Table 1
Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted

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Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted
  May 2011 April 2012r May 2012p April to May 2012 May 2011 to May 2012
  millions of dollars % change1
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) 46,166 48,936 48,743 -0.4 5.6
Manufacturing sales (2002 constant dollars) 41,094 43,181 43,259 0.2 5.3
Manufacturing sales excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories (current dollars) 41,321 42,400 42,107 -0.7 1.9
Inventories 63,167 64,669 66,010 2.1 4.5
Unfilled orders 56,733 62,689 63,137 0.7 11.3
Unfilled orders excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 56,123 62,146 62,626 0.8 11.6
New orders 46,390 49,192 49,191 0.0 6.0
New orders excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 41,452 42,694 42,587 -0.3 2.7
Inventory-to-sales ratio 1.37 1.32 1.35 … …
r
revised
p
preliminary
…
not applicable
1.
Percent change calculated at thousands of dollars for current dollars, and millions of dollars for constant dollars.