Month-to-month Full Report on Producers’ Shipments, Inventories, & Orders – Press Launch, Census.Gov, November 4, 2025.
Briefly
– New orders for manufactured items in September, down 4 of the final 5 months, decreased $2.8 billion or 0.5 % to $584.2 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported right now. This adopted a 0.8 % August lower. – Shipments, down two consecutive months, decreased $2.2 billion or 0.4 % to $586.9 billion. This adopted a 0.7 % August lower. – Unfilled orders, up forty-nine of the final fifty months, elevated $2.1 billion or 0.2 % to $1,391.0 billion. This adopted a 0.2 % August improve. – The unfilled orders-to-shipments ratio was 6.94, up from 6.86 in August. Inventories, down following two consecutive month-to-month will increase, decreased $1.9 billion or 0.2 % to $858.1 billion. This adopted a 0.1 % August improve. – The inventories-to-shipments ratio was 1.46, unchanged from August.
Particulars
New Orders
New orders for manufactured sturdy items in September, down three of the final 4 months, decreased $2.1 billion or 0.7 % to $284.8 billion, up from the beforehand printed 0.8 % lower. This adopted a 0.9 % August lower. Transportation gear, additionally down three of the final 4 months, drove the lower, $3.1 billion or 3.1 % to $95.4 billion. New orders for manufactured nondurable items decreased $0.7 billion or 0.2 % to $299.4 billion.
Shipments
Shipments of manufactured sturdy items in September, down two consecutive months, decreased $1.6 billion or 0.5 % to $287.5 billion, up from the beforehand printed 0.6 % lower. This adopted a 0.6 % August lower. Transportation gear, additionally down two consecutive months, drove the lower, $2.3 billion or 2.4 % to $94.4 billion. Shipments of manufactured nondurable items, down two consecutive months, decreased $0.7 billion or 0.2 % to $299.4 billion. This adopted a 0.7 % August lower. Petroleum and coal merchandise, down 4 of the final 5 months, drove the lower, $1.0 billion or 1.6 % to $61.5 billion.
Unfilled Orders
Unfilled orders for manufactured sturdy items in September, up forty-nine of the final fifty months, elevated $2.1 billion or 0.2 % to $1,391.0 billion, unchanged from the beforehand printed improve. This adopted a 0.2 % August improve. Transportation gear, up forty-four of the final forty-five months, led the rise, $1.0 billion or 0.1 % to $895.0 billion.
Inventories
Inventories of manufactured sturdy items in September, down three of the final 4 months, decreased $1.0 billion or 0.2 % to $528.1 billion, unchanged from the beforehand printed lower. This adopted a just about unchanged August lower. Transportation gear, additionally down three of the final 4 months, led the lower, $1.0 billion or 0.6 % to $171.0 billion. Inventories of manufactured nondurable items, down three of the final 4 months, decreased $0.9 billion or 0.3 % to $329.9 billion. This adopted a 0.3 % August improve. Petroleum and coal merchandise, additionally down three of the final 4 months, drove the lower, $1.0 billion or 2.2 % to $46.6 billion. By stage of fabrication, September supplies and provides elevated 0.2 % in sturdy items and decreased 0.4 % in nondurable items. Work in course of decreased 0.4 % in sturdy items and elevated 1.4 % in nondurable items. Completed items decreased 0.5 % in sturdy items and 0.9 % in nondurable items.
The Advance Report on sturdy items for October is scheduled for launch on November 27, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. EST and the Full Report on December 4, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. EST. View the total schedule within the Financial Briefing Room.
