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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
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Preliminary Report on Total Manufacturing Prior Press Releases
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Historic Timeseries - NAICS

Composition of Industry Categories (NAICS)  PDF  [.71mb]


Directions for reading Historic Timeseries NAICS tables  PDF [.43 mb]  

Note: Aggregate Series Below Exclude Semiconductors Where Applicable. 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  [2.4mb]

New Orders  Excel  [1.4mb]

Unfilled Orders  Excel  [1.5mb]

Total Inventory  Excel  [4.3mb]

Inventory to Shipments  Excel  [.6mb]

Unfilled Orders to Shipments  Excel  [.23mb]


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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October Advance Report: November 25, 2009 8:30am

October Preliminary Report: December 4, 2009 10:00am


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders | (301) 763-4832 Last Revised: November 25, 2009