US Data: Advance Durable Goods Shipments and New Orders>

Release for:       July 2018

Source: U.S. Commerce Department

Data in millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted

                    Levels:                              Pct chg:

                      Jul-18   Jun-18   May-18   Apr-18   Jul-18 Jun-18 May-18

Total

 Shipments            250786   251314   247423   247002     -0.2    1.6    0.2

 New Orders           246852   251105   249374   250109     -1.7    0.7   -0.3

 Ex. Transportation

  Shipments           166879   165815   165192   164358      0.6    0.4    0.5

  New Orders          164026   163675   163506   163074      0.2    0.1    0.3

 Ex. Defense

  Shipments           237316   237964   233883   233113     -0.3    1.7    0.3

  New Orders          233879   236217   233318   236709     -1.0    1.2   -1.4

 Mfg With Unfilled Orders

  Shipments           172993   175285   173946   171606     -1.3    0.8    1.4

  New Orders          173059   179202   180025   178501     -3.4   -0.5    0.9

Primary Metals

 Shipments             21575    21393    21290    21308      0.9    0.5   -0.1

 New Orders            21859    21796    21935    21942      0.3   -0.6    0.0

Fabricated Metals

 Shipments             33069    32901    32742    32646      0.5    0.5    0.3

 New Orders            33201    33200    33446    33876      0.0   -0.7   -1.3

Machinery

 Shipments             32884    32734    32586    32195      0.5    0.5    1.2

 New Orders            33196    32993    32984    32459      0.6    0.0    1.6

Computers, Electronics

 Shipments             27217    26789    26646    26478      1.6    0.5    0.6

 New Orders            23531    23267    23089    22951      1.1    0.8    0.6

 Computers

  Shipments             1970     1760     1807     1820     11.9   -2.6   -0.7

  New Orders            1985     1763     1816     1830     12.6   -2.9   -0.8

 Communications Equip.

  Shipments             3550     3541     3433     3487      0.3    3.1   -1.5

  New Orders            3612     3733     3725     3492     -3.2    0.2    6.7

Electrical equipment

 and appliances

 Shipments             11341    11264    11230    11262      0.7    0.3   -0.3

 New Orders            11475    11495    11333    11379     -0.2    1.4   -0.4

Transportation Equip.

 Shipments             83907    85499    82231    82644     -1.9    4.0   -0.5

 New Orders            82826    87430    85868    87035     -5.3    1.8   -1.3

 Motor Vehicles, Parts

  Shipments            59981    58117    55468    58001      3.2    4.8   -4.4

  New Orders           60117    58085    55453    58001      3.5    4.7   -4.4

 Nondef Aircraft, Parts

  Shipments            10566    14168    13405    10884    -25.4    5.7   23.2

  New Orders            9213    14259    14076    15930    -35.4    1.3  -11.6

 Defense Aircraft, Parts

  Shipments             4655     4328     4560     4412      7.6   -5.1    3.4

  New Orders            4289     6557     5467     4017    -34.6   19.9   36.1

All other durables

 Shipments             40793    40734    40698    40469      0.1    0.1    0.6

 New Orders            40764    40924    40719    40467     -0.4    0.5    0.6

Capital Goods

 Shipments             86291    89677    88093    86095     -3.8    1.8    2.3

 New Orders            85572    90116    90317    90170     -5.0   -0.2    0.2

 Nondefense Capital Goods

  Shipments            74909    78218    76548    74026     -4.2    2.2    3.4

  New Orders           74737    78336    76796    78584     -4.6    2.0   -2.3

  Excluding Aircraft

  Shipments            68580    67949    67337    67243      0.9    0.9    0.1

  New Orders           69683    68695    68306    67838      1.4    0.6    0.7

 Defense Capital Goods

  Shipments            11382    11459    11545    12069     -0.7   -0.7   -4.3

  New Orders           10835    11780    13521    11586     -8.0  -12.9   16.7

Calculated by MNI:

Civilian Aircraft cap. goods

  Shipments             6329    10269     9211     6783    -38.4   11.5   35.8

  New Orders            5054     9641     8490    10746    -47.6   13.6  -21.0

Transport ex. mtr veh, aircraft

  Shipments             8705     8886     8798     9347     -2.0    1.0   -5.9

  New Orders            9207     8529    10872     9087      7.9  -21.6   19.6

Total Ex Defense Cap., Nondef Air

  Shipments           228838   225687   222473   224049      1.4    1.4   -0.7

  New Orders          226804   225066   221777   222593      0.8    1.5   -0.4

Total Ex Def., Civ Air Cap. Gds.

  Shipments           233075   229586   226667   228150      1.5    1.3   -0.7

  New Orders          230963   229684   227363   227777      0.6    1.0   -0.2

       ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **

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