223 2,226 ‐4.0 ‐0.1 0.1 2,103 2,201 2,196 2,241 ‐6.2

      Nonmetallic mineral products................. 1,563 1,560 1,577 0.2 ‐1.1 0.3 1,532 1,550 1,593 1,518 0.9

      Primary metals.................................... 10,006 10,076 10,305 ‐0.7 ‐2.2 ‐0.3 10,022 10,313 10,518 10,633 ‐5.7

      Fabricated metal products..........................       13,984 13,794 14,064 1.4 ‐1.9 0.1 14,040 13,832 14,235 14,014 0.2

      Machinery.......................................... 18,776 18,655 18,456 0.6 1.1 ‐1.1 18,838 19,099 18,583 18,730 0.6

      Computers and electronic products........ 12,115 12,048 12,140 0.6 ‐0.8 ‐0.8 11,860 12,144 12,321 12,503 ‐5.1

      Electrical equipment, appliances,

         and components............................... 4,295 4,274 4,291 0.5 ‐0.4 ‐0.7 4,209 4,335 4,384 3,982 5.7

      Transportation equipment..................... 95,836 94,072 92,407 1.9 1.8 1.5 95,694 94,802 93,137 82,476 16.0

      Furniture and related products............... 1,386 1,354 1,322 2.4 2.4 1.4 1,375 1,365 1,323 1,385 ‐0.7

      Miscellaneous products......................... 3,881 3,942 3,913 ‐1.5 0.7 ‐0.1 3,895 4,002 3,927 3,810 2.2

   Nondurable goods industries...................... 53,551 53,295 54,231 0.5 ‐1.7 ‐0.1 52,845 52,700 54,316 56,754 ‐6.9

      Food  products.................................... 5,782 5,802 5,754 ‐0.3 0.8 0.2 5,214 5,120 5,182 5,699 ‐8.5

      Beverage and tobacco products........................ 9,743 9,804 9,830 ‐0.6 ‐0.3 0.4 9,664 9,223 9,240 9,337 3.5

      Textiles.............................................. 720 722 727 ‐0.3 ‐0.7 0.4 726 723 733 724 0.3

      Textile products................................... 423 420 421 0.7 ‐0.2 ‐0.2 431 420 421 443 ‐2.7

      Apparel............................................. 329 327 332 0.6 ‐1.5 0.0 340 348 352 354 ‐4.0

      Leather and allied products.................... 81 81 81 0.0 0.0 1.3 81 84 80 82 ‐1.2

      Paper products.................................... 1,402 1,402 1,408 0.0 ‐0.4 2.5 1,407 1,421 1,432 1,298 8.4

      Printing ............................................. 1,202 1,142 1,194 5.3 ‐4.4 ‐1.3 1,265 1,167 1,194 1,211 4.5

      Petroleum and coal products................. 12,003 11,789 12,182 1.8 ‐3.2 0.0 12,084 12,206 12,921 14,565 ‐17.0

      Chemical products................................ 18,799 18,687 19,154 0.6 ‐2.4 ‐0.8 18,575 18,878 19,620 19,855 ‐6.4

      Plastics and rubber products.................. 3,067 3,119 3,148 ‐1.7 ‐0.9 1.0 3,058 3,110 3,141 3,186 ‐4.0

FINISHED GOODS

  All manufacturing industries....................... 243,409 243,061 243,508 0.1 ‐0.2 0.2 244,143 245,465 245,142 236,717 3.1

    Durable goods industries.......................... 120,823 120,876 120,645 0.0 0.2 0.3 120,210 121,834 121,462 115,086 4.5

      Wood products................................... 4,752 4,736 4,727 0.3 0.2 ‐0.6 4,541 4,599 4,663 4,739 ‐4.2

      Nonmetallic mineral products................. 7,305 7,285 7,241 0.3 0.6 0.6 7,159 7,236 7,271 7,087 1.0

      Primary metals.................................... 12,414 12,349 12,395 0.5 ‐0.4 0.0 12,307 12,248 12,461 12,055 2.1

      Fabricated metal products..........................       19,980 20,208 20,051 ‐1.1 0.8 ‐0.2 19,664 20,223 20,194 19,337 1.7

      Machinery.......................................... 24,215 24,322 24,504 ‐0.4 ‐0.7 0.9 24,090 24,350 24,448 22,838 5.5

      Computers and electronic products........ 12,123 12,004 11,847 1.0 1.3 ‐1.4 12,209 12,436 11,938 11,814 3.3

      Electrical equipment, appliances,

         and components............................... 7,483 7,484 7,491 0.0 ‐0.1 0.6 7,405 7,642 7,681 6,906 7.2

      Transportation equipment..................... 17,075 17,065 16,935 0.1 0.8 1.6 17,299 17,503 17,309 15,748 9.8

      Furniture and related products............... 2,871 2,870 2,833 0.0 1.3 0.6 2,863 2,945 2,932 2,653 7.9

      Miscellaneous products......................... 12,605 12,553 12,621 0.4 ‐0.5 0.1 12,673 12,652 12,565 11,909 6.4

   Nondurable goods industries...................... 122,586 122,185 122,863 0.3 ‐0.6 0.1 123,933 123,631 123,680 121,631 1.9

      Food  products.................................... 30,261 30,238 30,599 0.1 ‐1.2 0.3 31,637 31,503 30,985 31,410 0.7

      Beverage and tobacco products........................ 9,393 9,398 9,443 ‐0.1 ‐0.5 0.2 9,404 9,452 9,492 9,200 2.2

      Textiles.............................................. 1,512 1,506 1,506 0.4 0.0 2.5 1,506 1,500 1,505 1,395 8.0

      Textile products................................... 1,731 1,715 1,777 0.9 ‐3.5 0.9 1,734 1,722 1,776 1,765 ‐1.8

      Apparel............................................. 1,122 1,119 1,119 0.3 0.0 ‐2.7 1,186 1,198 1,183 1,164 1.9

      Leather and allied products.................... 423 417 414 1.4 0.7 ‐0.2 426 421 418 447 ‐4.7

      Paper products.................................... 6,834 6,841 6,850 ‐0.1 ‐0.1 0.2 6,816 6,860 6,908 6,558 3.9

      Printing ............................................. 1,583 1,585 1,545 ‐0.1 2.6 1.7 1,561 1,584 1,513 1,488 4.9

      Petroleum and coal products................. 16,405 16,607 17,088 ‐1.2 ‐2.8 1.0 17,012 16,922 17,417 17,525 ‐2.9

      Chemical products................................ 40,785 40,275 39,886 1.3 1.0 ‐0.3 40,254 40,114 39,876 38,430 4.7

      Plastics and rubber products.................. 12,537 12,484 12,636 0.4 ‐1.2 ‐0.7 12,397 12,355 12,607 12,249 1.2

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.     

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, September Full Report, November 4, 2019.  Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at

<www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>.
Table 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 Sep Aug Jul Jun Sep Aug Jul Jun

2019p 2019r 2019 2019 2019p 2019r 2019 2019

All manufacturing industries3

.................................... 1.39 1.39 1.38 1.38 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Durable goods industries3

........................................ 1.71 1.69 1.68 1.66 6.69 6.68 6.67 6.55

  Wood products........................................................... 1.32 1.32 1.33 1.33 (X) (X) (X) (X)

  Nonmetallic mineral products............................. 1.30 1.32 1.32 1.31 (X) (X) (X) (X)

  Primary metals............................................................ 1.70 1.73 1.76 1.75 1.56 1.57 1.55 1.53

  Fabricated metal products...................................... 1.61 1.61 1.63 1.62 2.65 2.66 2.66 2.62

  Machinery..................................................................... 2.20 2.17 2.20 2.16 3.46 3.41 3.46 3.42

  Computers and electronic products3

................... 1.58 1.56 1.55 1.55 5.52 5.48 5.46 5.46

  Electrical equipment, appliances,

      and components.................................................... 1.72 1.74 1.73 1.72 1.86 1.87 1.84 1.82

  Transportation equipment..................................... 1.72 1.68 1.64 1.58 15.33 15.26 15.18 14.65

  Furniture and related products............................ 1.19 1.20 1.17 1.16 1.41 1.45 1.41 1.39

  Miscellaneous products.......................................... 1.78 1.77 1.78 1.78 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Nondurable goods industries................................... 1.07 1.07 1.08 1.09 (X) (X) (X) (X)

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

  Beverage and tobacco products........................... 1.91 1.91 1.94 2.01 (X) (X) (X) (X)

  Textiles.......................................................................... 1.39 1.38 1.38 1.35 (X) (X) (X) (X)

  Textile products......................................................... 1.55 1.54 1.56 1.57 (X) (X) (X) (X)

  Apparel........................................................................ 2.02 2.03 2.02 2.00 (X) (X) (X) (X)

  Leather and allied products................................ 1.91 1.89 1.81 1.84 (X) (X) (X) (X)

  Paper products.......................................................... 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.01 (X) (X) (X) (X)

  Printing........................................................................ 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.81 (X) (X) (X) (X)

  Petroleum and coal products............................... 0.75 0.76 0.76 0.77 (X) (X) (X) (X)

  Chemical products................................................... 1.35 1.34 1.36 1.35 (X) (X) (X) (X)

  Plastics and rubber products................................ 1.36 1.36 1.37 1.38 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Sep3 Sep3 Sep3 Sep3

Industry 2018‐ 2018‐ 2018‐ 2018‐

Sep2 Aug Sep2 Aug Sep2 Aug Sep2 Aug

2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019

          

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

Durable goods industries....................... ‐0.1 0.3 ‐0.1 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1

  Wood products............................................ (X) 0.3 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

  Nonmetallic mineral products.............. (X) 0.3 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.1

  Primary metals............................................. ‐0.2 0.4 ‐0.3 0.7 ‐0.2 0.3 ‐0.1 0.3

  Fabricated metal products.................... ‐0.1 0.3 ‐0.1 0.7 ‐0.1 0.2 ‐0.1 0.1

  Machinery...................................................... 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.1 ‐0.1 0.1

  Computers and electronic products..... 0.0 0.3 ‐0.3 0.5 ‐0.1 0.1 ‐0.1 0.1

  Electrical equipment, appliances,

      and components..................................... ‐0.1 0.2 ‐0.2 0.5 ‐0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3

  Transportation equipment.................... ‐0.1 0.4 ‐0.1 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1

  Furniture and related products............. (X) 0.5 (X) 0.4 (X) 0.6 (X) 0.3

  Miscellaneous products.......................... (X) 0.2 (X) 0.2 (X) 0.1 (X) 0.1

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

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

  Beverage and tobacco products............ (X) 0.4 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.1

  Textiles.......................................................... (X) 0.4 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

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

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

  Leather and allied products.................. (X) 0.8 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.4

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

  Printing.......................................................... (X) 0.3 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.3

  Petroleum and coal products............... (X) 0.5 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.4

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

  Plastics and rubber products................ (X) 0.3 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.1

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, September Full Report, November 4, 2019. Information on

data sources and methodology can be found on our website at <www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>.

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, September Full Report, November 4, 2019.

Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at

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

Table 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