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Free AccessUS Data: Value of Factory Inventories for Industry Groups>
Release for: May 2018
Source: U.S. Commerce Department
Data in millions of U.S. dollars, adjusted
Levels: Pct chg:
May-18 Apr-18 Mar-18 May-18 Apr-18 Mar-18
All industries 668435 667132 664712 0.2 0.4 0.2
Ex. transportation 539455 538678 536595 0.1 0.4 0.3
Ex. defense 641692 640480 637762 0.2 0.4 0.2
With unfilled orders 328064 327166 325827 0.3 0.4 0.2
Durable goods industries 403312 402026 400538 0.3 0.4 0.2
Wood products 12100 12101 12100 0.0 0.0 0.4
Nonmetallic mineral products 14197 14127 14061 0.5 0.5 0.7
Primary metals 34711 34363 34056 1.0 0.9 1.0
Iron and steel mills 19505 19375 19185 0.7 1.0 0.6
Aluminum,nonferrous metals. 13230 13028 12920 1.6 0.8 1.6
Ferrous metal foundries 1976 1960 1951 0.8 0.5 0.2
Fabricated metal products 52285 52069 51592 0.4 0.9 0.7
Machinery 67882 67896 67751 0.0 0.2 0.7
Farm machinery 3596 3600 3627 -0.1 -0.7 0.5
Construction machinery 5502 5510 5531 -0.1 -0.4 -0.2
Mining, oil field, and
gas field machinery 5385 5394 5356 -0.2 0.7 0.8
Industrial machinery 8269 8294 8296 -0.3 0.0 1.2
Photographic equipment 1706 1704 1674 0.1 1.8 1.9
Ventilation, heat, air-conditioning,
and refrigeration equipment 4971 4984 4929 -0.3 1.1 0.5
Metalworking machinery 5874 5838 5776 0.6 1.1 -1.0
Turbines, generators, and
power transmission equipt. 9540 9562 9755 -0.2 -2.0 1.5
Material handling equipment 5646 5589 5575 1.0 0.3 0.2
Computers and elect. products 43237 43295 43211 -0.1 0.2 -0.1
Electronic computers 1520 1507 1534 0.9 -1.8 -2.0
Computer storage devices 1047 1038 1032 0.9 0.6 -1.6
Other peripheral equipment 1109 1108 1110 0.1 -0.2 1.1
Nondefense communications
equipment 4772 4730 4609 0.9 2.6 -0.6
Defense communications 677 669 662 1.2 1.1 0.3
Audio and video equipment 550 548 586 0.4 -6.5 3.7
Electronic components 7269 7436 7503 -2.2 -0.9 1.2
Nondefense search and navigation
equipment 2572 2573 2581 0.0 -0.3 0.3
Defense search and navigation
equipment 2615 2617 2605 -0.1 0.5 0.0
Electromedical, measuring,
and control instuments 15270 15237 15205 0.2 0.2 0.2
Electrical equipment, appliances,
and components 18565 18427 18400 0.7 0.1 0.3
Electric lighting equipment 2239 2210 2210 1.3 0.0 0.0
Household appliances 2825 2810 2817 0.5 -0.2 -0.1
Electrical equipment 5147 5113 5097 0.7 0.3 0.3
Batteries 1846 1846 1855 0.0 -0.5 -0.2
Transportation equipment 128980 128454 128117 0.4 0.3 -0.5
Automobiles 3929 3850 3918 2.1 -1.7 -1.4
Light trucks and utility veh 4675 4481 4414 4.3 1.5 0.3
Heavy duty trucks 2062 2061 2013 0.0 2.4 4.4
Motor vehicle bodies, parts,
and trailers 25349 25278 25326 0.3 -0.2 0.4
Nondefense aircraft and part 65597 65548 64913 0.1 1.0 -1.2
Defense aircraft and parts 12784 12724 12910 0.5 -1.4 0.1
Ships and boats 2896 2882 2918 0.5 -1.2 -1.9
Furniture and related product 7926 7933 7936 -0.1 0.0 -0.3
Miscellaneous durable goods 23429 23361 23314 0.3 0.2 0.2
Nondurable goods industries 265123 265106 264174 0.0 0.4 0.1
Food products 54572 54840 54882 -0.5 -0.1 0.1
Grain and oilseed milling 5492 5517 5454 -0.5 1.2 0.7
Dairy products 7438 7510 7532 -1.0 -0.3 0.5
Meat, poultry, seafood 9190 9268 9369 -0.8 -1.1 -0.5
Beverage and tobacco 24712 24686 24621 0.1 0.3 0.1
Beverages 20015 19959 19901 0.3 0.3 0.2
Tobacco 4697 4727 4720 -0.6 0.1 -0.3
Textile mills 3204 3210 3192 -0.2 0.6 0.1
Textile products 3418 3407 3417 0.3 -0.3 0.3
Apparel 1845 1873 1913 -1.5 -2.1 -0.3
Leather and allied products 772 775 773 -0.4 0.3 0.5
Paper products 15890 15826 15827 0.4 0.0 0.0
Pulp, paper, paperboard 6487 6482 6527 0.1 -0.7 0.2
Paperboard containers 5007 4968 4960 0.8 0.2 0.1
Printing 5459 5429 5429 0.6 0.0 0.3
Petroleum and coal products 41218 41167 40820 0.1 0.9 0.0
Petroleum refineries 35967 35853 35599 0.3 0.7 -0.7
Basic chemicals 87912 87814 87362 0.1 0.5 0.1
Pesticides, fertilizers, and
agricultural chemicals 4697 4698 4603 0.0 2.1 2.4
Pharmaceuticals 35946 35838 35457 0.3 1.1 0.4
Paints, coatings, adhesives 3885 3868 3849 0.4 0.5 0.5
Plastics and rubber products 26121 26079 25938 0.2 0.5 0.3
TOPICAL SERIES
All manufacturing industries 668435 667132 664712 0.2 0.4 0.2
Construction Materials 70797 70576 70093 0.3 0.7 0.7
Information technology 38584 38419 38262 0.4 0.4 0.2
Computer and related product 3676 3653 3676 0.6 -0.6 -1.0
Motor vehicle and parts 36015 35670 35671 1.0 0.0 0.4
Capital goods 199151 198558 197966 0.3 0.3 -0.1
Nondefense Capital Goods 176740 176301 175394 0.2 0.5 -0.1
Excluding Aircraft 122994 122731 122438 0.2 0.2 0.4
Defense Capital Goods 22411 22257 22572 0.7 -1.4 0.1
Consumer Goods 201094 200841 200143 0.1 0.3 0.1
Consumer Durable Goods 30153 29832 29813 1.1 0.1 0.1
Consumer Nondurable Goods 170941 171009 170330 0.0 0.4 0.1
Calculated by MNI:
Durables Ex. Trans 274332 273572 272421 0.3 0.4 0.5
Durables Ex. Defense cap. gds 380901 379769 377966 0.3 0.5 0.2
Civilian Aircraft cap. goods 53746 53570 52956 0.3 1.2 -1.3
Dur ex def & nondef air,parts 315304 314221 313053 0.3 0.4 0.5
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