TABLE B–59.—Manufacturers' new and unfilled orders, 1960–2002 [Amounts in millions of dollars; monthly data seasonally adjusted] New orders1 Durable goods industries Nondurabl e goods Capital industries goods, Total nondefens e 15,288 15,753 17,363 18,671 20,507 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 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 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 14,944 15,359 16,078 16,840 17,732 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 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... Unfilled orders2 Durable goods industries Nondurabl e goods industries
Unfilled orders—ship
Year or month
Total
Total
SIC: 3 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 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
3
30,232 31,112 33,440 35,511 38,240 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
44,213 46,624 47,798 53,417 64,518 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 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......
41,650 43,582 45,170 50,346 61,315 74,459 93,002 99,735 104,393 110,161 100,412 100,225 113,034 149,204 181,519 161,664 169,857 193,323 248,281 291,321 315,202 314,707 300,798 333,114 359,651 372,097 376,699 408,688 452,150 487,098 509,124 495,802 469,381 450,631 425,314 434,236 446,913 488,392 512,718
2,563 3,042 2,628 3,071 3,203 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 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......
1998 1999 2000 2001 2001: Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 2002: Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov
1 2 p
317,345 329,770 347,225 321,397 331,535 330,257 335,689 322,021 330,307 320,465 320,496 321,844 305,994 321,694 308,379 312,308 315,360 313,068 316,737 318,861 320,873 312,866 326,636 325,464 317,660 321,993 319,269
178,327 187,674 194,017 171,598 178,290 176,412 182,628 170,589 175,997 172,000 170,867 170,890 159,252 173,844 163,655 167,192 169,017 171,959 171,520 172,325 173,064 165,261 179,274 177,296 169,060 171,895 169,336
62,133 64,392 69,476 57,886 66,839 63,226 64,716 59,300 60,121 58,270 56,027 56,854 51,448 51,109 53,391 55,491 54,680 55,500 53,642 54,220 56,174 50,774 56,933 59,214 52,901 55,213 53,217
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495,947 505,376 547,826 506,412 547,384 542,798 543,333 539,759 535,723 530,797 525,473 520,663 513,435 516,995 510,295 506,412 500,601 502,193 503,337 499,236 496,373 488,429 488,964 490,699 485,751 481,405 476,944
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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 Annual ratios relate to seasonally adjusted data for December. 3 Data based on North American Industry Classification System. Other data shown on Standard Industrial Classification. See footnote 3, Table B–58. Note.—Since there are no unfilled orders for manufacturers' nondurable goods, manufacturers' nondurable new orders and nondurable shipments are the sam B–58). Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Source:
2 Unfilled orders—shipments ratio2 Durable goods industries Nondurabl e goods industries
Total
2.71 2.58 2.64 2.74 2.99 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 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......
3.29 3.08 3.18 3.31 3.59 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 4.92 4.39 4.05 3.91 4.20 4.06
0.71 0.78 0.68 0.72 0.71 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 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......
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3.81 3.75 4.08 4.20 4.18 4.10 4.13 4.30 4.16 4.18 4.21 4.19 4.31 4.29 4.24 4.20 4.09 4.18 4.16 4.06 4.04 4.02 3.95 4.02 3.97 3.92 3.92
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od (excludes industries with no unfilled orders).
n. See footnote 3, Table B–58. and nondurable shipments are the same (see Table