Table 1
Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted

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Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted
  April 2011 March 2012r April 2012p March to April 2012 April 2011 to April 2012
  millions of dollars % change1
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) 46,431 49,520 49,110 -0.8 5.8
Manufacturing sales (2002 constant dollars) 41,358 43,626 43,353 -0.6 4.8
Manufacturing sales excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories (current dollars) 41,506 43,476 42,585 -2.0 2.6
Inventories 62,753 64,315 64,954 1.0 3.5
Unfilled orders 56,509 62,606 62,633 0.0 10.8
Unfilled orders excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 55,991 62,023 62,082 0.1 10.9
New orders 46,592 50,787 49,138 -3.2 5.5
New orders excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 41,698 44,725 42,645 -4.7 2.3
Inventory-to-sales ratio 1.35 1.30 1.32 … …
r
revised
p
preliminary
…
not applicable
1.
Percent change calculated at thousands of dollars for current dollars, and millions of dollars for constant dollars.