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FOR RELEASE AT 8:30 AM EDT, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018

MONTHLY ADVANCE REPORT ON MANUFACTURERS’ SHIPMENTS, 

INVENTORIES AND ORDERS JUNE 2018

Release Number: CB 18-104 M3-1 (18)-06

July 26, 2018 — The U.S. Census Bureau announces the June advance report on manufacturers’ shipments, 

inventories and orders:

New Orders

New orders for manufactured durable goods in June increased $2.5 billion or 1.0 percent to $251.9 billion, 

the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This increase, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, 

followed a 0.3 percent May decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.4 percent. 

Excluding defense, new orders increased 1.5 percent. Transportation equipment, also up following two 

consecutive monthly decreases, led the increase, $1.9 billion or 2.2 percent to $87.7 billion.

Shipments

Shipments of manufactured durable goods in June, up ten of the last eleven months, increased $4.1 billion or

1.7 percent to $251.6 billion. This followed a 0.2 percent May increase. Transportation equipment, up 

following two consecutive monthly decreases, led the increase, $3.1 billion or 3.8 percent to $85.3 billion.

Unfilled Orders

Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in June, up seven of the last eight months, increased $4.4

billion or 0.4 percent to $1,165.1 billion. This followed a 0.5 percent May increase. Transportation 

equipment, also up seven of the last eight months, led the increase, $2.4 billion or 0.3 percent to $802.3

billion.

DURABLE GOODS – NEW ORDERS

JUNE 2018 $251.9 billion +1.0%°

MAY 2018 

(revised) $249.4 billion -0.3%°

Next release: August 24, 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, 

July 26, 2018.

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

% Change -7.4% 2.7% 4.7% -4.1% 2.2% 3.2% -4.2% 4.5% 2.7% -1.0% -0.3% 1.0%

-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, 

July 26, 2018.
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Inventories

Inventories of manufactured durable goods in June, down following seventeen consecutive monthly 

increases, decreased $0.4 billion or 0.1 percent to $402.8 billion. This followed a 0.3 percent May increase. 

Transportation equipment, down following two consecutive monthly increases, drove the decrease, $1.8

billion or 1.4 percent to $126.9 billion. 

Capital Goods

Nondefense new orders for capital goods in June increased $1.8 billion or 2.3 percent to $78.6 billion. 

Shipments increased $1.8 billion or 2.3 percent to $78.4 billion. Unfilled orders increased $0.2 billion or 

virtually unchanged to $714.2 billion. Inventories decreased $1.7 billion or 1.0 percent to $174.8 billion. 

Defense new orders for capital goods in June decreased $1.6 billion or 11.6 percent to $12.0 billion. 

Shipments decreased $0.1 billion or 0.7 percent to $11.5 billion. Unfilled orders increased $0.5 billion or 

0.3 percent to $147.7 billion. Inventories increased $0.4 billion or 1.9 percent to $22.9 billion.

Revised May Data

Revised seasonally adjusted May figures for all manufacturing industries were: new orders, $498.4 billion 

(revised from $498.2 billion); shipments, $496.5 billion (revised from $496.1 billion); unfilled orders, 

$1,160.7 billion (revised from $1,160.8 billion) and total inventories, $668.4 billion (unchanged).

Revised and more detailed estimates, plus nondurable goods data, will be published on August 2, 2018, at 

10:00 a.m. EDT. The Advance Report on durable goods for July is scheduled for release on August 24,

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 

before.

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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/>. Also, monthly data 

for the Advance report are available in the Census Application Programming Interface (API).

FRED Mobile App

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

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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

Jun May Apr May - Apr - Mar - Jun May Jun Change

2018 2 2018 r 2018 Jun 2 May r Apr 2018 2 2018 r 2017 2018 2017 2018/2017

DURABLE GOODS

 Total: 

 Shipments................................ 251,603 247,482 247,002 1.7 0.2 0.0 270,278 254,494 255,147 1,485,005 1,390,084 6.8

 New Orders4

.............................. 251,884 249,402 250,109 1.0 -0.3 -1.0 272,676 253,154 267,331 1,496,440 1,380,455 8.4

 Excluding transportation:

 Shipments................................ 166,290 165,288 164,358 0.6 0.6 1.2 178,076 169,657 166,619 980,582 910,113 7.7

 New Orders

4

.............................. 164,179 163,585 163,074 0.4 0.3 1.9 174,045 168,094 161,718 977,326 903,776 8.1

 Excluding defense:

 Shipments................................ 238,267 233,940 233,113 1.8 0.4 -0.6 255,886 241,327 241,746 1,407,281 1,319,044 6.7

 New Orders4

.............................. 236,831 233,344 236,709 1.5 -1.4 -1.5 252,535 239,729 250,183 1,413,063 1,311,958 7.7

 Manufacturing with unfilled orders:

 Shipments................................ 175,699 173,973 171,606 1.0 1.4 -0.4 190,265 179,503 178,313 1,034,915 963,029 7.5

 New Orders.............................. 180,069 180,021 178,501 0.0 0.9 -1.9 196,326 181,560 194,005 1,068,757 976,055 9.5

 Primary metals:

 Shipments................................ 21,471 21,277 21,308 0.9 -0.1 2.5 22,431 22,548 19,361 127,965 111,731 14.5

 New Orders.............................. 21,825 21,922 21,942 -0.4 -0.1 2.5 22,635 22,576 19,347 131,236 113,027 16.1

 Fabricated metal products:

 Shipments................................ 32,972 32,740 32,646 0.7 0.3 2.2 34,748 34,276 32,082 194,553 176,425 10.3

 New Orders.............................. 33,488 33,454 33,876 0.1 -1.2 3.4 34,493 35,643 31,729 202,251 181,674 11.3

 Machinery:

 Shipments................................ 32,816 32,589 32,195 0.7 1.2 0.4 35,621 33,908 33,621 196,914 182,618 7.8

 New Orders.............................. 33,079 33,023 32,459 0.2 1.7 1.7 35,120 33,827 33,464 200,035 187,732 6.6

 Computers and electronic products4

:

 Shipments................................ 26,671 26,664 26,478 0.0 0.7 1.6 29,219 25,117 27,755 153,537 145,270 5.7

 New Orders.............................. 23,243 23,096 22,951 0.6 0.6 1.9 25,815 22,044 23,836 134,251 124,773 7.6

 Computers and related products:

 Shipments................................ 1,734 1,806 1,820 -4.0 -0.8 11.6 2,254 1,623 2,885 10,080 11,933 -15.5

 New Orders.............................. 1,740 1,815 1,830 -4.1 -0.8 6.3 2,260 1,632 2,925 10,223 12,051 -15.2

 Communications equipment:

 Shipments................................ 3,536 3,433 3,487 3.0 -1.5 3.2 4,321 3,197 3,807 19,975 17,884 11.7

 New Orders.............................. 3,726 3,725 3,492 0.0 6.7 4.0 4,340 3,304 3,851 21,051 19,486 8.0

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components: 

 Shipments................................ 11,386 11,269 11,262 1.0 0.1 0.7 12,361 11,472 11,784 66,639 63,292 5.3

 New Orders.............................. 11,492 11,327 11,379 1.5 -0.5 0.9 12,277 11,538 11,481 67,413 64,207 5.0

 Transportation equipment: 

 Shipments................................ 85,313 82,194 82,644 3.8 -0.5 -2.4 92,202 84,837 88,528 504,423 479,971 5.1

 New Orders.............................. 87,705 85,817 87,035 2.2 -1.4 -6.1 98,631 85,060 105,613 519,114 476,679 8.9

 Motor vehicles and parts:

 Shipments................................ 57,917 55,433 58,001 4.5 -4.4 1.6 60,870 57,466 58,775 348,961 331,137 5.4

 New Orders.............................. 57,868 55,404 58,001 4.4 -4.5 1.2 60,188 57,560 58,356 348,860 331,972 5.1

 Nondefense aircraft and parts:

 Shipments................................ 14,224 13,405 10,884 6.1 23.2 -27.1 16,840 13,842 15,857 77,348 75,400 2.6

 New Orders.............................. 14,678 14,076 15,930 4.3 -11.6 -30.3 18,040 12,998 30,121 86,280 74,919 15.2

 Defense aircraft and parts:

 Shipments................................ 4,313 4,560 4,412 -5.4 3.4 5.6 5,025 4,539 5,281 25,619 25,120 2.0

 New Orders.............................. 6,570 5,467 4,017 20.2 36.1 12.2 8,715 4,404 5,048 26,612 27,070 -1.7

 All other durable goods: 

 Shipments................................ 40,974 40,749 40,469 0.6 0.7 0.4 43,696 42,336 42,016 240,974 230,777 4.4

 New Orders.............................. 41,052 40,763 40,467 0.7 0.7 0.7 43,705 42,466 41,861 242,140 232,363 4.2

 Capital goods3

:

 Shipments................................ 89,844 88,150 86,095 1.9 2.4 -2.5 98,929 88,464 91,770 520,349 481,167 8.1

 New Orders.............................. 90,532 90,340 90,170 0.2 0.2 -4.9 102,518 87,277 108,964 536,735 487,340 10.1

 Nondefense capital goods:

 Shipments................................ 78,382 76,603 74,026 2.3 3.5 -4.7 86,783 77,195 80,960 453,968 422,274 7.5

 New Orders.............................. 78,576 76,817 78,584 2.3 -2.2 -6.7 86,786 75,852 94,520 466,552 432,830 7.8

 Excluding aircraft:

 Shipments........................... 68,094 67,392 67,243 1.0 0.2 0.8 74,289 67,473 70,076 401,706 373,593 7.5

 New Orders.......................... 68,750 68,327 67,838 0.6 0.7 2.0 73,798 68,149 69,087 408,021 381,886 6.8

 Defense capital goods:

 Shipments................................ 11,462 11,547 12,069 -0.7 -4.3 13.3 12,146 11,269 10,810 66,381 58,893 12.7

 New Orders.............................. 11,956 13,523 11,586 -11.6 16.7 9.0 15,732 11,425 14,444 70,183 54,510 28.8

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, June Advance Report, July 26, 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>. 
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

Jun May Apr May - Apr - Mar - Jun May Jun 2018/

2018 2 2018 r 2018 Jun2 May r Apr 2018 2 2018 r 2017 2017

DURABLE GOODS

 Total: 

 Unfilled Orders4......................... 1,165,082 1,160,712 1,154,664 0.4 0.5 0.6 1,170,254 1,164,193 1,127,693 3.8

 Total Inventories....................... 402,836 403,266 402,026 -0.1 0.3 0.4 399,749 406,856 382,666 4.5

 Excluding transportation:

 Unfilled Orders4

......................... 362,779 360,801 358,376 0.5 0.7 0.7 365,724 366,092 346,002 5.7

 Total Inventories....................... 275,937 274,524 273,572 0.5 0.3 0.4 274,824 276,605 260,237 5.6

 Excluding defense:

 Unfilled Orders4

........................... 982,328 979,675 976,143 0.3 0.4 0.8 984,420 984,108 947,273 3.9

 Total Inventories....................... 375,629 376,476 375,374 -0.2 0.3 0.5 372,417 379,893 356,241 4.5

 Manufacturing with unfilled orders:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 1,165,082 1,160,712 1,154,664 0.4 0.5 0.6 1,170,254 1,164,193 1,127,693 3.8

 Total Inventories....................... 327,256 327,929 327,166 -0.2 0.2 0.4 325,086 331,120 311,125 4.5

 Primary metals:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 30,788 30,434 29,789 1.2 2.2 2.2 31,149 30,945 27,171 14.6

 Total Inventories....................... 34,928 34,709 34,363 0.6 1.0 0.9 34,805 34,667 31,905 9.1

 Fabricated metal products:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 83,862 83,346 82,632 0.6 0.9 1.5 85,072 85,327 76,946 10.6

 Total Inventories....................... 53,069 52,467 52,069 1.1 0.8 0.9 53,065 52,769 48,832 8.7

 Machinery: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 104,420 104,157 103,723 0.3 0.4 0.3 104,458 104,959 101,021 3.4

 Total Inventories....................... 68,150 67,892 67,896 0.4 0.0 0.2 67,461 68,464 64,498 4.6

 Computers and electronic products4

:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 115,053 114,392 113,832 0.6 0.5 0.2 115,591 115,332 111,642 3.5

 Total Inventories....................... 43,490 43,307 43,295 0.4 0.0 0.2 43,204 44,019 41,799 3.4

 Computers and related products:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 2,021 2,015 2,006 0.3 0.4 0.5 2,021 2,015 1,697 19.1

 Total Inventories....................... 3,732 3,695 3,653 1.0 1.1 -0.6 3,711 3,779 3,688 0.6

 Communications equipment:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 26,016 25,826 25,534 0.7 1.1 0.0 26,135 26,116 24,002 8.9

 Total Inventories....................... 5,435 5,449 5,399 -0.3 0.9 2.4 5,383 5,563 5,267 2.2

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 19,517 19,411 19,353 0.5 0.3 0.6 19,806 19,890 19,563 1.2

 Total Inventories....................... 18,686 18,556 18,427 0.7 0.7 0.1 18,830 18,882 17,658 6.6

 Transportation equipment: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 802,303 799,911 796,288 0.3 0.5 0.6 804,530 798,101 781,691 2.9

 Total Inventories....................... 126,899 128,742 128,454 -1.4 0.2 0.3 124,925 130,251 122,429 2.0

 Motor vehicles and parts:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 26,576 26,625 26,654 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 26,406 27,088 25,317 4.3

 Total Inventories....................... 36,324 36,148 35,670 0.5 1.3 0.0 35,371 36,163 32,364 9.3

 Nondefense Aircraft and parts:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 602,526 602,072 601,401 0.1 0.1 0.8 602,042 600,842 587,231 2.5

 Total Inventories....................... 62,916 65,193 65,548 -3.5 -0.5 1.0 61,897 66,669 63,088 -1.9

 Defense Aircraft and parts: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 72,419 70,162 69,255 3.2 1.3 -0.6 73,487 69,797 73,746 -0.4

 Total Inventories....................... 12,846 12,776 12,724 0.5 0.4 -1.4 12,849 12,882 12,462 3.1

 All other durable goods: 

 Unfilled Orders......................... 9,139 9,061 9,047 0.9 0.2 0.0 9,648 9,639 9,659 -0.1

 Total Inventories....................... 57,614 57,593 57,522 0.0 0.1 0.2 57,459 57,804 55,545 3.4

 Capital goods3

:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 861,937 861,249 859,059 0.1 0.3 0.5 865,479 861,890 844,887 2.4

 Total Inventories....................... 197,712 199,004 198,558 -0.6 0.2 0.3 196,580 201,648 191,210 2.8

 Nondefense capital goods:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 714,235 714,041 713,827 0.0 0.0 0.6 715,396 715,393 700,828 2.1

 Total Inventories....................... 174,822 176,538 176,301 -1.0 0.1 0.5 173,568 179,115 169,390 2.5

 Excluding aircraft: 

 Unfilled Orders.................... 219,467 218,811 217,876 0.3 0.4 0.3 220,805 221,296 215,877 2.3

 Total Inventories................... 123,504 123,110 122,731 0.3 0.3 0.2 122,895 124,337 118,069 4.1

 Defense capital goods:

 Unfilled Orders......................... 147,702 147,208 145,232 0.3 1.4 -0.3 150,083 146,497 144,059 4.2

 Total Inventories....................... 22,890 22,466 22,257 1.9 0.9 -1.4 23,012 22,533 21,820 5.5

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, June Advance Report, July 26, 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>.