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FOR RELEASE AT 8:30 AM EDT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 

MONTHLY ADVANCE REPORT ON MANUFACTURERS’ SHIPMENTS, 

INVENTORIES AND ORDERS AUGUST 2018 

Release Number: CB 18-135 M3-1 (18)-08 

September 27, 2018 — The U.S. Census Bureau announces the August advance report on manufacturers’ 

shipments, inventories and orders: 

New Orders 

New orders for manufactured durable goods in August increased $11.1 billion or 4.5 percent to $259.6 

billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This increase, up two of the last three months, followed a 

1.2 percent July decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.1 percent. Excluding defense, 

new orders increased 2.6 percent. Transportation equipment, also up two of the last three months, led the 

increase, $10.9 billion or 13.0 percent to $95.3 billion. 

Shipments 

Shipments of manufactured durable goods in August, up three of the last four months, increased $1.9 billion 

or 0.8 percent to $253.1 billion. This followed a 0.1 percent July decrease. Transportation equipment, up 

two of the last three months, led the increase, $1.6 billion or 1.9 percent to $86.0 billion. 

Unfilled Orders 

Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in August, up nine of the last ten months, increased $10.4 

billion or 0.9 percent to $1,176.5 billion. This followed a 0.1 percent July increase. Transportation 

equipment, up six of the last seven months, led the increase, $9.3 billion or 1.2 percent to $811.0 billion. 

DURABLE GOODS – NEW ORDERS

AUGUST 2018 $259.6 billion             +4.5%°   

JULY 2018  

(revised) $248.5 billion             ‐1.2%°

Next release: October 25, 2018

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, 

September 27, 2018.

Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18

% Change 4.7% -4.1% 2.2% 3.2% -4.2% 4.5% 2.7% -1.0% -0.3% 0.9% -1.2% 4.5%

-8.0%

-7.0%

-6.0%

-5.0%

-4.0%

-3.0%

-2.0%

-1.0%

0.0%

1.0%

2.0%

3.0%

4.0%

5.0%

6.0%

7.0%

8.0%

DURABLE GOODS NEW ORDERS 2017-2018

Seasonally Adjusted, Month-To-Month Percentage Change

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

September 27, 2018.
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Inventories 

Inventories of manufactured durable goods in August, down following nineteen consecutive monthly 

increases, decreased $1.4 billion or 0.4 percent to $407.0 billion. This followed a 1.2 percent July increase. 

Transportation equipment, down two of the last three months, drove the decrease, $1.8 billion or 1.4 percent 

to $129.3 billion. 

Capital Goods 

Nondefense new orders for capital goods in August increased $5.7 billion or 7.6 percent to $81.3 billion. 

Shipments increased $2.2 billion or 3.0 percent to $77.3 billion. Unfilled orders increased $3.9 billion or 

0.5 percent to $718.6 billion. Inventories decreased $1.3 billion or 0.8 percent to $177.4 billion. Defense 

new orders for capital goods in August increased $4.9 billion or 44.4 percent to $16.0 billion. Shipments 

increased $0.1 billion or 1.2 percent to $11.6 billion. Unfilled orders increased $4.4 billion or 3.0 percent to 

$151.5 billion. Inventories decreased $0.2 billion or 0.8 percent to $22.6 billion. 

Revised July Data

Revised seasonally adjusted July figures for all manufacturing industries were: new orders, $499.1 billion 

(revised from $497.8 billion); shipments, $501.8 billion (revised from $501.7 billion); unfilled orders, 

$1,166.1 billion (revised from $1,164.9 billion) and total inventories, $675.7 billion (revised from $675.8 

billion). 

Revised and more detailed estimates, plus nondurable goods data, will be published on October 4, 2018, at 

10:00 a.m. EDT. The Advance Report on durable goods for September is scheduled for release on October 

25, 2018 at 8:30 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>. 

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. 
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Description of the survey 

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

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

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

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

cost or market value), and inventories by stage of fabrication (materials and supplies, work-in-process, and 

finished goods). Data published from the M3 survey are based on a panel of approximately 5,000 reporting 

units that represent approximately 3,100 companies and provide an indication of month-to-month change for 

the Manufacturing Sector. These reporting units may be divisions of diversified large companies, large 

homogenous companies, or single-unit manufacturers in 92 industry categories, which are combined into 65 

publication levels due to the small monthly panel size. The survey methodology assumes that the month-tomonth changes of the total operations of the reporting units in the M3 panel effectively represent the monthto-month movements of all establishments that make up the category. The companies for which shipments 

data are currently reported or imputed in the M3 survey represent approximately 64 percent of the total 

value of shipments for manufacturing establishments in the 2012 Economic Census, and these companies 

include almost two-thirds of the manufacturing companies with $500 million or more in shipments in the 

2012 Economic Census. The companies for which shipments data are currently reported in the M3 survey 

represent approximately 57 percent of the total value of shipments for manufacturing establishments in the 

2012 Economic Census. Statistics based on the M3 panel differ from the results that would be obtained 

from a complete enumeration of all manufacturing companies. The M3 panel is not based on a probability 

sample; therefore, the sampling errors that are normally provided with sample surveys cannot be measured. 

Nonsampling errors are attributable to many sources. The use of company or divisional reports to estimate 

the monthly change for establishments is one source of nonsampling error. The use of primarily large 

companies to represent the month-to-month movement of all companies is another potential source. Any 

corrections will be published in the full report. Corrections received after the full report will be released in 

the next month’s advance report. Any 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>. 

RESOURCES 

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

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NEW TIME SERIES 

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

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

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

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

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted 

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Year to Date

Item Percent

Aug Jul Jun Jul - Jun - May - Aug Jul Aug Change

2018 2 2018 r 2018 Aug 2 Jul r Jun 2018 2 2018 r 2017 2018 2017 2018/2017

DURABLE GOODS

 Total: 

 Shipments................................ 253,130 251,238 251,528 0.8 -0.1 1.7 267,236 232,104 247,126 1,983,682 1,849,525 7.3

 New Orders4

.............................. 259,592 248,529 251,499 4.5 -1.2 0.9 264,357 226,620 233,795 1,986,955 1,819,383 9.2

 Excluding transportation:

 Shipments................................ 167,100 166,778 165,876 0.2 0.5 0.4 174,870 161,279 162,534 1,315,909 1,219,260 7.9

 New Orders4

.............................. 164,284 164,166 163,917 0.1 0.2 0.3 168,275 157,757 156,212 1,302,929 1,204,122 8.2

 Excluding defense:

 Shipments................................ 239,415 237,654 238,175 0.7 -0.2 1.8 253,557 220,206 234,735 1,880,319 1,755,396 7.1

 New Orders4

.............................. 241,148 235,119 236,599 2.6 -0.6 1.4 249,004 216,595 224,424 1,878,335 1,730,886 8.5

 Manufacturing with unfilled orders:

 Shipments................................ 176,017 173,381 175,466 1.5 -1.2 0.9 184,205 161,417 170,533 1,380,169 1,282,742 7.6

 New Orders.............................. 186,416 174,614 179,563 6.8 -2.8 -0.3 185,669 159,952 161,367 1,414,212 1,283,373 10.2

 Primary metals:

 Shipments................................ 21,793 21,652 21,480 0.7 0.8 0.9 23,190 20,936 19,867 172,112 148,983 15.5

 New Orders.............................. 22,073 21,885 21,892 0.9 0.0 -0.2 22,595 21,285 19,551 175,231 150,126 16.7

 Fabricated metal products:

 Shipments................................ 32,918 32,901 32,884 0.1 0.1 0.4 35,439 32,100 32,857 262,052 238,049 10.1

 New Orders.............................. 33,383 33,368 33,253 0.0 0.3 -0.6 35,037 32,477 32,523 269,767 243,942 10.6

 Machinery:

 Shipments................................ 33,034 32,996 32,754 0.1 0.7 0.5 33,389 31,190 31,200 261,339 242,256 7.9

 New Orders.............................. 33,255 33,234 33,087 0.1 0.4 0.3 33,485 31,622 31,308 264,944 248,455 6.6

 Computers and electronic products4

:

 Shipments................................ 27,131 27,119 26,777 0.0 1.3 0.5 27,287 25,471 25,678 206,303 194,664 6.0

 New Orders.............................. 23,344 23,455 23,271 -0.5 0.8 0.8 22,186 21,165 20,484 177,628 164,936 7.7

 Computers and related products:

 Shipments................................ 1,947 1,970 1,760 -1.2 11.9 -2.6 1,891 1,834 1,948 13,808 15,750 -12.3

 New Orders.............................. 1,969 1,985 1,763 -0.8 12.6 -2.9 1,913 1,849 1,976 13,985 15,934 -12.2

 Communications equipment:

 Shipments................................ 3,529 3,544 3,540 -0.4 0.1 3.1 3,251 3,105 2,907 26,328 23,511 12.0

 New Orders.............................. 3,659 3,633 3,732 0.7 -2.7 0.2 3,217 3,036 2,912 27,322 25,205 8.4

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components: 

 Shipments................................ 11,491 11,350 11,258 1.2 0.8 0.2 12,166 10,904 11,241 89,428 84,550 5.8

 New Orders.............................. 11,564 11,490 11,508 0.6 -0.2 1.5 12,136 10,723 11,157 90,161 84,884 6.2

 Transportation equipment: 

 Shipments................................ 86,030 84,460 85,652 1.9 -1.4 4.2 92,366 70,825 84,592 667,773 630,265 6.0

 New Orders.............................. 95,308 84,363 87,582 13.0 -3.7 2.0 96,082 68,863 77,583 684,026 615,261 11.2

 Motor vehicles and parts:

 Shipments................................ 59,615 60,230 58,238 -1.0 3.4 5.0 65,628 49,995 59,662 464,649 433,795 7.1

 New Orders.............................. 59,745 60,320 58,204 -1.0 3.6 5.0 66,140 49,667 59,840 464,740 434,621 6.9

 Nondefense aircraft and parts:

 Shipments................................ 12,594 10,660 14,167 18.1 -24.8 5.7 12,807 9,237 12,595 99,377 100,275 -0.9

 New Orders.............................. 17,101 10,110 14,257 69.1 -29.1 1.3 14,220 8,742 8,150 109,227 91,317 19.6

 Defense aircraft and parts:

 Shipments................................ 4,674 4,739 4,332 -1.4 9.4 -5.0 4,674 4,017 4,397 34,307 33,131 3.5

 New Orders.............................. 5,188 4,433 6,549 17.0 -32.3 19.8 3,908 3,566 3,180 34,065 34,913 -2.4

 All other durable goods: 

 Shipments................................ 40,733 40,760 40,723 -0.1 0.1 0.1 43,399 40,678 41,691 324,675 310,758 4.5

 New Orders.............................. 40,665 40,734 40,906 -0.2 -0.4 0.5 42,836 40,485 41,189 325,198 311,779 4.3

 Capital goods3

:

 Shipments................................ 88,968 86,588 89,741 2.7 -3.5 1.9 89,736 80,253 83,519 690,055 641,063 7.6

 New Orders.............................. 97,277 86,610 90,285 12.3 -4.1 0.0 91,369 78,598 75,634 706,417 636,713 10.9

 Nondefense capital goods:

 Shipments................................ 77,343 75,105 78,277 3.0 -4.1 2.3 78,155 70,106 73,188 601,881 562,857 6.9

 New Orders.............................. 81,268 75,523 78,473 7.6 -3.8 2.2 78,025 70,176 67,648 614,582 564,693 8.8

 Excluding aircraft:

 Shipments........................... 68,846 68,771 68,008 0.1 1.1 1.0 69,229 64,868 64,934 535,455 497,646 7.6

 New Orders.......................... 69,475 69,846 68,832 -0.5 1.5 0.8 68,634 65,170 63,533 541,654 504,534 7.4

 Defense capital goods:

 Shipments................................ 11,625 11,483 11,464 1.2 0.2 -0.7 11,581 10,147 10,331 88,174 78,206 12.7

 New Orders.............................. 16,009 11,087 11,812 44.4 -6.1 -12.6 13,344 8,422 7,986 91,835 72,020 27.5

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

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

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

as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. 2 Based on advance sample. Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of 

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

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

3

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

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

computer storage devices; other computer peripheral equipment; communications equipment; search and navigation equipment; electromedical, measuring, and control instruments; electrical equipment; other electrical 

equipment, appliances, and components; heavy duty trucks; aircraft; railroad rolling stock; ships and boats; office and institutional furniture; and medical equipment and supplies. Defense Capital Goods include : small arms and 

ordnance, communications equipment, aircraft; missiles, space vehicles, and parts, ships and boats, and search and navigation equipment. 4

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

orders and unfilled orders exclude semiconductor industry data. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, August Advance Report, September 27, 2018. Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at 

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Table 2. Durable Goods Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders and Total Inventories 1

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted 

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Percent

Item Change

Aug Jul Jun Jul - Jun - May - Aug Jul Aug 2018/

2018 2 2018 r 2018 Aug 2 Jul r Jun 2018 2 2018 r 2017 2017

DURABLE GOODS

 Total: 

 Unfilled Orders4......................... 1,176,472 1,166,073 1,164,840 0.9 0.1 0.4 1,170,455 1,168,991 1,115,298 4.9

 Total Inventories....................... 407,018 408,452 403,440 -0.4 1.2 0.0 410,221 412,159 392,232 4.6

 Excluding transportation:

 Unfilled Orders4

......................... 365,436 364,315 362,985 0.3 0.4 0.6 364,363 366,615 345,319 5.5

 Total Inventories....................... 277,704 277,320 276,520 0.1 0.3 0.7 280,524 279,877 266,663 5.2

 Excluding defense:

 Unfilled Orders4

........................... 989,333 983,663 982,256 0.6 0.1 0.3 985,017 985,227 937,967 5.0

 Total Inventories....................... 380,024 381,293 376,242 -0.3 1.3 -0.1 383,293 384,721 365,017 5.0

 Manufacturing with unfilled orders:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 1,176,472 1,166,073 1,164,840 0.9 0.1 0.4 1,170,455 1,168,991 1,115,298 4.9

 Total Inventories....................... 330,953 332,486 327,658 -0.5 1.5 -0.1 333,948 336,047 318,774 4.8

 Primary metals:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 31,359 31,079 30,846 0.9 0.8 1.4 30,997 31,592 27,018 14.7

 Total Inventories....................... 35,583 35,564 35,264 0.1 0.9 1.5 35,926 35,997 32,695 9.9

 Fabricated metal products:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 84,637 84,172 83,705 0.6 0.6 0.4 85,089 85,491 77,590 9.7

 Total Inventories....................... 53,556 53,415 53,035 0.3 0.7 1.1 53,815 54,072 49,679 8.3

 Machinery: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 104,913 104,692 104,454 0.2 0.2 0.3 104,942 104,846 102,106 2.8

 Total Inventories....................... 68,736 68,409 68,344 0.5 0.1 0.5 69,599 68,729 66,635 4.4

 Computers and electronic products4

:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 115,451 115,301 115,023 0.1 0.2 0.5 114,565 115,323 110,529 3.7

 Total Inventories....................... 42,979 43,126 43,371 -0.3 -0.6 0.1 43,735 43,763 43,139 1.4

 Computers and related products:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 2,055 2,033 2,018 1.1 0.7 0.1 2,055 2,033 1,763 16.6

 Total Inventories....................... 3,664 3,658 3,723 0.2 -1.7 0.7 3,801 3,790 3,851 -1.3

 Communications equipment:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 26,237 26,107 26,018 0.5 0.3 0.7 26,053 26,087 24,094 8.1

 Total Inventories....................... 5,338 5,387 5,416 -0.9 -0.5 -0.6 5,479 5,406 5,477 0.0

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 19,919 19,846 19,706 0.4 0.7 1.3 19,765 19,795 18,982 4.1

 Total Inventories....................... 18,872 18,820 18,716 0.3 0.6 1.0 19,210 19,192 18,028 6.6

 Transportation equipment: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 811,036 801,758 801,855 1.2 0.0 0.2 806,092 802,376 769,979 4.7

 Total Inventories....................... 129,314 131,132 126,920 -1.4 3.3 -1.4 129,697 132,282 125,569 3.3

 Motor vehicles and parts:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 26,825 26,695 26,605 0.5 0.3 -0.1 26,598 26,086 25,308 5.1

 Total Inventories....................... 36,528 36,449 36,426 0.2 0.1 0.8 36,907 37,027 34,102 8.2

 Nondefense Aircraft and parts:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 606,119 601,612 602,162 0.7 -0.1 0.0 602,960 601,547 578,754 4.2

 Total Inventories....................... 65,265 66,910 62,838 -2.5 6.5 -3.6 65,066 67,085 63,407 2.6

 Defense Aircraft and parts: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 72,587 72,073 72,379 0.7 -0.4 3.2 72,252 73,018 73,578 -1.8

 Total Inventories....................... 12,886 12,911 12,846 -0.2 0.5 0.6 12,928 12,943 13,181 -1.9

 All other durable goods: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 9,157 9,225 9,251 -0.7 -0.3 2.0 9,005 9,568 9,094 -1.0

 Total Inventories....................... 57,978 57,986 57,790 0.0 0.3 0.2 58,239 58,124 56,487 3.1

 Capital goods3

:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 870,158 861,849 861,827 1.0 0.0 0.1 865,455 863,822 834,364 3.7

 Total Inventories....................... 200,042 201,569 197,785 -0.8 1.9 -0.6 201,839 203,330 195,500 3.2

 Nondefense capital goods:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 718,614 714,689 714,271 0.5 0.1 0.0 715,513 715,643 692,108 3.4

 Total Inventories....................... 177,410 178,752 174,904 -0.8 2.2 -1.0 179,315 180,266 172,772 3.8

 Excluding aircraft: 

 Unfilled Orders.................... 221,373 220,744 219,669 0.3 0.5 0.4 220,689 221,284 214,472 2.9

 Total Inventories................... 124,081 123,824 123,700 0.2 0.1 0.4 126,159 125,138 121,431 3.9

 Defense capital goods:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 151,544 147,160 147,556 3.0 -0.3 0.2 149,942 148,179 142,256 5.4

 Total Inventories....................... 22,632 22,817 22,881 -0.8 -0.3 1.9 22,524 23,064 22,728 -0.9

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

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

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

appropriate, as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. 2

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

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

design, methodology, and data limitations, see http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3. 3

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

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

handling equipment; all other machinery; electronic computers; computer storage devices; other computer peripheral equipment; communications equipment; search and navigation equipment; 

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

boats; office and institutional furniture; and medical equipment and supplies. Defense Capital Goods include : small arms and ordnance, communications equipment, aircraft; missiles, space 

vehicles, and parts, ships and boats, and search and navigation equipment. 4

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

Estimates and percent changes for new orders and unfilled orders exclude semiconductor industry data. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, August Advance Report, September 27, 2018. 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>.