Table 1
Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted
| May 2013 | April 2014r | May 2014p | April to May 2014 | May 2013 to May 2014 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change1 | % change1 | |
| Manufacturing sales (current dollars) | 48,723 | 50,813 | 51,641 | 1.6 | 6.0 |
| Manufacturing sales (2007 constant dollars) | 45,165 | 45,481 | 46,229 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| Manufacturing sales (current dollars) excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories | 42,370 | 44,140 | 44,532 | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| Inventories | 68,547 | 72,320 | 71,864 | -0.6 | 4.8 |
| Unfilled orders | 70,749 | 89,746 | 89,291 | -0.5 | 26.2 |
| New orders | 49,312 | 51,226 | 51,185 | -0.1 | 3.8 |
| Inventory-to-sales ratio2 | 1.41 | 1.42 | 1.39 | … | … |
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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