FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014, AT 10:00 A.M. EDT

Chris Savage or Adriana Stoica M3-2 (14)-04
Manufacturing and Construction Division CB14-93
(301) 763-4832
Full Report on Manufacturers Shipments, Inventories and Orders
April 2014
Summary. New orders for manufactured goods in April, up three consecutive months, increased $3.4 billion or 0.7
percent to $499.8 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. This was also at the highest level since the series was first
published on a NAICS basis in 1992 and followed a 1.5 percent March increase. Excluding transportation, new orders
increased 0.5 percent. Shipments, also up three consecutive months, increased $1.7 billion or 0.3 percent to $497.6 billion.
This was also at the highest level since the series was first published on a NAICS basis and followed a 0.4 percent March
increase. Unfilled orders, up twelve of the last thirteen months, increased $9.8 billion or 0.9 percent to $1,080.6 billion.
This was also at the highest level since the series was first published on a NAICS basis and followed a 0.8 percent March
increase. The unfilled orders-to-shipments ratio was 6.48, up from 6.42 in March. Inventories, up seventeen of the last
eighteen months, increased $2.4 billion or 0.4 percent to $645.8 billion. This was also at the highest level since the series
was first published on a NAICS basis and followed a 0.2 percent March increase. The inventories-to-shipments ratio was
1.30, unchanged from March.
New Orders. New orders for manufactured durable goods in April, up three consecutive months, increased $1.5 billion or
0.6 percent to $239.9 billion, revised from the previously published 0.8 percent increase. This followed a 3.7 percent March
increase. Transportation equipment, also up three consecutive months, led the increase, up $1.1 billion or 1.4 percent to
$76.4 billion. New orders for manufactured nondurable goods increased $1.9 billion or 0.7 percent to $259.9 billion.
Shipments. Shipments of manufactured durable goods in April, down following two consecutive monthly increases,
decreased $0.2 billion or 0.1 percent to $237.8 billion, revised from the previously published 0.2 percent decrease. This
followed a 1.4 percent March increase. Transportation equipment, down following threeconsecutive monthly increases,
drove the decrease, down $0.6 billion or 0.8 percent to $69.6 billion. Shipments of manufactured nondurable goods, up two
of the last three months, increased $1.9 billion or 0.7 percent to $259.9 billion. This followed a 0.5 percent March decrease.
Petroleum and coal products, also up two of the last three months, led the increase, up $0.9 billion or 1.3 percent to $72.3
billion.
Unfilled Orders. Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in April, up twelve of the last thirteen months, increased
$9.8 billion or 0.9 percent to $1,080.6 billion, revised from the previously published 1.0 percent increase. This was at the
highest level since the series was first published on a NAICS basis and followed a 0.8 percent March increase.
Transportation equipment, up seven of the last eight months, led the increase, up $6.8 billion or 1.0 percent to $671.1
billion.
Inventories. Inventories of manufactured durable goods in April, up twelve of the last thirteen months, increased $0.7
billion or 0.2 percent to $393.7 billion, revised from the previously published 0.1 percent increase. This was at the highest
level since the series was first published on a NAICS basis and followed a 0.2 percent March increase. Transportation
equipment, also up twelve of the last thirteen months, led the increase, up $0.4 billion or 0.3 percent to $126.2 billion.
Inventories of manufactured nondurable goods, up four consecutive months, increased $1.7 billion or 0.7 percent to $252.1
billion. This was at the highest level since the series was first published on a NAICS basis and followed a 0.1 percent
March increase. Petroleum and coal products, up two of the last three months, led the increase, up $1.7 billion or 3.5
percent to $49.1 billion. By stage of fabrication, April materials and supplies increased 0.2 percent in durable goods and 1.1
percent in nondurable goods. Work in process increased 0.1 percent in durable goods and 1.1 percent in nondurable goods.
Finished goods increased 0.2 percent in durable goods and 0.2 percent in nondurable goods.
Figures in text are adjusted for seasonality, but not for inflation. Figures on new and unfilled orders exclude data for semiconductor manufacturing. For
data, call (301) 763-4673 or go to <http://www.census.gov/m3>.
The Advance Report on durable goods for May is scheduled for release on June 25, 2014, at 8:30 a.m. EDT and the Full Report on July 2, 2014, at 10:00 a.m.
EDT. See back page for survey description.

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