US Data: Value of Factory Inventories for Industry Groups>

Release for:        July 2017

Source: U.S. Commerce Department

Data in millions of U.S. dollars, adjusted

                              Levels:                     Pct chg:

                                Jul-17   Jun-17   May-17   Jul-17 Jun-17 May-17

All industries                  651560   650138   648044      0.2    0.3   -0.2

 Ex. transportation             521981   521091   518808      0.2    0.4   -0.2

 Ex. defense                    624211   623335   621179      0.1    0.3   -0.2

 With unfilled orders           323959   323055   321803      0.3    0.4    0.2

Durable goods industries        398730   397479   395544      0.3    0.5    0.2

Wood products                    11821    11740    11699      0.7    0.4    0.5

Nonmetallic mineral products     13345    13237    13177      0.8    0.5    0.4

Primary metals                   33128    33072    33005      0.2    0.2    0.6

 Iron and steel mills            18634    18701    18683     -0.4    0.1    0.9

 Aluminum,nonferrous metals.     12497    12411    12394      0.7    0.1    0.3

 Ferrous metal foundries          1997     1960     1928      1.9    1.7    0.2

Fabricated metal products        49723    49340    48822      0.8    1.1    0.8

Machinery                        68437    68406    67557      0.0    1.3    0.2

 Farm machinery                   3702     3668     3582      0.9    2.4   -0.6

 Construction machinery           5246     5226     5204      0.4    0.4    1.4

 Mining, oil field, and

  gas field machinery             7746     7749     7745      0.0    0.1   -1.4

 Industrial machinery             7826     7813     7651      0.2    2.1    1.3

 Photographic equipment           1385     1372     1366      0.9    0.4   -0.8

 Ventilation, heat, air-conditioning,

  and refrigeration equipment     5107     5075     5043      0.6    0.6   -0.9

 Metalworking machinery           5750     5771     5833     -0.4   -1.1    1.1

 Turbines, generators, and

  power transmission equipt.      9894    10076     9649     -1.8    4.4    2.0

 Material handling equipment      5084     4991     4906      1.9    1.7    0.1

Computers and elect. products    44558    44492    44294      0.1    0.4    0.3

 Electronic computers             1681     1719     1724     -2.2   -0.3   -0.8

 Computer storage devices         1476     1478     1445     -0.1    2.3    0.0

 Other peripheral equipment       1152     1152     1186      0.0   -2.9   -2.1

 Nondefense communications

  equipment                       4051     4058     4082     -0.2   -0.6    0.4

 Defense communications            587      578      575      1.6    0.5    0.7

 Audio and video equipment         649      659      702     -1.5   -6.1   -4.6

 Electronic components            7825     7855     7777     -0.4    1.0    1.2

 Nondefense search and navigation

  equipment                       3124     3116     3092      0.3    0.8    0.2

 Defense search and navigation

   equipment                      3098     3082     3091      0.5   -0.3   -0.1

 Electromedical, measuring,

  and control instuments         14528    14466    14365      0.4    0.7   -0.1

Electrical equipment, appliances,

  and components                 17644    17638    17434      0.0    1.2    0.3

 Electric lighting equipment      2161     2155     2133      0.3    1.0    0.0

 Household appliances             2424     2412     2401      0.5    0.5    0.1

 Electrical equipment             4869     4842     4816      0.6    0.5   -0.5

 Batteries                        1762     1782     1752     -1.1    1.7   -0.2

Transportation equipment        129579   129047   129236      0.4   -0.1   -0.2

 Automobiles                      4403     4461     4324     -1.3    3.2    0.1

 Light trucks and utility veh     3824     3667     3666      4.3    0.0    0.3

 Heavy duty trucks                2122     2136     2034     -0.7    5.0   -1.2

 Motor vehicle bodies, parts,

 and trailers                    24419    24097    24432      1.3   -1.4    1.0

 Nondefense aircraft and part    65876    66270    66210     -0.6    0.1   -0.8

 Defense aircraft and parts      13149    12717    12830      3.4   -0.9   -0.5

 Ships and boats                  3268     3318     3440     -1.5   -3.5    0.4

Furniture and related product     7711     7705     7645      0.1    0.8    0.9

Miscellaneous durable goods      22784    22802    22675     -0.1    0.6   -0.2

Nondurable goods industries     252830   252659   252500      0.1    0.1   -0.7

Food products                    55631    55989    55698     -0.6    0.5    0.3

 Grain and oilseed milling        5586     5669     5667     -1.5    0.0    0.7

 Dairy products                   8288     8247     8214      0.5    0.4   -0.6

 Meat, poultry, seafood           9286     9408     9131     -1.3    3.0    0.8

Beverage and tobacco             23502    23580    23468     -0.3    0.5    0.1

 Beverages                       19148    19229    19048     -0.4    1.0    0.2

 Tobacco                          4354     4351     4420      0.1   -1.6   -0.1

Textile mills                     3249     3232     3197      0.5    1.1   -0.8

Textile products                  3412     3407     3411      0.1   -0.1    0.3

Apparel                           1987     2016     2068     -1.4   -2.5   -1.7

Leather and allied products        802      800      799      0.3    0.1    0.0

Paper products                   15643    15581    15544      0.4    0.2   -0.2

 Pulp, paper, paperboard          6221     6233     6245     -0.2   -0.2   -0.2

 Paperboard containers            4956     4884     4834      1.5    1.0    0.2

Printing                          5405     5406     5401      0.0    0.1   -0.3

Petroleum and coal products      34504    34240    34528      0.8   -0.8   -5.2

 Petroleum refineries            29920    29641    29927      0.9   -1.0   -5.8

Basic chemicals                  83245    83133    83187      0.1   -0.1   -0.1

 Pesticides, fertilizers, and

  agricultural chemicals          4221     4265     4276     -1.0   -0.3    0.8

  Pharmaceuticals                34667    34514    34629      0.4   -0.3   -0.2

  Paints, coatings, adhesives     3869     3860     3828      0.2    0.8    0.6

Plastics and rubber products     25450    25275    25199      0.7    0.3   -0.2

TOPICAL SERIES

All manufacturing industries    651560   650138   648044      0.2    0.3   -0.2

 Construction Materials          67150    66748    66251      0.6    0.8    0.5

 Information technology          38364    38333    38164      0.1    0.4    0.0

 Computer and related product     4309     4349     4355     -0.9   -0.1   -0.9

 Motor vehicle and parts         34768    34361    34456      1.2   -0.3    0.7

 Capital goods                  200523   200289   199083      0.1    0.6   -0.1

  Nondefense Capital Goods      177457   177865   176623     -0.2    0.7   -0.1

   Excluding Aircraft           123117   123069   121845      0.0    1.0    0.1

  Defense Capital Goods          23066    22424    22460      2.9   -0.2    0.1

 Consumer Goods                 192745   192681   192466      0.0    0.1   -0.9

  Consumer Durable Goods         29573    29467    29212      0.4    0.9    0.1

  Consumer Nondurable Goods     163172   163214   163254      0.0    0.0   -1.1

Calculated by MNI:

Durables Ex. Trans              269151   268432   266308      0.3    0.8    0.4

Durables Ex. Defense cap. gds   375664   375055   373084      0.2    0.5    0.2

Civilian Aircraft cap. goods     54340    54796    54778     -0.8    0.0   -0.6

Dur ex def & nondef air,parts   309788   308785   306874      0.3    0.6    0.4

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

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