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FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 AM EDT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2022

MONTHLY FULL REPORT ON MANUFACTURERS’ SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES AND ORDERS 

SEPTEMBER 2022

Release Number: CB 22-173 M3-2 (22)-09

November 3, 2022 — The U.S. Census Bureau announces the September full report on manufacturers’ 

shipments, inventories and orders:

MANUFACTURED GOODS – NEW ORDERS

SEPTEMBER 2022 $551.0 billion +0.3%°

AUGUST 2022

(revised) $549.5 billion +0.2%°

Next release: December 5, 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, November 3, 

2022.

Summary

New orders for manufactured goods in September, up eleven of the last twelve months, increased $1.5

billion or 0.3 percent to $551.0 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 0.2 percent

August increase. Shipments, up eighteen of the last nineteen months, increased $1.1 billion or 0.2 percent 

to $550.3 billion. This followed a 0.7 percent August increase. Unfilled orders, up twenty-five consecutive 

months, increased $5.9 billion or 0.5 percent to $1,137.8 billion. This followed a 0.5 percent August

increase. The unfilled orders-to-shipments ratio was 6.04, up from 5.98 in August. Inventories, up 

following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased $1.3 billion or 0.2 percent to $801.6 billion. This 

followed a 0.1 percent August decrease. The inventories-to-shipments ratio was 1.46, unchanged from 

August.

New Orders

New orders for manufactured durable goods in September, up six of the last seven months, increased $1.1

billion or 0.4 percent to $274.9 billion, unchanged from the previously published increase. This followed a

0.2 percent August increase. Transportation equipment, up five of the last six months, drove the increase, 

1.8%

1.1%

0.5%

2.3%

0.3%

1.8%

0.7%

1.8% 1.8%

-1.0%

0.2% 0.3%

-2.0%

-1.0%

0.0%

1.0%

2.0%

3.0%

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

MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS 2021-2022

Seasonally Adjusted, Month-To-Month Percentage Change

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders, November 3, 2022.
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$2.0 billion or 2.2 percent to $95.5 billion. New orders for manufactured nondurable goods increased $0.5

billion or 0.2 percent to $276.1 billion.

Shipments

Shipments of manufactured durable goods in September, up sixteen of the last seventeen months, 

increased $0.6 billion or 0.2 percent to $274.1 billion, down from the previously published 0.3 percent 

increase. This followed a 1.3 percent August increase. Transportation equipment, up eleven of the last 

twelve months, drove the increase, $1.1 billion or 1.2 percent to $90.6 billion. Shipments of manufactured

nondurable goods, up eighteen of the last nineteen months, increased $0.5 billion or 0.2 percent to $276.1

billion. This followed a 0.2 percent August increase. Petroleum and coal products, up following two 

consecutive monthly decreases, drove the increase, $0.7 billion or 1.0 percent to $65.5 billion.

Unfilled Orders

Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in September, up twenty-five consecutive months,

increased $5.9 billion or 0.5 percent to $1,137.8 billion, unchanged from the previously published increase. 

This followed a 0.5 percent August increase. Transportation equipment, up nineteen of the last twenty

months, led the increase, $4.9 billion or 0.7 percent to $663.9 billion.

Inventories

Inventories of manufactured durable goods in September, up twenty consecutive months, increased $1.2

billion or 0.2 percent to $488.7 billion, unchanged from the previously published increase. This followed a 

0.2 percent August increase. Machinery, up twenty-three consecutive months, led the increase, $0.9

billion or 1.0 percent to $85.3 billion. Inventories of manufactured nondurable goods, up following two 

consecutive monthly decreases, increased $0.1 billion or virtually unchanged to $313.0 billion. This 

followed a 0.7 percent August decrease. Food products, up thirteen of the last fourteen months, drove

the increase, $0.5 billion or 0.8 percent to $63.6 billion. By stage of fabrication, September materials and 

supplies increased 0.3 percent in durable goods and 1.0 percent in nondurable goods. Work in process

decreased 0.1 percent in durable goods and 0.5 percent in nondurable goods. Finished goods increased 

0.6 percent in durable goods and decreased 0.5 percent in nondurable goods.

The Advance Report on durable goods for October is scheduled for release on November 23, 2022, at 8:30

a.m. EST and the Full Report on December 5, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. EST. 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>.

2023 Release Dates for the M3 Survey

Survey month Advance Report on Durable 

Goods and Advance Total 

Manufacturing 

(8:30 a.m. release time)

Full Report 

(10:00 a.m. release time)

Nov-22 Fri 12/23/2022 Fri 1/6/2023

Dec-22 Thu 1/26/2023 Thu 2/2/2023

Jan-23 Mon 2/27/2023 Mon 3/6/2023

Feb-23 Fri 3/24/2023 Tue 4/4/2023

Mar-23 Wed 4/26/2023 Tue 5/2/2023

Apr-23 Fri 5/26/2023 Mon 6/5/2023

May-23 Tue 6/27/2023 Wed 7/5/2023

Jun-23 Thu 7/27/2023 Thu 8/3/2023

Jul-23 Thu 8/24/2023 Tue 9/5/2023

Aug-23 Wed 9/27/2023 Wed 10/4/2023

Sep-23 Thu 10/26/2023 Thu 11/2/2023

Oct-23 Wed 11/22/2023 Mon 12/4/2023

Nov-23 Fri 12/22/2023 Not available at this time

OMB: Schedule of Release Dates 2023 (whitehouse.gov)

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”. 
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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

Sep. Aug. July Aug. - July - June - Sep. Aug. July Sep. 2022/

2022p2022r

2022 Sep. Aug. July 2022p

2022r

2022 2021 2022

p

2021 2021

 All manufacturing industries.................. 550,270 549,197 545,282 0.2 0.7 -0.9 567,384 570,039 523,169 508,666 4,855,335 4,289,409 13.2

 Excluding transportation................... 459,686 459,663 458,928 0.0 0.2 -1.3 469,909 477,547 450,006 428,578 4,091,921 3,620,276 13.0

 Excluding defense.............................. 533,762 532,587 528,868 0.2 0.7 -1.0 549,329 553,835 508,432 491,911 4,713,133 4,155,786 13.4

 With unfilled orders............................ 188,509 189,347 186,298 -0.4 1.6 0.4 199,491 195,363 172,121 183,095 1,664,787 1,489,493 11.8

 Durable goods industries......................... 274,141 273,530 270,036 0.2 1.3 0.2 290,438 285,036 248,929 261,078 2,410,583 2,165,227 11.3

 Wood products....................................... 12,847 12,805 12,781 0.3 0.2 -0.5 13,333 13,681 12,984 12,787 118,379 111,722 6.0

 Nonmetallic mineral products.................... 12,488 12,498 12,579 -0.1 -0.6 0.2 13,362 14,131 12,946 12,535 113,434 104,856 8.2

 Primary metals....................................... 20,344 20,754 20,670 -2.0 0.4 -3.4 20,543 21,894 19,709 19,956 189,522 168,167 12.7

 Iron and steel mills............................ 12,106 12,267 12,437 -1.3 -1.4 -0.1 12,326 13,055 11,949 11,661 110,293 94,226 17.1

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals.......... 6,743 7,003 6,786 -3.7 3.2 -9.0 6,713 7,246 6,407 6,892 65,619 61,916 6.0

 Ferrous metal foundries....................... 1,495 1,484 1,447 0.7 2.6 -2.8 1,504 1,593 1,353 1,403 13,610 12,025 13.2

 Fabricated metal products....................... 36,779 36,836 37,116 -0.2 -0.8 0.1 38,047 39,441 35,522 35,867 332,920 296,218 12.4

 Machinery............................................. 38,187 38,151 38,009 0.1 0.4 0.7 39,511 38,882 35,791 36,116 339,159 298,857 13.5

 Farm machinery................................. 2,514 2,735 2,866 -8.1 -4.6 2.1 2,385 2,649 2,647 2,629 24,782 23,992 3.3

 Construction machinery..................... 3,873 3,699 3,668 4.7 0.8 2.1 3,855 3,719 3,599 2,944 32,429 26,011 24.7

 Mining, oil field, and 

 gas field machinery.......................... 1,532 1,541 1,526 -0.6 1.0 5.0 1,580 1,535 1,415 1,367 12,922 11,272 14.6

 Industrial machinery.......................... 6,112 6,206 6,218 -1.5 -0.2 -0.6 7,000 6,110 5,801 6,577 55,432 40,272 37.6

 Photographic equipment...................... 500 520 504 -3.8 3.2 -5.6 571 521 478 617 4,655 4,683 -0.6

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............ 4,773 4,763 4,581 0.2 4.0 -0.7 5,047 5,294 4,733 4,367 42,719 37,754 13.2

 Metalworking machinery..................... 2,589 2,585 2,642 0.2 -2.2 0.9 2,725 2,672 2,369 2,659 23,229 22,884 1.5

 Turbines, generators, and other

 power transmission equipment....... 3,406 3,321 3,271 2.6 1.5 0.8 3,346 3,478 3,128 3,175 29,307 28,948 1.2

 Material handling equipment............... 3,427 3,437 3,407 -0.3 0.9 -0.4 3,434 3,600 3,064 2,910 30,877 24,908 24.0

 Computers and electronic products2.......... 29,405 29,193 29,189 0.7 0.0 0.5 32,887 29,477 27,226 30,400 254,839 239,804 6.3

 Computers........................................ 744 753 768 -1.2 -2.0 3.5 824 796 735 799 6,560 6,553 0.1

 Computer storage devices..................... 648 666 670 -2.7 -0.6 0.0 663 604 565 574 5,623 4,925 14.2

 Other peripheral equipment................ 781 748 726 4.4 3.0 26.9 983 726 692 528 5,164 3,921 31.7

 Nondefense communications

 equipment.................................... 3,040 3,065 3,153 -0.8 -2.8 1.8 3,774 2,758 2,660 3,529 26,892 24,436 10.1

 Defense communications equipment.... 210 213 216 -1.4 -1.4 3.3 248 218 200 235 1,878 1,760 6.7

 Audio and video equipment.................... 382 379 378 0.8 0.3 10.9 371 339 323 336 3,188 2,494 27.8

 Electronic components......................... 4,612 4,582 4,611 0.7 -0.6 1.1 4,767 4,902 4,462 4,340 40,935 35,842 14.2

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 1,641 1,655 1,663 -0.8 -0.5 0.8 1,805 1,693 1,435 1,814 14,634 14,407 1.6

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment..................................... 3,257 3,237 3,169 0.6 2.1 -0.8 3,489 3,213 2,888 3,482 28,414 28,311 0.4

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments................. 8,915 8,929 8,887 -0.2 0.5 -0.8 10,025 8,938 8,261 9,287 77,367 74,148 4.3

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 13,371 13,451 13,152 -0.6 2.3 -1.9 14,415 14,125 12,413 13,263 119,342 107,579 10.9

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 1,049 1,045 1,043 0.4 0.2 1.0 1,097 1,115 1,005 1,066 9,297 9,089 2.3

 Household appliances........................ 2,766 2,749 2,671 0.6 2.9 -4.9 3,058 2,869 2,302 2,914 23,963 22,495 6.5

 Electrical equipment............................ 3,740 3,779 3,733 -1.0 1.2 -0.3 4,140 3,919 3,473 3,922 33,901 31,653 7.1

 Batteries........................................... 953 956 949 -0.3 0.7 -0.6 1,039 1,069 833 893 8,343 7,301 14.3

 Transportation equipment........................ 90,584 89,534 86,354 1.2 3.7 1.3 97,475 92,492 73,163 80,088 763,414 669,133 14.1

 Automobiles..................................... 8,017 7,822 7,453 2.5 5.0 1.8 8,323 8,873 6,179 6,061 67,277 59,934 12.3

 Light trucks and utility vehicles.............. 23,731 22,696 22,620 4.6 0.3 -2.5 25,920 24,279 18,139 19,134 197,304 167,601 17.7

 Heavy duty trucks ............................. 2,596 2,488 2,411 4.3 3.2 3.2 2,792 2,577 2,237 2,110 21,303 17,402 22.4

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers.................................... 27,278 27,257 27,175 0.1 0.3 1.5 27,985 29,570 23,720 24,795 242,308 216,078 12.1

 Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 12,955 13,137 10,534 -1.4 24.7 4.5 15,058 11,223 8,508 12,393 96,719 82,104 17.8

 Defense aircraft and parts.................. 5,393 5,505 5,192 -2.0 6.0 -3.4 6,043 5,502 4,635 5,875 47,414 46,960 1.0

 Ships and boats................................. 3,370 3,530 3,580 -4.5 -1.4 2.7 3,439 3,556 3,276 3,633 31,397 31,588 -0.6

 Furniture and related products.................. 6,197 6,202 6,184 -0.1 0.3 0.4 6,215 6,688 6,227 5,887 55,424 52,014 6.6

 Miscellaneous durable goods................. 13,939 14,106 14,002 -1.2 0.7 -0.3 14,650 14,225 12,948 14,179 124,150 116,877 6.2

 Nondurable goods industries..................... 276,129 275,667 275,246 0.2 0.2 -1.9 276,946 285,003 274,240 247,588 2,444,752 2,124,182 15.1

 Food products....................................... 75,876 76,148 76,097 -0.4 0.1 0.1 77,408 77,890 73,465 74,627 675,576 643,281 5.0

 Grain and oilseed milling....................... 9,304 9,114 9,201 2.1 -0.9 -0.4 9,191 9,575 8,879 8,301 81,341 72,588 12.1

 Dairy products.................................. 11,873 11,937 12,029 -0.5 -0.8 -0.3 11,869 12,193 11,871 11,035 105,708 98,660 7.1

 Meat, poultry, and seafood products... 22,831 22,803 22,763 0.1 0.2 -0.3 23,115 23,192 22,382 22,531 205,439 194,601 5.6

 Beverage and tobacco products................ 16,859 16,919 16,424 -0.4 3.0 -0.8 17,306 17,538 16,495 15,079 144,172 125,016 15.3

 Beverages......................................... 10,058 10,031 9,942 0.3 0.9 0.8 10,505 10,650 10,013 9,941 89,354 84,217 6.1

 Tobacco............................................ 6,801 6,888 6,482 -1.3 6.3 -3.2 6,801 6,888 6,482 5,138 54,818 40,799 34.4

 Textile mills........................................... 2,335 2,340 2,325 -0.2 0.6 1.7 2,343 2,498 2,295 2,279 21,129 20,384 3.7

 Textile products................................... 2,006 1,983 1,981 1.2 0.1 -0.6 2,000 2,061 2,003 1,906 18,145 17,331 4.7

 Apparel................................................ 729 718 724 1.5 -0.8 -1.1 769 774 711 754 6,371 6,198 2.8

 Leather and allied products...................... 461 444 421 3.8 5.5 -0.5 475 472 432 406 3,943 3,559 10.8

 Paper products...................................... 16,237 16,217 16,192 0.1 0.2 -1.0 16,521 17,174 15,880 16,316 147,439 141,758 4.0

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills....... 5,829 5,818 5,859 0.2 -0.7 -0.6 5,980 6,175 5,888 5,921 53,273 51,081 4.3

 Paperboard containers........................ 5,974 6,007 5,989 -0.5 0.3 -1.2 6,157 6,513 5,818 6,093 54,574 53,002 3.0

 Printing................................................. 6,981 6,938 6,968 0.6 -0.4 0.1 7,201 7,155 6,672 6,418 60,687 55,169 10.0

 Petroleum and coal products.................. 65,526 64,866 65,500 1.0 -1.0 -6.9 63,403 67,391 71,115 44,658 569,407 372,335 52.9

 Petroleum refineries.......................... 60,181 59,585 60,187 1.0 -1.0 -7.6 57,516 61,194 65,208 39,677 522,565 330,834 58.0

 Chemical products..................................... 66,809 66,655 66,238 0.2 0.6 -0.5 66,741 68,477 63,417 63,615 595,310 553,741 7.5

 Pesticides, fertilizers, and other

 agricultural chemicals....................... 3,304 3,175 3,240 4.1 -2.0 -0.2 2,930 2,586 2,535 2,591 29,751 26,393 12.7

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines............. 22,493 22,112 21,970 1.7 0.6 -0.2 23,306 23,117 21,028 21,256 192,704 175,871 9.6

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives.......... 3,778 3,827 3,762 -1.3 1.7 -0.5 3,801 4,204 3,726 3,688 34,943 32,837 6.4

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 22,310 22,439 22,376 -0.6 0.3 0.0 22,779 23,573 21,755 21,530 202,573 185,410 9.3

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, September Full Report, November 3, 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

Sep. Aug. July Aug. - July - June - Sep. Aug. July Sep. 2022/

2022p2022r

2022 Sep. Aug. July 2022p

2022r

2022 2021 2022p2021 2021

All manufacturing industries2........................ 551,039 549,508 548,449 0.3 0.2 -1.0 567,145 564,326 523,696 507,709 4,869,222 4,309,258 13.0

 Excluding transportation2...................... 455,543 456,025 455,462 -0.1 0.1 -1.1 463,274 470,103 444,965 425,478 4,062,885 3,627,668 12.0

 Excluding defense2.............................. 535,139 530,931 531,192 0.8 0.0 -0.6 546,625 547,912 510,766 487,989 4,724,649 4,176,266 13.1

 With unfilled orders2............................. 194,371 194,542 194,332 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 205,103 194,855 177,574 187,526 1,722,139 1,551,632 11.0

 Durable goods industries2......................... 274,910 273,841 273,203 0.4 0.2 -0.1 290,199 279,323 249,456 260,121 2,424,470 2,185,076 11.0

 Primary metals........................................ 20,339 20,738 20,649 -1.9 0.4 -1.9 20,183 21,451 19,522 19,446 189,274 171,947 10.1

 Iron and steel mills.............................. 12,187 12,425 12,419 -1.9 0.0 0.5 12,178 13,038 11,907 11,283 110,529 96,320 14.8

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals.......... 6,625 6,823 6,780 -2.9 0.6 -6.8 6,505 6,842 6,290 6,706 64,800 63,004 2.9

 Ferrous metal foundries....................... 1,527 1,490 1,450 2.5 2.8 2.2 1,500 1,571 1,325 1,457 13,945 12,623 10.5

 Fabricated metal products........................ 36,693 36,860 37,195 -0.5 -0.9 0.7 36,866 38,767 35,493 36,160 336,982 317,370 6.2

 Machinery............................................. 38,834 38,888 38,622 -0.1 0.7 0.5 39,574 38,864 36,345 36,869 346,149 312,623 10.7

 Construction machinery........................ 3,639 3,674 3,692 -1.0 -0.5 -1.4 3,609 3,584 3,422 3,370 32,545 28,629 13.7

 Mining, oil field, and

 gas field machinery.......................... 1,551 1,661 1,516 -6.6 9.6 -1.2 1,599 1,655 1,405 1,396 13,029 11,635 12.0

 Industrial machinery............................ 6,238 6,297 6,576 -0.9 -4.2 0.8 7,011 5,978 6,264 6,530 57,201 41,902 36.5

 Photographic equipment....................... 460 516 553 -10.9 -6.7 -2.3 748 541 545 891 4,764 4,797 -0.7

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............... 5,028 5,058 4,959 -0.6 2.0 2.4 5,157 5,411 5,153 4,492 45,239 39,650 14.1

 Metalworking machinery....................... 2,649 2,611 2,551 1.5 2.4 1.3 2,670 2,605 2,383 2,851 23,342 23,642 -1.3

 Turbines, generators, and other 

 power transmission equipment........... 3,401 3,278 3,190 3.8 2.8 -3.7 3,341 3,435 3,047 3,162 29,121 29,653 -1.8

 Material handling equipment.................. 3,739 3,649 3,528 2.5 3.4 4.5 3,726 3,760 2,938 3,065 32,093 26,064 23.1

 Computers and electronic products2........... 24,429 24,519 24,547 -0.4 -0.1 1.4 27,746 23,357 21,803 26,156 212,253 201,083 5.6

 Computers........................................ 732 745 778 -1.7 -4.2 3.3 812 788 745 781 6,539 6,496 0.7

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 2,979 3,082 3,053 -3.3 0.9 4.6 3,622 2,617 2,242 3,615 26,455 25,710 2.9

 Defense communications equipment....... 207 210 222 -1.4 -5.4 3.7 254 217 192 258 1,847 1,606 15.0

 Electronic components......................... 4,663 4,648 4,667 0.3 -0.4 1.4 4,853 4,804 4,586 4,508 41,089 36,922 11.3

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 1,692 1,757 1,786 -3.7 -1.6 1.2 1,860 1,784 1,566 2,019 15,804 16,079 -1.7

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 3,352 3,195 3,250 4.9 -1.7 -0.8 3,931 2,771 2,616 3,871 27,932 27,732 0.7

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments..................... 8,911 9,007 8,936 -1.1 0.8 -0.9 10,310 8,622 8,197 9,578 77,893 74,481 4.6

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components................................... 13,686 13,851 13,661 -1.2 1.4 -0.4 14,345 14,262 12,611 13,591 121,954 112,426 8.5

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 1,031 1,104 1,075 -6.6 2.7 4.8 1,071 1,156 1,007 1,057 9,387 9,255 1.4

 Household appliances.......................... 2,752 2,753 2,642 0.0 4.2 -2.2 3,230 2,803 2,240 3,181 23,339 23,381 -0.2

 Electrical equipment............................ 3,975 3,960 4,046 0.4 -2.1 0.8 3,865 4,008 3,779 3,604 36,234 31,624 14.6

 Transportation equipment........................ 95,496 93,483 92,987 2.2 0.5 -0.7 103,871 94,223 78,731 82,231 806,337 681,590 18.3

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers..................................... 26,993 27,027 27,139 -0.1 -0.4 1.3 27,685 29,494 23,551 24,978 241,985 219,018 10.5

 Nondefense aircraft and parts3................ 18,228 14,954 16,366 21.9 -8.6 12.1 19,141 12,049 15,716 11,942 136,276 92,592 47.2

 Defense aircraft and parts.................... 4,479 6,611 5,244 -32.2 26.1 -45.6 5,508 6,541 3,865 7,059 48,793 44,362 10.0

 Ships and boats.................................. 2,776 5,386 5,097 -48.5 5.7 58.2 3,251 4,570 3,414 2,538 32,158 33,405 -3.7

 Furniture and related products................... 6,145 6,094 6,181 0.8 -1.4 0.4 6,255 6,363 6,074 6,194 55,374 54,387 1.8

 Nondurable goods industries..................... 276,129 275,667 275,246 0.2 0.2 -1.9 276,946 285,003 274,240 247,588 2,444,752 2,124,182 15.1

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, September Full Report, November 3, 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 September

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All manufacturing industries2...................... 1,137,812 1,131,950 1,126,755 0.5 0.5 0.7 1,131,953 1,126,341 1,126,849 1,058,722 6.9

 Excluding transportation2...................... 473,887 472,937 471,691 0.2 0.3 0.3 470,801 471,585 473,824 450,930 4.4

 Excluding defense2............................. 923,750 917,280 914,052 0.7 0.4 0.8 917,794 914,647 915,365 846,305 8.4

 Durable goods industries2........................ 1,137,812 1,131,950 1,126,755 0.5 0.5 0.7 1,131,953 1,126,341 1,126,849 1,058,722 6.9

 Primary metals........................................ 30,718 30,723 30,739 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 29,997 30,357 30,800 30,137 -0.5

 Iron and steel mills............................... 16,118 16,037 15,879 0.5 1.0 -0.1 15,902 16,050 16,067 16,170 -1.7

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals............. 10,441 10,559 10,739 -1.1 -1.7 -0.1 9,996 10,204 10,608 10,414 -4.0

 Ferrous metal foundries........................ 4,159 4,127 4,121 0.8 0.1 0.1 4,099 4,103 4,125 3,553 15.4

 Fabricated metal products......................... 117,935 118,021 117,997 -0.1 0.0 0.1 118,032 119,213 119,887 115,601 2.1

 Machinery.............................................. 132,949 132,302 131,565 0.5 0.6 0.5 131,912 131,849 131,867 122,283 7.9

 Construction machinery......................... 9,788 10,022 10,047 -2.3 -0.2 0.2 9,381 9,627 9,762 8,929 5.1

 Mining, oil field, and

 gas field machinery.......................... 5,174 5,155 5,035 0.4 2.4 -0.2 5,174 5,155 5,035 4,905 5.5

 Industrial machinery............................. 12,882 12,756 12,665 1.0 0.7 2.9 12,686 12,675 12,807 10,358 22.5

 Photographic equipment........................ 3,118 3,158 3,162 -1.3 -0.1 1.6 3,262 3,085 3,065 3,427 -4.8

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment................ 11,905 11,650 11,355 2.2 2.6 3.4 11,797 11,687 11,570 8,693 35.7

 Metalworking machinery........................ 8,606 8,546 8,520 0.7 0.3 -1.1 8,507 8,562 8,629 8,095 5.1

 Turbines, generators, and other 

 power transmission equipment............ 33,233 33,238 33,281 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 33,233 33,238 33,281 32,976 0.8

 Material handling equipment................... 17,144 16,832 16,620 1.9 1.3 0.7 17,026 16,734 16,574 15,287 11.4

 Computers and electronic products2............. 140,706 140,589 140,379 0.1 0.1 0.2 139,881 139,171 140,086 135,457 3.3

 Computers......................................... 1,198 1,210 1,218 -1.0 -0.7 0.8 1,198 1,210 1,218 1,320 -9.2

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 21,010 21,071 21,054 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 20,565 20,717 20,858 18,820 9.3

 Defense communications equipment........ 312 315 318 -1.0 -0.9 1.9 309 303 304 348 -11.2

 Electronic components.......................... 16,157 16,106 16,040 0.3 0.4 0.4 15,926 15,840 15,938 15,328 3.9

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment....................................... 32,290 32,239 32,137 0.2 0.3 0.4 32,261 32,206 32,115 30,608 5.4

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment....................................... 38,504 38,409 38,451 0.2 -0.1 0.2 38,476 38,034 38,476 38,734 -0.7

 Electromedical, measuring,

 and control instruments...................... 31,235 31,239 31,161 0.0 0.3 0.2 31,146 30,861 31,177 30,299 2.8

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components.................................... 39,989 39,674 39,274 0.8 1.0 1.3 39,413 39,483 39,346 35,473 11.1

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 2,262 2,280 2,221 -0.8 2.7 1.5 2,243 2,269 2,228 2,033 10.3

 Household appliances........................... 4,734 4,748 4,744 -0.3 0.1 -0.6 4,783 4,611 4,677 5,356 -10.7

 Electrical equipment............................. 17,023 16,788 16,607 1.4 1.1 1.9 16,546 16,821 16,732 13,952 18.6

 Transportation equipment......................... 663,925 659,013 655,064 0.7 0.6 1.0 661,152 654,756 653,025 607,792 8.8

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers...................................... 27,921 28,206 28,436 -1.0 -0.8 -0.1 27,424 27,724 27,800 26,641 2.9

 Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 447,191 441,918 440,101 1.2 0.4 1.3 444,890 440,807 439,981 394,834 12.7

 Defense aircraft and parts..................... 60,307 61,221 60,115 -1.5 1.8 0.1 59,937 60,472 59,433 57,465 4.3

 Ships and boats.................................. 51,199 51,793 49,937 -1.1 3.7 3.1 50,368 50,556 49,542 50,980 -1.2

 Furniture and related products................... 10,178 10,230 10,338 -0.5 -1.0 0.0 10,154 10,114 10,439 10,603 -4.2

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, September Full Report, November 3, 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 September

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 All manufacturing industries...................... 801,626 800,301 801,381 0.2 -0.1 0.0 799,658 803,059 807,098 742,032 7.8

 Excluding transportation........................ 644,458 642,901 643,867 0.2 -0.2 0.0 641,382 643,752 648,188 586,973 9.3

 Excluding defense............................. 775,190 773,650 774,581 0.2 -0.1 0.0 773,203 776,297 780,199 716,531 7.9

 With unfilled orders............................. 390,676 390,121 389,669 0.1 0.1 0.2 390,243 392,399 393,015 365,348 6.8

 Durable goods industries........................ 488,666 487,486 486,343 0.2 0.2 0.2 487,774 490,238 489,587 455,138 7.2

 Wood products........................................ 14,781 14,744 14,726 0.3 0.1 -0.3 14,397 14,501 14,523 13,504 6.6

 Nonmetallic mineral products..................... 16,358 16,273 16,170 0.5 0.6 1.2 16,121 16,181 16,226 14,521 11.0

 Primary metals......................................... 38,867 38,991 39,084 -0.3 -0.2 -0.5 38,463 38,890 39,251 35,378 8.7

 Iron and steel mills............................... 22,795 22,820 22,939 -0.1 -0.5 -1.0 22,577 22,730 23,054 21,083 7.1

 Aluminum and nonferrous metals............ 13,379 13,469 13,448 -0.7 0.2 0.1 13,273 13,495 13,513 11,860 11.9

 Ferrous metal foundries........................ 2,693 2,702 2,697 -0.3 0.2 0.4 2,613 2,665 2,684 2,435 7.3

 Fabricated metal products......................... 62,816 62,752 62,608 0.1 0.2 0.3 62,450 62,805 63,350 57,853 7.9

 Machinery.............................................. 85,270 84,401 83,911 1.0 0.6 0.8 85,321 84,693 83,812 74,274 14.9

 Farm machinery.................................. 6,049 5,975 5,871 1.2 1.8 -0.2 5,712 5,735 5,671 4,263 34.0

 Construction machinery......................... 7,196 7,137 7,159 0.8 -0.3 1.3 7,205 7,087 7,144 5,853 23.1

 Mining, oil field, 

 and gas field machinery.................... 6,274 6,178 6,181 1.6 0.0 0.8 6,308 6,233 6,250 5,835 8.1

 Industrial machinery............................. 10,785 10,732 10,643 0.5 0.8 0.1 11,181 10,970 10,387 9,911 12.8

 Photographic equipment....................... 1,395 1,389 1,381 0.4 0.6 1.3 1,374 1,424 1,390 1,302 5.5

 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,

 and refrigeration equipment............... 7,898 7,782 7,651 1.5 1.7 2.6 7,671 7,651 7,577 6,126 25.2

 Metalworking machinery........................ 6,790 6,768 6,715 0.3 0.8 0.7 6,826 6,862 6,821 6,134 11.3

 Turbines, generators, and other

 power transmission equipment............ 10,577 10,294 10,348 2.7 -0.5 0.5 10,591 10,331 10,537 9,345 13.3

 Material handling equipment.................. 6,963 6,895 6,778 1.0 1.7 0.9 7,108 7,014 6,827 6,128 16.0

 Computers and electronic products2............ 52,711 52,468 52,278 0.5 0.4 0.3 52,525 52,815 52,755 50,036 5.0

 Computers......................................... 2,137 2,148 2,129 -0.5 0.9 0.2 2,248 2,261 2,200 2,129 5.6

 Computer storage devices.................... 859 865 861 -0.7 0.5 0.3 848 911 883 862 -1.6

 Other peripheral equipment................... 952 948 913 0.4 3.8 2.5 935 962 884 774 20.8

 Nondefense communications

 equipment...................................... 4,774 4,737 4,735 0.8 0.0 0.3 4,775 4,881 4,806 4,530 5.4

 Defense communications equipment........ 653 654 657 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 653 654 657 661 -1.2

 Audio and video equipment.................... 1,147 1,155 1,141 -0.7 1.2 -2.8 1,169 1,127 1,076 912 28.2

 Electronic components.......................... 9,987 9,876 9,893 1.1 -0.2 0.2 9,818 9,598 10,087 9,920 -1.0

 Nondefense search and navigation

 equipment...................................... 3,440 3,455 3,402 -0.4 1.6 1.7 3,462 3,510 3,438 3,190 8.5

 Defense search and navigation

 equipment....................................... 2,835 2,827 2,838 0.3 -0.4 0.0 2,770 2,849 2,867 2,807 -1.3

 Electromedical, measuring 

 and control instruments...................... 18,047 17,953 17,861 0.5 0.5 0.6 17,998 18,213 18,062 16,741 7.5

 Electrical equipment, appliances, 

 and components.................................... 23,215 23,170 22,949 0.2 1.0 0.4 22,774 23,414 23,400 20,045 13.6

 Electric lighting equipment..................... 2,106 2,091 2,074 0.7 0.8 -0.3 2,107 2,104 2,088 2,054 2.6

 Household appliances........................... 3,199 3,292 3,424 -2.8 -3.9 0.9 3,183 3,428 3,522 2,761 15.3

 Electrical equipment............................. 7,900 7,809 7,652 1.2 2.1 0.5 7,504 7,881 7,814 6,428 16.7

 Batteries............................................ 1,566 1,560 1,570 0.4 -0.6 -1.0 1,616 1,625 1,633 1,618 -0.1

 Transportation equipment......................... 157,168 157,400 157,514 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 158,276 159,307 158,910 155,059 2.1

 Automobiles....................................... 6,153 6,313 6,304 -2.5 0.1 -1.9 6,436 6,681 6,425 6,927 -7.1

 Light trucks and utility vehicles.............. 10,474 10,064 9,777 4.1 2.9 1.5 10,744 10,517 9,890 9,439 13.8

 Heavy duty trucks ............................... 2,909 2,853 2,871 2.0 -0.6 -0.4 2,877 2,855 2,946 2,660 8.2

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts, 

 and trailers...................................... 32,401 32,466 32,545 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 32,309 32,465 33,022 30,725 5.2

 Nondefense aircraft and parts................ 75,400 75,725 76,006 -0.4 -0.4 -0.1 75,946 76,515 76,341 76,910 -1.3

 Defense aircraft and parts..................... 12,757 12,873 13,076 -0.9 -1.6 0.5 12,744 12,897 13,137 12,620 1.0

 Ships and boats.................................. 4,512 4,597 4,492 -1.8 2.3 1.2 4,609 4,670 4,501 3,837 20.1

 Furniture and related products.................... 10,082 9,987 9,918 1.0 0.7 0.7 9,974 10,049 10,022 8,657 15.2

 Miscellaneous durable goods..................... 27,398 27,300 27,185 0.4 0.4 0.6 27,473 27,583 27,338 25,811 6.4

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 312,960 312,815 315,038 0.0 -0.7 -0.4 311,884 312,821 317,511 286,894 8.7

 Food products........................................ 63,572 63,064 62,768 0.8 0.5 0.3 64,103 62,807 62,015 60,536 5.9

 Grain and oilseed milling........................ 7,851 7,848 7,813 0.0 0.4 0.1 7,620 7,646 7,642 7,106 7.2

 Dairy products.................................... 9,377 9,334 9,369 0.5 -0.4 0.1 9,344 9,418 9,679 8,399 11.3

 Meat, poultry, and seafood products....... 11,121 11,034 10,925 0.8 1.0 1.6 11,224 11,200 10,927 10,490 7.0

 Beverage and tobacco products................ 28,534 28,461 28,295 0.3 0.6 0.2 28,159 27,794 27,603 26,515 6.2

 Beverages......................................... 24,873 24,814 24,633 0.2 0.7 0.2 24,652 24,406 24,196 23,109 6.7

 Tobacco............................................ 3,661 3,647 3,662 0.4 -0.4 0.1 3,507 3,388 3,407 3,406 3.0

 Textile mills............................................ 3,625 3,635 3,656 -0.3 -0.6 2.0 3,615 3,646 3,690 3,146 14.9

 Textile products...................................... 4,335 4,330 4,310 0.1 0.5 0.5 4,343 4,333 4,289 3,956 9.8

 Apparel................................................. 2,421 2,381 2,323 1.7 2.5 1.4 2,468 2,503 2,447 1,902 29.8

 Leather and allied products....................... 1,207 1,186 1,150 1.8 3.1 4.4 1,207 1,209 1,185 856 41.0

 Paper products....................................... 16,742 16,708 16,660 0.2 0.3 0.7 16,750 16,867 16,879 15,665 6.9

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills........... 5,031 5,001 4,982 0.6 0.4 0.6 4,981 5,020 5,039 4,785 4.1

 Paperboard containers......................... 6,153 6,154 6,137 0.0 0.3 1.2 6,209 6,238 6,202 5,732 8.3

 Printing.................................................. 6,514 6,503 6,463 0.2 0.6 0.9 6,635 6,590 6,422 6,207 6.9

 Petroleum and coal products..................... 48,500 49,449 52,704 -1.9 -6.2 -5.1 48,213 49,867 55,974 40,722 18.4

 Petroleum refineries............................. 41,698 42,969 45,775 -3.0 -6.1 -6.1 41,472 43,365 48,900 35,027 18.4

 Chemical products..................................... 105,414 104,937 104,645 0.5 0.3 0.6 104,373 105,010 104,991 98,245 6.2

 Pesticides, fertilizers, and other

 agricultural chemicals........................ 6,933 6,822 6,781 1.6 0.6 2.8 6,603 6,592 6,545 5,479 20.5

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines.............. 43,000 43,047 43,097 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 42,644 42,834 43,312 42,920 -0.6

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives.............. 5,250 5,167 5,078 1.6 1.8 1.9 5,135 5,111 5,118 4,014 27.9

 Plastics and rubber products..................... 32,096 32,161 32,064 -0.2 0.3 0.8 32,018 32,195 32,016 29,144 9.9

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, September Full Report, November 3, 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

Sep. Aug. July Aug. - July - June - Sep. Aug. July Sep. 2022/

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SHIPMENTS

 All manufacturing industries......................... 550,270 549,197 545,282 0.2 0.7 -0.9 567,384 570,039 523,169 508,666 4,855,335 4,289,409 13.2

 Construction materials and supplies....... 61,281 61,503 61,442 -0.4 0.1 -0.3 64,084 67,523 61,893 60,078 559,554 507,320 10.3

 Information technology......................... 25,063 25,169 24,971 -0.4 0.8 0.2 27,921 25,044 23,116 25,757 218,932 203,396 7.6

 Computers and related products........... 2,173 2,167 2,164 0.3 0.1 9.1 2,470 2,126 1,992 1,901 17,347 15,399 12.7

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 61,622 60,263 59,659 2.3 1.0 0.0 65,020 65,299 50,275 52,100 528,192 461,015 14.6

 Capital goods...................................... 97,072 97,643 94,963 -0.6 2.8 1.7 104,941 96,155 86,947 95,091 839,094 755,373 11.1

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 82,634 83,134 80,660 -0.6 3.1 1.1 89,240 82,126 74,067 80,624 715,488 639,260 11.9

 Excluding aircraft............................. 73,764 74,121 73,946 -0.5 0.2 0.6 78,545 74,924 69,104 71,872 653,327 585,598 11.6

 Defense capital goods4........................ 14,438 14,509 14,303 -0.5 1.4 4.8 15,701 14,029 12,880 14,467 123,606 116,113 6.5

 Consumer goods.................................. 237,966 235,803 235,226 0.9 0.2 -2.3 241,242 244,487 229,511 206,096 2,071,907 1,759,914 17.7

 Consumer durable goods..................... 46,600 45,259 44,755 3.0 1.1 -1.1 49,601 48,235 37,635 40,108 394,316 351,541 12.2

 Consumer nondurable goods................ 191,366 190,544 190,471 0.4 0.0 -2.6 191,641 196,252 191,876 165,988 1,677,591 1,408,373 19.1

 All manufacturing industries5...................... 551,039 549,508 548,449 0.3 0.2 -1.0 567,145 564,326 523,696 507,709 4,869,222 4,309,258 13.0

 Construction materials and supplies....... 61,602 61,803 61,566 -0.3 0.4 0.0 63,441 66,927 61,806 60,619 564,221 528,272 6.8

 Information technology......................... 25,201 25,465 25,382 -1.0 0.3 0.7 28,781 24,320 22,514 27,395 220,579 209,823 5.1

 Computers and related products........... 2,161 2,159 2,174 0.1 -0.7 9.0 2,458 2,118 2,002 1,883 17,326 15,342 12.9

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 61,337 60,033 59,623 2.2 0.7 0.0 64,720 65,223 50,106 52,283 527,869 463,955 13.8

 Capital goods...................................... 103,200 102,525 102,190 0.7 0.3 3.9 111,517 97,526 92,343 97,918 887,879 787,218 12.8

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 89,415 86,162 87,100 3.8 -1.1 2.5 93,827 82,846 81,178 81,063 765,326 669,568 14.3

 Excluding aircraft............................. 75,040 75,379 74,709 -0.4 0.9 0.7 78,968 74,625 68,913 73,094 662,914 605,278 9.5

 Defense capital goods4........................ 13,785 16,363 15,090 -15.8 8.4 12.7 17,690 14,680 11,165 16,855 122,553 117,650 4.2

 Consumer goods.................................. 237,966 235,720 235,138 1.0 0.2 -2.3 241,527 244,355 229,446 206,529 2,071,263 1,762,437 17.5

 Consumer durable goods..................... 46,600 45,176 44,667 3.2 1.1 -1.2 49,886 48,103 37,570 40,541 393,672 354,064 11.2

 Consumer nondurable goods.............. 191,366 190,544 190,471 0.4 0.0 -2.6 191,641 196,252 191,876 165,988 1,677,591 1,408,373 19.1

 All manufacturing industries5...................... 1,137,812 1,131,950 1,126,755 0.5 0.5 0.7 1,131,953 1,126,341 1,126,849 1,058,722 (X) (X) 6.9

 Construction materials and supplies....... 89,555 89,234 88,934 0.4 0.3 0.1 89,528 90,171 90,767 85,030 (X) (X) 5.3

 Information technology......................... 143,637 143,499 143,203 0.1 0.2 0.3 143,058 142,198 142,922 137,688 (X) (X) 3.9

 Computers and related products........... 1,198 1,210 1,218 -1.0 -0.7 0.8 1,198 1,210 1,218 1,320 (X) (X) -9.2

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 27,921 28,206 28,436 -1.0 -0.8 -0.1 27,424 27,724 27,800 26,641 (X) (X) 2.9

 Capital goods...................................... 832,754 826,626 821,744 0.7 0.6 0.9 828,956 822,380 821,009 767,589 (X) (X) 8.0

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 645,543 638,762 635,734 1.1 0.5 1.0 641,466 636,879 636,159 577,147 (X) (X) 11.1

 Excluding aircraft............................. 268,055 266,779 265,521 0.5 0.5 0.3 265,881 265,458 265,757 250,531 (X) (X) 6.1

 Defense capital goods4........................ 187,211 187,864 186,010 -0.3 1.0 0.4 187,490 185,501 184,850 190,442 (X) (X) -1.6

 Consumer goods.................................. 10,769 10,769 10,852 0.0 -0.8 -0.8 10,851 10,566 10,698 12,093 (X) (X) -10.3

 Consumer durable goods..................... 10,769 10,769 10,852 0.0 -0.8 -0.8 10,851 10,566 10,698 12,093 (X) (X) -10.3

 

 All manufacturing industries....................... 801,626 800,301 801,381 0.2 -0.1 0.0 799,658 803,059 807,098 742,032 (X) (X) 7.8

 Construction materials and supplies....... 87,105 86,736 86,335 0.4 0.5 0.4 86,083 86,192 86,593 78,776 (X) (X) 9.3

 Information technology......................... 44,794 44,660 44,259 0.3 0.9 0.5 44,702 45,278 44,713 41,188 (X) (X) 8.5

 Computers and related products........... 3,948 3,961 3,903 -0.3 1.5 0.7 4,031 4,134 3,967 3,765 (X) (X) 7.1

 Motor vehicle and parts......................... 51,937 51,696 51,497 0.5 0.4 -0.1 52,366 52,518 52,283 49,751 (X) (X) 5.3

 Capital goods...................................... 237,069 236,338 235,687 0.3 0.3 0.4 237,408 238,474 237,201 221,888 (X) (X) 7.0

 Nondefense capital goods3.................. 214,614 213,660 212,851 0.4 0.4 0.4 214,921 215,709 214,327 200,231 (X) (X) 7.3

 Excluding aircraft............................. 149,868 148,613 147,514 0.8 0.7 0.6 149,580 149,889 148,579 133,849 (X) (X) 11.8

 Defense capital goods4........................ 22,455 22,678 22,836 -1.0 -0.7 1.0 22,487 22,765 22,874 21,657 (X) (X) 3.8

 Consumer goods.................................. 242,852 243,037 245,562 -0.1 -1.0 -0.9 243,093 243,749 248,032 225,493 (X) (X) 7.8

 Consumer durable goods..................... 43,754 43,557 43,321 0.5 0.5 0.3 44,343 44,730 43,556 40,641 (X) (X) 9.1

 Consumer nondurable goods................ 199,098 199,480 202,241 -0.2 -1.4 -1.2 198,750 199,019 204,476 184,852 (X) (X) 7.5

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, September Full Report, November 3, 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 September

Sep. Aug. July Aug. - July - June - Sep. Aug. July Sep. 2022/

2022p2022r

2022 Sep. Aug. July 2022p

2022r

2022 2021 2021

MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

 All manufacturing industries....................... 296,281 294,673 294,320 0.5 0.1 0.0 295,853 294,978 297,138 265,798 11.3

 Durable goods industries.......................... 180,921 180,464 180,414 0.3 0.0 0.5 181,348 181,323 182,243 162,984 11.3

 Wood products................................... 6,550 6,540 6,624 0.2 -1.3 0.5 6,482 6,492 6,564 5,928 9.3

 Nonmetallic mineral products................. 7,266 7,259 7,053 0.1 2.9 1.5 7,230 7,273 7,068 6,209 16.4

 Primary metals.................................... 14,197 14,305 14,557 -0.8 -1.7 -0.4 14,171 14,275 14,653 12,867 10.1

 Fabricated metal products.......................... 25,411 25,556 25,572 -0.6 -0.1 -0.1 25,559 25,672 25,853 23,611 8.3

 Machinery.......................................... 36,880 36,473 36,468 1.1 0.0 1.2 37,146 36,698 36,891 31,312 18.6

 Computers and electronic products........ 25,428 25,294 24,966 0.5 1.3 1.0 25,432 25,501 25,251 22,413 13.5

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................... 11,087 11,019 10,859 0.6 1.5 0.7 10,892 11,124 11,150 9,105 19.6

 Transportation equipment..................... 40,317 40,311 40,650 0.0 -0.8 0.1 40,669 40,421 40,982 38,813 4.8

 Furniture and related products............... 4,917 4,876 4,851 0.8 0.5 0.8 4,842 4,888 4,870 4,094 18.3

 Miscellaneous products......................... 8,868 8,831 8,814 0.4 0.2 1.0 8,925 8,979 8,961 8,632 3.4

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 115,360 114,209 113,906 1.0 0.3 -0.8 114,505 113,655 114,895 102,814 11.4

 Food products.................................... 24,516 24,065 24,078 1.9 -0.1 0.2 24,414 23,610 23,910 23,008 6.1

 Beverage and tobacco products........................ 5,837 5,718 5,621 2.1 1.7 -4.3 5,719 5,418 5,361 5,854 -2.3

 Textiles.............................................. 1,433 1,431 1,444 0.1 -0.9 2.8 1,427 1,437 1,457 1,283 11.2

 Textile products................................... 1,574 1,583 1,620 -0.6 -2.3 6.8 1,581 1,583 1,617 1,408 12.3

 Apparel............................................. 739 739 737 0.0 0.3 -0.5 745 766 768 631 18.1

 Leather and allied products.................... 382 376 373 1.6 0.8 2.5 383 384 387 305 25.6

 Paper products.................................... 8,885 8,873 8,793 0.1 0.9 0.8 8,924 8,953 8,871 8,084 10.4

 Printing ............................................. 3,407 3,369 3,359 1.1 0.3 1.2 3,452 3,416 3,375 3,160 9.2

 Petroleum and coal products................. 17,579 17,664 17,652 -0.5 0.1 -6.7 17,208 17,554 18,656 13,363 28.8

 Chemical products................................ 36,781 36,467 36,383 0.9 0.2 0.4 36,357 36,463 36,557 32,844 10.7

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 14,227 13,924 13,846 2.2 0.6 1.0 14,295 14,071 13,936 12,874 11.0

WORK IN PROCESS

 All manufacturing industries....................... 224,532 224,917 226,143 -0.2 -0.5 0.0 224,329 226,201 228,046 215,285 4.2

 Durable goods industries.......................... 172,363 172,469 172,093 -0.1 0.2 -0.1 172,716 173,967 173,143 167,847 2.9

 Wood products................................... 2,064 2,053 2,090 0.5 -1.8 0.2 2,019 2,038 2,074 1,914 5.5

 Nonmetallic mineral products................. 1,493 1,484 1,484 0.6 0.0 0.3 1,458 1,475 1,488 1,466 -0.5

 Primary metals.................................... 12,771 12,667 12,390 0.8 2.2 -2.6 12,763 12,947 12,549 12,129 5.2

 Fabricated metal products.......................... 14,917 14,918 14,859 0.0 0.4 0.6 14,862 14,973 15,007 13,896 7.0

 Machinery.......................................... 23,808 23,514 23,198 1.3 1.4 -0.9 23,921 23,776 22,989 20,684 15.6

 Computers and electronic products........ 13,203 13,219 13,116 -0.1 0.8 -0.3 12,941 12,935 13,124 14,040 -7.8

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................... 4,195 4,223 4,209 -0.7 0.3 0.8 4,106 4,274 4,313 3,828 7.3

 Transportation equipment..................... 93,900 94,412 94,809 -0.5 -0.4 0.2 94,573 95,485 95,615 94,314 0.3

 Furniture and related products............... 1,358 1,347 1,347 0.8 0.0 0.0 1,366 1,348 1,339 1,345 1.6

 Miscellaneous products......................... 4,654 4,632 4,591 0.5 0.9 0.7 4,707 4,716 4,645 4,231 11.3

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 52,169 52,448 54,050 -0.5 -3.0 0.3 51,613 52,234 54,903 47,438 8.8

 Food products.................................... 5,890 6,086 5,881 -3.2 3.5 -1.9 5,499 5,624 5,501 5,319 3.4

 Beverage and tobacco products........................ 8,946 9,003 8,990 -0.6 0.1 0.9 8,912 8,666 8,611 8,668 2.8

 Textiles.............................................. 617 622 622 -0.8 0.0 0.5 619 625 629 580 6.7

 Textile products................................... 465 470 464 -1.1 1.3 2.9 472 473 464 420 12.4

 Apparel............................................. 285 283 281 0.7 0.7 0.0 290 293 292 280 3.6

 Leather and allied products.................... 118 118 123 0.0 -4.1 2.5 116 121 124 117 -0.9

 Paper products.................................... 1,424 1,407 1,438 1.2 -2.2 -0.6 1,415 1,439 1,476 1,354 4.5

 Printing ............................................. 1,253 1,260 1,257 -0.6 0.2 -1.1 1,319 1,288 1,227 1,276 3.4

 Petroleum and coal products................. 13,769 13,218 14,925 4.2 -11.4 0.3 13,806 13,554 16,151 10,370 33.1

 Chemical products................................ 15,986 16,386 16,518 -2.4 -0.8 1.0 15,725 16,536 16,914 15,579 0.9

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 3,416 3,595 3,551 -5.0 1.2 0.2 3,440 3,615 3,514 3,475 -1.0

FINISHED GOODS

 All manufacturing industries....................... 280,813 280,711 280,918 0.0 -0.1 0.0 279,476 281,880 281,914 260,949 7.1

 Durable goods industries.......................... 135,382 134,553 133,836 0.6 0.5 0.3 133,710 134,948 134,201 124,307 7.6

 Wood products................................... 6,167 6,151 6,012 0.3 2.3 -1.3 5,896 5,971 5,885 5,662 4.1

 Nonmetallic mineral products................. 7,599 7,530 7,633 0.9 -1.3 1.1 7,433 7,433 7,670 6,846 8.6

 Primary metals.................................... 11,899 12,019 12,137 -1.0 -1.0 1.5 11,529 11,668 12,049 10,382 11.0

 Fabricated metal products.......................... 22,488 22,278 22,177 0.9 0.5 0.6 22,029 22,160 22,490 20,346 8.3

 Machinery.......................................... 24,582 24,414 24,245 0.7 0.7 1.8 24,254 24,219 23,932 22,278 8.9

 Computers and electronic products........ 14,080 13,955 14,196 0.9 -1.7 -0.3 14,152 14,379 14,380 13,583 4.2

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components............................... 7,933 7,928 7,881 0.1 0.6 -0.3 7,776 8,016 7,937 7,112 9.3

 Transportation equipment..................... 22,951 22,677 22,055 1.2 2.8 -1.3 23,034 23,401 22,313 21,932 5.0

 Furniture and related products............... 3,807 3,764 3,720 1.1 1.2 0.9 3,766 3,813 3,813 3,218 17.0

 Miscellaneous products......................... 13,876 13,837 13,780 0.3 0.4 0.3 13,841 13,888 13,732 12,948 6.9

 Nondurable goods industries...................... 145,431 146,158 147,082 -0.5 -0.6 -0.4 145,766 146,932 147,713 136,642 6.7

 Food products.................................... 33,166 32,913 32,809 0.8 0.3 0.8 34,190 33,573 32,604 32,209 6.2

 Beverage and tobacco products........................ 13,751 13,740 13,684 0.1 0.4 1.8 13,528 13,710 13,631 11,993 12.8

 Textiles.............................................. 1,575 1,582 1,590 -0.4 -0.5 1.9 1,569 1,584 1,604 1,283 22.3

 Textile products................................... 2,296 2,277 2,226 0.8 2.3 -4.1 2,290 2,277 2,208 2,128 7.6

 Apparel............................................. 1,397 1,359 1,305 2.8 4.1 2.8 1,433 1,444 1,387 991 44.6

 Leather and allied products.................... 707 692 654 2.2 5.8 5.8 708 704 674 434 63.1

 Paper products.................................... 6,433 6,428 6,429 0.1 0.0 0.8 6,411 6,475 6,532 6,227 3.0

 Printing ............................................. 1,854 1,874 1,847 -1.1 1.5 1.7 1,864 1,886 1,820 1,771 5.3

 Petroleum and coal products................. 17,152 18,567 20,127 -7.6 -7.8 -7.4 17,199 18,759 21,167 16,989 1.2

 Chemical products................................ 52,647 52,084 51,744 1.1 0.7 0.6 52,291 52,011 51,520 49,822 5.0

 Plastics and rubber products.................. 14,453 14,642 14,667 -1.3 -0.2 0.7 14,283 14,509 14,566 12,795 11.6

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, September Full Report, November 3, 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 Sep Aug Jul Jun Sep Aug Jul Jun

2022p2022r

2022 2022 2022

p

2022

r

2022 2022

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

Durable goods industries3........................................ 1.78 1.78 1.80 1.80 6.04 5.98 6.05 6.03

 Wood products........................................................... 1.15 1.15 1.15 1.15 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Nonmetallic mineral products............................. 1.31 1.30 1.29 1.27 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Primary metals............................................................ 1.91 1.88 1.89 1.84 1.51 1.48 1.49 1.44

 Fabricated metal products...................................... 1.71 1.70 1.69 1.68 3.28 3.28 3.26 3.26

 Machinery..................................................................... 2.23 2.21 2.21 2.21 3.84 3.83 3.84 3.84

 Computers and electronic products3................... 1.79 1.80 1.79 1.79 6.28 6.27 6.25 6.25

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components.................................................... 1.74 1.72 1.74 1.71 3.22 3.18 3.22 3.11

 Transportation equipment..................................... 1.74 1.76 1.82 1.85 11.81 11.66 12.16 12.37

 Furniture and related products............................ 1.63 1.61 1.60 1.60 1.85 1.86 1.89 1.90

 Miscellaneous products.......................................... 1.97 1.94 1.94 1.93 (X) (X) (X) (X)

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

 Food products............................................................. 0.84 0.83 0.82 0.82 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Beverage and tobacco products........................... 1.69 1.68 1.72 1.71 (X) (X) (X) (X)

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

 Textile products......................................................... 2.16 2.18 2.18 2.15 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Apparel........................................................................ 3.32 3.32 3.21 3.13 (X) (X) (X) (X)

 Leather and allied products................................ 2.62 2.67 2.73 2.61 (X) (X) (X) (X)

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

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

 Petroleum and coal products............................... 0.74 0.76 0.80 0.79 (X) (X) (X) (X)

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

 Plastics and rubber products................................ 1.44 1.43 1.43 1.42 (X) (X) (X) (X)

Sep3Sep3Sep

3

Sep

3

Industry 2021- 2021- 2021- 2021-

Sep2 Aug Sep2 Aug Sep2 Aug Sep

2 Aug

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 0.2 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 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1

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

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

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

 Electrical equipment, appliances,

 and components..................................... 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.3

 Transportation equipment.................... 0.1 0.4 0.1 1.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 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) 0.1

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

 Beverage and tobacco products............ (X) 0.4 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.2

 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) 0.7

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

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

 Petroleum and coal products............... (X) 1.0 (X) (NA) (X) (NA) (X) 0.6

 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, September Full Report, November 3, 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, September Full Report, November 3, 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