Table 3. Value of Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders for Industry Groups

Millions of Dollars}

Seasonally Adjusted

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Percent Change Monthly Percent
Industey Change
Dec Oct Dec Nov Oct. Dec Dec
2002" Nov. 2002" 2002' 2002 2001 02:01
Al manufacturing industries! 477,626 O14 07 472,226] 469,239] 473,417] 501,958} 59
Excluding transportation! 229,583 03 1.2 226.058] 226,689] 229.471] 248,327 3.0
Excluding defense" 333,734 0.2 0.7 328,618] 330,190] 332.719] 361,260 8.0
Durable goods industries 477,626 o1 0.7 472,226] 469,238] 473,417} 901,958 59
Primary metals. 14,898 22 35 14.316] 14,32af 14,985] 16,103, wa
lon and steel mils, 8,268 3.5) at 7,730| 7/901 8.365 7.305 15
Aluminum and nonferrous metas 4451 0.5 37 41357| 41248) 4,442 5.782 24.6
Ferrous metal foundries, 2.179 25 02 2,169) 2.175) 2.178 2.416 102
Fabricated metal products. 37.871 13 wa 36,938] 37,783] 38,322] 39,8091 72
Machinery 94,836 06 16 43,825] 44.697] 45.475} 53.414 18.0
Construction machinery 2,116 34 16 2,085] 1914] 1894 2.143 27
Mining, oil field, and
‘995 field machinery 1,023 10.3) 08 1,023 1141 1,750 1,199 14.7
Industrial machinery. 8.000) 13 2.4 8.642 8,921 91156 8.959 1.0
Photographic equipment. 1,027 53 26 977 974 951 816 19.7
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,
and refrigeration equipment. 4,385) 02 4a 4,107 4,191 4,287 4,357 5.7
Metalworking machinery, 3.840} 05 0.4 3.674 3.788 3778 3.849 45
Turbines. generators, and other
power transmission equipment. 9.474 3.0) 45 9.567, 9.856] 10,304] 18,225) 47.8
Mateniat handling equipment 5.105 02 0.4 5,080 4.983] 5,364 5.3
Computers and electronic products 107.733 0.3 o7 107:278| 105,733 113,981 5
Elections: computers. 7.828 14.0 0.2 7,203 7.051 6.804 13.2
Nondetense communications
equmment 35.402 26 if 39,197] 45,787 39,688 13
Defenst: communications equipment 2.471 15 32 2.471 2435 2.505
. INA, INA INA) inal (NA INA)
nents, 14.234 O8 i) 13.972) 14,738 16,316 a
Nondefenge seutch and navigation
equnpment 4.128) 03 4,078 4.077 4.428 9
Detense search and navigation
equyment 30,402 0.0) 30.682] 29.192
Mew measuring,
‘and conttol insirumen 13.270 09 13,178] 13,053
Electrical euivment, appliances
‘and components, 14,468 18 oa} iai68] 14.315)
Blectic fighting egupment 1630 13 12 875 1,560
Household app! 967 182 32 952 a7
Electrical ecasgir 8.264 16 +8 8,149) 8.285
Transport 248,043 O83 14] 246,168] 242.550
Motor
and tenis 12,305 t 14 2of 12.180] 11.783
Nundetensee arsralt and parts 113,176 8 04 15] 11.980] 1218
Defense aircrate and parts 87.244 2 O58 05] 56,100] 54.843
Ships and buns 20.672 7 23 08] 20,996] 20,782
Furniture and reiguad proaucts 5.326 3 O48 0.7 5,080] 5,381

Preliminary * Revised

Aggregate estimates and perent changes exclude semiconductor industry data

NA Not avallabie

tonthly survey, the Census Bureau cannot currently produce monthly estimates of semiconductor shipments, orders, of inventories.

Due to the number of large semiconductor manufacturers choosing not to participate in this voluntary

Due to the number of large semiconductor manufacturers choosing not to participate in this voluntary monthly survey, the Census Bureau cannot currently produce monthly estimates of

amiconductar shipments, orders, or inventories.
ee note at end of Table 2 relating to survey error and revision.


10

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-in-process, and finished goods). The
M3 includes approximately 5,000 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 59 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
surves 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 5,000 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 5,000 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,

Additional survey documentation can be found en our
web site: http: www.census.gov m3

2003 Release Dates for M3 Survey

Survey Month

Advance 8:30

Preliminary 10:00

Jan 2003 2/27/03 TH 36/03 TH
Feb 2003 3/26/03 WE 4/2/03 WE
Mar 2003 4/03 TH

Apr 2003 5/28/03 WE 6/5/03 TH
May 2003 7/203 WE
Jun 2003 5/03 FR 8/4/03 MO
Jul 2003 (03 TU 9/4/03 TH

Aug 2003

9/25/03 TH

10/2/03 TH

Sep 2003

10/28/03 TU

11/5/03 WE

Oct 2003

11/26/03 WE

12/5/03 FR

Nov 2003

12/24/03 WE



Table 5. Value of Manufacturers’ Shipments, New Orders, Unfilled Orders, and Total Inventories for
Topical Series ’

[Millions of Dollars}

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted”
Monthly Percent Change Monthly Percent| Year to date
Industry Change|
Dec. | Nov. | Oct. |Nov.-]Oct.-|Sept.-] Dec. | Nov. | Oct. | Dec. | Dec
2002" | 2002’ | 2002 | Dec. | Nov. | Oct. | 2002" | 2002" | 2002 | 2001 | 02/01} 2002" 2001
SHIPMENTS,

All manufacturing industries” 320,957} 322,863] 326,339 06 Vat 1.2) 313,319] 318,953] 338,008] 310,005 1.1]3.855,754]3,897,730
Construction materials and supplies, 35,986] 36,111) 36,144 0.3 0.4 0.2] 31,885] 34,493] 38,252] 30,405 4.9) 429,181] 420,821
Information technology 25,842) 26,143) 26,371 1.2 0.9 O.4) 31,352] 25,914] 25,152] 33,594 6.7) 316,485] 346,013
Computers and related products. 6.421 6,675 7,105 3.8 6.1 5.3 8,569 6,270 6,664 9,282 a7 79,751 87,277
Motor vehicle and parts. 34,833] 36,540] 39,307 AT 7.0) 3.6] 29,260] 36,258] 43,938] 30,891 5.3] 451,013] 423,462
Capital goods . 61,501] 63,077] 63,667] -2.5] -0.9] 0.9} 68,767] 61,650] 61,709] 73,444] 6.4] 757,808] 802,429

Nondetense capital goods 55,221} 56,031} 57,057 14 18 1.2) 61,506) 54,281) 55,290] 65,466. 6.0) 679,540] 730,149
Excluding aircratt, 52,468] 53,154) 53,890 1.3 14 1.4] 57,750} 51,275) 52,711} 59,400 2.8] 640,828] 680,111
Gefense capital goods” 6,280 7,046 6,610 10.9 6.6 1.3 7,261 7,369 6.419 7.978) 9.0 78,268) 72,280
NsuMer yoous. 125,372] 123,720] 125,887 1.3 LL? 1.7) 121,291] 125,096] 133,304] 117,839 2.9]1,482,997] 1,488,780
Consumer durable goods. 33,085] 33,047] 34,361 O71 3.8 3.6] 30,102] 33,318] 37,610] 29,813 1.0] 402,126] 381,163
Consumer nondurable goods. 92,287) 90,673} 91,520 18 0.9 1.0] 91,189] 91,778} 95,694] 88,026 3.6]1,080,871]1,107,617
NEW ORDERS
‘ul manufacturing mdustnes’ 320,614] 319.427) 321,993 od O8 1.4/316,306] 314,775] 332,064] 309,678 2.1/3,826,022]3,856,759
ot tendls anti supplies. 35,759] 3A 949] 36.442 o5 4 O3) 31.279) 34,108] 38,004] 29,766 5.1] 428,506] 416,316
ni iogy (26.283) 25.637) 25.635 25 00 21) 33, 24,458] 34,002 2.9} 312,535] 332,379
ated products. 7,381 692 3 10.2 6.2 3.3 9, 6. 8.842 43) 80,650 86,697
Meter vehtcl: and parts: 34.851 14) 39 06d) St tome 3 6 43,456] 31.284 5.2] 461,000] 421,927
til goods 3 1 53,032 3 O.3) 734,030) 775.536
Nupaetense cap ats. 26 he 4 53,884 2.8) 2.11 656,296] 694.633
Suh) t 13 3c 5 52,776) 750% 2.0] 626,250) 659,443
1 its. 16.6 43 4.148] 19.640 14 77734 i: 3
a ts 143.417) 217 B96 2.7/1
da feels, o7 3 7. 29,8/0) og
ee deitend, 138 2 1 88.026 36]t
UNFILLED ORDERS

' . ; , by oo Mo
fu RDIL Te tn Saab a 0 3.9 1x 1x
Spates or io 132 ia al
fotor vena ‘ ei aap og o1 ix x)
pial Q 1 67 ay x
wre 3a D 10.1 txt

6 Pap 0 10.6 oxy ox)
wats 0 aap i O4 aXH Ki
Sumer uot oe} at 10.7 ox «xb
Sune sls. io as 1 10.7 a) i
TOTAL INVENTORIES
Ail cuiufactuney wneustres osf o2) ot 430,896] 433.471] 429.097 xt Xt
uctiun ate suppiiies. 833 ape 06 45.328] 45.256] 44.839 (xl ‘Xt
Fmatwn gechionngy 457 slo. 08 40,024] 39.665] 41.207 (Ki (kt
puters ars clated products, 013 2 z) 40 7.388| 6.961) 6.739 (XI it
tor vehecie: ant paris 673 Ss} Off 82 20.697| 21.023] 19.705 x ot
ata qocers 466] 12) oal o8 6 (x) ix
Tauneseier 027] 08 8 8. ~ (xi
Feviuaing ge] 0 28 3.687 ra oxi
Orfense » cls paso] 4 Oi} 05 8.516 Ki x)
ensumer gods 4a} o3f o1f o4 28,901 130,606] 122,112 0 (xi
Consumer durable gongs 702) 9.0) On) 04 26.706] 27.027] 24.708 1x) 0x
snsumer nondurable 4 7 oal dof 04 102:195] 103.579] 97,404 x) itd

* Preiiminary * Revised * Not Anpicable

' Topical series are regroupings of the separate industry categaries

* Shipments and new orders are the tutls thr te period and are adjusted for trading-day and calendar month variations.

* Nondefense capital goods industries include. small arms and ordnance; farm machinery and equipment; construction machinery; mining, oil, and gas field machinery,
inoustral machinery, vending, laundry, ani other machinery; photographic equipment; metalworking machinery; turbines and generators; other power transmission
equipment; pumps and compressors; material handling equipment; all ather 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 industries inciude: small arms and ordnance; communications equipment; aircraft: missiles, space vehicles, and parts; ships and boats,

and search and navigation equipment

* Aggregate estimates and percent changes exclude semiconductor industry data. Due to the number of large semiconductor manulacturers choosing not to participate in
this voluntary monthly survey, the Census Bureau cannot currently produce monthly estimates of semiconductor shipments, orders, or inventories.

See note at end of Table 2 relating to survey error and revision


Table 4. Value of Manufacturers’ Inventories for Industry Groups

{Millions of Dollars]

‘Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted
Monthly Percent Change Monthly Percent
Industry Change
Dec. Nov Oct. Now. et Sep. - Dec Nov Oct Dec. Dec
2002" 2002" 2002 Dee Nov. Oct 2002" 2002 2002 2001 02/01
{All manufacturing industries 430,241] 428,220] 429.074 0.5 02 0.1] 420,636] 430,896] 433,471] 429,097 2.0
Excluding transportation 357.454) 358,092] 358,176) 02 0.0 -0.1| 349,987] 359.650] 360,903] 356.885 18
Excluding defense’ 407,523| 406.378] 407.134 03 0.2 0.0] 398,521] 408,960] 411.279] 407.086) 20
With unfilled orders 215.971] 213,345] 213.786 1.2 0.2 0.1] 210.571] 214,791] 215,580] 220,024 43
urable yoods industries 265,030) 262,487] 263,040 1.0] 0.2 0.2] 258,021] 264,149] 265.068] 267.754 a6
Wood products 9,267 9,296] 9,299 0.3 0.0 0.2 9.193] 9,400 9,428 9,203 on
Nonmetallic mineral products 8.968) 8.938] 8,932| 03 ot 04 8,828 8.722 8,683 8,980 V7
Primary metals 18.722} 18.636] 18.476 05 0g oa] 18,994] 18,813] 18,592] 19,308] 16
Iron and steel mils. 10,947] 10.892) 10.733 05 15 03g 11,067] 10,869] 10.814 38
Aluminum and nonferrous metals 6,010 6.013 6.035 0.0 0.8 07 6.035 6.038 6.717 10.3
Ferrous metal foundries 1765 1,731 1,708 20 13 07 ivan) 1.684 uq77 19
Fabricated metal products 30,783} 30.864] 30,870 03 0.0 01 30.594] 30,660] 31,055) 2.0
Machinery. 44/891 44,472] 10 o1 0.8 48
Farm machinery 2.033 21042 2.2 24 15 15
Construction machinery, 3.618 3.854 51 1.0 08 7.2
Mining, oil field
and gas tield machinery 2.196 2,194 03 o4 18 40
industnal machinery 7.679 7.607 38 02 10 49
Photographic equipment 2.008 4926 7 03 08 38
Venoiatton. heating, at conditioning
and refrigeration equipment 4,293 4.168 i 17 18 39
Metaly-orking machinery 5,287 5.270 oF 03 02 37
Tuibnes, generators, and other
ower transmission equpmen 4.843 4662 1 24 a 12
Material han 2.470) 2,565 24 14 13 8.
1 and » 32.075 32430 im re) 02 85
3.245 3,03 o6 35 82 R2
4133 ' 52 52 v2 5
rivets Guat 27758 78 | 18 4
sJondefensee Gor tit ations
equipmen 32 os
ons sbens eyuipm: ; 14 3 a5
por 1.0! eguypment © 3.0
» . ! NA Na
otse weasel abe tev gate i “ . .
me $28 su07 3.335) 3 at i
Lethon, means
tramen is 4 ®

sottne gh
Md appa
tical equpment

worbo+se
reer ee

teries : 3a
: an equipment 38 ial
Autemubiles 35 0.6}
Light ucks and utility vehicies: 38 05
Henvy duty trucks 3.3 14
Motor vehicle bodies, parts,
id ails 0.8 07 o1
Nonuelense aurcrait and parts, 65 20 oy
se aircraft and parts a4 OF 40
S98 andl boats gg 15) 4
burtar ae and related produets 5 0.8 25
so uanmus dual uous 4 o1 o8
: 4s midusines 03 2 9
G 2 32 0.6] 3
out aaa aseue! 1 3 3 a0 4
ow y products 3 3 16 4 4
et pealtty, sou seafood product 6. 2 8 0.2 D1 2.0) :
ie tbaucy products 34.181 14139 14 6.3 1 14 1
3s $.292 9.103 9 21 16) 13 g.o14 34
Tena 4.889) 5,036 5. 29) 14 16) 5,587 78
Fete mills 4.873 41859 4 04 13 0.9) 5,400} 12.4
extde products, 4510 4.493 4 O4 1.0) 0.7 4275) O8
Apparel. 7.438] 7,434 7 6.0) 0.8 0.8 7.864 84
Lesither and alled products, 11989) 577 1 og) 03 46) 1,450] 53
Paper products. 14/446 14,527 14) 06) 02 0.6} 14.769 25
Puip, paper, and paperboard mills 6.172 6.208 6. 35) 05 0.5 6.659 72
Paperboard containers, 4146 4.157 4 03 02 22 4.082 16
Printing, 5.877) 5.971 5 1.6) 01 34 5.631 29
Peteoieum and coal products, 13.468] 13,024 13 34 19) 06] 11,060] 13.2
‘etrpleum relineries: 12.042 11,580) n 49 2.0 oF : : g711 15.7
Basic 49.324] 49,945 49, 42 o4 0.3 48.677 50.040] 49.633] 48.469 og
Pesticides, ferbiizers, and other
agricultural chemicals 2,388) 2,440) 2 24 27 88) 2,467 2,413 2,317 2,628 61
Pharmaceuticals and medicines 17.598 18,254 a 3.6 20) 0g) 17.27 18,529 18.150] 16.731 33
Paints, coatings, and adhesives. 2,932 2.948) 2 05) 0.4) 08) 2,820 2.861 2.906 2,784 13
Plastics and rubber products. 17,478 17,543) 17) 0.4) 0.0) 04) 17,304) 17,365 17,317 16,469 51
° Preliminary " Revised NA Not available.

"See [vatnote at end of Table 3
* See footnote at end of Table 3.
See note at end of Table 2 relating 10 survey error and revision.


Table 7. Ratios of Manufacturers’ Inventories to Shipments and Unfilled Orders

to Shipments, by Industry Group

{Based on Seasonally Adjusted data)

Inventory/Shipments ratio Unfilled Orders/Shipments ratio!
Industry Dec Now Oct Sep Dec Nov Oct Sep
2002" | 2002’ 2002 2002 2002* | 2002" 2002 2002
All manufacturing industries? 134f 1.93) 1.31] 1.33] oof pa] bode
Durable goods industries’. 1.56 1.51 1.49) 1.51 4.03) 3.94 3.92 3.97
Wood products. 1.29 1.24) 1.27) 1.30) (xX) (xX) {(X) (xX)
Nonmetallic mineral products. 1,06) 1.06) 1.06) 1.05) (xX) (x) (UX) (X}
Primary metals. 1.68) 1.67 1.62) 1.62) 1.34) 1,36 1,39 1.41
Fabricated metal products. 1.47) 1.47 1.45) 1.45) 1.89) 1.92 1.91 1.90
Machinery. 2.02 1.96) 1.95) 1.96) 2.23 2.19 2.22 2.22
Computers and electronic produc! 1.63) 1.63 1.61 1.63) 4.91 4.89 4.85 4.91
Electrical equipment, appliances,
and components. 1,39) 1.37 1.40) 1.43) 171 1.68 1.72 1.75
Transportation equipment 1,49; 1.37 1.32) 1.35) 8.15) 7.52 7.42 7.60
Furniture and related products. 1,23. 1,28) 1.26) 1.28) 1.06) 1.10) 7.09) 1.10
Miscellaneous products. 1.69: 71 1.74) 1.83] (xX) (xX) (xX) ix)
Nondurable goods industries 1,09 1.41 Vii 1.12 (Xt (xX) (xX) (X)
Food products. 0.84 0.8! 0.85) 0.86) (X} (Xx) (Xx) (xX)
Beverage and tobacco products 1.65 1.62 1.61 1.63) (X} (xX) (xX) (Xx)
Textiles. 1.39 1.35) 1.40) 1.44) (Xp (X) (UX) (Xx)
Textile products. rar} 14a] 146} 148 {XI ia) (Xx) xX)
Apparel. 1.50 1.52] 1.63) 1,60) {X} (X) (xX) (xX)
Leather and allied products. 2.39 217 2.20 2.00) (X} (Xx) ix} (Xx)
Paper products. 412) 1.14] 1.42 401 AX} (Xx) AX) OX)
Printing 0.73 OF: 0.74 072 {x} 1X) {X} 1X)
Petroleurn and coal products. 0.67 0.69 0.68) O71 iX} (IX) (Xx) ix)
Basic chemicals 1.38 1.39 1.39 1.38 AX} iX) 1X) 1X)
Plastics and rubber products. 146 116 1.16 1.18 (xX) AX} (X} ix)
Preluminaty Revised X Not Applicable
J industries with no unfilled orders: Wood products; nonmetallic mineral products
supplies; office supphes’ other miscellaneous manufactunng; cutlery and handtools;
hery, cOMputer Storage ad peripheral devices: audio and video equipment; manufacturing

Table 8. Re

pdaneuus furniture

{Based on Seasonally Adjusted data}

palteees: aut

It tucks and utility vehicles; heavy duty

isions to Previously Published Monthly Percent Changes

Shipments New Orders Inventories
Industry Dew | 2001 2001 2001 Dee*
De 1997, | Nev | des 997. | Nov Nov | Dec’ | 1997
2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 002 | 2001 | 2002 2002 | 2002 | 2001
All pianutaciuring wdustnes oxi] (NAL 02 Ai] 0.3 Op ANAM 0.2 oxi} (NAP Ot
Durabir goods :ndusties 0.5] (NA) 02 WAY 0.5] nf NA} 2) orf wai} 01
Wood products of (NA 0.5 INAH (NAY oxit ANA} NA} x} Na} o8
Nonmetatie mineral products oxi] (NA) 1.2 INAH INA) bot INA} INA) Oo} (NA 8
Primary metals 0.0] INA] 0.4 ‘NAP 7] OOP NAHP 0.3] OP (NAP
Fabricated metal products 0.0] (Nal 0.3 «NAY 10} Oa} WA} 4] Ot} NA} 08
Machinery -0.3] (NA) 0.4 (NAY 12] 0.1, iNA} af OOF (NAN 0.2
Computers and electronic products’, 0.7 INA} 0.7] INA} wd 0.3 (NA) 0.3) O4 (NA) 0.2
Electrical equipment, appliances,
and components -0.4) Nay 0.4] (NA) rol 0.2) wa} oe] 0.2) wal 0.2
Transportation equipment 0.6] (NA 9.6 (NA) v5} oof ina} O3f 0.1) NA} 0.3
Furniture and related products tx] (NAD 03 wail 0.8 x] NA] 0.6) oi} WA} 0.2
Miscellaneous products {xi} NA) O.4 INA} 1.3) (xi NAD 23 OP INA} 0.3
Nondurable goods industries of NA] 0.8 co} NAH] NAY oo} NAD} (WAY i} (NAP 0.2
Food products bo} (NA 0.8 (} (NA) (NAY (]  INA)} (NA) Od} INA] 0.3
Beverage and tobacco products bo} INAD 11 (] NA] INA) ix} Nay} val Co} (NA 0.2
Textiles OP NA 0.8 (X)} INAH] (NAY oa} INAI] CNA) (] (NAN 0.5
Textile products oof (wail 0.9 (X)} INA} (NA) Da} INA) (NA) (]} INA} 0.4
Apparel } INA 0.7 (x)} WAH] (NA) bal (NA)] (NA) i} INA 0.5)
Leather and allied products. bof (NAH 4.7 (x)} Ai} (Nay (x)} (NA)] (NA) (x)} (NA) ia
Paper products oat (NAD wt (x)} INA] (NA) (]} (NA)] (NA) i} WA 04
Printing mM! (NA 04 xy} WAI] (NA) ()} NAY} (Na) x] WA 03
Petroleum and coal products. oxi (NAD 1.0) (x)} VA} (NA) (X)} (NAI} (NA) (]} WA] 07
Basic chemicals. m{ (WA] 09 (x)} NAY] INA) Co} NAN} (wa) KM] Wa} 02
Plastics and rubber products. oo} INA} 0.3 (x) (NAN) (NA) (Xi) (NAM) (NA) xP NA 0.3

X Not Applicable

NA Not Available

* The current month revisions are the difference between the advance percent change and the percent change as shown in this publication
? Average revisions of the current month for the past five years.

* See footnote at end of Table 7

See note at end of Table 2 relating to survey error and revision

of the current month for the past five

years.

In Table 8, the second column for each item represents the average revisions

NOTE: The five year and 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.


Manufacturers’ Shipments, December
Inventories, and Orders 2002

M3-1(02)-12

For Wire Transmission 10:00 a.m. E.S.T., Februaty 4, 2003

Total Manufacturing Shipments
and Three Month Moving Average

420 Billions Of Dollars 420
400

380

320

Average

Tutai Manufacturing Inventories
and Three Month Moving Average

Billions Of Dowers

500 —— 500
480 480
460 460
440 440
420 tt 420

S = = =«- = =£= = © Rh A eR OR OW

o$ 2 F &@ 2 F $F$ F< F¢ F< F F< Fs

é @ &§ § 23 8 § @ @ 3 2? 8 &

—— Inventories ——_ Average

For data, call 301-763-4673. For inquiries, contact Dan Sansbury or Derrick Roy, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders Branch, Manufacturing and
Construction Divison (MCD), Washington, DC 20233-6900 or call 301-763-4832.

The advance report on durable goods for January is scheduled for February 27, 2003 at 8:30 a.m. and the full report on March 6, 2003 at 10:00 a.m.
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 20402

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ible 6. Value of Manufacturers’ Inventories, by Stage of Fabrication, by Industry Group

lions of Dollars}

Seasonally Adjusted

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Percent
Industry Change
Dec. Nov. Oct. Now. - Oct. - Sep. Dec. Nov, Oct. Dec. Dec.
2002 | 2002 2002 | Dee. Nov. Oct 2002” | 2002" 2002 2001 02/01
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
{manufacturing industries! 138.468] 139,407) 139,949) 07) 0.4) 0.1] 138,167] 140,045] 140,600] 144,699 45
Durable goods industries 83.255 83,486] 84,307) 0.3) 1.0) 0.2) 83,006 84,229) 84,861 88,726) 6.4
Wood product 3,399} 3,431 3,491 0.9) WW Vt 3,621 5.9
Nonmetailic mineral products. 3,238 3,222 3,258) 0.5) 1a 0.4 3,240 3.9
Primary metals. 6,201 6,159 6,205 o7 07 0.9) 6.479 On
Fabricated metal products. 10,670 10,762 10,839 0.9] 07 O4 10,668) 14
Machinery 14.724] 14,630] 14,806 06 12 olf 14.398 4
Computers and electronic products’ 15,059) 15,394 15,509) 2.2 0.7 0.8 14,766 15.1
Electrical equipment, appliances
and components. 4,383 4,442 4,434 1.3 02 V2 4,349 4,471 1G
Transportation equipment. 16,369 16,325 16,541 0.3 1.3 1.0] 16,397 16,611 3.3
Furniture and related products. 2,981 2,948) 2,929) 11 06 2.6] 2,975 2,920] 3.0
Miscellaneous products. 6,231 6,173 6,295 Og 1.9 V2 6,113 6,155 24
ondurable goods industries. 55.213] 55,921 55,642 1.3 0.5 0.0) 55,161 $5,816, 15
Food products. 10,133 9,966 9,959 Ww? 04 1.5 10,185 10,056 0.3
Beverage and tobacco products. 5,896) 6,049 6.010) 25 0.6 14 6.114 5,897; 08
Texties 1/420] 1431 1421 Oe 07 23 4,420 1421 6?
Textile products 1.489 1/501 1531 O8 20 Os 1440, 11486) 27
Apparel 1,651 1714 1706 37 as 07 Vest 1.678 738
Leather and allied products. 356 365) 363 2.5 0.6) 77 348) 360) 0.68
Paper products, 7.040) 7,040 7,096 0.9] 0.8 | 14 7,098 7,043 15
Pnating 2.444 21496 2/408 24 12 24 2/364) 21538) 27
Petroleum and coal products. 3.036 3,152 3,087 a7 21 03 2,850 3,113 5.6
Basic chemicals saga] 151373] tb.o7e 27 20 10, 14.915] 1S.4ai 25
Plastics and rubber products. 6.784 6834 5,925) 0.7 13] 0.6] 6,776 5.802 27
WORK IN.PROCESS
I manulactuniny industie: 128,652 126.851 18 03 os 128,457 25
rable gootsndustes sgaeo] 97.2 97.452 27 0.2 0.8 98,492 48
Need 208? 20 21061 Yo o8| oa 2,080] 33
Nonmetoiis minesal products 1.161 1 1147 10 03 26 e886 oS
Peimary metals 6.250 6 6198 oF is 0.2 3317 33
Fabricated metal products. 9. 3,759 o3 O58 oF 3.828 $1
Machinery tanial 13) 13.906 12 a3 27 ia? a7
Computers and electronic products sar) 7 17.367 ot in) no "7,702 26
Electhusl equipment. apphances.
and components. 2.834 2,758 2.758 28 0.0) 16 2.695 2.715; 2,757 2.955 3.8
Transpurtation equipment 41898] 38.207] 38.774 aa 14 oi} 40,570] 40,097] ao.a0] 43,002 7
Furniture and related products 1357 1435 1455 5a ia oA 1368 1421 1,438 1465 76
Miscellaneous prouucts. 2,987 2,998 3.026 o4 0.9) 3.5] 2,816 3,038) 3.093; 2.954] 47
‘ondurable goods indusities, 28,772) 23,189] 29,399 1s 07 01] 27.991] 28,985] 30,593] 26,596 5.2
Food products. 2,789 2,783) 2.811 02 1.0) 7 2,997 3,239 3,327 2,751 8g
Beverage and tobacco products. 3,981 3,920 3.971 1.6 1.3] 0.7) 4,151 4,224 4,321 3,947! 5.2
Textiles. 1,126 1,018) 1,120] 0.7) 0.2] 0.3] 1,101 1,101 417 1,308) 15.8
Textile products 763 74) 779 Tal 06 08 ng 714 778 780 78
Apparel, 1,369 1,351 1,327 1.3] 1.8) 0.6| 1,267 1,337) 1,290] 1,370) 75
Leather and allied products 141 141 152 00 72 27 134 139 151 7 2168
Paper products, 1,163 4,388) 1,195 2.1 0.6] 17) VAT7) 1,466) 1,163 9.3
Printing, 1,837 4,892 1,922 2.9 16 71 1,535 1,915 2,064 2.8
Petroleum and coal products. 3.970) 3,783) 3,904! 49) 31 1.9] 3,625) 3,748) 4,038) 277
Basic chemicals. 9,329 9,918 9,887 59 0.3) 2.4) 9,045 10,000 10,009 Bb.
Plastics and rubber products. 2,304 2,321 2,331 oF 04) Ww 2,240) 2,322 2,336) 1.6
FINISHED GOODS
| manufacturing industries’ 163,121 162,393) 162,274 04 0.1 0.3] 158,087 | 162,394) 163,280] 156,820 oO8
durable goods industries! 81,895 81,770) 81,281 0.2) 0.6) 0.3] 78,624) 81,428 81,210] 78,046) 0.7
We prod. 3.771 3,788) 3,747; 0.4) Vw ol 3,532 3,585 3,598 3,489) 1.2
Nonmetatc. ‘mineral Products 4,569 4,566 4,527 0.1 0.9) 0.3) 4,484 4,394 4,299 4,499 0.3
Primary metals. 6,271 6,186 6,072 1.4) 19 0.4) 6,252 6,128 5.972, 6,353) 1.6
Fabricated metal products... 10,278 10,293 10,272 01 0.2) 0.3) 9,922 10,149 10,142, 10,485 5.4
Machinery. 16,053 15,860 15,760} 1.2] 0.6) 0.6) 15,720] 15,949) 15,662 15,465) 1.6
Computers and electronic products! 9,469 9,606) 9,554 14 o5 0.3 8,911 9,831 9.813 9,671 79
Electrical equipment, appliances,
and components. 5,159 5,303 5,385. 2.7 1.5) 1.4) 4,884 5,292 5,339) 5,250) 7.0
‘Transportation equipment. 14,720) 14,596 14,583 08) 0.1 0.9) 13,682, 14,538 14,845) 12,254) W7
Furniture and related products. 2.671 2,667 2,604 On 2.4) 1.8 2,553 2,688 2,645) 2,455) 4.0
Miscellaneous products. 8,934 8,905 8,777 0.3) 1.5) 0.5) 8,684 8,874 8,895) 8,125) 6.9
ondurable goods industries. 81,226] 80,623) 80,993 0.7 0.5) 0.3) 79,463) 80,966) 82,070} 78,774) 09
Food products. . 19,103 19,472 19,351 1.9] 0.6 0.0) 18,877 20,338; 20,670} 18,412 25
Beverage and tobacco: ‘products, 4,304 4,170) 4,378 3.2) 4.8) 5.6) 4,158 4,327 4,576 4,566 Bo
Textiles. 2,333 2,310) 2,384 1.0) 3.1 0.4) 2,212 2,268 2,359] 2,570) 13.9
Textile products. 2,258) 2,218 2.227 1.8 0.4) 1.4! 2,150} 2,146 2.204) 2,015) 67
Apparel, 4,414 4,369 4,442 1.0 1.6) 1.0) 4,288 4,114 4,386) 4,704 8.8
Leather and allied products. 1,092 1,071 1,066] 2.0) 0.5) 3.9) 1,045) 1,073) 1,084} 933) 12.0
Paper products. . 6,243 6,299 6,212 0.9 1.4) 0.1 6.118 6,268 6,093 6,266) 2.4
Printing .... 1,596] 1,583) 1,589 08 0.4) 0.3) 1,966) 1,556) 1,585 1,623) 3.5
Petroleum and coal products. 6,462 6,089 6,282 6.1 3.1 0.2] 6,044 6,036 6,427 5,203) 16.2
Basic chemicals. 25,031 24,654 24,773 1.5, 0.5) 2.2) (24,717) (24,599) (24,587 (24,817) 0.4
Plastics and rubber products 8,390) 8,388 8,289 0.0) 1.2] 0.0) 8,288 8,241 8,099 7,665) 8.1

aliminary "Revised

* See footnote at end of Table 3



Table 2. Value of Manufacturers’ New Orders for Industry Groups

[Millions of Dollars} _

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted
Monthly Percent Change Monthly Percent Year to date
Industry Change
Dec. Nov. Oct. Nov, Oct Sept Dec. Nov. Oct Dec. Dec.
2002 | 2002 | 2002 | dec. | Nov. | Oct. | 2002" | 2002 | 2002 | 2001 | 02:01) 2002" 2001
All manufacturing industries’, 320,614] 319,427) 321,993] 0.4] 0.8) 1.4] 316,306] 314,775] 332,064) 309,678} 2.1{ 3,826,022] 3,856,759
Excluding transportatian® 271,466] 268.914] 271,817] og 1 1.3] 266,890] 264,682] 279,060] 259,387) 2.9] 3.208.401] 3,264,303
Excluding defense 312,623) 312.113] 316,465 0.2 14 2.5] 302,836] 307,706) 327.173| 297.671 17] 3.728.655] 3.764.402
With unfilled orders 118,058] 117,820] 118,360) O71 0.4] 0.9} 122,428] 115,129] 118,846) 122,878] 0.4) 1,429,273] 1,462,375
Durable goods industries® 168,510] 169,895] 171,895 0.2 12 1.7) 169,912] 166,259] 175,956] 170,067] 0.1] 2,085,130] 2,059,171
Prumary metals. 10.782} 10,612] i1.210f = .6f 5.3] 1.2] 583} 9.950} 11,463] 9.457] 1.3] 132,303) 134,080
iron and steel mils 5.043| 4,936] 5.208| 2.2) 5.2] 3.9] 4.490] 4.462] S.1a5| 4.385] al 61,808] 89,367
‘Aluminum and nonterraus metals. 4'565| 41420] 4.680, «3. 1| 56] 1-9] 4.084] 4.272) asi] a.agal 46] © Sa.gte] 58.370
Ferrous metal foundries vies} 1256} taza} 7} S12] 02g} nate} v427] tga} 13.4) 15.577] 16.883
Fabricated metal products 20.482] 20.618] 2iaao} 0.7] 3.9) 1.7] 18.265] 19.963] 22140] 18.247] 1] zag cei] as 161
Machinery 2y.987| 21,957] 22,519] 0.1) 25{ 24) 21.211] 20,567] 22/441) 21.460] 1.2) 263.188] 277,308
Construction machinery vaéa] 1692} 1784] 10.2] 5.2] 14.6] “1,826] “1487] 1692) 1486] 22.9] 20.283] 20,127
Mining, oil field, and
gas field machinery. 625) 686) 713) 8.9 3.8) 3.4) 720} 644) 690) 787 8.5] 8.560) 9,783
Industrial machinery. 3,021 2,996) 3,273] 08 8.5) 10.9} 3,124) 2,693] 3,528) 2,956 57 37,092} 37,336
Photographie equipment vers} = t5i7} vast} 7} 7} te} neso] 1/548} 11597] 1,353) 22.7] 17,380] 16,635
Ventilation, heating, ait-conditioning
end refrigeration equipment 2541, 2899] 2602) 1.2| 4.0] 7.2] 2,297] 2.308] 2.420) 2.327 1.3) 31.050} 23,372
Metalworking machinery. i953] 2.2831 2208] 14.7] 3.7] 5.0] 1,293 2.593] 240s] tesa] 2.524.753] 25,476
Turbines, generators, and other
power [ransmission equipment 1,808} 1,877) 39} eat aa} 1gaal 1,770} 2.043] 3,608] 48.3] 25,919)
Material handling equipment 1.454 ss} vg} tte} navel vara} 4327) 1.325] 11-5} 16 200)
cayputers and electronic products 26,087 32) og 27) 32\803] 25.439] 24,185] 34.236 3.9] 309.563
Fiectronie computers 4,945 2.3] 196] 87] S582] 3.954] “4.565 aaa] 24.5] 48.264
Jonustense communications
aquipment 3.834 soa} 2a} rae} 6.222] s.2tof 4.3004
Dutanse communioativns eijament 2128 2e7l sas} 245 548] 246] 405:
Sem.coniuctors NAL Nai] iNA:l NAD INA} NA
Crome composi ats 4,799 sal eof a2 ara] 4.195
Nondetense search and navigation
equate 754 3 ave} 287
Sefense suarce obe navigation
eaiene 2344 as] ivas| rea] 3942 2
Eieetromestinn masuring
at conti vstracsents ef zal os] 6.928
z : eat appuances
icieheid apphances Bs 8 21
attwal eu 3 ? 2
fe 8 50
‘ H
and tales. . 5
Nemerfense auciatt and parts ae 8
Gistenser awctalt ant pits 2 i 8 3
Sis. ant boats 2 7
Furaure and related products ce vs] 5.387 4
Nondurible goods industeies. 149.692] 15 fos of 146.394] 139
Preliminary " Rewised NA Nat available:

Shinments and new orders are the totals tor Uhe period and are adjusted for trading day and calender month variations.

gate est
voluntary monthly survey, the Census Bureau cannot currently produce monthly estimates uf semiconductor shipments, orders, of inventories.

rates and percent changes exclude semiconductor industry data, Due to the number of farge semiconductor manufacturers choosing not to participate in this

Due to the oumber of large semiconductar manulacturers choosing not to participate in thes voluntary monthly survey, the Census Bureau ©
estimates of semiconductor shipments, orders, of inventories:

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

noasa error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonteporting. Since the survey panel is not a probability sample, estimates of sampling
enor cannot be calculated Further details on survey design, methodology, and data limslavons we contained in aur most recent annual benchmark publication,
Content Industhal Reports: M3- 14011, "Menufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Oriers. 1992 2003

Innot curtently produce monthly



Table 1. Value of Manufacturers’ Shipments for Industry Groups

{Millions of Dollars}

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted '
Monthly Percent Change Monthly Percent] Year to date
Industry Change
Dec. | Nov. | Oct. | Nov. -| Oct. -|Sept.-} Dec. | Nov, Oct Dec. | Dec
2002’ | 2002' | 2002 | Dec. | Nov. | Oct. | 2002" | 2002' | 2002 | 2001 |02/01] 2002" 2001
All manutacturing industries! 320,957] 322,863}326,339]  -0.6} -1.1] 1.2}313,319]318,953]338,008]310,005] 1.1] 3,895,754] 3,897,730
Excluding transportation* 272,253) 271,895] 272,645] 0.2) 0.4] 0.9] 267,521] 267,464] 280,575| 260,490] 2.7 3.230.670] 3.299:036
Excluding defense* 343,382) 314,480]318,569| 0.3] -1.3]  1.3]304/408}310,235] 330,400] 300,841] 1.2] 3:762:297}3.815.229
With unfilled orders?” 118,4011123,386]122,706] -2.4) 1.1] 0.41119,441] 119,307] 124/790] 123,208] 3.1] 1,459,005] 1/503.346
Durable goods industries” 169,853] 173,331] 176,241] -2.0] 1.7] 1.3) 166,925] 170,437] 181,900] 170,394] -2.0] 2,084,862] 2,100,142
Wood products. 7,192) 7,506] 7,323] -4.2{ 2a} 24! 6321) 7.107} 7,648] 6,433 7) 88.199] 88,342
Nonmetallic mineral products. 8.482] 8.399] 8417| 10) 0.2] 0.9) 7.160] 8.043] 9188] 6.233 9) 98.857] 90.975
Primary metals, Wii} 11158} 11.381} 04} 2.0) 031 9591! 10/611] 11.987] 9.208 2) 134,090] 136.334
Iron and steel mills. 5.340] 5.306} 5.342] 0.6} 0.7) 07! a.6oi] 4/926] 5.635] 4.121 6] 61.923} 60.481
Aluminum and nonferrous metals. 4.531{ 4.592] 4730] -13] 29] 16] 3/955} 4/466] 41959] 3.966 3 59.282
Ferrous metal foundri 4.240] 1,260} 1,309] -1.6} 3.7} 0.2) 1/035] 1/219] 1/393) a.121 7 16.571
Fabesated metal products 20.978] 21,059] 21/330] 0.4] 1.3] 0.0] 19/116] 20,496) 22/538] 18,824 6 253/528
Machinery 22.270] 22.683] 22,769] -1.8] 0.4) 01} 22,083] 21/345] 22/663] 22/159 3 283.860
Farm machinery 1,627] 1.882) 1583) 2.5) O3f 27] 1283] 1174] “1'39a] “T1274 3 15.746
Construction machinery ve00} 1.726) 1.753) 4.3) 1.5] 6a) 1655] 1467] 1630] 1.427 0 20,738
Mining, aii fel, and
gas field machinery 7a3{ 65] eas} 6.9] oo] 3.5 653] 672} a1 9
Industrial machinery, 2903} 3,219} 3200] 98] o6] 26 2.928] 3,146] 3.579
Photographic equipment 1566] 1492] 346i] sof 211 Os 1.525} 1/563) 1.419
Yentilation, heating, air-conditioning,
and refrigeration equipment 2551] 2.947] 2497] 0.2) 41] 49 2.37i| 2,385) 2,498
Metalworking machinery v.932) 2273] 21a] sO] 78} 26. 2.573| 2.320] 2!082
Turbines, generators. and other
power transmission equipment 2 vor} 162) 8a 2.218] 2,785] 2,785
Material handling equipment 1 sa} 10} 24 1/269] 1/404) 11344
nic products* 26. val -10] 10 26,093] 25,019] 33,802
3 val 10.3) 4.4 3/570] 4.512| 4/920
devices 36] 10.6] 104 yn14 791} 2.015
ent 1 172] 59] 225 visas] 1,361] 2.347
: 72) 69 6,802] $367] 4,234] 8.411
Hications enutpment re] 43 312 327 306] ‘342
ealuipment ext 94 a62| 953 gos] 1,127 3
Na (NAY INai| NAN] INA) NAL INAD
ostents 4 cal U2 4170] 4.308] 4,203) 4,190 55,619
Nondelense search and navigation
quipment 64] 11a} 2s] a2. 714 762) 828] 0af 9.193] 9.553
Delense suerch and navigation
equipment 0.7] 02) 24 2482) 2.096) 2,020] 2,287] 7.2] 23,716] 22,535
Eivetromedical, measunay,
and cnntrol instruments. 5. ss} -24/ +s e801] 5,352) 5.302] 6598] 3.1] 69.464] 66,063
Eectncal equipment, appliances.
Dmpanents 20] 10] 1.3] 9.083] 8958] 8.893} 9.438] 38! 107,980] 118,736
tric lighting equipment. vs} 19) 47) 1255] togs] 1073} 1,248] 0.6) 12.958] 13/045
1usehold appliances O1f 28) 1.9} 2.203) 2/128] 2046] 2\090} 5.4) 24/690] 24.061
Electrical equipment 57) 1s} 24) 2.632{ 2512] 2455] 2/967} 11.3] 31.045] 34.440,
Batteries Sef 211 13 486} 625 s40] 570} 14.7] 6.106 7,006
ransportition equipment 48, 5.0] 45] 23) 45.798] 51.489] 57.433] 49,515} 7.5] 625.084] 598.694
‘Automobi 7 20] -40} 44] 6.356] 7724} 9252) 6.670] 4.7] 95/926] 90.204
Light tucks and uulty vehicles 8 O1] 107} 5.0) 8243) 9.659) 12366] 8560) 3.7] 122,196] 111.944
Heavy duty trucks 1 7.7) 27.6, 34 ego] 'a96] 1539 ae7] 2.5] 13.827] 13,04
Motor vehicle bouies, parts
and traniers 16.568] 18.179] 19.095] 8.9) 48! 241 12.7721 17,979] 20,781] 14,794] 6.9] 219,064] 208,175
Nondetense aircealt and parts 5.957} 6.089} 6.331} 2.2] 3.5) oa! 7562) 6.271] 5.556] 9,570] .21.0] 77.245] "90.977
Delense aircratt and purts 2.565] 3.208] 2.914] 20.0] 101) 69] 3.251] 3/489] 2/797] 3.218] “1.0] 35.395] 28/102
Ships ang boat 2.180} 2.234) 1984) 24] 12.6) 97) 2118] 2185] 2065] 1571] 34.8] 22.370] 19/365
Furniture and reiated products 5700] 5.600) 6.533) 3.6) 06] O7| 5a6a) 5.455] 5.774] 51273] 37] 67.246] 69.216,
Miscellanevus ducabie gucds: 10.751] 10,563] 10.418] 1-8] 14] 4.7] 10/947] 10,840} 10/757] 9.503] 15.1] 121/841] 175/809
Nondurable goods cndustries 151,104] 149,532] 150,098] 1.1{ 0.4] 1.0] 146,394] 148,516] 156,108] 139,611| 4.9] 1,770,892] 1,797,588
Fugd products 38,123] 37,759} 37,774] 1.0| 0.0] 1.5] 38,483] 38,999) 39,690] 38,194] 0.8] 451.701] 453,218
Grain and vilseed milling 4,096] 4.061] 4.088] 0.8] 07] 19] 4.003] “a1ai} 4/331] 3.904] 25] 48.761} 47/657
Dairy products 5.251] 5.045] 6,165] 4.1) 23) 3.5] $226] 5.192] 5,096] 5.510 5.2} 62.090} 66,841
Meat, poultry, and seafood products... | 10,852] 10.828] 10,763) 02! 06] 1.0] 10,774] 11,175] 10.910] 11/394) -5.a] 132,001} 134'690,
Beverage and tobacco products. 8995] 8,729) 8.912) 1.5| 21] -o1] 8.216] 81542} 81912] 9.253] 11.2) 108.774] 116.788
Beverages. 5,936] 9,766] 6,760] 31) 01] 0.9) 5.557] 5.569} 5.760] 5,317] 45] 68,733) 66.560
Tobacco 2,659) 2.973] 3.152] 106] 5.7] -1.8] 2'659] 2.973] 3/152] 31936] 32.4) 40,043] 50,228
Textile mills. 3513 92] 3.523} 22] 20) 1.7] 3,242] 3/482} 31632) 3.203] 1.2] 42662} 44.932
Textile products. 3.201) 3.183) 3.173] 06] 23) 08] 2.813] 3.043] 31146] 2579] 91] 36.968] 34/484
Apparel 4,970} 4.880] 4.597] 1.8] 6.2) 1.8] 4.136] 4890] 5.179] 3'919] 55] 56.860] 57.678
Leather and allied products 666 728 720] 85] 11) 45 768 825 780 789] -27| 81380] 8.685
Paper products 12,927] 12,705] 12.989} 1.7] -22{ o.1f 12,583] 12,434] 13,478] 11,676] 7.8] 151.215] 153.378
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills 5.736] 9.663] 6.341] 14) 4.7] 01) 5524] 5.553] 6150] 5.259] 5.0] 69.264) 71.674
Paperboard containers. 3,663} 3.674) 3,790] 0.3} 3.1) 0.8) 3.437] 3526] 4038} 31295} 4.3] 44.652] 43.668
Printing. 8.083] 8.040} 8125} 05} 1.0] O7| 8251] 8,526) 8.862] 8.075] 2.2 95.976] _ 98,760
Petroleum and coal products. 20,007} 18,786] 19.388] 6.5! 3.1} 3.4] 19/064} 18/786] 20/409] 15/481] 23.1] 218.930] 220.959
Petroleum refineries. 18,496] 17,259] 17,856] 7.21 3.3] 4.0] 17.950] 17/372] 181670] 14.496] 23.8] 200,378] 202,757
Basic chemicals, 35.816] 36,019] 35,861] 0.6] 0.4) O17} 35/309] 34.696] 36.183] 33,674] “3:9] 420,950] 434/150
Pesticides, fertilizers, and other
agricultural chemicals 1,752] 1,681] 1,610{ 4.2) 4.4] 4.8] 1,387] 1,147] 1,079} 1,254) 10.6] 20,188) 20,525
Pharmaceuticals and medicines, 8.504] 8.650] 8.ae1} -1.7/ -26| -28] 91231] i748} 9.399] 10,083) -8.4] 105.851] 117.902
Paints, coatings, and adhesives. 2.433) 2,398] 2.440] 1.5] -1.7| 03] 2119) 2/153] 2/408] 2/018] s.0] 28.473] 27/996
Plastics and rubber products. 15,203) 15,311] 15,098} 0.6] 0.1] 1.6) 13,529] 14.293] 15,837] 12,768] 6.0] 178,476] 174/556
* Preliminary ‘Revised NA Not available

* Shipments and new orders are the totals for the period and are adjusted for trading-day and calendar-month variations
? See footnote at end of Table 2


All figures in text are in seasonally adjusted current dollars and exclude data for semiconductor manufacturing.

Summary

New orders for manufactured goods in December
increased $1.2 billion or 0.4 percent to $320.6 billion, the
Department of Commerce, Census Bureau reported today.
This followed a 0.8 percent November decrease. New orders
for 2002 were 0.8 percent below the prior year.

Shipments decreased $1.9 billion or 0.6 percent to $321.0
billion, following a 1.1 percent November decrease.
Shipments for 2002 were 1.1 percent below the prior year.

Unfilled orders, down four consecutive inonths, decreased
$0.3 billion or 0.1 percent to $477.6 billion, following a 0.7
ercent November decrease; this was the lowest level since
eptember 1996. The unfilled orders-to-shipments ratio was
4.03, up from 3.94 in November.

Inventories increased $2.0 billion or 0.5 percent to $430.2
billion, following a 0.2 percent November decrease; this was
the largest increase since January 2001. The inventories-to-
shipments ratio was 1.34, up from 1.33 in November.

New Orders
New orders lor manufactured durable goods in December

decreased $0.4 billion or 0.2 percent to $169.5 billion.
revised from the previously published 0.2 percent increase.

Transportation equipment had the largest decrease, $1.4
billion or 2.7 percent to $49.1 billion, led by motor vehicle
bodies, parts. and trailers, which decreased by $1.8 billion.
Computers and electronic products increased $0.8 billion or
3.2 percent to $26.1 billion.

New orders for manufactured nondurable goods increased
$1.6 billion or 1.1 percent to $151.1 billion.

Shipments

Shipments of manufactured durable goods in December
decreased $3.5 billion or 2.0 percent to $169.9 billion,
revised from the previously published 1.5 percent decrease:
this was the lowest level since September BOOT.

_ Transportation equipment had the largest decrease, $2.6
billion or 5.0 percent to $48.7 billion, led by motor vehicle
bodies, parts, and trailers, which decreased by $1.6 billion.

Shipments of manufactured nondurable goods increased
$1.6 billion or 1.1 percent to $151.1 billion. Petroleum and
coal products had the largest increase, $1.2 billion or 6.5
percent to $20.0 billion, due to petroleum refineries, which
increased $1.2 billion.

Unfilled Orders

Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in
December, down four consecutive months, decreased $0.3
billion or 0.1 percent to $477.6 billion, revised from the

reviously published 0.2 percent decrease. This was the
lowest level since September 1996.

Fabricated metal products had the largest decrease, $0.5
billion or 1.3 percent to $37.9 billion.

Inventories

Inventories of manufactured durable goods in December
increased $2.5 billion or 1.0 percent to $365.0 billion,
revised from the previously published 0.9 percent increase.
This was the first increase since January 2001 and the
largest percent increase since this series began in 1992.

_ Transportation equipment had the largest increase, $2.7
billion or 3.8 percent to $72.8 billion, led by nondefense
aircraft and parts, which increased by $1.8 billion.

Inventories of manufactured nondurable goods
decreased $0.5 billion or 0.3 percent to $165.2 billion.
Basic chemicals had the largest decrease, $0.6 billion or 1.2
percent to $49.3 billion, due to pharmaceuticals and
medicines, which decreased $0.7 billion.

By stage of fabrication, December materials and
supplies decreased 0.3 percent in durable goods and 1.3
percent in nondurable goods. Work in process increased
2.7 percent in durable goods and decreased 1.4 percent in
nondurable goods. Finished goods increased 0.2 percent in
durable goods and 0.7 percent in nondurable goods.

fective with the January 2003 report. there will be some minor chang:
on the sum of data that has not been seasonally adjusted. On tables 1.

shows the Same month year over year for unfilled orders and inventories.

to the publication. Year-to-date comparisons in the text will be based
and 5 the percent change column that compared same month current year
over prior year has been removed. A new column now shows percent change of year-to-date data for shipments and new orders. Table 5 still

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