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FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 AM EDT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2022

MONTHLY FULL REPORT ON MANUFACTURERS’ SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS 

AUGUST 2022

Release Number: CB 22-158 M3-2 (22)-08

October 4, 2022 — The U.S. Census Bureau announces the August full report on manufacturers’ 

shipments, inventories and orders:

MANUFACTURED GOODS – NEW ORDERS

AUGUST 2022 $548.4 billion -0.0%°

JULY 2022

(revised) $548.4 billion -1.0%°

Next release: November 3, 2022

Data adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes.

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

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

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

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

2022.

Summary

New orders for manufactured goods in August, down two consecutive months, decreased less than $0.1

billion or virtually unchanged to $548.4 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 1.0

percent July decrease. Shipments, up seventeen of the last eighteen months, increased $2.7 billion or 0.5

percent to $547.9 billion. This followed a 0.9 percent July decrease. Unfilled orders, up twenty-four

consecutive months, increased $5.3 billion or 0.5 percent to $1,132.1 billion. This followed a 0.7 percent 

July increase. The unfilled orders-to-shipments ratio was 6.01, down from 6.05 in July. Inventories, down 

two consecutive months, decreased $1.2 billion or 0.1 percent to $800.2 billion. This followed a virtually 

unchanged July decrease. The inventories-to-shipments ratio was 1.46, down from 1.47 in July.

New Orders

New orders for manufactured durable goods in August, down two consecutive months, decreased $0.5

billion or 0.2 percent to $272.7 billion, unchanged from the previously published decrease. This followed a

0.1 percent July decrease. Transportation equipment, also down two consecutive months, drove the 

decrease, $1.0 billion or 1.1 percent to $92.0 billion. New orders for manufactured nondurable goods 

increased $0.5 billion or 0.2 percent to $275.7 billion.

-0.3%

1.8%

1.1%

0.5%

2.3%

0.3%

1.8%

0.7%

1.8% 1.8%

-1.0%

0.0%

-2.0%

-1.0%

0.0%

1.0%

2.0%

3.0%

Sep-21 Oct-21 Nov-21 Dec-21 Jan-22 Feb-22 Mar-22 Apr-22 May-22 Jun-22 Jul-22 Aug-22

MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS 2021-2022

Seasonally Adjusted, Month-To-Month Percentage Change

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders, October 4, 2022.
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Shipments

Shipments of manufactured durable goods in August, up fifteen of the last sixteen months, increased $2.2

billion or 0.8 percent to $272.2 billion, up from the previously published 0.7 percent increase. This 

followed a 0.2 percent July increase. Transportation equipment, up ten of the last eleven months, led the 

increase, $1.7 billion or 2.0 percent to $88.1 billion. Shipments of manufactured nondurable goods, up

seventeen of the last eighteen months, increased $0.5 billion or 0.2 percent to $275.7 billion. This 

followed a 1.9 percent July decrease. Chemical products, up three of the last four months, drove the 

increase, $0.6 billion or 0.9 percent to $66.8 billion.

Unfilled Orders

Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in August, up twenty-four consecutive months, increased

$5.3 billion or 0.5 percent to $1,132.1 billion, unchanged from the previously published increase. This 

followed a 0.7 percent July increase. Transportation equipment, up eighteen of the last nineteen months, 

led the increase, $3.9 billion or 0.6 percent to $659.0 billion.

Inventories

Inventories of manufactured durable goods in August, up nineteen consecutive months, increased $1.1

billion or 0.2 percent to $487.5 billion, unchanged from the previously published increase. This followed a 

0.2 percent July increase. Machinery, up twenty-two consecutive months, led the increase, $0.5 billion or 

0.6 percent to $84.4 billion. Inventories of manufactured nondurable goods, down two consecutive 

months, decreased $2.3 billion or 0.7 percent to $312.7 billion. This followed a 0.4 percent July decrease. 

Petroleum and coal products, down three consecutive months, drove the decrease, $3.2 billion or 6.1

percent to $49.5 billion. By stage of fabrication, August materials and supplies were virtually unchanged in

durable goods and increased 0.1 percent in nondurable goods. Work in process increased 0.2 percent in

durable goods and decreased 2.9 percent in nondurable goods. Finished goods increased 0.6 percent in

durable goods and decreased 0.6 percent in nondurable goods.

The Advance Report on durable goods for September is scheduled for release on October 27, 2022, at 8:30

a.m. EDT and the Full Report on November 3, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. EDT. View the full schedule in the

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

can be found at <www.census.gov/m3>.
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EXPLANATORY NOTES

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

exclude data for semiconductor manufacturing. 

“Virtually unchanged” indicates that the change is less than 0.05 percent for a percent increase or 

decrease. 

Description of the survey 

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

and Orders (M3) survey, which is a voluntary survey authorized by Title 13 of the United States Code. This 

survey provides statistics on a calendar-month basis for manufacturers' value of shipments, new orders 

(net of cancellations), end-of-month order backlog (unfilled orders), end-of-month total inventory (at 

current cost or market value), and inventories by stage of fabrication (materials and supplies, work-inprocess, and finished goods). Data published from the M3 survey are based on a panel of approximately 

5,000 reporting units that represent approximately 3,100 companies and provide an indication of monthto-month change for the Manufacturing Sector. These reporting units may be divisions of diversified large 

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

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

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

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

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

approximately 60 percent of the total value of shipments for manufacturing establishments in the 2017

Economic Census, and these companies include roughly 61 percent of the manufacturing companies with 

$500 million or more in shipments in the 2017 Economic Census. The companies for which shipments data 

are currently reported in the M3 survey represent approximately 51 percent of the total value of 

shipments for manufacturing establishments in the 2017 Economic Census. Statistics based on the M3 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Special Notice - New Advance Estimates Of Total Manufacturing

Beginning with September 2021 data released on October 27, 2021, advance estimates of total 

manufacturing, including M3 durable and nondurable industries, for shipments and inventories, are

available at the same time as the Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers’ Shipments, 

Inventories and Orders. Monthly advance total manufacturing estimates are available on a seasonally 

adjusted basis as well as a not seasonally adjusted basis on the M3 website under the “Advance Report 

Highlights”. 

RESOURCES

API

The Census Bureau’s application programming interface (API) lets developers create custom apps to reach 

new users and makes key demographic, socio-economic and housing statistics more accessible than ever 

before.

<www.census.gov/developers/>.

FRED Mobile App

Receive the latest updates on the nation’s key economic indicators by downloading 

the FRED App <https://fred.stlouisfed.org/fred-mobile/> for both Apple and 

Android devices. FRED, the signature database of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. 

Louis, now incorporates the Census Bureau’s 13 economic indicators.

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Table 1. Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for Industry Groups1

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted 

Monthly Percent Change Monthly

Industry % Change

Aug. July June July - June - May - Aug. July June Aug. 2022/

2022p2022r

2022 Aug. July June 2022p

2022r

2022 2021 2022

p

2021 2021

 All manufacturing industries.................. 547,944 545,282 550,206 0.5 -0.9 0.8 569,812 523,169 586,711 501,241 4,287,724 3,780,743 13.4

 Excluding transportation................... 459,857 458,928 464,926 0.2 -1.3 0.9 477,459 450,006 492,725 424,552 3,621,924 3,191,698 13.5

 Excluding defense.............................. 531,313 528,868 534,326 0.5 -1.0 0.9 553,570 508,432 569,839 486,350 4,163,539 3,663,875 13.6

 With unfilled orders............................ 188,215 186,298 185,506 1.0 0.4 -0.1 195,186 172,121 203,114 173,089 1,465,119 1,306,398 12.1

 Durable goods industries......................... 272,224 270,036 269,545 0.8 0.2 0.3 284,852 248,929 292,868 251,983 2,119,961 1,904,149 11.3

 Wood products....................................... 12,851 12,781 12,851 0.5 -0.5 -1.7 13,724 12,984 14,068 12,971 105,089 98,935 6.2

 Nonmetallic mineral products.................... 12,476 12,579 12,550 -0.8 0.2 0.8 14,093 12,946 13,881 12,899 100,034 92,321 8.4

 Primary metals....................................... 20,722 20,670 21,394 0.3 -3.4 -0.5 21,868 19,709 22,572 19,887 168,953 148,211 14.0

 Iron and steel mills............................ 12,277 12,437 12,446 -1.3 -0.1 0.2 13,047 11,949 12,966 11,389 97,959 82,565 18.6

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals.......... 6,972 6,786 7,459 2.7 -9.0 -1.3 7,230 6,407 7,901 7,035 58,890 55,024 7.0

 Ferrous metal foundries....................... 1,473 1,447 1,489 1.8 -2.8 -2.9 1,591 1,353 1,705 1,463 12,104 10,622 14.0

 Fabricated metal products....................... 36,872 37,116 37,079 -0.7 0.1 0.6 39,421 35,522 39,391 35,687 294,853 260,351 13.3

 Machinery............................................. 38,032 38,009 37,760 0.1 0.7 0.5 38,731 35,791 41,463 34,481 299,497 262,741 14.0

 Farm machinery................................. 2,791 2,866 2,807 -2.6 2.1 1.9 2,649 2,647 2,901 2,237 22,397 21,363 4.8

 Construction machinery..................... 3,609 3,668 3,593 -1.6 2.1 1.0 3,719 3,599 4,048 3,037 28,574 23,067 23.9

 Mining, oil field, and 

 gas field machinery.......................... 1,543 1,526 1,454 1.1 5.0 -3.6 1,535 1,415 1,515 1,232 11,342 9,905 14.5

 Industrial machinery.......................... 6,219 6,218 6,258 0.0 -0.6 0.0 6,111 5,801 7,062 5,289 48,433 33,695 43.7

 Photographic equipment...................... 523 504 534 3.8 -5.6 2.1 519 478 603 494 4,082 4,066 0.4

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............ 4,664 4,581 4,614 1.8 -0.7 0.8 5,147 4,733 5,721 4,462 37,525 33,387 12.4

 Metalworking machinery..................... 2,593 2,642 2,618 -1.9 0.9 -0.7 2,672 2,369 2,782 2,656 20,504 20,225 1.4

 Turbines, generators, and other

 power transmission equipment....... 3,318 3,271 3,245 1.4 0.8 1.9 3,478 3,128 3,287 3,378 25,961 25,773 0.7

 Material handling equipment............... 3,439 3,407 3,421 0.9 -0.4 -0.8 3,596 3,064 3,560 2,933 27,439 21,998 24.7

 Computers and electronic products2.......... 29,304 29,189 29,030 0.4 0.5 1.6 29,624 27,226 31,441 27,438 222,099 209,404 6.1

 Computers........................................ 761 768 742 -0.9 3.5 1.4 796 735 884 796 5,736 5,754 -0.3

 Computer storage devices..................... 679 670 670 1.3 0.0 1.1 604 565 898 527 4,960 4,351 14.0

 Other peripheral equipment................ 750 726 572 3.3 26.9 26.0 726 692 648 428 4,181 3,393 23.2

 Nondefense communications

 equipment.................................... 3,083 3,153 3,097 -2.2 1.8 1.4 2,758 2,660 3,837 2,515 23,118 20,907 10.6

 Defense communications equipment.... 215 216 209 -0.5 3.3 1.5 221 200 215 209 1,633 1,525 7.1

 Audio and video equipment.................... 381 378 341 0.8 10.9 -15.0 339 323 271 287 2,817 2,158 30.5

 Electronic components......................... 4,663 4,611 4,562 1.1 1.1 -0.7 5,030 4,462 4,910 4,267 36,296 31,502 15.2

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 1,657 1,663 1,649 -0.4 0.8 1.4 1,693 1,435 1,798 1,645 12,829 12,593 1.9

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment..................................... 3,234 3,169 3,195 2.1 -0.8 -1.1 3,218 2,888 3,374 3,161 24,930 24,829 0.4

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments................. 8,947 8,887 8,956 0.7 -0.8 3.8 8,951 8,261 9,732 8,329 67,355 64,861 3.8

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 13,484 13,152 13,405 2.5 -1.9 0.2 14,131 12,413 14,830 12,660 104,933 94,316 11.3

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 1,041 1,043 1,033 -0.2 1.0 1.1 1,111 1,005 1,089 1,048 8,196 8,023 2.2

 Household appliances........................ 2,757 2,671 2,809 3.2 -4.9 2.0 2,868 2,302 3,064 2,600 20,904 19,581 6.8

 Electrical equipment............................ 3,788 3,733 3,745 1.5 -0.3 -1.0 3,920 3,473 4,439 3,642 29,762 27,731 7.3

 Batteries........................................... 957 949 955 0.8 -0.6 2.1 1,069 833 980 937 7,304 6,408 14.0

 Transportation equipment........................ 88,087 86,354 85,280 2.0 1.3 0.2 92,353 73,163 93,986 76,689 665,800 589,045 13.0

 Automobiles..................................... 7,713 7,453 7,322 3.5 1.8 0.7 8,873 6,179 7,676 7,080 58,954 53,873 9.4

 Light trucks and utility vehicles.............. 22,555 22,620 23,209 -0.3 -2.5 3.0 24,279 18,139 24,674 19,983 171,384 148,467 15.4

 Heavy duty trucks ............................. 2,464 2,411 2,337 2.2 3.2 2.5 2,577 2,237 2,519 1,882 18,511 15,292 21.1

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers.................................... 27,203 27,175 26,783 0.1 1.5 0.6 29,438 23,720 27,972 25,766 214,191 191,283 12.0

 Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 12,006 10,534 10,085 14.0 4.5 -7.1 11,215 8,508 14,417 7,859 81,653 69,711 17.1

 Defense aircraft and parts.................. 5,519 5,192 5,377 6.3 -3.4 0.3 5,493 4,635 5,972 5,323 41,362 41,085 0.7

 Ships and boats................................. 3,571 3,580 3,485 -0.3 2.7 -1.5 3,566 3,276 3,716 3,540 27,968 27,955 0.0

 Furniture and related products.................. 6,200 6,184 6,158 0.3 0.4 -1.0 6,693 6,227 6,390 6,173 49,214 46,127 6.7

 Miscellaneous durable goods................. 14,196 14,002 14,038 1.4 -0.3 -0.2 14,214 12,948 14,846 13,098 109,489 102,698 6.6

 Nondurable goods industries..................... 275,720 275,246 280,661 0.2 -1.9 1.4 284,960 274,240 293,843 249,258 2,167,763 1,876,594 15.5

 Food products....................................... 76,163 76,097 76,031 0.1 0.1 0.2 77,890 73,465 76,155 73,949 598,168 568,654 5.2

 Grain and oilseed milling....................... 9,090 9,201 9,235 -1.2 -0.4 0.4 9,575 8,879 9,314 8,576 72,150 64,287 12.2

 Dairy products.................................. 11,952 12,029 12,066 -0.6 -0.3 0.9 12,193 11,871 12,103 11,188 93,839 87,625 7.1

 Meat, poultry, and seafood products... 22,804 22,763 22,838 0.2 -0.3 -1.3 23,192 22,382 23,806 22,533 182,324 172,070 6.0

 Beverage and tobacco products................ 16,737 16,424 16,557 1.9 -0.8 3.6 17,359 16,495 17,338 15,043 126,687 109,937 15.2

 Beverages......................................... 10,028 9,942 9,860 0.9 0.8 1.1 10,650 10,013 10,641 10,038 78,849 74,276 6.2

 Tobacco............................................ 6,709 6,482 6,697 3.5 -3.2 7.5 6,709 6,482 6,697 5,005 47,838 35,661 34.1

 Textile mills........................................... 2,349 2,325 2,286 1.0 1.7 -0.7 2,495 2,295 2,434 2,373 18,783 18,105 3.7

 Textile products................................... 1,977 1,981 1,993 -0.2 -0.6 -1.6 2,060 2,003 2,136 1,990 16,144 15,425 4.7

 Apparel................................................ 714 724 732 -1.4 -1.1 0.1 774 711 705 773 5,602 5,444 2.9

 Leather and allied products...................... 441 421 423 4.8 -0.5 -5.4 473 432 441 423 3,469 3,153 10.0

 Paper products...................................... 16,224 16,192 16,351 0.2 -1.0 -0.8 17,193 15,880 16,884 16,640 130,937 125,442 4.4

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills....... 5,833 5,859 5,896 -0.4 -0.6 -2.3 6,195 5,888 5,961 6,001 47,313 45,160 4.8

 Paperboard containers........................ 6,021 5,989 6,062 0.5 -1.2 1.0 6,513 5,818 6,361 6,277 48,417 46,909 3.2

 Printing................................................. 6,935 6,968 6,964 -0.5 0.1 2.0 7,159 6,672 6,981 6,343 53,490 48,751 9.7

 Petroleum and coal products.................. 64,807 65,500 70,355 -1.1 -6.9 4.2 67,413 71,115 76,868 46,545 506,026 327,677 54.4

 Petroleum refineries.......................... 59,550 60,187 65,115 -1.1 -7.6 4.3 61,217 65,208 70,767 41,295 465,072 291,157 59.7

 Chemical products..................................... 66,832 66,238 66,589 0.9 -0.5 0.5 68,568 63,417 70,159 63,541 528,660 490,126 7.9

 Pesticides, fertilizers, and other

 agricultural chemicals....................... 3,219 3,240 3,247 -0.6 -0.2 2.2 2,648 2,535 3,536 2,414 26,883 23,802 12.9

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines............. 22,031 21,970 22,024 0.3 -0.2 2.4 23,114 21,028 23,125 20,405 169,395 154,615 9.6

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives.......... 3,837 3,762 3,782 2.0 -0.5 0.2 4,205 3,726 4,140 3,859 31,143 29,149 6.8

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 22,541 22,376 22,380 0.7 0.0 0.0 23,576 21,755 23,742 21,638 179,797 163,880 9.7

Year to date

p

 Preliminary 

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

1

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

data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the 

model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. 

2

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

Note: Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonreporting. Since the 

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, August Full Report, October 4, 2022. Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at 

<www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>. 
Table 2. Value of Manufacturers' New Orders for Industry Groups1

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted 

Monthly Percent Change Monthly

Industry % Change

Aug. July June July - June - May - Aug. July June Aug. 2022/

2022p2022r

2022 Aug. July June 2022p

2022r

2022 2021 2022p2021 2021

All manufacturing industries2........................ 548,419 548,449 554,232 0.0 -1.0 1.8 564,168 523,696 588,313 500,229 4,301,919 3,801,549 13.2

 Excluding transportation2...................... 456,432 455,462 460,606 0.2 -1.1 1.0 470,017 444,965 486,409 421,015 3,599,525 3,202,190 12.4

 Excluding defense2.............................. 529,602 531,192 534,338 -0.3 -0.6 1.1 547,747 510,766 566,306 488,742 4,177,859 3,688,277 13.3

 With unfilled orders2............................. 193,542 194,332 194,488 -0.4 -0.1 2.7 194,745 177,574 209,510 177,269 1,516,926 1,364,106 11.2

 Durable goods industries2......................... 272,699 273,203 273,571 -0.2 -0.1 2.3 279,208 249,456 294,470 250,971 2,134,156 1,924,955 10.9

 Primary metals........................................ 20,769 20,649 21,050 0.6 -1.9 -1.4 21,424 19,522 21,919 19,463 169,064 152,501 10.9

 Iron and steel mills.............................. 12,468 12,419 12,354 0.4 0.5 0.6 12,991 11,907 12,758 11,090 98,304 85,037 15.6

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals.......... 6,838 6,780 7,277 0.9 -6.8 -3.5 6,865 6,290 7,564 6,890 58,318 56,298 3.6

 Ferrous metal foundries....................... 1,463 1,450 1,419 0.9 2.2 -7.0 1,568 1,325 1,597 1,483 12,442 11,166 11.4

 Fabricated metal products........................ 36,934 37,195 36,922 -0.7 0.7 0.3 38,753 35,493 38,856 36,757 300,102 281,210 6.7

 Machinery............................................. 38,757 38,622 38,434 0.3 0.5 0.5 38,732 36,345 41,299 35,487 306,443 275,754 11.1

 Construction machinery........................ 3,650 3,692 3,743 -1.1 -1.4 0.3 3,584 3,422 3,921 3,027 28,936 25,259 14.6

 Mining, oil field, and

 gas field machinery.......................... 1,663 1,516 1,534 9.7 -1.2 1.7 1,655 1,405 1,595 1,335 11,430 10,239 11.6

 Industrial machinery............................ 6,301 6,576 6,522 -4.2 0.8 2.4 5,979 6,264 7,129 5,314 50,191 35,372 41.9

 Photographic equipment....................... 523 553 566 -5.4 -2.3 11.2 533 545 564 513 4,008 3,906 2.6

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............... 4,939 4,959 4,844 -0.4 2.4 -1.6 5,257 5,153 5,673 4,579 39,928 35,158 13.6

 Metalworking machinery....................... 2,596 2,551 2,518 1.8 1.3 -7.6 2,605 2,383 2,721 2,630 20,672 20,791 -0.6

 Turbines, generators, and other 

 power transmission equipment........... 3,275 3,190 3,313 2.7 -3.7 6.3 3,435 3,047 3,355 3,367 25,780 26,491 -2.7

 Material handling equipment.................. 3,607 3,528 3,375 2.2 4.5 -0.7 3,764 2,938 3,838 3,221 28,371 22,999 23.4

 Computers and electronic products2........... 24,712 24,547 24,211 0.7 1.4 1.8 23,475 21,803 26,647 22,006 184,625 174,927 5.5

 Computers........................................ 753 778 753 -3.2 3.3 3.6 788 745 895 782 5,727 5,715 0.2

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 3,159 3,053 2,918 3.5 4.6 -4.7 2,617 2,242 3,617 2,687 22,833 22,095 3.3

 Defense communications equipment....... 219 222 214 -1.4 3.7 1.9 219 192 218 194 1,595 1,348 18.3

 Electronic components......................... 4,714 4,667 4,604 1.0 1.4 2.2 4,932 4,586 4,636 4,385 36,364 32,414 12.2

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 1,788 1,786 1,764 0.1 1.2 2.0 1,784 1,566 1,937 1,806 13,944 14,060 -0.8

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 3,157 3,250 3,275 -2.9 -0.8 1.2 2,768 2,616 3,744 2,810 23,998 23,861 0.6

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments..................... 9,030 8,936 9,019 1.1 -0.9 3.5 8,613 8,197 9,703 8,018 67,574 64,903 4.1

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 13,885 13,661 13,717 1.6 -0.4 2.7 14,274 12,611 14,794 13,051 107,621 98,835 8.9

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 1,100 1,075 1,026 2.3 4.8 1.7 1,152 1,007 1,151 1,031 8,312 8,198 1.4

 Household appliances.......................... 2,764 2,642 2,702 4.6 -2.2 9.9 2,807 2,240 2,897 2,590 20,113 20,200 -0.4

 Electrical equipment............................ 3,958 4,046 4,012 -2.2 0.8 -1.2 4,009 3,779 4,524 3,801 32,370 28,020 15.5

 Transportation equipment........................ 91,987 92,987 93,626 -1.1 -0.7 6.1 94,151 78,731 101,904 79,214 702,394 599,359 17.2

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers..................................... 27,098 27,139 26,782 -0.2 1.3 0.7 29,382 23,551 27,272 26,257 214,188 194,040 10.4

 Nondefense aircraft and parts3................ 13,338 16,366 14,596 -18.5 12.1 1.0 12,043 15,716 18,354 13,035 117,129 80,650 45.2

 Defense aircraft and parts.................... 6,878 5,244 9,644 31.2 -45.6 78.3 6,541 3,865 10,507 3,851 43,285 37,303 16.0

 Ships and boats.................................. 5,517 5,097 3,221 8.2 58.2 -9.1 4,616 3,414 3,450 2,254 28,953 30,867 -6.2

 Furniture and related products................... 6,133 6,181 6,157 -0.8 0.4 0.3 6,369 6,074 6,241 6,116 49,125 48,193 1.9

 Nondurable goods industries..................... 275,720 275,246 280,661 0.2 -1.9 1.4 284,960 274,240 293,843 249,258 2,167,763 1,876,594 15.5

Year to date

p

 Preliminary 

r

 Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment. 

1

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

adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual 

review of the model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. 

2

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

Note: Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonreporting. 

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, August Full Report, October 4, 2022. Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at 

<www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>. 
Table 3. Value of Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders for Industry Groups1

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly % Change

Industry August

Aug. July June July - June - May - Aug. July June Aug. 2022/

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All manufacturing industries2...................... 1,132,082 1,126,755 1,118,721 0.5 0.7 0.8 1,126,408 1,126,849 1,121,396 1,054,291 6.8

 Excluding transportation2...................... 473,118 471,691 470,290 0.3 0.3 0.1 471,585 473,824 473,939 448,642 5.1

 Excluding defense2............................. 917,193 914,052 906,861 0.3 0.8 0.6 914,745 915,365 908,105 844,839 8.3

 Durable goods industries2........................ 1,132,082 1,126,755 1,118,721 0.5 0.7 0.8 1,126,408 1,126,849 1,121,396 1,054,291 6.8

 Primary metals........................................ 30,786 30,739 30,760 0.2 -0.1 -1.1 30,356 30,800 30,987 30,647 -0.9

 Iron and steel mills............................... 16,070 15,879 15,897 1.2 -0.1 -0.6 16,011 16,067 16,109 16,548 -3.2

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals............. 10,605 10,739 10,745 -1.2 -0.1 -1.7 10,243 10,608 10,725 10,600 -3.4

 Ferrous metal foundries........................ 4,111 4,121 4,118 -0.2 0.1 -1.7 4,102 4,125 4,153 3,499 17.2

 Fabricated metal products......................... 118,059 117,997 117,918 0.1 0.1 -0.1 119,219 119,887 119,916 115,308 3.4

 Machinery.............................................. 132,290 131,565 130,952 0.6 0.5 0.5 131,868 131,867 131,313 121,530 8.5

 Construction machinery......................... 10,088 10,047 10,023 0.4 0.2 1.5 9,627 9,762 9,939 8,503 13.2

 Mining, oil field, and

 gas field machinery.......................... 5,155 5,035 5,045 2.4 -0.2 1.6 5,155 5,035 5,045 4,876 5.7

 Industrial machinery............................. 12,747 12,665 12,307 0.6 2.9 2.2 12,675 12,807 12,344 10,405 21.8

 Photographic equipment........................ 3,162 3,162 3,113 0.0 1.6 1.0 3,079 3,065 2,998 3,153 -2.3

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment................ 11,630 11,355 10,977 2.4 3.4 2.1 11,680 11,570 11,150 8,568 36.3

 Metalworking machinery........................ 8,523 8,520 8,611 0.0 -1.1 -1.1 8,562 8,629 8,615 7,903 8.3

 Turbines, generators, and other 

 power transmission equipment............ 33,238 33,281 33,362 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 33,238 33,281 33,362 32,989 0.8

 Material handling equipment................... 16,788 16,620 16,499 1.0 0.7 -0.3 16,742 16,574 16,700 15,132 10.6

 Computers and electronic products2............. 140,639 140,379 140,154 0.2 0.2 0.1 139,140 140,086 140,583 134,313 3.6

 Computers......................................... 1,210 1,218 1,208 -0.7 0.8 0.9 1,210 1,218 1,208 1,338 -9.6

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 21,130 21,054 21,154 0.4 -0.5 -0.8 20,717 20,858 21,276 18,734 10.6

 Defense communications equipment........ 322 318 312 1.3 1.9 1.6 302 304 312 325 -7.1

 Electronic components.......................... 16,091 16,040 15,984 0.3 0.4 0.3 15,840 15,938 15,814 15,160 4.5

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment....................................... 32,268 32,137 32,014 0.4 0.4 0.4 32,206 32,115 31,984 30,403 5.9

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment....................................... 38,374 38,451 38,370 -0.2 0.2 0.2 38,026 38,476 38,748 38,345 -0.8

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments...................... 31,244 31,161 31,112 0.3 0.2 0.2 30,839 31,177 31,241 30,008 2.8

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components.................................... 39,675 39,274 38,765 1.0 1.3 0.8 39,489 39,346 39,148 35,145 12.4

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 2,280 2,221 2,189 2.7 1.5 -0.3 2,269 2,228 2,226 2,042 11.1

 Household appliances........................... 4,751 4,744 4,773 0.1 -0.6 -2.2 4,616 4,677 4,739 5,089 -9.3

 Electrical equipment............................. 16,777 16,607 16,294 1.0 1.9 1.7 16,821 16,732 16,426 14,270 17.9

 Transportation equipment......................... 658,964 655,064 648,431 0.6 1.0 1.3 654,823 653,025 647,457 605,649 8.1

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers...................................... 28,331 28,436 28,472 -0.4 -0.1 0.0 27,744 27,800 27,969 26,458 4.9

 Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 441,433 440,101 434,269 0.3 1.3 1.0 440,809 439,981 432,773 395,285 11.5

 Defense aircraft and parts..................... 61,474 60,115 60,063 2.3 0.1 7.6 60,481 59,433 60,203 56,281 7.5

 Ships and boats.................................. 51,883 49,937 48,420 3.9 3.1 -0.5 50,592 49,542 49,404 52,075 -2.8

 Furniture and related products................... 10,271 10,338 10,341 -0.6 0.0 0.0 10,115 10,439 10,592 10,296 -1.8

p

 Preliminary 

r

 Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment. 

1

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

include adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the 

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

2

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

Note: Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and 

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

<http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/>. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, August Full Report, October 4, 2022. Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at 

<www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>.
Table 4. Value of Manufacturers' Inventories for Industry Groups1

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly % Change

Industry August

Aug. July June July - June - May - Aug. July June Aug. 2022/

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 All manufacturing industries...................... 800,189 801,381 801,535 -0.1 0.0 0.4 802,917 807,098 802,257 737,806 8.8

 Excluding transportation........................ 642,711 643,867 643,959 -0.2 0.0 0.5 643,594 648,188 645,909 583,023 10.4

 Excluding defense............................. 773,529 774,581 774,964 -0.1 0.0 0.4 776,150 780,199 775,598 712,267 9.0

 With unfilled orders............................. 390,156 389,669 388,805 0.1 0.2 0.5 392,447 393,015 389,188 364,213 7.8

 Durable goods industries........................ 487,488 486,343 485,143 0.2 0.2 0.4 490,270 489,587 484,474 453,745 8.0

 Wood products........................................ 14,709 14,726 14,772 -0.1 -0.3 0.5 14,489 14,523 14,546 13,672 6.0

 Nonmetallic mineral products..................... 16,273 16,170 15,979 0.6 1.2 0.9 16,178 16,226 16,103 14,471 11.8

 Primary metals......................................... 38,956 39,084 39,284 -0.3 -0.5 -0.2 38,848 39,251 39,223 35,306 10.0

 Iron and steel mills............................... 22,814 22,939 23,165 -0.5 -1.0 -0.3 22,745 23,054 23,123 20,982 8.4

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals............ 13,431 13,448 13,433 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 13,437 13,513 13,408 11,909 12.8

 Ferrous metal foundries........................ 2,711 2,697 2,686 0.5 0.4 -0.3 2,666 2,684 2,692 2,415 10.4

 Fabricated metal products......................... 62,781 62,608 62,429 0.3 0.3 0.3 62,811 63,350 62,765 57,203 9.8

 Machinery.............................................. 84,416 83,911 83,269 0.6 0.8 1.1 84,767 83,812 83,327 73,276 15.7

 Farm machinery.................................. 5,980 5,871 5,882 1.9 -0.2 1.1 5,735 5,671 5,690 4,199 36.6

 Construction machinery......................... 7,126 7,159 7,070 -0.5 1.3 0.1 7,087 7,144 7,084 5,652 25.4

 Mining, oil field, 

 and gas field machinery.................... 6,152 6,181 6,133 -0.5 0.8 1.5 6,233 6,250 6,171 5,844 6.7

 Industrial machinery............................. 10,765 10,643 10,628 1.1 0.1 1.4 10,968 10,387 10,920 9,501 15.4

 Photographic equipment....................... 1,387 1,381 1,363 0.4 1.3 -2.5 1,425 1,390 1,334 1,365 4.4

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............... 7,774 7,651 7,454 1.6 2.6 3.2 7,653 7,577 7,467 6,011 27.3

 Metalworking machinery........................ 6,768 6,715 6,666 0.8 0.7 1.0 6,862 6,821 6,646 6,105 12.4

 Turbines, generators, and other

 power transmission equipment............ 10,296 10,348 10,301 -0.5 0.5 1.0 10,401 10,537 10,330 9,382 10.9

 Material handling equipment.................. 6,895 6,778 6,720 1.7 0.9 1.0 7,018 6,827 6,720 6,006 16.8

 Computers and electronic products2............ 52,457 52,278 52,097 0.3 0.3 0.7 52,833 52,755 52,151 50,240 5.2

 Computers......................................... 2,151 2,129 2,125 1.0 0.2 0.5 2,261 2,200 2,214 2,097 7.8

 Computer storage devices.................... 867 861 858 0.7 0.3 -2.3 911 883 830 930 -2.0

 Other peripheral equipment................... 949 913 891 3.9 2.5 -0.6 962 884 887 781 23.2

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 4,733 4,735 4,723 0.0 0.3 0.9 4,881 4,806 4,719 4,686 4.2

 Defense communications equipment........ 654 657 658 -0.5 -0.2 -0.2 654 657 658 662 -1.2

 Audio and video equipment.................... 1,165 1,141 1,174 2.1 -2.8 6.1 1,127 1,076 1,204 836 34.8

 Electronic components.......................... 9,871 9,893 9,870 -0.2 0.2 0.4 9,622 10,087 9,940 9,816 -2.0

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 3,457 3,402 3,346 1.6 1.7 1.1 3,510 3,438 3,321 3,186 10.2

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment....................................... 2,826 2,838 2,839 -0.4 0.0 0.2 2,849 2,867 2,838 2,899 -1.7

 Electromedical, measuring 

 and control instruments...................... 17,949 17,861 17,752 0.5 0.6 1.1 18,210 18,062 17,755 16,841 8.1

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components.................................... 23,149 22,949 22,862 0.9 0.4 0.2 23,398 23,400 23,088 20,348 15.0

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 2,080 2,074 2,081 0.3 -0.3 0.4 2,093 2,088 2,081 2,064 1.4

 Household appliances........................... 3,322 3,424 3,394 -3.0 0.9 -0.1 3,432 3,522 3,374 2,809 22.2

 Electrical equipment............................. 7,778 7,652 7,614 1.6 0.5 0.2 7,880 7,814 7,696 6,797 15.9

 Batteries............................................ 1,559 1,570 1,586 -0.7 -1.0 -2.3 1,625 1,633 1,686 1,618 0.4

 Transportation equipment......................... 157,478 157,514 157,576 0.0 0.0 0.2 159,323 158,910 156,348 154,783 2.9

 Automobiles....................................... 6,334 6,304 6,427 0.5 -1.9 -2.3 6,681 6,425 6,305 6,735 -0.8

 Light trucks and utility vehicles.............. 10,025 9,777 9,633 2.5 1.5 -4.2 10,517 9,890 9,129 9,432 11.5

 Heavy duty trucks ............................... 2,848 2,871 2,883 -0.8 -0.4 6.0 2,855 2,946 2,923 2,647 7.9

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers...................................... 32,527 32,545 32,609 -0.1 -0.2 0.6 32,508 33,022 32,455 30,373 7.0

 Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 75,804 76,006 76,062 -0.3 -0.1 0.1 76,514 76,341 75,642 77,162 -0.8

 Defense aircraft and parts..................... 12,868 13,076 13,009 -1.6 0.5 1.9 12,893 13,137 13,000 12,592 2.4

 Ships and boats.................................. 4,583 4,492 4,440 2.0 1.2 0.8 4,652 4,501 4,509 3,754 23.9

 Furniture and related products.................... 9,994 9,918 9,847 0.8 0.7 1.1 10,039 10,022 10,004 8,628 16.4

 Miscellaneous durable goods..................... 27,275 27,185 27,028 0.3 0.6 0.6 27,584 27,338 26,919 25,818 6.8

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 312,701 315,038 316,392 -0.7 -0.4 0.4 312,647 317,511 317,783 284,061 10.1

 Food products........................................ 62,884 62,768 62,571 0.2 0.3 -0.2 62,807 62,015 61,189 59,577 5.4

 Grain and oilseed milling........................ 7,857 7,813 7,804 0.6 0.1 -2.0 7,646 7,642 7,645 6,977 9.6

 Dairy products.................................... 9,323 9,369 9,355 -0.5 0.1 0.9 9,418 9,679 9,631 8,524 10.5

 Meat, poultry, and seafood products....... 11,021 10,925 10,755 0.9 1.6 1.0 11,200 10,927 10,556 10,564 6.0

 Beverage and tobacco products................ 28,465 28,295 28,232 0.6 0.2 0.1 27,802 27,603 27,861 26,232 6.0

 Beverages......................................... 24,801 24,633 24,572 0.7 0.2 0.2 24,392 24,196 24,357 22,921 6.4

 Tobacco............................................ 3,664 3,662 3,660 0.1 0.1 -0.6 3,410 3,407 3,504 3,311 3.0

 Textile mills............................................ 3,640 3,656 3,584 -0.4 2.0 1.9 3,646 3,690 3,577 3,106 17.4

 Textile products...................................... 4,335 4,310 4,289 0.6 0.5 0.4 4,334 4,289 4,254 3,907 10.9

 Apparel................................................. 2,378 2,323 2,292 2.4 1.4 3.2 2,503 2,447 2,399 1,925 30.0

 Leather and allied products....................... 1,179 1,150 1,102 2.5 4.4 5.2 1,201 1,185 1,121 865 38.8

 Paper products....................................... 16,728 16,660 16,550 0.4 0.7 0.8 16,859 16,879 16,545 15,712 7.3

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills........... 4,989 4,982 4,953 0.1 0.6 0.9 5,012 5,039 4,953 4,844 3.5

 Paperboard containers......................... 6,169 6,137 6,062 0.5 1.2 1.2 6,238 6,202 6,026 5,705 9.3

 Printing.................................................. 6,504 6,463 6,407 0.6 0.9 1.2 6,578 6,422 6,363 6,100 7.8

 Petroleum and coal products..................... 49,469 52,704 55,551 -6.1 -5.1 -0.6 49,839 55,974 58,694 39,470 26.3

 Petroleum refineries............................. 43,016 45,775 48,739 -6.0 -6.1 -0.9 43,338 48,900 51,777 33,830 28.1

 Chemical products..................................... 104,855 104,645 104,006 0.2 0.6 0.8 104,903 104,991 104,098 98,319 6.7

 Pesticides, fertilizers, and other

 agricultural chemicals........................ 6,768 6,781 6,595 -0.2 2.8 3.8 6,565 6,545 6,247 5,483 19.7

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines.............. 43,069 43,097 43,040 -0.1 0.1 0.1 42,834 43,312 43,719 43,010 -0.4

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives.............. 5,169 5,078 4,981 1.8 1.9 1.7 5,109 5,118 5,003 3,988 28.1

 Plastics and rubber products..................... 32,264 32,064 31,808 0.6 0.8 1.1 32,175 32,016 31,682 28,848 11.5

p Preliminary 

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

1 Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories are for the end of the period. Not seasonally adjusted estimates of shipments and new orders include adjusted data for noncalendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. 

Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. 

2

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

Note: Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonreporting. Since the survey 

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, August Full Report, October 4, 2022. Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at 

<www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>. 
Table 5. Value of Manufacturers' Shipments, New Orders, Unfilled Orders, and Total Inventories for 

 Topical Series1, 2

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Year to date

Industry % Change

6

Aug. July June July - June - May - Aug. July June Aug. 2022/

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SHIPMENTS

 All manufacturing industries......................... 547,944 545,282 550,206 0.5 -0.9 0.8 569,812 523,169 586,711 501,241 4,287,724 3,780,743 13.4

 Construction materials and supplies....... 61,466 61,442 61,646 0.0 -0.3 0.3 67,360 61,893 68,028 60,930 495,307 447,242 10.7

 Information technology......................... 25,253 24,971 24,909 1.1 0.2 1.7 25,073 23,116 27,598 22,906 191,040 177,639 7.5

 Computers and related products........... 2,190 2,164 1,984 1.2 9.1 7.3 2,126 1,992 2,430 1,751 14,877 13,498 10.2

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 59,935 59,659 59,651 0.5 0.0 1.6 65,167 50,275 62,841 54,711 463,040 408,915 13.2

 Capital goods...................................... 96,633 94,963 93,411 1.8 1.7 -0.4 96,191 86,947 104,888 84,350 734,189 660,282 11.2

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 82,126 80,660 79,762 1.8 1.1 -0.2 82,115 74,067 90,655 71,432 626,237 558,636 12.1

 Excluding aircraft............................. 74,246 73,946 73,474 0.4 0.6 0.8 74,913 69,104 80,372 66,851 574,771 513,726 11.9

 Defense capital goods4........................ 14,507 14,303 13,649 1.4 4.8 -1.9 14,076 12,880 14,233 12,918 107,952 101,646 6.2

 Consumer goods.................................. 235,274 235,226 240,856 0.0 -2.3 1.9 244,352 229,511 251,539 207,630 1,830,530 1,553,818 17.8

 Consumer durable goods..................... 45,050 44,755 45,259 0.7 -1.1 1.8 48,237 37,635 47,836 41,220 344,717 311,433 10.7

 Consumer nondurable goods................ 190,224 190,471 195,597 -0.1 -2.6 1.9 196,115 191,876 203,703 166,410 1,485,813 1,242,385 19.6

 All manufacturing industries5...................... 548,419 548,449 554,232 0.0 -1.0 1.8 564,168 523,696 588,313 500,229 4,301,919 3,801,549 13.2

 Construction materials and supplies....... 61,708 61,566 61,582 0.2 0.0 -0.1 66,749 61,806 67,586 62,244 500,602 467,653 7.0

 Information technology......................... 25,627 25,382 25,195 1.0 0.7 2.1 24,313 22,514 27,817 22,826 191,791 182,428 5.1

 Computers and related products........... 2,182 2,174 1,995 0.4 9.0 8.2 2,118 2,002 2,441 1,737 14,868 13,459 10.5

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 59,830 59,623 59,650 0.3 0.0 1.6 65,111 50,106 62,141 55,202 463,037 411,672 12.5

 Capital goods...................................... 101,399 102,190 98,332 -0.8 3.9 0.7 97,592 92,343 109,302 88,105 776,428 689,300 12.6

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 84,785 87,100 84,937 -2.7 2.5 1.0 82,905 81,178 94,359 77,852 671,558 588,505 14.1

 Excluding aircraft............................. 75,723 74,709 74,190 1.4 0.7 1.0 74,684 68,913 80,033 67,947 584,005 532,184 9.7

 Defense capital goods4........................ 16,614 15,090 13,395 10.1 12.7 -1.4 14,687 11,165 14,943 10,253 104,870 100,795 4.0

 Consumer goods.................................. 235,203 235,138 240,785 0.0 -2.3 2.0 244,223 229,446 251,269 207,594 1,829,604 1,555,908 17.6

 Consumer durable goods..................... 44,979 44,667 45,188 0.7 -1.2 2.4 48,108 37,570 47,566 41,184 343,791 313,523 9.7

 Consumer nondurable goods.............. 190,224 190,471 195,597 -0.1 -2.6 1.9 196,115 191,876 203,703 166,410 1,485,813 1,242,385 19.6

 All manufacturing industries5...................... 1,132,082 1,126,755 1,118,721 0.5 0.7 0.8 1,126,408 1,126,849 1,121,396 1,054,291 (X) (X) 6.8

 Construction materials and supplies....... 89,176 88,934 88,810 0.3 0.1 -0.1 90,156 90,767 90,854 84,489 (X) (X) 6.7

 Information technology......................... 143,577 143,203 142,792 0.3 0.3 0.2 142,162 142,922 143,524 136,050 (X) (X) 4.5

 Computers and related products........... 1,210 1,218 1,208 -0.7 0.8 0.9 1,210 1,218 1,208 1,338 (X) (X) -9.6

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 28,331 28,436 28,472 -0.4 -0.1 0.0 27,744 27,800 27,969 26,458 (X) (X) 4.9

 Capital goods...................................... 826,510 821,744 814,517 0.6 0.9 0.6 822,410 821,009 815,613 764,762 (X) (X) 7.5

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 638,393 635,734 629,294 0.4 1.0 0.8 636,949 636,159 629,048 576,708 (X) (X) 10.4

 Excluding aircraft............................. 266,998 265,521 264,758 0.6 0.3 0.3 265,528 265,757 265,948 249,309 (X) (X) 6.5

 Defense capital goods4........................ 188,117 186,010 185,223 1.1 0.4 -0.1 185,461 184,850 186,565 188,054 (X) (X) -1.4

 Consumer goods.................................. 10,781 10,852 10,940 -0.7 -0.8 -0.6 10,569 10,698 10,763 11,660 (X) (X) -9.4

 Consumer durable goods..................... 10,781 10,852 10,940 -0.7 -0.8 -0.6 10,569 10,698 10,763 11,660 (X) (X) -9.4

 

 All manufacturing industries....................... 800,189 801,381 801,535 -0.1 0.0 0.4 802,917 807,098 802,257 737,806 (X) (X) 8.8

 Construction materials and supplies....... 86,671 86,335 85,951 0.4 0.4 0.7 86,165 86,593 86,052 78,017 (X) (X) 10.4

 Information technology......................... 44,660 44,259 44,026 0.9 0.5 0.8 45,268 44,713 44,110 41,444 (X) (X) 9.2

 Computers and related products........... 3,967 3,903 3,874 1.6 0.7 -0.4 4,134 3,967 3,931 3,808 (X) (X) 8.6

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 51,734 51,497 51,552 0.5 -0.1 -0.4 52,561 52,283 50,812 49,187 (X) (X) 6.9

 Capital goods...................................... 236,323 235,687 234,656 0.3 0.4 0.7 238,533 237,201 235,065 221,924 (X) (X) 7.5

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 213,631 212,851 212,041 0.4 0.4 0.6 215,759 214,327 212,353 200,274 (X) (X) 7.7

 Excluding aircraft............................. 148,515 147,514 146,642 0.7 0.6 0.9 149,939 148,579 147,159 133,654 (X) (X) 12.2

 Defense capital goods4........................ 22,692 22,836 22,615 -0.6 1.0 1.5 22,774 22,874 22,712 21,650 (X) (X) 5.2

 Consumer goods.................................. 242,973 245,562 247,818 -1.1 -0.9 -0.2 243,711 248,032 249,088 222,688 (X) (X) 9.4

 Consumer durable goods..................... 43,606 43,321 43,187 0.7 0.3 -0.7 44,724 43,556 42,405 40,257 (X) (X) 11.1

 Consumer nondurable goods................ 199,367 202,241 204,631 -1.4 -1.2 -0.1 198,987 204,476 206,683 182,431 (X) (X) 9.1

NEW ORDERS 

UNFILLED ORDERS 

TOTAL INVENTORIES 

X

 Not Applicable 

p

 Preliminary 

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

1

 Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories are for the end of the period. Not seasonally adjusted estimates of shipments and new orders include adjusted data for noncalendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates 

are not adjusted for price changes. 

2 Topical series are regroupings of the separate industry categories. 

3

 Nondefense capital goods industries include: small arms and ordnance; farm machinery and equipment; construction machinery; mining, oil, and gas field machinery; industrial machinery; vending, laundry, and other machinery; photographic equipment; 

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

communications equipment; search and navigation equipment; electromedical, measuring, and control instruments; electrical equipment; other electrical equipment, appliances, and components; heavy duty trucks; aircraft; railroad rolling stock; ships and 

boats; office and institutional furniture; and medical equipment and supplies. 

4

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

5 Estimates and percent changes exclude semiconductor industry data. 

6

 Based on year-to-date for shipments and new orders, but on same month prior year for unfilled orders and inventories. 

Note: Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonreporting. Since the survey 

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, August Full Report, October 4, 2022. Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at 

<www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>. 
Table 6. Value of Manufacturers' Inventories, by Stage of Fabrication, by Industry Group1 

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly % Change

Industry August

Aug. July June July - June - May - Aug. July June Aug. 2022/

2022p2022r

2022 Aug. July June 2022p

2022r

2022 2021 2021

MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

 All manufacturing industries....................... 294,493 294,320 294,301 0.1 0.0 0.6 294,929 297,138 295,457 262,065 12.5

 Durable goods industries.......................... 180,471 180,414 179,438 0.0 0.5 1.0 181,375 182,243 179,219 160,391 13.1

 Wood products................................... 6,522 6,624 6,594 -1.5 0.5 0.3 6,484 6,564 6,447 5,880 10.3

 Nonmetallic mineral products................. 7,261 7,053 6,946 2.9 1.5 0.6 7,267 7,068 6,984 6,183 17.5

 Primary metals.................................... 14,286 14,557 14,610 -1.9 -0.4 0.4 14,268 14,653 14,610 12,471 14.4

 Fabricated metal products.......................... 25,606 25,572 25,605 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 25,686 25,853 25,697 22,889 12.2

 Machinery.......................................... 36,432 36,468 36,040 -0.1 1.2 1.0 36,716 36,891 36,141 30,838 19.1

 Computers and electronic products........ 25,281 24,966 24,708 1.3 1.0 1.8 25,517 25,251 24,830 22,444 13.7

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................... 10,988 10,859 10,781 1.2 0.7 0.4 11,110 11,150 10,925 9,182 21.0

 Transportation equipment..................... 40,397 40,650 40,609 -0.6 0.1 1.8 40,461 40,982 39,982 37,895 6.8

 Furniture and related products............... 4,890 4,851 4,814 0.8 0.8 1.5 4,887 4,870 4,886 4,094 19.4

 Miscellaneous products......................... 8,808 8,814 8,731 -0.1 1.0 0.4 8,979 8,961 8,717 8,515 5.4

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 114,022 113,906 114,863 0.1 -0.8 0.0 113,554 114,895 116,238 101,674 11.7

 Food products.................................... 23,983 24,078 24,041 -0.4 0.2 0.4 23,610 23,910 23,834 22,652 4.2

 Beverage and tobacco products........................ 5,700 5,621 5,876 1.4 -4.3 0.9 5,420 5,361 5,706 5,731 -5.4

 Textiles.............................................. 1,431 1,444 1,404 -0.9 2.8 2.9 1,438 1,457 1,408 1,260 14.1

 Textile products................................... 1,583 1,620 1,517 -2.3 6.8 0.7 1,584 1,617 1,507 1,392 13.8

 Apparel............................................. 739 737 741 0.3 -0.5 3.3 766 768 756 642 19.3

 Leather and allied products.................... 373 373 364 0.0 2.5 2.2 381 387 370 302 26.2

 Paper products.................................... 8,895 8,793 8,723 1.2 0.8 1.6 8,953 8,871 8,695 8,024 11.6

 Printing ............................................. 3,364 3,359 3,320 0.1 1.2 2.0 3,408 3,375 3,327 3,050 11.7

 Petroleum and coal products................. 17,687 17,652 18,924 0.2 -6.7 -3.2 17,572 18,656 20,880 13,311 32.0

 Chemical products................................ 36,355 36,383 36,246 -0.1 0.4 0.8 36,372 36,557 36,067 32,478 12.0

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 13,912 13,846 13,707 0.5 1.0 -0.9 14,050 13,936 13,688 12,832 9.5

WORK IN PROCESS

 All manufacturing industries....................... 224,836 226,143 226,187 -0.6 0.0 0.1 226,026 228,046 226,673 214,612 5.3

 Durable goods industries.......................... 172,373 172,093 172,322 0.2 -0.1 0.0 173,850 173,143 172,796 167,970 3.5

 Wood products................................... 2,083 2,090 2,086 -0.3 0.2 -0.7 2,073 2,074 2,075 1,966 5.4

 Nonmetallic mineral products................. 1,485 1,484 1,480 0.1 0.3 0.3 1,473 1,488 1,505 1,486 -0.9

 Primary metals.................................... 12,617 12,390 12,720 1.8 -2.6 -1.4 12,894 12,549 12,881 12,410 3.9

 Fabricated metal products.......................... 14,953 14,859 14,771 0.6 0.6 0.5 14,976 15,007 14,808 13,821 8.4

 Machinery.......................................... 23,518 23,198 23,403 1.4 -0.9 0.4 23,824 22,989 23,616 20,202 17.9

 Computers and electronic products........ 13,098 13,116 13,153 -0.1 -0.3 -1.2 12,815 13,124 13,254 14,053 -8.8

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................... 4,232 4,209 4,176 0.5 0.8 -0.9 4,281 4,313 4,260 3,905 9.6

 Transportation equipment..................... 94,415 94,809 94,626 -0.4 0.2 0.3 95,451 95,615 94,462 94,590 0.9

 Furniture and related products............... 1,342 1,347 1,347 -0.4 0.0 1.5 1,345 1,339 1,364 1,308 2.8

 Miscellaneous products......................... 4,630 4,591 4,560 0.8 0.7 -0.6 4,718 4,645 4,571 4,229 11.6

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 52,463 54,050 53,865 -2.9 0.3 0.3 52,176 54,903 53,877 46,642 11.9

 Food products.................................... 6,080 5,881 5,995 3.4 -1.9 -0.8 5,624 5,501 5,590 5,296 6.2

 Beverage and tobacco products........................ 8,959 8,990 8,910 -0.3 0.9 0.7 8,620 8,611 8,620 8,432 2.2

 Textiles.............................................. 624 622 619 0.3 0.5 0.7 624 629 616 575 8.5

 Textile products................................... 471 464 451 1.5 2.9 -0.4 473 464 443 415 14.0

 Apparel............................................. 281 281 281 0.0 0.0 1.1 293 292 293 279 5.0

 Leather and allied products.................... 118 123 120 -4.1 2.5 4.3 121 124 119 123 -1.6

 Paper products.................................... 1,406 1,438 1,446 -2.2 -0.6 -0.5 1,439 1,476 1,462 1,398 2.9

 Printing ............................................. 1,254 1,257 1,271 -0.2 -1.1 -0.5 1,281 1,227 1,208 1,223 4.7

 Petroleum and coal products................. 13,192 14,925 14,881 -11.6 0.3 -0.9 13,550 16,151 15,385 9,654 40.4

 Chemical products................................ 16,473 16,518 16,348 -0.3 1.0 1.7 16,538 16,914 16,619 15,767 4.9

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 3,605 3,551 3,543 1.5 0.2 -0.3 3,613 3,514 3,522 3,480 3.8

FINISHED GOODS

 All manufacturing industries....................... 280,860 280,918 281,047 0.0 0.0 0.5 281,962 281,914 280,127 261,129 8.0

 Durable goods industries.......................... 134,644 133,836 133,383 0.6 0.3 0.3 135,045 134,201 132,459 125,384 7.7

 Wood products................................... 6,104 6,012 6,092 1.5 -1.3 1.0 5,932 5,885 6,024 5,826 1.8

 Nonmetallic mineral products................. 7,527 7,633 7,553 -1.4 1.1 1.2 7,438 7,670 7,614 6,802 9.4

 Primary metals.................................... 12,053 12,137 11,954 -0.7 1.5 0.3 11,686 12,049 11,732 10,425 12.1

 Fabricated metal products.......................... 22,222 22,177 22,053 0.2 0.6 0.6 22,149 22,490 22,260 20,493 8.1

 Machinery.......................................... 24,466 24,245 23,826 0.9 1.8 2.0 24,227 23,932 23,570 22,236 9.0

 Computers and electronic products........ 14,078 14,196 14,236 -0.8 -0.3 0.5 14,501 14,380 14,067 13,743 5.5

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................... 7,929 7,881 7,905 0.6 -0.3 0.5 8,007 7,937 7,903 7,261 10.3

 Transportation equipment..................... 22,666 22,055 22,341 2.8 -1.3 -2.9 23,411 22,313 21,904 22,298 5.0

 Furniture and related products............... 3,762 3,720 3,686 1.1 0.9 0.5 3,807 3,813 3,754 3,226 18.0

 Miscellaneous products......................... 13,837 13,780 13,737 0.4 0.3 1.2 13,887 13,732 13,631 13,074 6.2

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 146,216 147,082 147,664 -0.6 -0.4 0.7 146,917 147,713 147,668 135,745 8.2

 Food products.................................... 32,821 32,809 32,535 0.0 0.8 -0.5 33,573 32,604 31,765 31,629 6.1

 Beverage and tobacco products........................ 13,806 13,684 13,446 0.9 1.8 -0.6 13,762 13,631 13,535 12,069 14.0

 Textiles.............................................. 1,585 1,590 1,561 -0.3 1.9 1.6 1,584 1,604 1,553 1,271 24.6

 Textile products................................... 2,281 2,226 2,321 2.5 -4.1 0.3 2,277 2,208 2,304 2,100 8.4

 Apparel............................................. 1,358 1,305 1,270 4.1 2.8 3.6 1,444 1,387 1,350 1,004 43.8

 Leather and allied products.................... 688 654 618 5.2 5.8 7.1 699 674 632 440 58.9

 Paper products.................................... 6,427 6,429 6,381 0.0 0.8 0.1 6,467 6,532 6,388 6,290 2.8

 Printing ............................................. 1,886 1,847 1,816 2.1 1.7 0.8 1,889 1,820 1,828 1,827 3.4

 Petroleum and coal products................. 18,590 20,127 21,746 -7.6 -7.4 1.9 18,717 21,167 22,429 16,505 13.4

 Chemical products................................ 52,027 51,744 51,412 0.5 0.6 0.6 51,993 51,520 51,412 50,074 3.8

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 14,747 14,667 14,558 0.5 0.7 3.3 14,512 14,566 14,472 12,536 15.8

p

 Preliminary 

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

1

 Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories are for the end of the period. Not seasonally adjusted estimates of shipments and new orders include adjusted data for noncalendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates 

are not adjusted for price changes. 

Note: Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonreporting. Since the survey 

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, August Full Report, October 4, 2022. Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at 

<www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>.
Table 7. Ratios of Manufacturers' Inventories to Shipments and Unfilled Orders 

 to Shipments, by Industry Group 1

[Based on Seasonally Adjusted data from the Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.] 

Inventory/Shipments ratio Unfilled Orders/Shipments ratio

2

Industry Aug Jul Jun May Aug Jul Jun May

2022p2022r

2022 2022 2022

p

2022

r

2022 2022

All manufacturing industries3.................................... 1.46 1.47 1.46 1.46 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Durable goods industries3........................................ 1.79 1.80 1.80 1.80 6.01 6.05 6.03 5.98

 Wood products........................................................... 1.14 1.15 1.15 1.12 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Nonmetallic mineral products............................. 1.30 1.29 1.27 1.27 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Primary metals............................................................ 1.88 1.89 1.84 1.83 1.49 1.49 1.44 1.45

 Fabricated metal products...................................... 1.70 1.69 1.68 1.69 3.28 3.26 3.26 3.28

 Machinery..................................................................... 2.22 2.21 2.21 2.19 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.83

 Computers and electronic products3................... 1.79 1.79 1.79 1.81 6.23 6.25 6.25 6.34

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components.................................................... 1.72 1.74 1.71 1.70 3.17 3.22 3.11 3.09

 Transportation equipment..................................... 1.79 1.82 1.85 1.85 11.90 12.16 12.37 12.07

 Furniture and related products............................ 1.61 1.60 1.60 1.57 1.87 1.89 1.90 1.88

 Miscellaneous products.......................................... 1.92 1.94 1.93 1.91 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Nondurable goods industries................................... 1.13 1.14 1.13 1.14 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Food products............................................................. 0.83 0.82 0.82 0.83 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Beverage and tobacco products........................... 1.70 1.72 1.71 1.76 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Textiles.......................................................................... 1.55 1.57 1.57 1.53 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Textile products......................................................... 2.19 2.18 2.15 2.11 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Apparel........................................................................ 3.33 3.21 3.13 3.04 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Leather and allied products................................ 2.67 2.73 2.61 2.34 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Paper products.......................................................... 1.03 1.03 1.01 1.00 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Printing........................................................................ 0.94 0.93 0.92 0.93 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Petroleum and coal products............................... 0.76 0.80 0.79 0.83 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Chemical products................................................... 1.57 1.58 1.56 1.56 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Plastics and rubber products................................ 1.43 1.43 1.42 1.41 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Aug3Aug3Aug

3

Aug

3

Industry 2021- 2021- 2021- 2021-

Aug2

Jul Aug2Jul Aug2Jul Aug

2

Jul

2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022

All manufacturing industries.................. (X) 0.2 (X) 0.3 (X) 0.1 (X) 0.1

Durable goods industries....................... 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1

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

 Nonmetallic mineral products.............. (X) 0.4 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

 Primary metals............................................. 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1

 Fabricated metal products.................... -0.1 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

 Machinery...................................................... 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

 Computers and electronic products..... 0.0 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components..................................... 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3

 Transportation equipment.................... 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1

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

 Miscellaneous products.......................... (X) 0.4 (X) 0.4 (X) 0.4 (X) 0.1

Nondurable goods industries................... (X) 0.3 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

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

 Beverage and tobacco products............ (X) 0.3 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.3

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

 Textile products......................................... (X) 0.5 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

 Apparel......................................................... (X) 0.5 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.7

 Leather and allied products.................. (X) 0.9 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.6

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

 Printing.......................................................... (X) 0.8 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.4

 Petroleum and coal products............... (X) 1.0 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.7

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

 Plastics and rubber products................ (X) 0.2 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

X

 Not Applicable 

p

 Preliminary 

r

 Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment. 

2

 Excludes the following industries with no unfilled orders: Wood products; nonmetallic mineral products; medical equipment and supplies; office supplies; 

other miscellaneous manufacturing; cutlery and handtools; farm and garden machinery; computer storage and peripheral devices; audio and video 

equipment; manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media; batteries; automobiles; light trucks and utility vehicles; heavy duty trucks; and 

miscellaneous furniture. 

3

 Unfilled orders to shipments ratio excludes semiconductor manufacturing. 

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

nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonreporting. Since the survey panel is not a probability sample, estimates of sampling 

error cannot be calculated. For further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations see <http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/>. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, August Full Report, October 4, 2022. Information on data 

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

X Not Applicable 

NA Not Available 

1

 Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories are for the 

end of the period. Not seasonally adjusted estimates of shipments and new orders include adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally 

adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, 

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

2

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

3

 The twelve month revisions are the differences between the month-to-month percent changes of the preliminary and final estimates. The 

monthly averages are the simple averages of the absolute values of the differences for the months specified. The advance to final percent 

change revisions for the durable goods industries are shown in the advance report for the month. 

Note: Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey 

error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonreporting. Since the survey panel is not a probability sample, 

estimates of sampling error cannot be calculated. For further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations see 

<http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/>.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, August Full Report, October 4, 2022. Information 

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

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

Table 8. Revisions to Previously Published Monthly Percent Changes 

1

[Based on Seasonally Adjusted data from the Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.] 

Shipments New Orders Unfilled Orders Inventories