Manufacturers' New And Unfilled Orders 1965-2004

TABLE B–59.—Manufacturers' new and unfilled orders, 1965–2004 [Amounts in millions of dollars; monthly data seasonally adjusted] New orders1 Year or month Total Durable goods industries Total Capital goods, nondefense ...... ...... ...... 6,314 7,046 6,072 6,682 7,745 9,926 11,594 9,886 11,490 13,681 17,588 21,154 21,135 21,806 19,213 19,624 23,669 24,545 23,982 26,094 31,108 32,988 33,331 30,471 31,524 ...... 40,681 45,175 51,011 54,066 60,697 62,133 64,392 69,278 58,336 Nondurable goods industries Unfilled orders2 Durable goods industries Total SIC: 3 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 NAICS: 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 3 42,137 46,420 47,067 50,657 53,990 52,022 55,921 64,182 76,003 87,327 85,139 99,513 115,109 131,629 147,604 156,359 168,025 162,140 175,451 192,879 195,706 195,204 209,389 228,270 239,572 244,507 238,805 248,212 ...... 246,668 266,641 285,542 297,282 314,986 317,345 329,770 346,789 322,944 23,286 26,163 25,803 28,051 29,876 27,340 29,905 35,038 42,627 46,862 41,957 51,307 61,035 72,278 79,483 79,392 83,654 78,064 88,140 100,164 102,356 103,647 110,809 122,076 126,055 125,583 119,849 126,308 ...... 128,672 143,803 154,137 162,399 174,377 178,327 187,674 193,881 173,270 18,851 20,258 21,265 22,606 24,114 24,682 26,016 29,144 33,376 40,465 43,181 48,206 54,073 59,351 68,121 76,967 84,371 84,077 87,311 92,715 93,351 91,557 98,579 106,194 113,516 118,924 118,957 121,905 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 78,249 96,846 103,711 108,377 114,341 105,008 105,247 119,349 156,561 187,043 169,546 178,128 202,024 259,169 303,593 327,416 326,547 311,887 347,273 373,529 387,196 393,515 430,426 474,154 508,849 531,131 519,199 492,893 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 74,459 93,002 99,735 104,393 110,161 100,412 100,225 113,034 149,204 181,519 161,664 169,857 193,323 248,281 291,321 315,202 314,707 300,798 333,114 359,651 372,097 376,699 408,688 452,150 487,098 509,124 495,802 469,381 450,965 425,665 434,594 447,338 488,815 513,166 496,471 505,941 550,005 517,590 2002 2003 2003: Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 2004: Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov 1 2 p 316,744 329,167 322,157 320,664 325,614 317,095 318,144 324,098 330,551 329,401 333,957 341,856 338,726 344,868 341,868 345,778 363,146 359,124 360,561 364,818 370,838 369,574 369,578 372,953 377,424 170,048 175,126 169,823 169,065 170,325 167,999 168,007 172,237 175,064 174,912 178,738 185,771 181,346 184,361 179,506 186,419 197,360 192,067 190,245 192,722 196,431 195,435 197,440 195,526 198,194 53,991 57,445 55,261 53,417 54,838 55,845 55,367 57,351 58,188 57,229 60,225 61,672 57,862 60,219 58,564 60,967 64,726 63,908 62,996 63,934 69,879 65,015 67,076 64,911 69,549 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 485,816 506,298 483,871 484,649 485,178 485,534 485,829 487,360 485,959 490,036 492,006 500,307 503,869 506,298 506,184 510,535 517,585 521,211 524,365 527,537 533,792 535,310 540,244 542,976 548,786 Annual data are averages of monthly not seasonally adjusted figures. Unfilled orders are seasonally adjusted, end of period. Ratios are unfilled orders at end of period to shipments for period (excludes industries with no unfilled ratios relate to seasonally adjusted data for December. 3 Effective in 2001, data classified based on North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Data on NAICS basis available beginning 1992. Earlier Data on SIC basis include semiconductors. Data on NAICS basis do not include semiconductors. Note.—For data beginning 1992 on NAICS basis, since there are no unfilled orders for manufacturers' nondurable goods, manufacturers' nondurable new ord shipments are the same (see Table Bureau of the Census. Source: Department of Commerce, B–58). –2004 Unfilled orders—shipments ratio2 Durable Nondura ble goods Total industrie goods industrie s s 3.25 3.74 3.66 3.79 3.71 3.61 3.32 3.26 3.80 4.09 3.69 3.24 3.24 3.57 3.89 3.85 3.87 3.84 3.53 3.60 3.67 3.59 3.63 3.64 3.96 4.15 4.08 3.51 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 3.86 4.48 4.37 4.58 4.45 4.36 4.00 3.85 4.51 4.93 4.45 3.88 3.85 4.20 4.62 4.58 4.68 4.74 4.29 4.37 4.47 4.41 4.43 4.46 4.85 5.15 5.07 4.30 4.90 4.40 4.06 3.89 4.18 4.06 3.81 3.77 4.08 4.25 0.79 0.75 0.73 0.69 0.69 0.76 0.76 0.86 0.91 0.62 0.82 0.74 0.71 0.81 0.82 0.75 0.69 0.62 0.69 0.64 0.68 0.70 0.83 0.76 0.77 0.76 0.79 0.75 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... sted] Unfilled orders2 Nondurable goods industries 3,790 3,844 3,976 3,984 4,180 4,596 5,022 6,315 7,357 5,524 7,882 8,271 8,701 10,888 12,272 12,214 11,840 11,089 14,159 13,878 15,099 16,816 21,738 22,004 21,751 22,007 23,397 23,512 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 4.12 4.00 4.01 4.09 4.07 4.11 4.11 4.07 3.94 4.09 4.00 4.05 4.06 4.00 3.99 4.00 3.90 3.94 3.97 3.94 3.92 3.90 3.96 3.95 4.02 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... riod (excludes industries with no unfilled orders). Annual basis available beginning 1992. Earlier data based on the ods, manufacturers' nondurable new orders and nondurable