Total manufacturing sales declined 2.8% to $69.6 billion in April, the largest month-over-month decrease since October 2023 and the lowest level since January 2022. Lower sales of petroleum and coal products (-10.9%), motor vehicles (-8.3%), and primary metals (-4.4%) contributed the most to the decline in April 2025. Excluding the petroleum and coal product subsector, total manufacturing sales were down 1.8%. On a year-over-year basis, total manufacturing sales fell 2.7% in April.
On a constant dollar basis, sales decreased 1.8% in April, while the Industrial Product Price Index was down 0.8%.
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