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

 Topical Series1, 2

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

Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted

Monthly Percent Change Monthly Year to date

Industry % Change6

May Apr. Mar. Apr. - Mar. - Feb. - May Apr. Mar. May 2024/

2024p 2024r 2024 May Apr. Mar. 2024p 2024r 2024 2023 2024p 2023 2023

SHIPMENTS

 All manufacturing industries......................... 584,805 589,029 584,267 -0.7 0.8 0.4 601,398 589,418 606,486 588,352 2,892,362 2,835,184 2.0

 Construction materials and supplies....... 62,465 62,723 62,767 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 67,327 64,450 62,460 66,940 308,933 302,794 2.0

 Information technology......................... 24,928 25,049 24,945 -0.5 0.4 0.0 23,868 23,377 26,986 23,666 118,741 115,883 2.5

 Computers and related products........... 2,295 2,288 2,200 0.3 4.0 -3.2 2,132 2,050 2,336 1,850 10,364 9,056 14.4

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 64,751 64,511 63,369 0.4 1.8 2.4 67,398 64,403 68,815 63,869 318,555 307,383 3.6

 Capital goods...................................... 95,066 96,247 94,237 -1.2 2.1 -1.4 94,234 92,158 102,672 95,243 463,330 456,672 1.5

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 80,527 81,796 80,158 -1.6 2.0 -1.6 79,903 78,527 87,192 82,382 393,981 393,128 0.2

 Excluding aircraft............................. 73,947 74,371 74,130 -0.6 0.3 -0.3 73,882 72,693 79,827 74,023 366,274 360,592 1.6

 Defense capital goods4........................ 14,539 14,451 14,079 0.6 2.6 -0.4 14,331 13,631 15,480 12,861 69,349 63,544 9.1

 Consumer goods.................................. 251,748 254,535 252,421 -1.1 0.8 1.4 258,332 254,846 258,373 247,637 1,235,534 1,205,449 2.5

 Consumer durable goods..................... 48,148 47,732 46,703 0.9 2.2 3.7 49,499 46,455 50,856 46,429 229,273 221,973 3.3

 Consumer nondurable goods................ 203,600 206,803 205,718 -1.5 0.5 0.9 208,833 208,391 207,517 201,208 1,006,261 983,476 2.3

 All manufacturing industries5...................... 583,134 586,114 583,953 -0.5 0.4 0.7 594,494 582,517 613,440 588,969 2,876,232 2,846,146 1.1

 Construction materials and supplies....... 62,244 62,438 62,447 -0.3 0.0 -0.5 67,951 65,126 63,742 67,709 312,980 307,710 1.7

 Information technology......................... 25,006 25,076 24,858 -0.3 0.9 0.3 23,626 23,176 27,953 22,900 119,603 117,481 1.8

 Computers and related products........... 2,294 2,265 2,198 1.3 3.0 -4.8 2,131 2,027 2,334 1,815 10,380 9,047 14.7

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 64,823 64,455 63,531 0.6 1.5 2.8 66,820 63,966 68,749 63,079 318,364 307,688 3.5

 Capital goods...................................... 97,297 97,857 98,654 -0.6 -0.8 0.2 91,035 89,462 112,075 101,219 463,224 484,766 -4.4

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 83,562 84,376 86,859 -1.0 -2.9 1.2 78,805 77,159 95,557 88,281 400,413 412,652 -3.0

 Excluding aircraft............................. 73,471 73,940 73,774 -0.6 0.2 -0.2 73,035 73,078 79,895 73,243 368,106 364,974 0.9

 Defense capital goods4........................ 13,735 13,481 11,795 1.9 14.3 -7.1 12,230 12,303 16,518 12,938 62,811 72,114 -12.9

 Consumer goods.................................. 251,823 254,629 252,395 -1.1 0.9 1.3 258,312 254,877 258,473 247,503 1,236,081 1,205,630 2.5

 Consumer durable goods..................... 48,223 47,826 46,677 0.8 2.5 3.2 49,479 46,486 50,956 46,295 229,820 222,154 3.5

 Consumer nondurable goods.............. 203,600 206,803 205,718 -1.5 0.5 0.9 208,833 208,391 207,517 201,208 1,006,261 983,476 2.3

 All manufacturing industries5...................... 1,402,769 1,399,682 1,397,856 0.2 0.1 0.3 1,399,676 1,402,487 1,405,322 1,305,694 (X) (X) 7.2

 Construction materials and supplies....... 98,694 98,915 99,200 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 101,093 100,469 99,793 102,663 (X) (X) -1.5

 Information technology......................... 134,823 134,745 134,718 0.1 0.0 -0.1 135,463 135,705 135,906 134,708 (X) (X) 0.6

 Computers and related products........... 1,288 1,289 1,312 -0.1 -1.8 -0.2 1,288 1,289 1,312 1,274 (X) (X) 1.1

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 34,789 34,717 34,773 0.2 -0.2 0.5 34,933 35,511 35,948 35,246 (X) (X) -0.9

 Capital goods...................................... 1,059,569 1,057,338 1,055,728 0.2 0.2 0.4 1,053,040 1,056,239 1,058,935 961,980 (X) (X) 9.5

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 857,729 854,694 852,114 0.4 0.3 0.8 850,948 852,046 853,414 748,168 (X) (X) 13.7

 Excluding aircraft............................. 266,349 266,825 267,256 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 268,489 269,336 268,951 275,062 (X) (X) -2.4

 Defense capital goods4........................ 201,840 202,644 203,614 -0.4 -0.5 -1.1 202,092 204,193 205,521 213,812 (X) (X) -5.5

 Consumer goods.................................. 13,108 13,033 12,939 0.6 0.7 -0.2 13,154 13,174 13,143 12,059 (X) (X) 9.1

 Consumer durable goods..................... 13,108 13,033 12,939 0.6 0.7 -0.2 13,154 13,174 13,143 12,059 (X) (X) 9.1 

 All manufacturing industries....................... 860,133 858,304 857,397 0.2 0.1 0.0 866,043 863,860 859,005 859,332 (X) (X) 0.8

 Construction materials and supplies....... 92,931 92,724 92,796 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 94,140 94,136 94,234 94,182 (X) (X) 0.0

 Information technology......................... 46,015 45,965 46,035 0.1 -0.2 0.1 46,663 46,238 45,608 46,826 (X) (X) -0.3

 Computers and related products........... 3,413 3,466 3,512 -1.5 -1.3 0.5 3,486 3,427 3,335 3,712 (X) (X) -6.1

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 53,617 53,844 54,043 -0.4 -0.4 -1.7 54,034 54,177 53,728 54,047 (X) (X) 0.0

 Capital goods...................................... 258,373 257,023 255,943 0.5 0.4 0.3 260,402 257,489 255,614 251,649 (X) (X) 3.5

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 232,896 231,562 230,701 0.6 0.4 0.3 234,782 231,970 230,316 227,346 (X) (X) 3.3

 Excluding aircraft............................. 163,041 162,870 162,789 0.1 0.0 0.0 164,651 163,439 162,625 163,562 (X) (X) 0.7

 Defense capital goods4........................ 25,477 25,461 25,242 0.1 0.9 0.3 25,620 25,519 25,298 24,303 (X) (X) 5.4

 Consumer goods.................................. 253,787 253,849 254,018 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 254,929 255,723 253,948 253,478 (X) (X) 0.6

 Consumer durable goods..................... 40,985 41,296 41,578 -0.8 -0.7 -2.2 41,428 41,382 41,062 42,989 (X) (X) -3.6

 Consumer nondurable goods................ 212,802 212,553 212,440 0.1 0.1 0.2 213,501 214,341 212,886 210,489 (X) (X) 1.4

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/>. 

The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-6000307, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY24-0254). 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, May Full Report, July 3, 2024. 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>.