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Free AccessUS Data: Value of Factory Inventories for Industry Groups>
Release for: March 2018
Source: U.S. Commerce Department
Data in millions of U.S. dollars, adjusted
Levels: Pct chg:
Mar-18 Feb-18 Jan-18 Mar-18 Feb-18 Jan-18
All industries 677285 675570 672949 0.3 0.4 0.4
Ex. transportation 545554 543037 541007 0.5 0.4 0.3
Ex. defense 649914 648223 645621 0.3 0.4 0.4
With unfilled orders 334737 334401 332832 0.1 0.5 0.4
Durable goods industries 411489 410974 409006 0.1 0.5 0.4
Wood products 12195 12114 12010 0.7 0.9 0.0
Nonmetallic mineral products 13696 13638 13654 0.4 -0.1 -0.1
Primary metals 35003 34798 34564 0.6 0.7 0.6
Iron and steel mills 19682 19573 19503 0.6 0.4 0.9
Aluminum,nonferrous metals. 13291 13181 13017 0.8 1.3 0.1
Ferrous metal foundries 2030 2044 2044 -0.7 0.0 0.8
Fabricated metal products 52048 51750 51450 0.6 0.6 0.5
Machinery 70980 70629 70170 0.5 0.7 -0.2
Farm machinery 3805 3788 3728 0.4 1.6 0.8
Construction machinery 5592 5584 5544 0.1 0.7 0.6
Mining, oil field, and
gas field machinery 7613 7572 7623 0.5 -0.7 -1.9
Industrial machinery 8033 7964 7799 0.9 2.1 -0.7
Photographic equipment 1384 1367 1362 1.2 0.4 -1.2
Ventilation, heat, air-conditioning,
and refrigeration equipment 5234 5188 5149 0.9 0.8 -0.1
Metalworking machinery 5959 5972 6025 -0.2 -0.9 0.6
Turbines, generators, and
power transmission equipt. 10616 10511 10290 1.0 2.1 0.3
Material handling equipment 5419 5437 5495 -0.3 -1.1 1.3
Computers and elect. products 46011 45893 45645 0.3 0.5 0.4
Electronic computers 1824 1844 1863 -1.1 -1.0 0.9
Computer storage devices 1377 1418 1428 -2.9 -0.7 2.4
Other peripheral equipment 1116 1101 1104 1.4 -0.3 -2.4
Nondefense communications
equipment 4053 4032 4024 0.5 0.2 0.2
Defense communications 585 583 577 0.3 1.0 1.2
Audio and video equipment 659 636 636 3.6 0.0 1.9
Electronic components 8151 8064 7939 1.1 1.6 -0.3
Nondefense search and navigation
equipment 3139 3123 3117 0.5 0.2 0.8
Defense search and navigation
equipment 3131 3134 3139 -0.1 -0.2 0.4
Electromedical, measuring,
and control instuments 15098 15008 14924 0.6 0.6 0.2
Electrical equipment, appliances,
and components 18483 18363 18293 0.7 0.4 0.9
Electric lighting equipment 2267 2262 2258 0.2 0.2 0.5
Household appliances 2559 2556 2560 0.1 -0.2 0.9
Electrical equipment 5134 5065 5039 1.4 0.5 2.5
Batteries 1819 1814 1803 0.3 0.6 -0.1
Transportation equipment 131731 132533 131942 -0.6 0.4 0.6
Automobiles 4599 4623 4512 -0.5 2.5 1.9
Light trucks and utility veh 4037 4026 3986 0.3 1.0 3.0
Heavy duty trucks 2086 2060 2002 1.3 2.9 0.4
Motor vehicle bodies, parts,
and trailers 24941 24834 24922 0.4 -0.4 0.2
Nondefense aircraft and part 67296 68199 67800 -1.3 0.6 1.1
Defense aircraft and parts 13172 13196 13180 -0.2 0.1 -1.6
Ships and boats 3208 3267 3248 -1.8 0.6 2.3
Furniture and related product 8103 8052 8109 0.6 -0.7 1.2
Miscellaneous durable goods 23239 23204 23169 0.2 0.2 0.0
Nondurable goods industries 265796 264596 263943 0.5 0.2 0.4
Food products 56186 56041 55754 0.3 0.5 0.1
Grain and oilseed milling 5528 5500 5440 0.5 1.1 -1.1
Dairy products 8037 8001 8090 0.4 -1.1 -2.3
Meat, poultry, seafood 9586 9589 9416 0.0 1.8 2.4
Beverage and tobacco 24198 24128 23981 0.3 0.6 0.6
Beverages 19799 19711 19560 0.4 0.8 0.8
Tobacco 4399 4417 4421 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1
Textile mills 3335 3333 3336 0.1 -0.1 0.3
Textile products 3467 3464 3455 0.1 0.3 0.4
Apparel 2118 2100 2083 0.9 0.8 0.7
Leather and allied products 803 802 799 0.1 0.4 1.0
Paper products 15728 15719 15739 0.1 -0.1 -0.1
Pulp, paper, paperboard 6173 6162 6173 0.2 -0.2 0.0
Paperboard containers 5107 5091 5067 0.3 0.5 0.1
Printing 5462 5440 5439 0.4 0.0 -1.5
Petroleum and coal products 43707 42882 42558 1.9 0.8 2.0
Petroleum refineries 38756 38095 37815 1.7 0.7 2.5
Basic chemicals 84611 84482 84528 0.2 -0.1 -0.1
Pesticides, fertilizers, and
agricultural chemicals 4088 4050 3936 0.9 2.9 -1.3
Pharmaceuticals 35532 35355 35524 0.5 -0.5 0.2
Paints, coatings, adhesives 4032 4007 4021 0.6 -0.3 0.1
Plastics and rubber products 26181 26205 26271 -0.1 -0.3 0.4
TOPICAL SERIES
All manufacturing industries 677285 675570 672949 0.3 0.4 0.4
Construction Materials 70219 69810 69343 0.6 0.7 0.5
Information technology 39282 39128 39032 0.4 0.2 0.3
Computer and related product 4317 4363 4395 -1.1 -0.7 0.5
Motor vehicle and parts 35663 35543 35422 0.3 0.3 0.8
Capital goods 206018 206301 205174 -0.1 0.5 0.4
Nondefense Capital Goods 182766 183092 182000 -0.2 0.6 0.5
Excluding Aircraft 126728 126218 125621 0.4 0.5 0.1
Defense Capital Goods 23252 23209 23174 0.2 0.2 -0.6
Consumer Goods 204999 203655 203060 0.7 0.3 0.7
Consumer Durable Goods 30534 30411 30332 0.4 0.3 0.9
Consumer Nondurable Goods 174465 173244 172728 0.7 0.3 0.6
Calculated by MNI:
Durables Ex. Trans 279758 278441 277064 0.5 0.5 0.3
Durables Ex. Defense cap. gds 388237 387765 385832 0.1 0.5 0.4
Civilian Aircraft cap. goods 56038 56874 56379 -1.5 0.9 1.5
Dur ex def & nondef air,parts 320941 319566 318032 0.4 0.5 0.3
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