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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009, AT 10:00 A.M. EST

Chris Savage or Jessica YoungManufacturing and Construction Division(301) 763-4832M3-2 (09)-09CB09-165

Full Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and OrdersSeptember 2009

Summary

New orders for manufactured goods in September, upfive of the last six months, increased $3.3 billion or 0.9percent to $356.1 billion, the U.S. Census Bureaureported today. This followed a 0.8 percent Augustdecrease. Excluding transportation, new ordersincreased 0.8 percent.Shipments, up three of the last four months, increased$2.9 billion or 0.8 percent to $363.1 billion. Thisfollowed a 0.2 percent August decrease.Unfilled orders, down twelve consecutive months,decreased $3.3 billion or 0.4 percent to $733.3 billion.This was the longest streak of consecutive monthlydecreases since the series was first published on aNAICS basis in 1992. This followed a 0.4 percentAugust decrease. The unfilled orders-to-shipments ratiowas 5.83, down from 5.97 in August.Inventories, down thirteen consecutive months,decreased $4.8 billion or 1.0 percent to $492.6 billion.This was the longest streak of consecutive monthlydecreases since February 2001-May 2002 and followed a0.9 percent August decrease. The inventories-to-shipments ratio was 1.36, down from 1.38 in August.

New Orders

New orders for manufactured durable goods inSeptember, up two of the last three months, increased$2.2 billion or 1.4 percent to $166.2 billion, revised fromthe previously published 1.0 percent increase. Thisfollowed a 2.7 percent August decrease.Machinery, up five of the last six months, had thelargest increase, $1.7 billion or 7.9 percent to $23.5billion.New orders for manufactured nondurable goodsincreased $1.1 billion or 0.6 percent to $189.9 billion.

Shipments

Shipments of manufactured durable goods inSeptember, up three of the last four months, increased$1.8 billion or 1.1 percent to $173.2 billion, revised fromthe previously published 0.8 percent increase. Thisfollowed a 1.4 percent August decrease.Transportation equipment, also up three of the last fourmonths, had the largest increase, $2.6 billion or 6.1percent to $45.1 billion.Shipments of manufactured nondurable goods, up fourof the last five months, increased $1.1 billion or 0.6percent to $189.9 billion. This followed a 0.9 percentAugust increase. This increase was led by chemicalproducts, which increased $0.5 billion or 1.1 percent to$50.9 billion.

Unfilled Orders

Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods inSeptember, down twelve consecutive months, decreased$3.3 billion or 0.4 percent to $733.3 billion, unchangedfrom the previously published decrease. This was thelongest streak of consecutive monthly decreases sincethe series was first published on a NAICS basis in 1992and followed a 0.4 percent August decrease.Transportation equipment, down eleven of the lasttwelve months, had the largest decrease, $4.7 billion or1.1 percent to $426.5 billion.

Inventories

Inventories of manufactured durable goods inSeptember, down nine consecutive months, decreased$3.2 billion or 1.0 percent to $304.9 billion, unchangedfrom the previously published decrease. This followed a1.5 percent August decrease.Transportation equipment, down two consecutivemonths, had the largest decrease, $2.1 billion or 2.3percent to $89.0 billion.Inventories of manufactured nondurable goods, downtwelve of the last thirteen months, decreased $1.6 billionor 0.9 percent to $187.7 billion. This followed a slightAugust increase. Petroleum and coal products led thedecrease, down $1.1 billion or 4.2 percent to $26.0billion.By stage of fabrication, September materials andsupplies decreased 0.7 percent in durable goods and 0.7percent in nondurable goods. Work in process decreased1.1 percent in durable goods and 0.3 percent innondurable goods. Finished goods decreased 1.4 percentin durable goods and 1.2 percent in nondurable goods.

Figures in text are in seasonally adjusted current dollars. Figures on new and unfilled orders exclude data for semiconductormanufacturing. For data, call (301) 763-4673 or go to <http://www.census.gov/m3>

The advance report on durable goods for October is scheduled for release on November 25, 2009, at 8:30 a.m. EST and the fullreport on December 4, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EST. See back page for survey description and 2010 release schedule.

Table 1. Value of Manufacturers' Shipments for Industry Groups

[Millions of Dollars]

Seasonally AdjustedNot Seasonally Adjusted

MonthlyPercent ChangeMonthlyIndustryPercent

Sept.Aug.JulyAug. -July -June -Sept.Aug.JulySept.2009/2009

2009

2009Sept.Aug.July2009

2009

200920082009

20082008

All manufacturing industries......…………363,053360,145360,9510.8-0.20.3383,469372,918355,856448,9473,245,6724,011,058-19.1Excluding transportation……….………317,905317,601317,8870.1-0.10.2334,591329,577320,313395,1982,854,6763,534,843-19.2Excluding defense…………...…..……….348,481346,348347,2980.6-0.30.4367,828359,289343,439436,0653,126,0973,907,765-20.0With unfilled orders…………...…..…….125,892123,291124,5662.1-1.00.9136,690125,804117,849160,1821,126,3281,374,341-18.0Durable goods industries………….…..…173,174171,341173,7441.1-1.42.3186,661174,853164,767220,6801,559,6471,913,950-18.5Wood products…………..……...….……

…

7,6047,5127,4921.20.32.28,2178,0997,7988,53767,83074,320-8.7Nonmetallic mineral products…….………7,4997,5587,616-0.8-0.82.18,1128,2398,2109,64068,46284,504-19.0Primary metals…………………….…

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13,64313,36413,1362.11.77.014,73514,36913,47322,850121,313205,124-40.9Iron and steel mills…………..……….….5,6105,3505,2304.92.38.56,1635,7495,43611,92749,285105,698-53.4Aluminum and nonferrous metals……6,8146,8266,784-0.20.67.27,2267,3826,9618,85860,88682,526-26.2Ferrous metal foundries………..…..……1,2191,1881,1222.65.9-0.81,3461,2381,0762,06511,14216,900-34.1Fabricated metal products…….……………23,60123,66923,823-0.3-0.61.625,17525,32223,95129,301217,660252,858-13.9Machinery………………………………………22,47122,10222,4051.7-1.4-4.023,38321,53821,95030,832209,972264,660-20.7Farm machinery…..………….……………2,2042,1692,2281.6-2.6-6.12,1501,9372,1292,92422,03622,443-1.8Construction machinery…..………….…1,3491,3001,3573.8-4.2-1.41,3921,2101,3262,43713,44821,780-38.3Mining, oil field, andgas field machinery………...…………1,2881,2571,4572.5-13.714.41,3451,2391,3411,76612,45613,937-10.6Industrial machinery……….…………….2,1022,0392,0503.1-0.5-10.72,2401,7792,0952,93319,85426,303-24.5Photographic equipment….……………575602575-4.54.79.16336065666044,8334,7890.9Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,and refrigeration equipment…………3,2223,3063,469-2.5-4.7-0.23,5463,5143,7274,11430,62236,784-16.8Metalworking machinery......……..…….1,5381,4691,5204.7-3.4-2.21,6901,4671,4262,55714,86521,881-32.1Turbines, generators, and otherpower transmission equipment….…3,0362,8632,5996.010.2-23.93,0572,8332,4524,38926,90534,352-21.7Material handling equipment……………1,5421,5901,593-3.0-0.23.81,5871,5971,5732,39414,36022,787-37.0Computers and electronic products……28,20129,23530,075-3.5-2.87.931,56628,20628,48734,668252,734285,077-11.3Computers…………...…………………….2,3462,3602,447-0.6-3.6-0.52,3482,2602,5492,77922,08527,228-18.9Computer storage devices……….……580591715-1.9-17.324.89214544311,1225,0065,975-16.2Other peripheral equipment……….……1,2921,2861,2810.50.4-3.91,5781,1729851,64111,10211,865-6.4Nondefense communicationsequipment……………………….……..4,0754,2864,491-4.9-4.63.85,1444,1753,7586,32136,47345,017-19.0Defense communications equipment…738815844-9.4-3.47.18057987527806,8255,98614.0Audio and video equipment……...……4964895201.4-6.04.05014444706004,0865,511-25.9Semiconductors………….……...….…….3,6564,0874,469-10.5-8.551.23,0593,9835,6183,46133,36544,135-24.4Electronic components…………..………3,2393,2683,355-0.9-2.62.23,7273,3203,1054,29329,50135,533-17.0Nondefense search and navigationequipment……………….……...………814866835-6.03.70.49228747491,1477,7108,885-13.2Defense search and navigationequipment…………..…………....…….2,9272,9212,7630.25.7-3.23,0422,9232,5982,77424,71024,2531.9Electromedical, measuring,and control instruments……..…...…7,6137,8367,924-2.8-1.15.39,0507,3797,0869,15767,97966,0352.9Electrical equipment, appliances,and components………….….……………8,1418,2358,527-1.1-3.42.58,9528,5088,28311,37476,18996,356-20.9Electric lighting equipment…..…..……974980990-0.6-1.07.01,0991,0149551,1528,7389,256-5.6Household appliances…………..……….1,5561,6051,660-3.1-3.3-0.41,7191,6571,5842,05015,04017,205-12.6Electrical equipment………….…………2,5202,5272,573-0.3-1.80.12,7542,5322,4663,82423,83332,284-26.2Batteries………………...…….……....…..759806811-5.8-0.66.38018067629646,2877,215-12.9Transportation equipment………….………45,14842,54443,0646.1-1.20.948,87843,34135,54353,749390,996476,215-17.9Automobiles……………………...……….4,3374,3634,626-0.6-5.73.84,8344,7273,5797,27340,17663,270-36.5Light trucks and utility vehicles………4,4694,6744,648-4.40.66.24,8424,9352,9718,24645,44277,549-41.4Heavy duty trucks ………...……………..1,1701,1711,067-0.19.71.01,2231,1469601,4429,83812,679-22.4Motor vehicle bodies, parts,and trailers………….…….....…………13,75513,28213,3103.6-0.22.814,50813,95111,03215,673120,034147,931-18.9Nondefense aircraft and parts…..……8,5217,0977,48620.1-5.22.59,3376,6696,3847,97968,79174,119-7.2Defense aircraft and parts……...…...…6,5295,6365,46315.83.2-11.87,2125,5734,8425,62349,33640,61321.5Ships and boats……..………….…….…..1,8701,8522,0831.0-11.113.81,8831,8731,8162,12217,33920,840-16.8Furniture and related products…….….…4,9305,0285,144-1.9-2.30.15,1655,4595,3086,50746,66158,746-20.6Miscellaneous durable goods……..………11,93612,09412,462-1.3-3.04.012,47811,77211,76413,222107,830116,090-7.1Nondurable goods industries…….………189,879188,804187,2070.60.9-1.5196,808198,065191,089228,2671,686,0252,097,108-19.6Food products……….…………..……….…..49,38749,08449,5200.6-0.9-0.751,58250,24648,51553,324443,710455,828-2.7Grain and oilseed milling…….....….…5,8505,8045,9720.8-2.8-3.66,1625,8296,2546,49151,99353,316-2.5Dairy products……………...……...…….5,7745,8055,736-0.51.2-0.95,9045,9025,6947,11053,64365,401-18.0Meat, poultry, and seafood products…13,86913,87314,1430.0-1.9-1.214,18014,56714,19415,881129,284137,796-6.2Beverage and tobacco products……………11,06111,09810,982-0.31.1-3.111,02811,64611,07211,612100,655103,255-2.5Beverages………………..….…..…………7,3837,4437,397-0.80.6-0.77,3507,9917,4877,86868,15970,028-2.7Tobacco……...……..…….………………..3,6783,6553,5850.62.0-7.73,6783,6553,5853,74432,49633,227-2.2Textile mills………………….…………………2,2402,2412,2100.01.4-0.22,3762,3702,1822,89120,32326,188-22.4Textile products………..……………………1,7331,7181,7280.9-0.60.61,7781,8671,8162,15016,25221,088-22.9Apparel……………………..……..…………..2,0162,0322,102-0.8-3.3-1.82,1462,1672,1572,75119,02423,470-18.9Leather and allied products………………4104024152.0-3.1-3.54784374175623,7894,400-13.9Paper products…………………….……..…..12,67512,71712,807-0.3-0.70.013,06213,02312,90414,975116,163130,572-11.0Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills....…6,0846,0706,0730.20.0-0.56,2456,2426,1587,14155,51662,987-11.9Paperboard containers……..…………….3,2823,3123,422-0.9-3.2-0.33,3883,4513,5254,18731,16336,908-15.6Printing…………………...………….…….…..7,1607,1727,335-0.2-2.20.17,4757,2637,0438,38265,61872,965-10.1Petroleum and coal products………………37,13536,73834,8311.15.5-5.939,45941,59938,03156,092306,397564,516-45.7Petroleum refineries………...……..……34,31533,82032,0411.55.6-6.536,26638,22334,80652,586280,401538,083-47.9Chemical products……..……………..……50,91850,37650,0391.10.7-0.451,59051,36851,11957,375456,309532,108-14.2Pesticides, fertilizers, and otheragricultural chemicals….…...………..2,8382,7432,7383.50.2-5.42,5702,4832,4903,31128,80434,378-16.2Pharmaceuticals and medicines………13,99514,08414,322-0.6-1.7-1.713,82513,97514,30714,498127,831128,831-0.8Paints, coatings, and adhesives…....…2,5462,4782,5352.7-2.2-0.72,6262,6212,8052,72223,32325,622-9.0Plastics and rubber products…...…………15,14415,22615,238-0.5-0.11.715,83416,07915,83318,153137,785162,718-15.3

Preliminary

Revised

NA Not available.

Shipments are the totals for the period and are adjusted for trading-day and calendar-month variations.See note at end of Table 2 relating to survey error and revision.

Year to date

Table 2. Value of Manufacturers' New Orders for Industry Groups

[Millions of Dollars]

Seasonally AdjustedNot Seasonally Adjusted

MonthlyPercent ChangeMonthlyIndustryPercent

Sept.Aug.JulyAug. -July -June -Sept.Aug.JulySept.2009/2009

2009

2009Sept.Aug.July2009

2009

200920082009

20082008

All manufacturing industries

......……….…356,088352,770355,7190.9-0.81.4374,034363,106347,435442,0083,139,3684,011,582-21.7Excluding transportation

……….……315,624313,115312,1710.80.3-0.6332,270322,640313,831387,1862,795,4733,508,994-20.3Excluding defense

…………...…..……342,179339,877342,4140.7-0.71.0359,969351,506337,457426,6093,029,6523,904,241-22.4With unfilled orders

………...…..………122,583120,003123,8032.1-3.15.4130,314119,975115,046156,7041,053,3891,419,000-25.8Durable goods industries

………….…..…166,209163,966168,5121.4-2.74.8177,226165,041156,346213,7411,453,3431,914,474-24.1Primary metals…………………….…

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13,77513,66813,5060.81.23.314,48214,88013,93319,850118,172203,258-41.9Iron and steel mills…………..……….…5,7055,5595,5972.6-0.7-1.25,9796,1855,8799,39248,101104,633-54.0Aluminum and nonferrous metals……6,8496,8996,833-0.71.08.87,1737,4557,0178,41759,62581,684-27.0Ferrous metal foundries………..…..……1,2211,2101,0760.912.5-4.81,3301,2401,0372,04110,44616,941-38.3Fabricated metal products…….……………23,44923,30023,2820.60.13.424,59424,38923,29628,335209,516254,627-17.7Machinery………………………………………23,50621,79321,5177.91.3-7.724,55720,58621,49430,496198,947279,550-28.8Construction machinery…..……………1,5081,0231,23147.4-16.99.61,5048571,1922,4189,01525,407-64.5Mining, oil field, andgas field machinery………...…………1,1749541,26023.1-24.35.71,2049821,2011,98110,21016,516-38.2Industrial machinery……….……………1,9642,1551,670-8.929.0-27.11,9091,6591,9462,57816,10327,688-41.8Photographic equipment….……………570584586-2.4-0.312.06845805697764,8455,157-6.1Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning,and refrigeration equipment………3,9133,5963,4338.84.7-13.24,4983,7634,0053,89234,57940,513-14.6Metalworking machinery......……..……1,5491,5291,3991.39.3-6.91,6781,5221,2962,51113,72222,816-39.9Turbines, generators, and otherpower transmission equipment….…3,5632,8332,70625.84.7-15.23,4462,6242,6114,04725,84734,904-25.9Material handling equipment…………1,4901,6191,591-8.01.85.21,7051,4871,3552,55913,21322,780-42.0Computers and electronic products

……25,04125,13525,544-0.4-1.61.629,38623,14722,43231,811218,229243,153-10.3Computers…………...…………………….2,5632,4742,4933.6-0.8-9.52,5652,3742,5952,79922,18227,435-19.1Nondefense communicationsequipment……………………….…….4,2144,5994,810-8.4-4.44.85,4424,1653,9676,03337,37445,071-17.1Defense communications equipment…7647555751.231.372.79755174539516,9066,5974.7Semiconductors

………….……...….……(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)(NA)Electronic components…………..………3,5063,3953,5353.3-4.04.53,8993,6463,3174,16930,03336,117-16.8Nondefense search and navigationequipment……………….……...………625632684-1.1-7.6-10.77916225831,1786,7509,877-31.7Defense search and navigationequipment…………..…………....…..2,7182,7802,880-2.2-3.5-1.73,0082,3262,3533,48324,55823,8353.0Electromedical, measuring,and control instruments……..…...…7,8587,7047,6202.01.11.29,2377,0036,8929,24266,34066,2160.2Electrical equipment, appliances,and components………….….……………8,1258,2678,413-1.7-1.74.18,5658,3708,47510,65174,42597,659-23.8Electric lighting equipment…..…..……1,1051,0651,0203.84.422.31,1391,0881,0051,1458,7189,611-9.3Household appliances…………..………1,5531,5751,713-1.4-8.14.51,6841,6521,6912,04615,15417,324-12.5Electrical equipment………….…………2,3902,3992,434-0.4-1.4-3.92,4762,3152,5353,49022,33533,105-32.5Transportation equipment…………………40,46439,65543,5482.0-8.917.841,76440,46633,60454,822343,895502,588-31.6Motor vehicle bodies, parts,and trailers………….…….....…………13,63613,26512,7212.84.3-0.314,20713,66710,83615,118118,023146,003-19.2Nondefense aircraft and parts…..……4,9084,9218,790-0.3-44.098.14,6755,1296,5238,76437,98399,055-61.7Defense aircraft and parts……...….……5,6494,9565,62214.0-11.8-20.65,6024,3654,7845,61746,61642,4969.7Ships and boats……..………….…………1,6751,9301,909-13.21.143.21,5022,0571,0053,70812,83821,560-40.5Furniture and related products…….….…4,8124,8974,968-1.7-1.40.35,0735,0065,1766,35146,66659,329-21.3Nondurable goods industries......…………189,879188,804187,2070.60.9-1.5196,808198,065191,089228,2671,686,0252,097,108-19.6

Preliminary

Revised

NA Not available.

New orders are the totals for the period and are adjusted for trading-day and calendar-month variations.

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 nonsamplingerror, which includes errors of coverage, response, and nonreporting. Since the survey panel is not a probability sample, estimates of sampling error cannot becalculated. Further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations are contained in our most recent annual benchmark publication,Current Industrial Reports: M3-3(07), "Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: 2004-2007."

Year to date