Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, & Orders
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Historical Data
Historic M3 Press Releases
Use the menus below to view the historic M3 press releases. All press releases are in Adobe PDF file format and are approximately 1.5mb in size.
Advance Report on Durable Goods Prior Press Releases
Historic Timeseries - NAICS
Composition of Industry Categories (NAICS) PDF [.45mb]
M3 Industry and Aggregate Data Series PDF [.14mb]
Directions for reading Historic Timeseries NAICS tables PDF [.19 mb]
Note: Starting with the April 2010 Reports, estimates for the semiconductor industry will no longer be available separately, but will be included in the computers and electronic products, and all other applicable aggregate totals. Current month numbers are subject to revision! Data are expressed in millions of dollars except when an "IS" or "US" appears. In these cases, data contain two decimals.
Shipments Excel [4.7mb]
New Orders Excel [2.9mb]
Unfilled Orders Excel [2.8mb]
Total Inventory Excel [8.3mb]
Inventory to Shipments Excel [1.6mb]
Unfilled Orders to Shipments Excel [.78mb]
Time Series/Trend Charts: Create your own customizable time series
M3 Survey Revision Information
Summary of Revisions from January 1992 through March 2001 PDF [.22mb]
Changes and Enhancements in Converting from SIC to NAICS PDF [.09mb]
Origination of M3 NAICS Categories from SIC PDF [.33mb]
Dispersement of M3 SIC Categories to NAICS PDF [.22mb]
Historic Timeseries - SIC (1958-2001)
Directions for reading Historic Timeseries SIC tables PDF [.43 mb]
Shipments Excel [8.0mb]
New Orders Excel [5.5mb]
Unfilled Orders Excel [5.2mb]
Total Inventory Excel [13.4mb]
Inventory to Shipments Excel [2.0mb]
Unfilled Orders to Shipments Excel [1.2mb]
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