FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2006, AT 10:00 A.M. EDT 

Chris Savage or Patrick Kent 

Manufacturing and Construction Division 

(301) 763-4832 

M3-2 (06)-4 

CB06-85 

Full Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders 

April 2006

Summary

 New orders for manufactured goods in April, down 

following two consecutive monthly increases, decreased 

$7.4 billion or 1.8 percent to $398.0 billion, the U.S. 

Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 4.0 

percent March increase. 

 Shipments, up six of the last seven months, increased 

slightly to $394.9 billion. This followed a 1.0 percent 

March increase. 

 Unfilled orders, up eleven of the last twelve months, 

increased $9.2 billion or 1.5 percent to $607.9 billion. 

This was at the highest level since the series was first 

stated on a NAICS basis in 1992 and followed a 3.0 

percent March increase. The unfilled orders-toshipments ratio was 4.25, up from 4.19 in March. 

 Inventories, up six of the last seven months, increased 

$3.0 billion or 0.7 percent to $460.9 billion. This 

followed a 0.9 percent March increase. The inventoriesto-shipments ratio was 1.17, up from 1.16 in March. 

New Orders 

 New orders for manufactured durable goods in April, 

down following two consecutive monthly increases, 

decreased $9.6 billion or 4.4 percent to $209.9 billion, 

revised from the previously published 4.8 percent 

decrease. This followed a 6.0 percent March increase. 

 Transportation equipment, down following two 

consecutive monthly increases, had the largest decrease, 

$8.1 billion or 11.7 percent to $60.8 billion. 

 New orders for manufactured nondurable goods 

increased $2.2 billion or 1.2 percent to $188.1 billion. 

Shipments 

 Shipments of manufactured durable goods in April, 

down following two consecutive monthly increases, 

decreased $2.2 billion or 1.0 percent to $206.8 billion, 

revised from the previously published 0.9 percent 

decrease. This followed a 0.3 percent March increase. 

 Transportation equipment, down following two 

consecutive monthly increases, had the largest decrease, 

$2.0 billion or 3.5 percent to $54.8 billion. 

 Shipments of manufactured nondurable goods, up five 

of the last six months, increased $2.2 billion or 1.2 

percent to $188.1 billion. This increase was led by 

petroleum and coal products, which increased $1.3 

billion or 3.5 percent to $38.0 billion. 

 

Unfilled Orders 

 Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in 

April, up eleven of the last twelve months, increased 

$9.2 billion or 1.5 percent to $607.9 billion, unchanged 

from the previously published increase. This was at the 

highest level since the series began and followed a 3.0 

percent March increase. 

 

 Transportation equipment, up eleven of the last twelve 

months, had the largest increase, $6.1 billion or 1.9 

percent to $320.8 billion. 

Inventories 

 Inventories of manufactured durable goods in April, up 

three of the last four months, increased $2.3 billion or 

0.8 percent to $278.0 billion, unchanged from the 

previously published increase. This followed a 1.0 

percent March increase. 

 Transportation equipment, up two consecutive months, had the largest increase, $0.6 billion or 0.9 percent to 

$64.8 billion. 

 Inventories of manufactured nondurable goods, up four 

of the last five months, increased $0.7 billion or 0.4 

percent to $182.9 billion. This was at the highest level 

since the series began. The increase was due to 

petroleum and coal products, which increased $1.3 

billion or 4.8 percent to $27.7 billion. 

 By stage of fabrication, April materials and supplies 

increased 0.7 percent in durable goods and 0.4 percent in 

nondurable goods. Work in process increased 1.7 

percent in durable goods and 1.2 percent in nondurable 

goods. Finished goods decreased slightly in durable 

goods and increased 0.1 percent in nondurable goods. 

Figures in text, other than year-to-date, are in seasonally adjusted current dollars. Figures on new and unfilled orders 

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

The advance report on durable goods for May is scheduled for release on June 23, 2006, at 8:30 a.m. EDT and the full report on July 5, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. EDT. See back page for survey description. 
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Table 1. Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for Industry Groups

[Millions of Dollars]

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted 1

Monthly Percent Change Monthly

Industry Percent

Apr. Mar. Feb. Mar. - Feb. - Jan. - Apr. Mar. Feb. Apr. 2006/

2006p 2006r 2006 Apr. Mar. Feb. 2006p 2006r 2006 2005 2006p 2005 2005

 All manufacturing industries .................. 394,932 394,896 391,045 0.0 1.0 -1.6 384,004 425,124 371,196 372,036 1,542,544 1,453,130 6.2

 Excluding transportation ................... 340,180 338,154 335,254 0.6 0.9 -1.8 331,972 358,197 315,373 316,823 1,319,385 1,236,689 6.7

 Excluding defense .............................. 385,441 385,448 382,065 0.0 0.9 -1.5 374,843 414,687 362,617 363,504 1,506,819 1,419,477 6.2

 With unfilled orders ........................... 142,936 142,987 141,166 0.0 1.3 -0.3 138,200 159,698 134,923 131,983 559,454 518,389 7.9

 Durable goods industries ........................206,837 209,008 208,362 -1.0 0.3 0.3 199,075 233,816 199,354 194,694 817,400 765,095 6.8

 Wood products................................. ...... 8,392 8,862 9,226 -5.3 -3.9 -0.6 8,345 9,110 8,399 8,913 33,654 32,787 2.6

 Nonmetallic mineral products................... 9,954 10,198 10,249 -2.4 -0.5 1.1 9,835 10,457 9,167 9,373 38,662 34,429 12.3

 Primary metals............................ .......... 17,750 17,610 17,187 0.8 2.5 -1.6 17,915 19,286 17,111 16,666 71,637 66,613 7.5

 Iron and steel mills............................ 8,435 8,478 8,260 -0.5 2.6 -2.6 8,454 9,186 8,237 8,484 34,263 34,696 -1.2

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals......... 7,672 7,492 7,337 2.4 2.1 0.3 7,820 8,289 7,317 6,560 30,769 25,685 19.8

 Ferrous metal foundries...................... 1,643 1,640 1,590 0.2 3.1 -4.4 1,641 1,811 1,557 1,622 6,605 6,232 6.0

 Fabricated metal products...................... 24,398 24,340 24,319 0.2 0.1 -0.2 23,881 25,849 23,185 22,919 95,385 88,399 7.9

 Machinery............................................. 26,696 26,504 25,809 0.7 2.7 -2.6 27,294 30,236 24,349 25,120 105,515 95,485 10.5

 Farm machinery................................. 1,594 1,469 1,576 8.5 -6.8 3.5 2,032 1,837 1,755 2,132 6,910 6,929 -0.3

 Construction machinery..................... 2,863 2,996 2,976 -4.4 0.7 -5.7 3,050 3,558 2,820 2,815 12,191 10,265 18.8

 Mining, oil field, and 

 gas field machinery........................ 1,042 1,088 1,026 -4.2 6.0 -1.3 1,013 1,168 960 984 4,123 3,511 17.4

 Industrial machinery.......................... 3,390 2,395 2,217 41.5 8.0 -20.9 3,450 2,878 1,929 2,558 10,802 10,373 4.1

 Photographic equipment...................... 644 651 627 -1.1 3.8 -0.8 588 683 534 556 2,320 2,178 6.5

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............ 3,283 3,234 3,211 1.5 0.7 -1.2 3,172 3,555 2,741 2,754 12,180 10,753 13.3

 Metalworking machinery..................... 2,757 2,940 2,868 -6.2 2.5 0.0 2,501 3,346 2,570 2,204 11,030 9,044 22.0

 Turbines, generators, and other

 power transmission equipment....... 3,103 3,666 3,162 -15.4 15.9 4.4 3,113 4,054 3,162 3,063 13,170 12,209 7.9

 Material handling equipment............... 2,059 2,047 2,057 0.6 -0.5 0.0 1,948 2,398 1,972 1,753 8,301 7,041 17.9

 Computers and electronic products ......... 34,764 34,970 36,181 -0.6 -3.3 5.1 31,331 39,815 33,286 29,277 133,595 122,627 8.9

 Computers........................................ 5,041 4,905 4,760 2.8 3.0 2.4 5,126 5,359 4,047 5,055 18,832 17,650 6.7

 Computer storage devices................... 570 674 616 -15.4 9.4 -2.8 358 1,008 429 344 2,165 1,991 8.7

 Other peripheral equipment................ 1,187 1,201 1,200 -1.2 0.1 1.8 917 1,560 1,028 993 4,336 4,690 -7.5

 Nondefense communications

 equipment.................................... 5,778 5,581 5,541 3.5 0.7 2.1 4,808 6,414 4,755 3,691 20,373 17,032 19.6

 Defense communications equipment... 515 450 349 14.4 28.9 -44.6 529 491 322 381 1,899 1,644 15.5

 Audio and video equipment.................. 856 771 1,017 11.0 -24.2 -1.7 692 789 948 758 3,334 3,565 -6.5

 Semiconductors ................................. 6,109 6,717 8,165 -9.1 -17.7 25.8 5,669 7,313 8,108 5,721 26,908 24,253 10.9

 Electronic components....................... 4,614 4,722 4,652 -2.3 1.5 1.4 4,211 5,128 4,410 3,810 17,694 16,100 9.9

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment..................................... 931 962 943 -3.2 2.0 2.4 864 1,083 908 859 3,640 3,564 2.1

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment..................................... 2,825 2,756 2,727 2.5 1.1 -1.2 2,822 2,994 2,637 2,525 10,629 9,663 10.0

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments................. 5,761 5,668 5,655 1.6 0.2 2.8 4,824 7,085 5,179 4,535 21,631 19,998 8.2

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 10,043 9,990 9,876 0.5 1.2 -0.9 9,479 10,774 9,185 8,855 38,252 34,731 10.1

 Electric lighting equipment................... 1,044 1,038 1,038 0.6 0.0 0.6 963 1,143 1,028 978 4,060 3,984 1.9

 Household appliances........................ 2,175 2,175 2,103 0.0 3.4 -0.1 1,998 2,321 1,889 1,910 7,850 7,437 5.6

 Electrical equipment............................ 3,193 3,152 3,191 1.3 -1.2 -1.6 2,930 3,554 2,981 2,748 12,350 10,868 13.6

 Batteries........................................... 560 570 551 -1.8 3.4 0.5 497 582 450 450 1,994 1,776 12.3

 Transportation equipment...................... 54,752 56,742 55,791 -3.5 1.7 0.1 52,032 66,927 55,823 55,213 223,159 216,441 3.1

 Automobiles..................................... 7,033 7,213 6,843 -2.5 5.4 -3.1 6,506 8,516 6,987 6,883 28,589 28,332 0.9

 Light trucks and utility vehicles............ 11,740 12,488 11,931 -6.0 4.7 -1.7 10,570 15,337 12,049 11,948 48,595 47,933 1.4

 Heavy duty trucks ............................. 2,062 2,160 2,149 -4.5 0.5 -2.3 2,053 2,316 2,095 1,972 8,474 7,538 12.4

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers.................................... 18,226 18,370 18,147 -0.8 1.2 -3.0 18,269 20,951 18,566 20,010 75,067 77,350 -3.0

 Nondefense aircraft and parts.............. 6,586 7,576 8,084 -13.1 -6.3 17.9 5,990 9,822 7,894 5,914 28,743 21,714 32.4

 Defense aircraft and parts.................. 3,501 3,450 3,484 1.5 -1.0 2.2 3,286 3,866 3,207 3,156 12,911 12,544 2.9

 Ships and boats................................. 1,945 1,858 1,812 4.7 2.5 -9.4 2,063 2,023 1,839 2,369 7,579 9,061 -16.4

 Furniture and related products................. 7,745 7,578 7,607 2.2 -0.4 -0.7 7,524 7,801 7,558 7,178 30,215 27,983 8.0

 Miscellaneous durable goods................. 12,343 12,214 12,117 1.1 0.8 -1.4 11,439 13,561 11,291 11,180 47,326 45,600 3.8

 Nondurable goods industries................... 188,095 185,888 182,683 1.2 1.8 -3.6 184,929 191,308 171,842 177,342 725,144 688,035 5.4

 Food products....................................... 44,296 44,365 44,627 -0.2 -0.6 -0.9 42,720 44,808 42,822 42,080 173,375 171,296 1.2

 Grain and oilseed milling..................... 4,238 4,319 4,261 -1.9 1.4 -2.0 3,967 4,375 4,176 4,098 16,704 16,961 -1.5

 Dairy products.................................. 5,989 5,962 6,032 0.5 -1.2 -2.5 5,849 6,245 5,580 6,029 23,699 24,142 -1.8

 Meat, poultry, and seafood products... 13,746 13,823 14,281 -0.6 -3.2 -1.8 13,288 13,398 13,841 13,659 54,432 55,085 -1.2

 Beverage and tobacco products............... 9,778 9,845 9,684 -0.7 1.7 -1.4 9,633 9,672 8,956 9,343 37,079 34,926 6.2

 Beverages......................................... 6,457 6,491 6,550 -0.5 -0.9 0.0 6,312 6,318 5,822 6,163 23,992 22,500 6.6

 Tobacco............................................ 3,321 3,354 3,134 -1.0 7.0 -4.4 3,321 3,354 3,134 3,180 13,087 12,426 5.3

 Textile mills........................................... 2,800 2,843 2,831 -1.5 0.4 -0.9 2,796 3,032 2,834 3,207 11,258 12,656 -11.0

 Textile products................................... 2,911 2,925 2,939 -0.5 -0.5 -0.1 2,914 3,039 2,869 2,877 11,442 11,060 3.5

 Apparel................................................ 3,141 3,083 2,975 1.9 3.6 0.7 2,885 3,189 2,969 2,505 11,611 10,441 11.2

 Leather and allied products..................... 455 468 473 -2.8 -1.1 4.0 425 486 500 450 1,799 1,898 -5.2

 Paper products...................................... 13,681 13,665 13,580 0.1 0.6 -1.1 13,141 14,140 12,922 13,142 53,618 52,651 1.8

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills....... 6,142 6,083 6,035 1.0 0.8 -0.2 5,948 6,349 5,864 5,843 24,192 23,997 0.8

 Paperboard containers........................ 3,775 3,812 3,742 -1.0 1.9 -2.1 3,620 3,923 3,505 3,677 14,805 14,699 0.7

 Printing................................................. 7,494 7,387 7,445 1.4 -0.8 0.4 7,294 7,590 6,992 7,401 28,850 29,765 -3.1

 Petroleum and coal products.................. 38,041 36,772 34,074 3.5 7.9 -12.3 37,582 35,763 30,306 32,561 138,123 117,132 17.9

 Petroleum refineries.......................... 35,510 34,165 31,476 3.9 8.5 -12.4 35,212 33,265 28,239 30,470 129,052 109,615 17.7

 Chemical products.................................. 48,734 47,858 47,127 1.8 1.6 -2.4 48,748 51,666 44,481 47,235 191,047 182,827 4.5

 Pesticides, fertilizers, and other

 agricultural chemicals..................... 2,268 1,999 2,211 13.5 -9.6 -7.6 3,375 2,711 2,113 3,513 10,249 10,373 -1.2

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines............ 13,159 13,048 12,346 0.9 5.7 1.1 12,715 13,585 11,168 12,196 49,643 49,194 0.9

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives.......... 2,692 2,818 2,700 -4.5 4.4 4.9 2,829 2,999 2,545 2,818 10,616 10,230 3.8

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 16,764 16,677 16,928 0.5 -1.5 -0.7 16,791 17,923 16,191 16,541 66,942 63,383 5.6

p Preliminary r

 Revised NA Not available.

1

 Shipments are the totals for the period and are adjusted for trading-day and calendar-month variations.

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

Year to date
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Table 2. Value of Manufacturers' New Orders for Industry Groups

[Millions of Dollars]

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted 1

Monthly Percent Change Monthly

Industry Percent

Apr. Mar. Feb. Mar. - Feb. - Jan. - Apr. Mar. Feb. Apr. 2006/

2006p 2006r 2006 Apr. Mar. Feb. 2006p 2006r 2006 2005 2006p 2005 2005

All manufacturing industries 2................... 397,976 405,387 389,720 -1.8 4.0 0.1 386,156 436,533 373,068 364,956 1,558,893 1,440,552 8.2

 Excluding transportation 2

................... 337,137 336,482 328,381 0.2 2.5 -2.5 329,901 356,901 312,522 311,835 1,313,718 1,226,215 7.1

 Excluding defense 2

............................. 389,022 393,835 379,302 -1.2 3.8 -1.1 377,989 421,756 362,844 358,431 1,520,299 1,408,432 7.9

 With unfilled orders 2.......................... 152,089 160,195 148,006 -5.1 8.2 5.6 146,021 178,420 144,903 130,624 602,711 530,064 13.7

 Durable goods industries 2..................... 209,881 219,499 207,037 -4.4 6.0 3.6 201,227 245,225 201,226 187,614 833,749 752,517 10.8

 Primary metals............................ ............ 18,323 17,752 17,014 3.2 4.3 -3.6 18,001 19,519 17,576 15,742 73,329 66,203 10.8

 Iron and steel mills.............................. 8,960 8,556 7,998 4.7 7.0 -8.0 8,554 9,369 8,395 7,471 35,182 33,616 4.7

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals......... 7,675 7,537 7,336 1.8 2.7 0.9 7,788 8,333 7,481 6,583 31,250 26,281 18.9

 Ferrous metal foundries...................... 1,688 1,659 1,680 1.7 -1.3 -0.4 1,659 1,817 1,700 1,688 6,897 6,306 9.4

 Fabricated metal products...................... 25,157 24,739 24,237 1.7 2.1 -2.4 24,880 26,983 23,795 23,420 99,204 91,823 8.0

 Machinery............................................. 27,362 27,461 26,049 -0.4 5.4 -7.4 28,396 31,388 25,899 26,341 112,391 100,741 11.6

 Construction machinery....................... 2,873 2,948 2,967 -2.5 -0.6 0.3 3,072 3,435 3,043 3,027 12,569 11,605 8.3

 Mining, oil field, and

 gas field machinery........................ 1,057 1,124 996 -6.0 12.9 -30.5 1,005 1,256 1,131 1,037 4,739 3,840 23.4

 Industrial machinery............................ 3,513 2,802 2,327 25.4 20.4 -39.7 3,781 3,215 2,090 3,020 13,128 10,527 24.7

 Photographic equipment...................... 614 674 644 -8.9 4.7 -2.9 567 741 561 585 2,450 2,292 6.9

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............ 3,315 3,630 2,931 -8.7 23.8 -15.2 3,394 4,015 2,538 2,851 13,066 11,173 16.9

 Metalworking machinery....................... 2,833 2,878 2,916 -1.6 -1.3 6.7 2,641 3,277 2,800 2,553 11,368 10,125 12.3

 Turbines, generators, and other 

 power transmission equipment....... 3,347 3,883 3,218 -13.8 20.7 -0.7 3,352 4,168 3,501 3,003 14,069 12,310 14.3

 Material handling equipment............... 2,317 2,037 2,407 13.7 -15.4 17.8 2,203 2,537 2,471 1,813 9,244 8,336 10.9

 Computers and electronic products 2...... 28,553 32,006 28,576 -10.8 12.0 6.3 25,700 36,392 26,498 23,347 112,178 103,153 8.7

 Computers........................................ 4,907 4,927 4,712 -0.4 4.6 9.1 4,992 5,381 3,999 5,123 18,342 17,046 7.6

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 4,916 6,345 6,074 -22.5 4.5 15.5 4,195 7,461 5,828 4,082 22,149 19,431 14.0

 Defense communications equipment... 466 1,103 117 -57.8 842.7 -66.1 396 1,157 100 234 1,894 1,775 6.7

 Semiconductors 2

................................ (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)

 Electronic components....................... 4,435 5,033 4,667 -11.9 7.8 5.4 3,948 5,234 4,544 3,601 17,780 16,104 10.4

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment..................................... 1,090 1,194 1,376 -8.7 -13.2 47.8 1,033 1,379 1,382 823 4,683 3,908 19.8

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 3,416 4,230 2,478 -19.2 70.7 -0.8 3,340 4,765 2,478 2,041 12,727 10,910 16.7

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments.................... 6,133 5,965 5,763 2.8 3.5 1.9 5,318 7,067 5,247 4,743 22,614 21,256 6.4

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 10,850 10,091 10,389 7.5 -2.9 -2.4 10,365 10,601 10,194 8,946 41,121 35,737 15.1

 Electric lighting equipment................... 1,170 1,112 1,116 5.2 -0.4 0.9 1,089 1,219 1,105 999 4,455 4,101 8.6

 Household appliances.......................... 2,221 2,065 2,252 7.6 -8.3 2.8 2,011 2,053 2,106 1,922 8,063 7,475 7.9

 Electrical equipment............................ 3,552 3,177 3,387 11.8 -6.2 -3.4 3,449 3,461 3,394 2,849 13,577 11,506 18.0

 Transportation equipment........................ 60,839 68,905 61,339 -11.7 12.3 17.1 56,255 79,632 60,546 53,121 245,175 214,337 14.4

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers.................................... 19,021 18,696 18,278 1.7 2.3 -4.1 18,940 21,002 18,949 19,981 77,093 77,443 -0.5

 Nondefense aircraft and parts.............. 13,189 18,592 11,624 -29.1 59.9 72.0 11,175 19,762 10,266 4,885 47,661 20,664 130.6

 Defense aircraft and parts................... 2,477 3,390 3,444 -26.9 -1.6 -18.7 2,295 4,903 3,219 2,236 14,701 10,355 42.0

 Ships and boats................................. 1,742 1,690 3,592 3.1 -53.0 55.1 1,609 1,767 3,630 1,936 9,609 7,775 23.6

 Furniture and related products................. 7,792 7,542 7,863 3.3 -4.1 3.8 7,695 7,853 7,883 7,066 30,731 28,320 8.5

 Nondurable goods industries.................. 188,095 185,888 182,683 1.2 1.8 -3.6 184,929 191,308 171,842 177,342 725,144 688,035 5.4

p

 Preliminary r Revised NA Not available.

1

 New orders are the totals for the period and are adjusted for trading-day and calendar-month variations.

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. Further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations are contained in our most recent annual benchmark publication,

Current Industrial Reports: M3-3(05), "Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: 1992-2005."

Year to date
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Table 3. Value of Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders for Industry Groups

[Millions of Dollars]

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Percent

Industry Change

Apr. Mar. Feb. Mar. - Feb. - Jan. - Apr. Mar. Feb. Apr. Apr.

2006p 2006r 2006 Apr. Mar. Feb. 2006p 2006r 2006 2005 06/05

All manufacturing industries 1................... 607,879 598,726 581,518 1.5 3.0 1.2 615,685 607,864 589,142 502,912 22.4

 Excluding transportation 1................... 287,068 284,002 278,957 1.1 1.8 0.5 292,529 288,931 282,914 257,169 13.7

 Excluding defense 1............................. 468,023 458,333 443,229 2.1 3.4 1.2 472,271 463,456 449,074 355,100 33.0

 Durable goods industries 1..................... 607,879 598,726 581,518 1.5 3.0 1.2 615,685 607,864 589,142 502,912 22.4

 Primary metals........................................ 26,350 25,777 25,635 2.2 0.6 -0.7 26,966 26,880 26,647 21,372 26.2

 Iron and steel mills.............................. 16,743 16,218 16,140 3.2 0.5 -1.6 17,044 16,944 16,761 12,591 35.4

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals......... 6,601 6,598 6,553 0.0 0.7 0.0 6,843 6,875 6,831 5,995 14.1

 Ferrous metal foundries...................... 3,006 2,961 2,942 1.5 0.6 3.2 3,079 3,061 3,055 2,786 10.5

 Fabricated metal products...................... 50,131 49,372 48,973 1.5 0.8 -0.2 50,924 49,925 48,791 44,147 15.4

 Machinery............................................. 66,414 65,748 64,791 1.0 1.5 0.4 68,581 67,479 66,327 57,321 19.6

 Construction machinery....................... 7,350 7,340 7,388 0.1 -0.6 -0.1 7,954 7,932 8,055 6,207 28.1

 Mining, oil field, and

 gas field machinery........................ 2,874 2,859 2,823 0.5 1.3 -1.1 2,950 2,958 2,870 1,823 61.8

 Industrial machinery............................ 10,927 10,804 10,397 1.1 3.9 1.1 11,170 10,839 10,502 9,716 15.0

 Photographic equipment...................... 1,386 1,416 1,393 -2.1 1.7 1.2 1,424 1,445 1,387 993 43.4

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............ 7,606 7,574 7,178 0.4 5.5 -3.8 7,925 7,703 7,243 5,289 49.8

 Metalworking machinery....................... 6,382 6,306 6,368 1.2 -1.0 0.8 6,543 6,403 6,472 6,417 2.0

 Turbines, generators, and other 

 power transmission equipment....... 10,672 10,428 10,211 2.3 2.1 0.6 10,833 10,594 10,480 9,123 18.7

 Material handling equipment............... 8,461 8,203 8,213 3.1 -0.1 4.5 8,797 8,542 8,403 7,367 19.4

 Computers and electronic products 1...... 111,441 111,543 107,790 -0.1 3.5 0.5 113,066 113,028 109,138 106,099 6.6

 Computers......................................... 4,212 4,346 4,324 -3.1 0.5 -1.1 4,212 4,346 4,324 4,330 -2.7

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 27,538 28,400 27,636 -3.0 2.8 2.0 28,295 28,908 27,861 28,025 1.0

 Defense communications equipment... 6,454 6,503 5,850 -0.8 11.2 -3.8 6,488 6,621 5,955 6,208 4.5

 Semiconductors 1

................................ (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)

 Electronic components....................... 11,418 11,597 11,286 -1.5 2.8 0.1 11,396 11,659 11,553 11,156 2.2

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment..................................... 5,303 5,144 4,912 3.1 4.7 9.7 5,416 5,247 4,951 4,156 30.3

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 36,027 35,436 33,962 1.7 4.3 -0.7 36,745 36,227 34,456 34,850 5.4

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments.................... 20,489 20,117 19,820 1.8 1.5 0.5 20,514 20,020 20,038 17,374 18.1

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 20,441 19,634 19,533 4.1 0.5 2.7 20,703 19,817 19,990 15,985 29.5

 Electric lighting equipment................... 2,377 2,251 2,177 5.6 3.4 3.7 2,368 2,242 2,166 1,807 31.0

 Household appliances.......................... 808 762 872 6.0 -12.6 20.6 795 782 1,050 616 29.1

 Electrical equipment............................ 11,557 11,198 11,173 3.2 0.2 1.8 11,702 11,183 11,276 9,313 25.7

 Transportation equipment........................ 320,811 314,724 302,561 1.9 4.0 1.9 323,156 318,933 306,228 245,743 31.5

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers.................................... 18,649 17,854 17,528 4.5 1.9 0.8 19,118 18,447 18,396 15,553 22.9

 Nondefense aircraft and parts.............. 187,229 180,626 169,610 3.7 6.5 2.1 186,352 181,167 171,227 107,224 73.8

 Defense aircraft and parts................... 45,924 46,948 47,008 -2.2 -0.1 -0.1 47,298 48,289 47,252 46,641 1.4

 Ships and boats................................. 14,475 14,678 14,846 -1.4 -1.1 13.6 14,892 15,346 15,602 16,743 -11.1

 Furniture and related products................. 7,558 7,511 7,547 0.6 -0.5 3.5 7,556 7,385 7,333 7,004 7.9

p

 Preliminary r Revised NA Not available.

1

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

See note at end of Table 2 relating to survey error and revision.
 5

Table 4. Value of Manufacturers' Inventories for Industry Groups

[Millions of Dollars]

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Percent

Industry Change

Apr. Mar. Feb. Mar. - Feb. - Jan. - Apr. Mar. Feb. Apr. Apr.

2006p 2006r 2006 Apr. Mar. Feb. 2006p 2006r 2006 2005 06/05

 All manufacturing industries .................. 460,909 457,914 454,016 0.7 0.9 -0.5 464,019 457,401 457,398 448,148 3.5

 Excluding transportation ...................... 396,075 393,645 390,242 0.6 0.9 -0.4 398,710 393,420 393,090 383,827 3.9

 Excluding defense ............................. 441,984 438,872 435,197 0.7 0.8 -0.5 445,080 438,408 438,499 429,214 3.7

 With unfilled orders ............................. 216,056 214,263 212,563 0.8 0.8 -0.1 217,673 213,644 214,541 210,904 3.2

 Durable goods industries ........................ 277,983 275,685 273,012 0.8 1.0 -0.5 280,064 274,995 275,861 271,818 3.0

 Wood products................................. ...... 11,403 11,334 11,496 0.6 -1.4 0.0 11,453 11,584 11,807 11,803 -3.0

 Nonmetallic mineral products................... 10,634 10,430 10,341 2.0 0.9 0.3 10,880 10,648 10,571 10,253 6.1

 Primary metals............................ ............ 26,349 26,026 25,953 1.2 0.3 1.2 26,502 26,046 26,179 26,054 1.7

 Iron and steel mills.............................. 14,664 14,496 14,479 1.2 0.1 1.6 14,610 14,370 14,517 15,132 -3.4

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals......... 9,626 9,460 9,374 1.8 0.9 0.8 9,758 9,537 9,517 8,662 12.7

 Ferrous metal foundries...................... 2,059 2,070 2,100 -0.5 -1.4 0.2 2,134 2,139 2,145 2,260 -5.6

 Fabricated metal products...................... 35,167 34,982 34,824 0.5 0.5 0.2 35,645 35,427 35,314 35,353 0.8

 Machinery............................................. 44,516 44,248 43,773 0.6 1.1 -0.1 44,791 44,342 44,442 42,682 4.9

 Farm machinery................................. 2,133 2,160 2,194 -1.3 -1.5 -0.4 2,178 2,313 2,370 2,382 -8.6

 Construction machinery........................ 3,970 3,820 3,731 3.9 2.4 0.7 4,029 3,884 3,842 3,559 13.2

 Mining, oil field, 

 and gas field machinery.................. 2,713 2,655 2,602 2.2 2.0 2.3 2,750 2,660 2,599 2,320 18.5

 Industrial machinery............................ 6,726 6,787 6,467 -0.9 4.9 1.6 6,726 6,798 6,636 6,522 3.1

 Photographic equipment...................... 1,439 1,420 1,429 1.3 -0.6 -0.3 1,445 1,371 1,424 1,355 6.6

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............ 3,888 3,886 3,842 0.1 1.1 -0.2 4,033 3,948 3,911 4,069 -0.9

 Metalworking machinery....................... 4,287 4,346 4,464 -1.4 -2.6 -0.4 4,254 4,289 4,424 4,214 0.9

 Turbines, generators, and other

 power transmission equipment....... 4,877 4,753 4,765 2.6 -0.3 -0.4 4,831 4,619 4,780 4,307 12.2

 Material handling equipment............... 2,819 2,812 2,824 0.2 -0.4 -1.9 2,836 2,829 2,848 2,714 4.5

 Computers and electronic products ......... 44,201 43,664 42,421 1.2 2.9 -2.3 44,144 42,487 42,605 41,515 6.3

 Computers......................................... 1,086 1,177 1,118 -7.7 5.3 0.4 1,036 1,138 1,107 1,173 -11.7

 Computer storage devices................... 1,006 1,001 1,015 0.5 -1.4 -0.9 1,027 907 1,033 1,004 2.3

 Other peripheral equipment................ 2,012 2,032 2,016 -1.0 0.8 -0.8 1,999 1,918 2,009 2,171 -7.9

 Nondefense communications

 equipment..................................... 9,358 8,988 9,172 4.1 -2.0 -0.1 9,294 8,719 9,341 8,909 4.3

 Defense communications equipment... 1,110 1,105 1,121 0.5 -1.4 4.5 1,114 1,106 1,112 928 20.0

 Audio and video equipment.................. 869 957 806 -9.2 18.7 -2.9 787 808 762 850 -7.4

 Semiconductors 1

................................ (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)

 Electronic components....................... 6,539 6,308 6,324 3.7 -0.3 -1.9 6,631 6,186 6,312 6,031 9.9

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment..................................... 2,702 2,721 2,632 -0.7 3.4 -0.5 2,736 2,699 2,638 2,616 4.6

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 2,685 2,737 2,800 -1.9 -2.3 4.6 2,682 2,661 2,762 2,712 -1.1

 Electromedical, measuring 

 and control instruments.................... 9,543 9,605 9,634 -0.6 -0.3 0.4 9,566 9,479 9,750 9,428 1.5

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 13,297 13,216 13,084 0.6 1.0 -0.1 13,701 13,378 13,369 12,835 6.7

 Electric lighting equipment................... 1,645 1,642 1,632 0.2 0.6 -0.7 1,660 1,641 1,642 1,532 8.4

 Household appliances.......................... 2,024 2,043 2,079 -0.9 -1.7 -0.3 2,161 2,065 2,156 2,085 3.6

 Electrical equipment............................ 4,433 4,370 4,307 1.4 1.5 0.6 4,575 4,431 4,442 4,099 11.6

 Batteries............................................ 593 594 592 -0.2 0.3 -1.8 605 590 572 523 15.7

 Transportation equipment...................... 64,834 64,269 63,774 0.9 0.8 -0.9 65,309 63,981 64,308 64,321 1.5

 Automobiles....................................... 2,326 2,017 2,194 15.3 -8.1 -7.5 2,359 1,966 2,204 2,012 17.2

 Light trucks and utility vehicles............ 3,001 3,200 3,359 -6.2 -4.7 4.0 3,081 3,147 3,338 3,151 -2.2

 Heavy duty trucks .............................. 1,259 1,262 1,265 -0.2 -0.2 0.2 1,246 1,267 1,275 1,338 -6.9

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers..................................... 17,007 16,919 16,598 0.5 1.9 -0.3 17,199 17,053 16,727 17,775 -3.2

 Nondefense aircraft and parts.............. 22,459 21,992 21,762 2.1 1.1 -1.5 22,558 21,701 21,974 21,094 6.9

 Defense aircraft and parts..................... 11,437 11,453 11,376 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 11,450 11,439 11,463 11,048 3.6

 Ships and boats.................................. 2,794 2,850 2,585 -2.0 10.3 -3.8 2,805 2,913 2,645 2,591 8.3

 Furniture and related products................. 8,486 8,503 8,328 -0.2 2.1 -0.1 8,473 8,356 8,201 8,068 5.0

 Miscellaneous durable goods.................... 19,096 19,013 19,018 0.4 0.0 -0.2 19,166 18,746 19,065 18,934 1.2

 Nondurable goods industries................... 182,926 182,229 181,004 0.4 0.7 -0.5 183,955 182,406 181,537 176,330 4.3

 Food products........................................ 32,729 32,819 32,961 -0.3 -0.4 -0.1 32,040 32,485 33,087 31,707 1.1

 Grain and oilseed milling..................... 3,813 3,768 3,810 1.2 -1.1 -1.3 3,866 3,903 4,077 3,625 6.6

 Dairy products.................................... 3,737 3,797 3,875 -1.6 -2.0 0.6 3,879 3,801 3,838 4,011 -3.3

 Meat, poultry, and seafood products... 5,701 5,767 5,783 -1.1 -0.3 -1.0 5,746 5,883 5,813 5,816 -1.2

 Beverage and tobacco products............... 15,624 15,674 15,719 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 15,527 15,724 15,852 15,077 3.0

 Beverages......................................... 11,114 11,117 11,146 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 11,071 11,163 11,141 10,337 7.1

 Tobacco............................................ 4,510 4,557 4,573 -1.0 -0.3 -0.3 4,456 4,561 4,711 4,740 -6.0

 Textile mills........................................... 3,496 3,562 3,568 -1.9 -0.2 -0.4 3,564 3,570 3,606 3,838 -7.1

 Textile products...................................... 3,033 3,052 3,070 -0.6 -0.6 -0.1 3,087 3,061 3,090 3,110 -0.7

 Apparel................................................. 4,509 4,565 4,613 -1.2 -1.0 0.1 4,468 4,453 4,515 4,647 -3.9

 Leather and allied products..................... 687 704 716 -2.4 -1.7 -11.2 680 689 716 788 -13.7

 Paper products....................................... 14,589 14,530 14,359 0.4 1.2 0.9 14,717 14,622 14,488 14,761 -0.3

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills....... 6,557 6,515 6,455 0.6 0.9 0.2 6,621 6,574 6,529 6,705 -1.3

 Paperboard containers........................ 4,008 4,010 3,940 0.0 1.8 1.6 4,003 4,006 3,982 4,053 -1.2

 Printing.................................................. 6,044 5,970 5,940 1.2 0.5 -0.3 5,884 5,792 5,737 5,888 -0.1

 Petroleum and coal products.................. 27,682 26,410 25,622 4.8 3.1 0.3 28,323 25,918 24,931 23,473 20.7

 Petroleum refineries............................. 25,459 24,245 23,450 5.0 3.4 0.2 25,998 23,713 22,801 21,347 21.8

 Chemical products.................................. 55,676 56,161 55,625 -0.9 1.0 -1.5 56,273 56,693 56,176 54,360 3.5

 Pesticides, fertilizers, and other

 agricultural chemicals....................... 2,511 2,537 2,553 -1.0 -0.6 -0.1 2,695 2,946 3,063 2,264 19.0

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines............ 19,271 19,310 18,826 -0.2 2.6 -3.4 19,399 19,215 18,554 18,873 2.8

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives............. 2,868 2,850 2,863 0.6 -0.5 2.0 2,930 2,935 2,926 2,802 4.6

 Plastics and rubber products..................... 18,857 18,782 18,811 0.4 -0.2 -0.1 19,392 19,399 19,339 18,681 3.8

p

 Preliminary r Revised NA Not available.

1 Inventories for semiconductor industry data are included in computers and electronic products and total durable goods industries, but are not shown separately. 

See note at end of Table 2 relating to survey error and revision.
 6 

Table 5. Value of Manufacturers' Shipments, New Orders, Unfilled Orders, and Total Inventories for 

 Topical Series 1

[Millions of Dollars]

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted2

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Year to date Percent

Industry Change6

Apr. Mar. Feb. Mar. - Feb. - Jan. - Apr. Mar. Feb. Apr. 2006/

2006p 2006r 2006 Apr. Mar. Feb. 2006p 2006r 2006 2005 2006p 2005 2005

SHIPMENTS

 All manufacturing industries .................. 394,932 394,896 391,045 0.0 1.0 -1.6 384,004 425,124 371,196 372,036 1,542,544 1,453,130 6.2

 Construction materials and supplies...... 42,363 43,066 43,242 -1.6 -0.4 0.0 41,655 44,966 39,529 40,601 164,187 152,129 7.9

 Information technology......................... 27,756 27,237 26,984 1.9 0.9 -0.1 25,130 31,231 24,139 23,071 103,311 95,118 8.6

 Computers and related products .......... 6,798 6,780 6,576 0.3 3.1 1.7 6,401 7,927 5,504 6,392 25,333 24,331 4.1

 Motor vehicle and parts........................ 39,061 40,231 39,070 -2.9 3.0 -2.6 37,398 47,120 39,697 40,813 160,725 161,153 -0.3

 Capital goods...................................... 73,490 73,923 72,668 -0.6 1.7 0.3 69,930 84,604 67,971 65,093 284,775 256,367 11.1

 Nondefense capital goods 3

.................. 65,542 66,115 65,161 -0.9 1.5 1.1 62,222 76,012 60,738 57,858 254,781 227,799 11.8

 Excluding aircraft............................. 61,694 61,060 59,843 1.0 2.0 -0.9 58,866 69,119 55,457 54,739 236,779 217,352 8.9

 Defense capital goods 4....................... 7,948 7,808 7,507 1.8 4.0 -6.0 7,708 8,592 7,233 7,235 29,994 28,568 5.0

 Consumer goods.................................. 155,079 154,442 150,598 0.4 2.6 -3.6 149,677 160,795 142,659 144,647 597,673 566,939 5.4

 Consumer durable goods..................... 35,031 35,759 35,281 -2.0 1.4 -1.7 32,779 41,536 34,811 34,408 141,105 137,285 2.8

 Consumer nondurable goods............... 120,048 118,683 115,317 1.2 2.9 -4.1 116,898 119,259 107,848 110,239 456,568 429,654 6.3

 All manufacturing industries 5

................. 397,976 405,387 389,720 -1.8 4.0 0.1 386,156 436,533 373,068 364,956 1,558,893 1,440,552 8.2

 Construction materials and supplies...... 42,895 43,874 43,035 -2.2 1.9 -1.4 42,626 46,532 39,827 41,073 167,890 154,853 8.4

 Information technology......................... 28,079 30,814 27,636 -8.9 11.5 4.7 25,638 35,185 25,654 23,057 109,880 100,220 9.6

 Computers and related products .......... 6,664 6,802 6,528 -2.0 4.2 6.4 6,267 7,949 5,456 6,460 24,843 23,727 4.7

 Motor vehicle and parts........................ 39,856 40,557 39,201 -1.7 3.5 -3.1 38,069 47,171 40,080 40,784 162,751 161,246 0.9

 Capital goods...................................... 79,990 87,001 77,657 -8.1 12.0 11.6 75,167 98,787 74,039 64,515 312,547 264,959 18.0

 Nondefense capital goods 3

.................. 72,320 76,888 68,884 -5.9 11.6 4.7 68,303 85,759 65,507 59,188 280,406 237,227 18.2

 Excluding aircraft............................. 62,396 63,506 61,404 -1.7 3.4 -1.0 60,422 71,837 59,482 56,774 248,964 227,209 9.6

 Defense capital goods 4....................... 7,670 10,113 8,773 -24.2 15.3 130.7 6,864 13,028 8,532 5,327 32,141 27,732 15.9

 Consumer goods.................................. 155,479 153,985 150,916 1.0 2.0 -3.4 150,059 160,104 143,026 144,715 598,008 566,447 5.6

 Consumer durable goods..................... 35,431 35,302 35,599 0.4 -0.8 -0.7 33,161 40,845 35,178 34,476 141,440 136,793 3.4

 Consumer nondurable goods.............. 120,048 118,683 115,317 1.2 2.9 -4.1 116,898 119,259 107,848 110,239 456,568 429,654 6.3

 All manufacturing industries 5................. 607,879 598,726 581,518 1.5 3.0 1.2 615,685 607,864 589,142 502,912 (X) (X) 22.4

 Construction materials and supplies...... 42,170 41,638 40,830 1.3 2.0 -0.5 43,077 42,106 40,540 35,969 (X) (X) 19.8

 Information technology......................... 107,108 106,785 103,208 0.3 3.5 0.6 108,932 108,424 104,470 100,185 (X) (X) 8.7

 Computers and related products .......... 4,212 4,346 4,324 -3.1 0.5 -1.1 4,212 4,346 4,324 4,330 (X) (X) -2.7

 Motor vehicle and parts........................ 18,649 17,854 17,528 4.5 1.9 0.8 19,118 18,447 18,396 15,553 (X) (X) 22.9

 Capital goods...................................... 437,556 431,056 417,978 1.5 3.1 1.2 442,467 437,230 423,047 356,462 (X) (X) 24.1

 Nondefense capital goods 3..................310,713 303,935 293,162 2.2 3.7 1.3 312,539 306,458 296,711 221,400 (X) (X) 41.2

 Excluding aircraft............................. 148,223 147,521 145,075 0.5 1.7 1.1 151,391 149,835 147,117 134,879 (X) (X) 12.2

 Defense capital goods 4

....................... 126,843 127,121 124,816 -0.2 1.8 1.0 129,928 130,772 126,336 135,062 (X) (X) -3.8

 Consumer goods.................................. 9,031 8,631 9,088 4.6 -5.0 3.6 9,017 8,635 9,326 9,356 (X) (X) -3.6

 Consumer durable goods..................... 9,031 8,631 9,088 4.6 -5.0 3.6 9,017 8,635 9,326 9,356 (X) (X) -3.6 

 All manufacturing industries .................. 460,909 457,914 454,016 0.7 0.9 -0.5 464,019 457,401 457,398 448,148 (X) (X) 3.5

 Construction materials and supplies...... 53,367 52,939 52,836 0.8 0.2 0.1 54,181 53,864 53,817 53,343 (X) (X) 1.6

 Information technology......................... 36,841 36,749 36,637 0.3 0.3 0.4 36,813 35,878 36,911 36,202 (X) (X) 1.7

 Computers and related products .......... 4,104 4,210 4,149 -2.5 1.5 -0.5 4,062 3,963 4,149 4,348 (X) (X) -6.6

 Motor vehicle and parts........................ 23,593 23,398 23,416 0.8 -0.1 -0.4 23,885 23,433 23,544 24,276 (X) (X) -1.6

 Capital goods...................................... 122,825 122,098 121,104 0.6 0.8 -0.1 123,323 121,099 122,247 117,936 (X) (X) 4.6

 Nondefense capital goods 3..................108,547 107,652 106,804 0.8 0.8 -0.2 109,044 106,688 107,954 103,458 (X) (X) 5.4

 Excluding aircraft............................. 91,287 90,759 90,146 0.6 0.7 0.1 91,753 89,995 91,085 88,017 (X) (X) 4.2

 Defense capital goods 4....................... 14,278 14,446 14,300 -1.2 1.0 0.1 14,279 14,411 14,293 14,478 (X) (X) -1.4

 Consumer goods.................................. 139,315 138,297 137,348 0.7 0.7 -0.6 139,451 136,928 136,888 133,839 (X) (X) 4.2

 Consumer durable goods..................... 26,623 26,626 26,774 0.0 -0.6 -0.3 26,765 26,223 26,981 26,722 (X) (X) 0.2

 Consumer nondurable goods............... 112,692 111,671 110,574 0.9 1.0 -0.6 112,686 110,705 109,907 107,117 (X) (X) 5.2

p

 Preliminary r Revised X Not Applicable.

1

 Topical series are regroupings of the separate industry categories.

2

 Shipments and new orders are the totals for the period and are adjusted for trading-day and calendar-month variations.

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.

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

NEW ORDERS

UNFILLED ORDERS

TOTAL INVENTORIES
 7

Table 6. Value of Manufacturers' Inventories, by Stage of Fabrication, by Industry Group

[Millions of Dollars]

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Percent

Industry Change

Apr. Mar. Feb. Mar. - Feb. - Jan. - Apr. Mar. Feb. Apr. Apr.

2006p 2006r 2006 Apr. Mar. Feb. 2006p 2006r 2006 2005 06/05

MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

 All manufacturing industries..................... 159,350 158,434 157,014 0.6 0.9 0.0 159,547 158,234 157,611 155,063 2.9

 Durable goods industries........................ 95,399 94,708 93,462 0.7 1.3 0.1 95,026 94,079 93,916 93,255 1.9

 Wood products................................... 4,956 4,974 5,078 -0.4 -2.0 0.9 4,620 4,854 5,158 4,554 1.4

 Nonmetallic mineral products............... 4,011 3,982 3,982 0.7 0.0 1.7 3,987 3,985 3,983 3,674 8.5

 Primary metals.................................... 9,446 9,397 9,278 0.5 1.3 3.6 9,242 9,162 9,091 9,207 0.4

 Fabricated metal products.................. 13,026 12,905 12,844 0.9 0.5 1.3 13,111 13,023 13,038 12,719 3.1

 Machinery.......................................... 15,938 15,780 15,631 1.0 1.0 -0.4 16,019 15,643 15,682 15,515 3.2

 Computers and electronic products ...... 15,332 15,210 14,632 0.8 4.0 -3.1 15,202 15,069 14,767 14,647 3.8

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components.............................. 5,365 5,318 5,293 0.9 0.5 -0.7 5,428 5,330 5,407 5,170 5.0

 Transportation equipment.................. 17,254 17,113 16,770 0.8 2.0 0.2 17,347 17,128 16,855 18,082 -4.1

 Furniture and related products............ 3,603 3,561 3,523 1.2 1.1 0.4 3,598 3,548 3,509 3,338 7.8

 Miscellaneous products........................ 6,468 6,468 6,431 0.0 0.6 0.9 6,472 6,337 6,426 6,349 1.9

 Nondurable goods industries.................... 63,951 63,726 63,552 0.4 0.3 -0.2 64,521 64,155 63,695 61,808 4.4

 Food products................................... 11,482 11,388 11,531 0.8 -1.2 -0.2 11,476 11,423 11,683 11,232 2.2

 Beverage and tobacco products........... 4,587 4,650 4,709 -1.4 -1.3 -1.5 4,616 4,699 4,778 5,118 -9.8

 Textiles.............................................. 1,041 1,053 1,090 -1.1 -3.4 0.7 1,077 1,065 1,101 1,231 -12.5

 Textile products.................................. 1,289 1,291 1,278 -0.2 1.0 -0.5 1,297 1,287 1,273 1,195 8.5

 Apparel............................................. 1,185 1,196 1,225 -0.9 -2.4 0.6 1,202 1,195 1,222 1,257 -4.4

 Leather and allied products................... 229 223 232 2.7 -3.9 -15.9 226 213 228 256 -11.7

 Paper products................................... 7,120 7,092 6,990 0.4 1.5 1.2 7,090 7,141 7,020 6,949 2.0

 Printing ............................................ 2,784 2,723 2,741 2.2 -0.7 1.0 2,705 2,703 2,676 2,677 1.0

 Petroleum and coal products............... 9,600 9,201 8,774 4.3 4.9 2.4 9,940 9,251 8,528 7,249 37.1

 Chemical products............................. 17,115 17,350 17,351 -1.4 0.0 -1.4 17,292 17,504 17,440 17,210 0.5

 Plastics and rubber products............... 7,519 7,559 7,631 -0.5 -0.9 -0.8 7,600 7,674 7,746 7,434 2.2

WORK IN PROCESS

 All manufacturing industries .................. 126,629 124,634 122,986 1.6 1.3 -1.6 127,136 123,847 123,491 120,426 5.6

 Durable goods industries ........................ 97,676 96,033 94,596 1.7 1.5 -1.0 98,403 95,488 95,240 92,192 6.7

 Wood products................................... 2,084 2,086 2,092 -0.1 -0.3 3.5 2,091 2,094 2,099 2,209 -5.3

 Nonmetallic mineral products............... 1,207 1,158 1,129 4.2 2.6 -1.8 1,254 1,219 1,184 1,169 7.3

 Primary metals.................................... 8,411 8,210 8,176 2.4 0.4 1.7 8,544 8,252 8,295 8,033 6.4

 Fabricated metal products.................. 10,317 10,151 10,096 1.6 0.5 -0.5 10,379 10,211 10,183 9,736 6.6

 Machinery.......................................... 13,091 13,072 12,689 0.1 3.0 0.5 13,127 12,916 12,622 12,490 5.1

 Computers and electronic products ...... 20,128 19,748 19,697 1.9 0.3 -0.9 20,245 19,058 19,625 18,243 11.0

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components.............................. 2,746 2,707 2,643 1.4 2.4 1.0 2,830 2,733 2,688 2,631 7.6

 Transportation equipment.................. 34,967 34,293 33,370 2.0 2.8 -2.6 35,150 34,382 33,843 32,510 8.1

 Furniture and related products............ 1,597 1,609 1,592 -0.7 1.1 -1.1 1,595 1,603 1,586 1,611 -1.0

 Miscellaneous products........................ 3,128 2,999 3,112 4.3 -3.6 -1.7 3,188 3,020 3,115 3,560 -10.4

 Nondurable goods industries.................... 28,953 28,601 28,390 1.2 0.7 -3.7 28,733 28,359 28,251 28,234 1.8

 Food products................................... 2,174 2,291 2,328 -5.1 -1.6 -4.4 2,056 2,267 2,367 2,369 -13.2

 Beverage and tobacco products........... 4,749 4,701 4,726 1.0 -0.5 0.6 4,529 4,641 4,813 3,846 17.8

 Textiles.............................................. 938 973 943 -3.6 3.2 -1.5 941 967 955 983 -4.3

 Textile products.................................. 455 460 464 -1.1 -0.9 -0.6 465 462 464 488 -4.7

 Apparel............................................. 828 877 845 -5.6 3.8 -0.5 846 859 825 845 0.1

 Leather and allied products................... 99 104 107 -4.8 -2.8 1.9 102 106 108 122 -16.4

 Paper products................................... 1,153 1,153 1,134 0.0 1.7 1.3 1,159 1,150 1,128 1,212 -4.4

 Printing ............................................ 1,636 1,653 1,620 -1.0 2.0 -2.0 1,567 1,558 1,549 1,617 -3.1

 Petroleum and coal products............... 3,755 3,321 3,319 13.1 0.1 -21.1 3,868 3,358 3,252 4,277 -9.6

 Chemical products............................. 11,079 11,019 10,854 0.5 1.5 -0.9 11,076 10,867 10,675 10,399 6.5

 Plastics and rubber products............... 2,087 2,049 2,050 1.9 0.0 1.0 2,124 2,124 2,115 2,076 2.3

FINISHED GOODS

 All manufacturing industries .................. 174,930 174,846 174,016 0.0 0.5 -0.1 177,336 175,320 176,296 172,659 2.7

 Durable goods industries ........................ 84,908 84,944 84,954 0.0 0.0 -0.6 86,635 85,428 86,705 86,371 0.3

 Wood products................................... 4,363 4,274 4,326 2.1 -1.2 -2.5 4,742 4,636 4,550 5,040 -5.9

 Nonmetallic mineral products............... 5,416 5,290 5,230 2.4 1.1 -0.3 5,639 5,444 5,404 5,410 4.2

 Primary metals.................................... 8,492 8,419 8,499 0.9 -0.9 -1.7 8,716 8,632 8,793 8,814 -1.1

 Fabricated metal products.................. 11,824 11,926 11,884 -0.9 0.4 -0.4 12,155 12,193 12,093 12,898 -5.8

 Machinery.......................................... 15,487 15,396 15,453 0.6 -0.4 -0.1 15,645 15,783 16,138 14,677 6.6

 Computers and electronic products ...... 8,741 8,706 8,092 0.4 7.6 -4.4 8,697 8,360 8,213 8,625 0.8

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components.............................. 5,186 5,191 5,148 -0.1 0.8 0.1 5,443 5,315 5,274 5,034 8.1

 Transportation equipment.................. 12,613 12,863 13,634 -1.9 -5.7 1.8 12,812 12,471 13,610 13,729 -6.7

 Furniture and related products............ 3,286 3,333 3,213 -1.4 3.7 0.0 3,280 3,205 3,106 3,119 5.2

 Miscellaneous products........................ 9,500 9,546 9,475 -0.5 0.7 -0.5 9,506 9,389 9,524 9,025 5.3

 Nondurable goods industries.................... 90,022 89,902 89,062 0.1 0.9 0.4 90,701 89,892 89,591 86,288 5.1

 Food products................................... 19,073 19,140 19,102 -0.4 0.2 0.6 18,508 18,795 19,037 18,106 2.2

 Beverage and tobacco products........... 6,288 6,323 6,284 -0.6 0.6 0.1 6,382 6,384 6,261 6,113 4.4

 Textiles.............................................. 1,517 1,536 1,535 -1.2 0.1 -0.6 1,546 1,538 1,550 1,624 -4.8

 Textile products.................................. 1,289 1,301 1,328 -0.9 -2.0 0.4 1,325 1,312 1,353 1,427 -7.1

 Apparel............................................. 2,496 2,492 2,543 0.2 -2.0 0.0 2,420 2,399 2,468 2,545 -4.9

 Leather and allied products................... 359 377 377 -4.8 0.0 -11.3 352 370 380 410 -14.1

 Paper products................................... 6,316 6,285 6,235 0.5 0.8 0.5 6,468 6,331 6,340 6,600 -2.0

 Printing ............................................ 1,624 1,594 1,579 1.9 0.9 -0.6 1,612 1,531 1,512 1,594 1.1

 Petroleum and coal products............... 14,327 13,888 13,529 3.2 2.7 5.9 14,515 13,309 13,151 11,947 21.5

 Chemical products............................. 27,482 27,792 27,420 -1.1 1.4 -1.8 27,905 28,322 28,061 26,751 4.3

 Plastics and rubber products............... 9,251 9,174 9,130 0.8 0.5 0.2 9,668 9,601 9,478 9,171 5.4

p

 Preliminary r Revised

See note at end of Table 2 relating to survey error and revisions.
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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 ratio1

Industry Apr Mar Feb Jan Apr Mar Feb Jan

2006p 2006r 2006 2006 2006p 2006r 2006 2006

 All manufacturing industries2

...... 1.17 1.16 1.16 1.15 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Durable goods industries2

................... 1.34 1.32 1.31 1.32 4.25 4.19 4.12 4.06

 Wood products................................ 1.36 1.28 1.25 1.24 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Nonmetallic mineral products........... 1.07 1.02 1.01 1.02 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Primary metals................................. 1.48 1.48 1.51 1.47 1.48 1.46 1.49 1.48

 Fabricated metal products............... 1.44 1.44 1.43 1.43 2.12 2.09 2.09 2.09

 Machinery....................................... 1.67 1.67 1.70 1.65 2.72 2.70 2.75 2.65

 Computers and electronic products 2

.. 1.27 1.25 1.17 1.26 4.38 4.45 4.38 4.38

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................. 1.32 1.32 1.32 1.31 2.16 2.08 2.09 2.02

 Transportation equipment................. 1.18 1.13 1.14 1.16 9.46 9.02 8.68 8.65

 Furniture and related products........... 1.10 1.12 1.09 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.07

 Miscellaneous products.................... 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.55 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Nondurable goods industries.............. 0.97 0.98 0.99 0.96 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Food products................................... 0.74 0.74 0.74 0.73 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Beverage and tobacco products......... 1.60 1.59 1.62 1.60 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Textiles.......................................... 1.25 1.25 1.26 1.25 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Textile products............................... 1.04 1.04 1.04 1.04 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Apparel.......................................... 1.44 1.48 1.55 1.56 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Leather and allied products............... 1.51 1.50 1.51 1.77 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Paper products................................ 1.07 1.06 1.06 1.04 (X) (X) (X) (X)

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

 Petroleum and coal products............ 0.73 0.72 0.75 0.66 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Chemical products............................. 1.14 1.17 1.18 1.17 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Plastics and rubber products.............. 1.12 1.13 1.11 1.10 (X) (X) (X) (X)

p

 Preliminary r Revised X Not Applicable

1

 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.

2 Unfilled orders to shipments ratio excludes semiconductor manufacturing.

Apr2 Apr2 Apr2 Apr2

Industry 2005- 2005- 2005- 2005-

Apr1 Mar Apr1 Mar Apr1 Mar Apr1 Mar

2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006

 All manufacturing industries.......... (X) 0.4 (X) 0.6 (X) 0.2 (X) 0.1

Durable goods industries...................... -0.1 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2

 Wood products................................... (X) 1.3 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.9

 Nonmetallic mineral products.............. (X) 0.5 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.3

 Primary metals.................................... -0.1 0.5 0.0 1.5 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.2

 Fabricated metal products................... -0.2 0.5 -0.2 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.3

 Machinery.......................................... 0.6 0.8 -0.2 1.7 -0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1

 Computers and electronic products ..... -0.1 0.7 -0.4 1.6 -0.1 0.3 -0.3 0.4

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................. -0.2 0.3 2.3 1.7 1.4 0.8 0.5 0.2

 Transportation equipment................... -0.3 0.6 1.0 1.3 -0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2

 Furniture and related products............. (X) 0.4 (X) 0.5 (X) 0.6 (X) 0.2

 Miscellaneous products...................... (X) 1.0 (X) 1.5 (X) 1.3 (X) 0.5

Nondurable goods industries.................. (X) 0.4 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.3

 Food products................................... (X) 0.6 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.4

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

 Textiles............................................. (X) 1.0 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.7

 Textile products................................. (X) 0.6 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.7

 Apparel.............................................. (X) 1.5 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.5

 Leather and allied products.................. (X) 1.3 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 2.0

 Paper products................................... (X) 1.1 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

 Printing.............................................. (X) 0.5 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.3

 Petroleum and coal products............... (X) 0.9 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.6

 Chemical products................................ (X) 0.9 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.4

 Plastics and rubber products............... (X) 0.6 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.4

X Not Applicable NA Not Available

1

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

 publication.

2

 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.

Table 8. Revisions to Previously Published Monthly Percent Changes

[Based on Seasonally Adjusted data]

Shipments New Orders Unfilled Orders Inventories
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Survey Description 

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

(M3) survey. This survey provides statistics on manufacturers' value of shipments, new orders (net of cancellations), 

end-of-month order backlog (unfilled orders), end-of-month total inventory (at current cost or market value), and 

inventories by stage of fabrication (materials and supplies, work-in-process, and finished goods). The M3 includes 

approximately 4,200 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-tomonth changes of the total operations of those companies in the monthly survey effectively represent the month-tomonth movements of all establishments that make up the category. The current coverage levels in the survey show 

that reported data in the monthly survey represent approximately 62 percent of the shipments estimates at the total 

manufacturing level. Data published represent manufacturing in a calendar month. The data collection is based on a 

voluntary survey authorized by Title 13 of the United States Code. 

The data presented in this release are based on data obtained from a panel of 4,200 reporting units and provide an 

indication of the activity within the manufacturing sector. The results differ from what would be obtained from a 

complete enumeration of all manufacturing companies. In addition, a different panel of 4,200 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-tomonth movement of all companies is another potential source. Any corrections in the data will be released in the 

next month’s advance report. Any revisions made later than two months will be reflected in the annual benchmark 

publication. 

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