Table 1
Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted

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Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted
  December 2011 November 2012r December 2012p November to December 2012 December 2011 to December 2012
  millions of dollars % change1
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) 49,993 49,566 48,024 -3.1 -3.9
Manufacturing sales (2002 constant dollars) 44,083 43,759 42,088 -3.8 -4.5
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 43,700 43,045 42,255 -1.8 -3.3
Inventories 64,625 65,196 64,535 -1.0 -0.1
Unfilled orders 60,601 64,157 65,827 2.6 8.6
Unfilled orders excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 60,038 63,700 65,339 2.6 8.8
New orders 48,951 51,993 49,694 -4.4 1.5
New orders excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 42,705 45,478 43,895 -3.5 2.8
Inventory-to-sales ratio 1.29 1.32 1.34
r
revised
p
preliminary
not applicable
Percent change calculated at thousands of dollars for current dollars, and millions of dollars for constant dollars.