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FOR RELEASE AT 8:30 AM EDT, MONDAY, JULY 27, 2026

MONTHLY ADVANCE REPORT ON DURABLE GOODS MANUFACTURERS’ SHIPMENTS,
INVENTORIES AND ORDERS JUNE 2026
Release Number: CB 26-117 M3-1 (26)-06
JULY 27, 2026 — The U.S. Census Bureau announced the June advance report on durable goods
manufacturers’ shipments, inventories and orders:

DURABLE GOODS – NEW ORDERS
JUNE 2026

$334.8 billion

+0.3%°

MAY 2026
(revised)

$333.7 billion

-4.0%°

DURABLE GOODS NEW ORDERS 2025-2026
Seasonally Adjusted, Month-To-Month Percentage Change

15.0%
12.0%

8.5%

9.0%
5.4%

6.0%

3.0%

3.0%

1.3%

0.6%

0.3%

0.0%

Next Release: August 26, 2026
Data adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes.
°Statistical significance is not measurable for this survey. The Manufacturers' Shipments,
Inventories, and Orders estimates are not based on a probability sample, so the sampling
error of these estimates cannot be measured nor can the confidence intervals be computed.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders, July 27,
2026.

-3.0%
-6.0%

-2.8%

-2.1%

-0.9%

-0.4%

-1.2%
-4.0%

-9.0%
-12.0%
-15.0%

Jul-25

Aug-25 Sep-25 Oct-25 Nov-25 Dec-25 Jan-26 Feb-26 Mar-26 Apr-26 May-26 Jun-26

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders, July 27, 2026.

New Orders
New orders for manufactured durable goods in June, up three of the last four months, increased $1.1
billion or 0.3 percent to $334.8 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This followed a 4.0
percent May decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.6 percent. Excluding defense,
new orders increased 0.3 percent. Computers and electronic products, up nine of the last ten months, led
the increase, $0.9 billion or 3.1 percent to $31.1 billion.
Shipments
Shipments of manufactured durable goods in June, up nine of the last ten months, increased $2.4 billion or
0.7 percent to $330.7 billion. This followed a 1.1 percent May increase. Computers and electronic
products, up nine consecutive months, led the increase, $0.8 billion or 2.4 percent to $34.7 billion.

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Unfilled Orders
Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in June, up twenty-three of the last twenty-four months,
increased $9.3 billion or 0.6 percent to $1,590.1 billion. This followed a 0.7 percent May increase.
Transportation equipment, up ten of the last eleven months, led the increase, $4.1 billion or 0.4 percent to
$1,002.4 billion.
Inventories
Inventories of manufactured durable goods in June, up nine consecutive months, increased $2.0 billion or
0.3 percent to $602.0 billion. This followed a 0.1 percent May increase. Transportation equipment, up
eight of the last nine months, led the increase, $0.6 billion or 0.3 percent to $190.6 billion.
Capital Goods
Nondefense new orders for capital goods in June increased $1.2 billion or 1.2 percent to $97.8 billion.
Shipments increased $1.4 billion or 1.5 percent to $95.0 billion. Unfilled orders increased $2.7 billion or
0.3 percent to $950.1 billion. Inventories increased $0.6 billion or 0.2 percent to $252.4 billion. Defense
new orders for capital goods in June increased $0.1 billion or 0.5 percent to $22.7 billion. Shipments
increased $0.8 billion or 4.0 percent to $19.5 billion. Unfilled orders increased $3.2 billion or 1.4 percent
to $224.7 billion. Inventories decreased less than $0.1 billion or 0.1 percent to $28.2 billion.
Revised May Data
Revised seasonally adjusted May figures for all manufacturing industries were: new orders, $658.6 billion
(revised from $657.4 billion); shipments, $653.1 billion (revised from $653.2 billion); unfilled orders,
$1,580.9 billion (revised from $1,579.5 billion) and total inventories, $962.0 billion (unchanged).
Revised and more detailed estimates, plus nondurable goods data, will be published on August 4, 2026, at
10:00 a.m. EDT. The Advance Report on durable goods for July is scheduled for release on August 26,
2026, at 8:30 a.m. EDT. View the full schedule in the Economic Briefing Room:
<www.census.gov/economic-indicators/>. The full text and tables of this release can be found at
<www.census.gov/m3>.

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EXPLANATORY NOTES
Figures in text are adjusted for seasonality, but not for inflation. Figures on new and unfilled orders
exclude data for semiconductor manufacturing.
“Virtually unchanged” indicates that the change is less than 0.05 percent for a percent increase or
decrease.
The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure
avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-6000307, Disclosure Review Board
(DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY26-0151).
Description of the survey
This report is compiled from results of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories,
and Orders (M3) survey, which is a voluntary survey authorized by Title 13 of the United States Code. This
survey provides statistics on a calendar-month basis for manufacturers' value of shipments, new orders
(net of cancellations), end-of-month order backlog (unfilled orders), end-of-month total inventory (at
current cost or market value), and inventories by stage of fabrication (materials and supplies, work-inprocess, and finished goods). Data published from the M3 survey are based on a panel of approximately
4,700 reporting units that represent approximately 3,000 companies and provide an indication of monthto-month change for the Manufacturing Sector. These reporting units may be divisions of diversified large
companies, large homogenous companies, or single-unit manufacturers in 92 industry categories, which
are combined into 65 publication levels due to the small monthly panel size. The survey methodology
assumes that the month-to-month changes of the total operations of the reporting units in the M3 panel
effectively represent the month-to-month movements of all establishments that make up the category.
The companies for which shipments data are currently reported or imputed in the M3 survey represent
approximately 58 percent of the total value of shipments for manufacturing establishments in the 2022
Economic Census, and these companies include roughly 52 percent of the manufacturing companies with
$500 million or more in shipments in the 2022 Economic Census. The companies for which shipments data
are currently reported in the M3 survey represent approximately 38 percent of the total value of
shipments for manufacturing establishments in the 2022 Economic Census. Statistics based on the M3
panel differ from the results that would be obtained from a complete enumeration of all manufacturing
companies. The M3 panel is not based on a probability sample; therefore, the sampling errors that are
normally provided with sample surveys cannot be measured. Nonsampling errors are attributable to many
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sources. The use of company or divisional reports to estimate the monthly change for establishments is
one source of nonsampling error. The use of primarily large companies to represent the month-to-month
movement of all companies is another potential source. Any corrections will be published in the full
report. Corrections received after the full report will be released in the next month’s advance report. Any
revisions made later than two months will be reflected in the annual benchmark publication. Additional
survey documentation can be found on our web site:
<www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>.
Special Notices:
Due to schedule and resource constraints, revised historical data and the seasonal adjustment models for
the Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey will remain unchanged for the
remainder of 2026.
Starting with the June 2025 data released on July 25, 2025, the Advance Total Manufacturing publication
includes detailed data for all nondurable industries from the Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and
Orders Survey. These estimates are available on both a seasonally and not seasonally adjusted basis and
are included in the Advance Total Manufacturing Estimates file on the M3 website under the “Latest
Monthly Advance report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Order”, Monthly Advance Report
on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments Inventories and Orders - Press Releases (census.gov).
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Table 1. Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments and New Orders 1
[Estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.]
Seasonally Adjusted
Item

Monthly

Not Seasonally Adjusted
Monthly

Percent Change

Jun
2026 2

May
2026 r

Apr
2026

May Jun 2

Apr May r

Mar Apr

New Orders4…………………………

330,685
334,772

328,239
333,706

324,768
347,767

0.7
0.3

1.1
-4.0

Excluding transportation:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders4…………………………

220,903
220,940

218,695
219,645

216,789
215,845

1.0
0.6

New Orders4…………………………

308,180
308,542

306,539
307,616

303,377
321,448

Manufacturing with unfilled orders:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

231,671
240,922

229,009
239,545

Primary metals:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

30,626
31,310

Fabricated metal products:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

Year to Date
Percent
Change
2026/2025

Jun
2026 2

May
2026 r

Jun
2025

2026

2025

0.7
8.5

357,789
360,373

326,157
328,741

322,486
330,862

1,938,110
1,978,507

1,791,620
1,853,649

8.2
6.7

0.9
1.8

0.6
1.5

238,960
237,063

217,716
218,890

216,851
209,878

1,293,644
1,296,840

1,210,135
1,193,211

6.9
8.7

0.5
0.3

1.0
-4.3

0.6
8.5

334,470
332,154

305,119
304,506

303,796
309,452

1,813,070
1,840,492

1,692,097
1,751,608

7.1
5.1

226,038
254,079

1.2
0.6

1.3
-5.7

0.8
11.8

251,697
259,273

226,900
233,840

224,580
237,674

1,353,450
1,422,474

1,240,060
1,330,059

9.1
6.9

30,382
30,955

29,127
29,705

0.8
1.1

4.3
4.2

1.2
2.7

32,647
33,118

30,948
31,152

27,630
27,262

179,552
182,433

160,139
161,076

12.1
13.3

43,751
45,181

43,497
45,423

43,416
44,822

0.6
-0.5

0.2
1.3

0.8
4.2

46,452
47,462

43,468
46,873

42,539
42,270

258,929
270,079

242,478
249,163

6.8
8.4

Machinery:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

42,193
43,685

41,508
43,719

41,596
42,516

1.7
-0.1

-0.2
2.8

-0.1
1.3

46,712
47,496

41,789
43,407

41,589
40,530

249,485
258,558

228,745
231,788

9.1
11.5

Computers and electronic products4:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

34,683
31,099

33,877
30,161

33,525
29,813

2.4
3.1

1.0
1.2

0.6
-0.4

37,621
34,094

31,681
27,819

34,007
28,987

195,998
173,820

182,308
152,609

7.5
13.9

Computers and related products:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

2,841
2,884

2,905
2,879

2,866
2,852

-2.2
0.2

1.4
0.9

1.6
-0.3

3,230
3,273

2,900
2,874

2,845
2,835

16,796
16,892

14,085
14,079

19.2
20.0

Communications equipment:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

4,795
5,122

4,690
5,088

4,590
5,023

2.2
0.7

2.2
1.3

1.3
4.5

5,945
5,699

4,096
4,431

4,708
4,093

26,744
27,683

21,727
20,701

23.1
33.7

Electrical equipment, appliances,
and components:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

18,582
18,644

18,446
18,470

18,360
18,435

0.7
0.9

0.5
0.2

0.8
0.2

20,545
20,364

17,824
17,701

18,747
18,926

108,194
110,269

102,164
103,493

5.9
6.5

Transportation equipment:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

109,782
113,832

109,544
114,061

107,979
131,922

0.2
-0.2

1.4
-13.5

0.9
22.4

118,829
123,310

108,441
109,851

105,635
120,984

644,466
681,667

581,485
660,438

10.8
3.2

Motor vehicles and parts:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

72,791
72,967

73,188
73,371

72,438
72,599

-0.5
-0.6

1.0
1.1

0.5
0.7

77,132
76,366

73,432
73,068

68,327
67,242

434,639
434,064

394,650
393,272

10.1
10.4

Nondefense aircraft and parts:
Shipments…………………………..

17,740

17,859

17,174

-0.7

4.0

3.2

21,455

16,722

19,683

101,386

92,669

9.4

New Orders…………………………

18,750

18,084

37,000

3.7

-51.1

167.4

23,058

15,501

34,065

128,087

169,378

-24.4

Defense aircraft and parts:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

5,923
6,599

5,694
7,112

5,673
6,531

4.0
-7.2

0.4
8.9

0.8
2.4

6,463
6,605

5,571
5,976

5,746
4,694

33,763
34,948

31,094
28,922

8.6
20.8

All other durable goods:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

51,068
51,021

50,985
50,917

50,765
50,554

0.2
0.2

0.4
0.7

0.3
0.2

54,983
54,529

52,006
51,938

52,339
51,903

301,486
301,681

294,301
295,082

2.4
2.2

Capital goods3:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

114,509
120,446

112,355
119,132

111,293
136,993

1.9
1.1

1.0
-13.0

1.3
22.3

127,163
133,336

109,247
113,169

112,584
128,024

659,027
709,549

595,453
677,311

10.7
4.8

Nondefense capital goods:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

95,047
97,774

93,648
96,569

92,833
114,066

1.5
1.2

0.9
-15.3

1.3
25.0

107,163
108,666

91,017
92,000

96,719
109,089

551,358
590,976

511,925
593,299

7.7
-0.4

Excluding aircraft:
Shipments………………………
New Orders……………………..

82,985
85,089

81,441
84,337

81,292
82,778

1.9
0.9

0.2
1.9

0.6
-0.6

91,318
91,708

79,659
81,872

82,275
80,225

484,153
497,427

450,351
455,018

7.5
9.3

Defense capital goods:
Shipments…………………………..
New Orders…………………………

19,462
22,672

18,707
22,563

18,460
22,927

4.0
0.5

1.3
-1.6

1.4
10.5

20,000
24,670

18,230
21,169

15,865
18,935

107,669
118,573

83,528
84,012

28.9
41.1

DURABLE GOODS
Total:
Shipments…………………………..

Excluding defense:
Shipments…………………………..

r

Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment.
Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories are for the end of the period. Not seasonally adjusted estimates of
shipments and new orders include adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate,
as well as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes.
2
Based on advance sample. Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which includes errors of coverage, response and
nonreporting. Since the survey panel is not a probability sample, estimates of sampling error cannot be calculated. For further details on survey design, methodology, and data limitations, see http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3.
3
The Capital Goods Industries include Nondefense : small arms and ordnance; farm machinery and equipment; construction machinery; mining, oil, and gas field machinery; industrial machinery; vending, laundry, and other machinery; photographic
equipment; metalworking machinery; turbines and generators; other power transmission equipment; pumps and compressors; material handling equipment; all other machinery; electronic computers; computer storage devices; other computer
peripheral equipment; communications equipment; search and navigation equipment; electromedical, measuring, and control instruments; electrical equipment; other electrical equipment, appliances, and components; heavy duty trucks; aircraft;
railroad rolling stock; ships and boats; office and institutional furniture; and medical equipment and supplies. Defense Capital Goods include : small arms and ordnance, communications equipment, aircraft; missiles, space vehicles, and parts, ships
and boats, and search and navigation equipment.
4
Estimates and percent changes of shipments and inventories for the semiconductor industry are included in computers and electronic products, and all other applicable aggregate totals. Estimates and percent changes for new orders and unfilled
orders exclude semiconductor industry data.
The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-6000307, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY26-0151).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, June Advance Report, July 27, 2026. Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website at
<www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>.
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Table 2. Durable Goods Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders and Total Inventories 1
[Estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.]
Seasonally Adjusted
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Monthly
Percent Change
Monthly
Item
Jun
May
Apr
May Apr Mar Jun
May
Jun
2026
Apr
2025
2026 2
2026 r
Jun2
May r
2026 2
2026 r

Percent
Change
2026/
2025

DURABLE GOODS
Total:
Unfilled Orders4…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

1,590,104
601,983

1,580,853
599,972

1,570,317
599,100

0.6
0.3

0.7
0.1

1.8
0.3

1,593,752
601,677

1,586,176
604,904

1,472,579
588,302

8.2
2.3

587,686
411,395

582,485
410,024

576,466
409,266

0.9
0.3

1.0
0.2

0.7
0.3

591,858
412,239

588,763
414,009

561,879
401,303

5.3
2.7

Unfilled Orders4………………………
Total Inventories…………………..

1,319,471
567,154

1,313,945
565,142

1,307,799
564,367

0.4
0.4

0.5
0.1

1.8
0.3

1,321,862
566,712

1,319,186
569,765

1,226,980
554,982

7.7
2.1

Manufacturing with unfilled orders:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

1,590,104
485,041

1,580,853
483,217

1,570,317
481,939

0.6
0.4

0.7
0.3

1.8
0.4

1,593,752
486,151

1,586,176
487,405

1,472,579
472,611

8.2
2.9

Primary metals:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

47,553
51,023

46,869
50,709

46,296
50,282

1.5
0.6

1.2
0.8

1.3
0.7

48,011
51,159

47,540
51,300

45,060
47,432

6.5
7.9

Fabricated metal products:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

163,028
75,214

161,598
74,992

159,672
74,966

0.9
0.3

1.2
0.0

0.9
0.1

165,429
75,676

164,419
75,878

156,829
74,248

5.5
1.9

Machinery:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

151,046
104,969

149,554
104,691

147,343
104,568

1.0
0.3

1.5
0.1

0.6
0.4

151,654
105,309

150,870
105,727

143,152
102,495

5.9
2.7

Computers and electronic products4:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

157,442
68,447

155,862
67,919

154,509
67,830

1.0
0.8

0.9
0.1

0.9
0.1

157,536
68,171

156,071
68,261

149,870
66,765

5.1
2.1

Computers and related products:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

1,854
4,351

1,811
4,347

1,837
4,404

2.4
0.1

-1.4
-1.3

-0.8
-1.2

1,854
4,421

1,811
4,423

1,911
4,617

-3.0
-4.2

Communications equipment:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

27,882
6,867

27,555
6,858

27,157
6,835

1.2
0.1

1.5
0.3

1.6
0.3

27,510
6,843

27,756
6,961

26,030
6,738

5.7
1.6

Electrical equipment, appliances,
and components:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

54,663
29,591

54,601
29,624

54,577
29,605

0.1
-0.1

0.0
0.1

0.1
0.3

55,044
29,886

55,225
30,202

52,312
29,174

5.2
2.4

Transportation equipment:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

1,002,418
190,588

998,368
189,948

993,851
189,834

0.4
0.3

0.5
0.1

2.5
0.3

1,001,894
189,438

997,413
190,895

910,700
186,999

10.0
1.3

Motor vehicles and parts:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

40,435
67,084

40,259
66,953

40,076
67,214

0.4
0.2

0.5
-0.4

0.4
-0.2

39,825
65,498

40,591
66,859

40,243
64,928

-1.0
0.9

Nondefense Aircraft and parts:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

718,746
84,934

717,736
84,490

717,511
84,223

0.1
0.5

0.0
0.3

2.8
0.8

717,992
85,315

716,389
85,176

651,101
84,844

10.3
0.6

Defense Aircraft and parts:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

80,518
15,320

79,842
15,449

78,424
15,362

0.8
-0.8

1.8
0.6

1.1
0.3

79,641
15,302

79,499
15,554

69,559
15,380

14.5
-0.5

All other durable goods:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

13,954
82,151

14,001
82,089

14,069
82,015

-0.3
0.1

-0.5
0.1

-1.5
0.2

14,184
82,038

14,638
82,641

14,656
81,189

-3.2
1.0

Capital goods3:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

1,174,768
280,604

1,168,831
280,022

1,162,054
279,683

0.5
0.2

0.6
0.1

2.3
0.4

1,176,089
281,651

1,169,916
282,795

1,077,172
277,314

9.2
1.6

Nondefense capital goods:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

950,055
252,393

947,328
251,778

944,407
251,521

0.3
0.2

0.3
0.1

2.3
0.4

950,212
253,286

948,709
254,347

871,434
250,445

9.0
1.1

Excluding aircraft:
Unfilled Orders………………..
Total Inventories……………….

312,042
186,885

309,938
186,498

307,042
186,260

0.7
0.2

0.9
0.1

0.5
0.2

312,888
187,417

312,498
188,299

301,135
183,564

3.9
2.1

Defense capital goods:
Unfilled Orders…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..

224,713
28,211

221,503
28,244

217,647
28,162

1.4
-0.1

1.8
0.3

2.1
0.5

225,877
28,365

221,207
28,448

205,738
26,869

9.8
5.6

Excluding transportation:
Unfilled Orders4…………………….
Total Inventories…………………..
Excluding defense:

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Revised data due to late receipts and concurrent seasonal adjustment.
Estimates of shipments and new orders are for the duration of the period, while estimates of unfilled orders and total inventories are for the end of the period. Not seasonally adjusted estimates of
shipments and new orders include adjusted data for non-calendar reporters. Seasonally adjusted estimates include concurrent adjustments for holiday and trading-day differences, where appropriate, as well
as seasonal variation, based on the results of the latest annual review of the model parameters. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes.
2
Based on advance sample. Estimates of manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders are subject to survey error and revision. One major component of survey error is nonsampling error, which
includes errors of coverage, response and nonreporting. Since the survey panel is not a probability sample, estimates of sampling error cannot be calculated. For further details on survey design,
methodology, and data limitations, see http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3.
3
The Capital Goods Industries include Nondefense : small arms and ordnance; farm machinery and equipment; construction machinery; mining, oil, and gas field machinery; industrial machinery; vending,
laundry, and other machinery; photographic equipment; metalworking machinery; turbines and generators; other power transmission equipment; pumps and compressors; material handling equipment; all
other machinery; electronic computers; computer storage devices; other computer peripheral equipment; communications equipment; search and navigation equipment; electromedical, measuring, and
control instruments; electrical equipment; other electrical equipment, appliances, and components; heavy duty trucks; aircraft; railroad rolling stock; ships and boats; office and institutional furniture; and
medical equipment and supplies. Defense Capital Goods include : small arms and ordnance, communications equipment, aircraft; missiles, space vehicles, and parts, ships and boats, and search and
navigation equipment.
4
Estimates and percent changes of shipments and inventories for the semiconductor industry are included in computers and electronic products, and all other applicable aggregate totals. Estimates and
percent changes for new orders and unfilled orders exclude semiconductor industry data.
The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-6000307, Disclosure Review Board
(DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY26-0151).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, June Advance Report, July 27, 2026. Information on data sources and methodology can be found on our website
at <www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/how_the_data_are_collected/index.html>.
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