Table 1
Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted
| April 2013 | March 2014r | April 2014p | March to April 2014 | April 2013 to April 2014 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change1 | % change1 | |
| Manufacturing sales (current dollars) | 48,119 | 50,900 | 50,850 | -0.1 | 5.7 |
| Manufacturing sales (2007 constant dollars) | 44,606 | 45,336 | 45,501 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Manufacturing sales (current dollars) excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories | 41,854 | 44,490 | 44,242 | -0.6 | 5.7 |
| Inventories | 68,873 | 71,605 | 72,392 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| Unfilled orders | 70,160 | 89,199 | 89,663 | 0.5 | 27.8 |
| New orders | 48,160 | 50,056 | 51,314 | 2.5 | 6.5 |
| Inventory-to-sales ratio2 | 1.43 | 1.41 | 1.42 | ... | ... |
r
revised
p
preliminary
…
not applicable
Table note 1
Percent change calculated at thousands of dollars for current dollars, and millions of dollars for constant dollars.
Table note 2
The ratio measures the time, in months, that would be required to exhaust inventories if sales were to remain at their current level.
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