New Orders up 1.03 % in September

U.S. Factory Orders Economic Indicators

Factory orders continued to grow, excluding defense, booking grew even faster 1.87 %. That category excludes defense and gives a better indication of longer-term trends in the private sector.Orders for U.S.-made products increased in September on the seasonally adjusted basis by 1.03 % to $475 billions, an increase of $4.8 billions from $470 in August, reported by the Commerce Department. Manufacturers faced increasing orders across many sectors including, primary metals, fabricated metal products, machinery, computers and related products.
These data represent an encouraging confirmation that the growth in manufacturing activity is continuing. Factory orders dropped by -4.36 % from Sep. 2019, and shipments by -3.65 %.

Another category of orders closely watched by economists, known as excluding defense and transportation, orders have climbed by 1.87 % on the seasonally adjusted basis and inventories by 1.87 % %. Excluding defense and transportation faded by -3.48 % and shipments by -3.56 % for the year.

Shipments increased in September by 0.32 % to $483 billions, an increase of $2 billions from $481 in August on the seasonally adjusted basis, reported by the U.S. Commerce Department. Shipments excluding transportation grew by 0.30 %.

Factory Orders (Picture Autor: Wolfgang Meinhart) licence GNU

Durable Goods New Orders		Primary Metals New Orders		Machinery New Orders		Transp. Equip. New Orders
1.80%	-4.15%	4.24%	-6.37%	0.76%	-3.96%	2.72%	-8.91%
*M/M*	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y

The Commerce Department announced total factory inventories edge up by 0.01 % to $687 billions, an increase of $0 billions from $687 in August in September on the seasonally adjusted basis, led by 4.21 % growth in household appliances inventories, representing 0.36 % of total inventories. Inventory to shipments ratio fell to 1.42 from 1.43 in the previous month.

Unfilled orders have declined by smaller rate than a month ago, unfilled orders fell by -0.25 % on the seasonally adjusted basis, as inventories for electronic components declined -2.99 % to $7 billions, accounting for 1.08 % of total inventories. total factory inventories dropped by -7.52 % from Sep. 2019.


New Orders / Shipments Ratio	Inventory / Shipments Ratio
Total New orders / shipments ratio for all manufacturing industries was 0.98. Excluding transportation new orders / shipments ratio was 0.99. Excluding defense new orders / shipments ratio was 0.99 .	Inventory / shipments ratio for all manufacturing industries was 1.42. Excluding transportation Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.34. Excluding defense Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.41.

Factory Shipments (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	Sep. 2020 adv.	Aug. 2020 adv.	July 2020 rest.	June 2020 adv.	May 2020 adv.	April 2020 adv.
All manufacturing industries	482,818	481,280	479,889	457,303	417,020	406,763
Excluding transportation	400,819	399,632	396,792	386,380	370,467	364,967
Excluding defense	469,086	467,401	465,923	443,380	402,915	392,475
With unfilled orders	163,279	163,505	162,074	155,770	147,191	145,411
Durable goods industries	245,224	244,332	244,876	227,326	198,001	191,180
Primary metals	18,270	18,345	18,119	17,816	16,895	16,623
Iron & steel mills	9,263	9,164	9,187	8,987	8,472	8,504
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	7,885	7,938	7,692	7,656	7,245	7,003
Ferrous metal foundries	1,122	1,243	1,240	1,173	1,178	1,116
Fabricated metal products	30,086	30,061	30,187	29,132	28,212	27,878
Machinery	30,875	31,068	30,548	29,715	28,688	28,501
Construction machinery	2,526	2,609	2,584	2,425	2,228	2,316
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	1,054	1,064	1,087	1,141	1,145	1,266
Industrial machinery	3,170	3,207	3,098	3,114	3,148	3,052
Photographic equipment	577	586	587	536	539	533
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	3,920	4,022	4,041	3,681	3,451	3,330
Metalworking machinery	2,443	2,465	2,415	2,412	2,357	2,394
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	3,803	3,820	3,687	3,791	3,590	3,476
Material handling equipment	2,711	2,652	2,591	2,596	2,551	2,595
Computers & electronic products	30,274	29,762	29,778	28,462	28,745	28,630
Computers	570	554	556	567	563	557
Nondefense communications equipment	3,970	3,860	3,797	3,477	3,515	3,481
Defense communications equipment	277	293	275	287	273	262
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	4,368	4,342	4,369	4,130	4,228	4,189
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	1,494	1,513	1,523	1,484	1,488	1,515
Defense search & navigation equipment	3,039	2,962	3,061	2,993	3,016	3,009
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	9,201	9,083	8,905	8,787	8,771	8,813
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	10,516	10,575	10,602	10,293	10,141	10,054
Electric lighting equipment	980	969	978	947	922	950
Household appliances	1,921	2,048	2,084	1,878	1,813	1,633
Electrical equipment	2,857	2,868	2,874	2,959	2,941	3,084
Transportation equipment	81,999	81,648	83,097	70,923	46,553	41,796
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	28,885	28,593	29,155	26,165	21,080	18,734
Nondefense aircraft & parts	4,978	5,331	3,947	4,190	3,451	4,392
Defense aircraft & parts	3,745	4,124	4,275	3,940	3,986	4,244
Ships & boats	2,704	2,736	2,613	2,504	2,618	2,381
Furniture & related products	6,506	6,565	6,664	6,555	6,108	5,991
Nondurable goods industries	237,594	236,948	235,013	229,977	219,019	215,583

Factory New Orders (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	Sep. 2020 adv.	Aug. 2020 adv.	July 2020 rest.	June 2020 adv.	May 2020 adv.	April 2020 adv.
All manufacturing industries	474,974	470,135	466,927	437,213	412,838	384,306
Excluding transportation	398,143	395,335	392,448	381,857	365,943	358,238
Excluding defense	463,551	455,056	451,279	425,449	397,994	372,057
With unfilled orders	160,745	157,327	154,253	140,485	147,881	127,827
Durable goods industries	237,380	233,187	231,914	207,236	193,819	168,723
Primary metals	19,266	18,482	18,189	17,906	17,182	15,744
Iron & steel mills	10,086	9,258	9,195	8,962	8,884	7,794
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	8,020	7,986	7,632	7,644	7,117	6,791
Ferrous metal foundries	1,160	1,238	1,362	1,300	1,181	1,159
Fabricated metal products	30,790	30,114	30,491	29,159	28,145	26,624
Machinery	31,464	31,227	30,761	29,697	28,647	28,763
Construction machinery	2,610	2,679	2,644	2,410	2,288	2,201
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	1,174	1,090	1,049	1,031	1,025	1,282
Industrial machinery	3,124	3,196	3,068	3,007	3,150	3,025
Photographic equipment	537	559	540	506	557	532
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	3,975	4,157	4,192	3,826	3,448	3,321
Metalworking machinery	2,545	2,478	2,487	2,582	2,346	2,410
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	3,865	3,677	3,740	3,638	3,592	3,547
Material handling equipment	2,757	2,704	2,565	2,604	2,455	2,613
Computers & electronic products	25,013	24,884	24,577	23,890	23,938	23,775
Computers	591	536	545	526	531	523
Nondefense communications equipment	3,994	3,981	3,829	3,519	3,537	3,487
Defense communications equipment	260	263	257	229	236	210
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	4,378	4,209	4,198	4,118	4,206	4,261
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	1,554	1,662	1,662	1,619	1,609	1,501
Defense search & navigation equipment	2,945	2,935	3,005	3,150	3,023	3,012
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	9,246	9,110	8,930	8,797	8,777	8,850
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	10,790	10,757	10,840	10,307	10,230	10,131
Electric lighting equipment	983	943	983	953	880	940
Household appliances	2,002	2,156	2,225	2,057	1,891	1,620
Electrical equipment	2,864	2,922	2,901	2,933	2,937	3,060
Transportation equipment	76,831	74,800	74,479	55,356	46,895	26,068
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	28,947	28,701	29,043	26,932	21,026	18,576
Nondefense aircraft & parts	1,799	-2,784	-5,970	-10,354	3,072	-8,606
Defense aircraft & parts	2,143	4,325	4,616	2,582	4,157	4,055
Ships & boats	2,776	3,188	3,724	2,092	2,779	2,159
Furniture & related products	6,590	6,617	6,692	6,479	6,107	5,947
Nondurable goods industries	237,594	236,948	235,013	229,977	219,019	215,583

Factory Unfilled Orders (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	Sep. 2020 adv.	Aug. 2020 adv.	July 2020 rest.	June 2020 adv.	May 2020 adv.	April 2020 adv.
All manufacturing industries	1,075,897	1,078,631	1,084,809	1,092,528	1,108,502	1,107,595
Excluding transportation	353,896	350,578	349,908	349,037	348,531	348,035
Excluding defense	856,644	856,508	863,886	873,397	886,586	886,525
With unfilled orders	-	-	-	-	-	-
Durable goods industries	1,075,897	1,078,631	1,084,809	1,092,528	1,108,502	1,107,595
Primary metals	31,826	30,791	30,654	30,656	30,547	30,252
Iron & steel mills	13,691	12,873	12,779	12,839	12,864	12,431
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	12,639	12,462	12,414	12,493	12,528	12,667
Ferrous metal foundries	5,496	5,456	5,461	5,324	5,155	5,154
Fabricated metal products	74,107	73,049	72,996	72,533	72,334	72,333
Machinery	98,250	97,396	97,237	96,929	96,873	96,884
Construction machinery	5,472	5,296	5,226	5,059	5,064	4,977
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	3,860	3,665	3,639	3,677	3,787	3,907
Industrial machinery	8,504	8,586	8,597	8,609	8,706	8,704
Photographic equipment	900	950	977	1,022	1,057	1,010
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	7,379	7,336	7,201	7,038	6,895	6,898
Metalworking machinery	8,458	8,302	8,289	8,210	8,020	7,974
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	23,413	23,357	23,500	23,443	23,596	23,602
Material handling equipment	11,109	11,058	11,006	11,051	11,028	11,134
Computers & electronic products	118,680	118,737	118,648	118,834	118,595	118,514
Computers	1,856	1,835	1,853	1,864	1,905	1,937
Nondefense communications equipment	24,963	24,989	24,868	24,882	24,844	24,817
Defense communications equipment	653	668	698	711	778	815
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	14,437	14,390	14,523	14,754	14,797	14,854
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	22,264	22,247	22,098	21,943	21,795	21,612
Defense search & navigation equipment	30,603	30,757	30,784	30,882	30,675	30,669
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	23,904	23,851	23,824	23,798	23,801	23,810
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	22,401	22,041	21,859	21,628	21,678	21,551
Electric lighting equipment	1,655	1,654	1,680	1,669	1,639	1,685
Household appliances	2,226	2,115	2,007	1,897	1,720	1,614
Electrical equipment	8,651	8,642	8,588	8,573	8,604	8,609
Transportation equipment	722,001	728,053	734,901	743,491	759,971	759,560
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	21,225	21,129	21,021	21,152	20,316	20,465
Nondefense aircraft & parts	481,300	484,883	492,998	503,060	517,890	518,222
Defense aircraft & parts	82,360	84,279	84,078	83,704	85,481	85,411
Ships & boats	49,910	49,907	49,455	48,230	48,884	48,592
Furniture & related products	8,123	7,993	7,941	7,888	7,948	7,961
Nondurable goods industries	-	-	-	-	-	-

Factory Total Inventories (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	Sep. 2020 adv.	Aug. 2020 adv.	July 2020 rest.	June 2020 adv.	May 2020 adv.	April 2020 adv.
All manufacturing industries	686,652	686,554	686,399	690,900	687,016	686,476
Excluding transportation	538,853	539,983	540,375	544,449	542,984	543,445
Excluding defense	660,932	661,077	661,107	665,366	661,807	661,143
With unfilled orders	344,953	343,237	343,741	347,045	346,897	346,960
Durable goods industries	421,799	420,390	420,990	424,973	425,043	425,292
Primary metals	33,524	33,020	33,310	34,016	34,785	35,557
Iron & steel mills	18,381	18,185	18,551	19,046	19,523	19,917
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	13,067	12,759	12,673	12,832	13,063	13,443
Ferrous metal foundries	2,076	2,076	2,086	2,138	2,199	2,197
Fabricated metal products	51,080	51,190	51,434	52,674	53,468	53,455
Machinery	69,050	69,056	69,488	70,613	71,105	71,210
Construction machinery	5,916	5,997	6,060	6,158	6,196	6,022
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	4,700	4,799	4,863	4,682	4,897	4,933
Industrial machinery	9,796	9,796	9,793	9,915	9,777	9,623
Photographic equipment	1,418	1,414	1,427	1,438	1,452	1,499
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	4,979	4,858	4,971	5,350	5,504	5,587
Metalworking machinery	5,770	5,843	5,905	5,987	6,057	6,055
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	9,280	9,259	9,295	9,577	9,521	9,601
Material handling equipment	4,762	4,746	4,798	4,767	4,877	5,002
Computers & electronic products	43,572	43,819	43,976	44,177	44,226	44,126
Computers	1,803	1,851	1,849	1,859	1,910	1,803
Nondefense communications equipment	4,660	4,572	4,576	4,536	4,553	4,588
Defense communications equipment	673	666	670	660	672	667
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	7,419	7,648	7,787	7,918	8,021	8,049
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	2,939	2,929	2,932	2,946	2,951	2,928
Defense search & navigation equipment	2,695	2,681	2,675	2,664	2,659	2,665
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	15,436	15,487	15,468	15,473	15,232	15,192
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	19,659	19,699	19,746	19,760	19,863	19,918
Electric lighting equipment	2,004	2,002	2,018	2,028	2,029	2,033
Household appliances	2,453	2,354	2,362	2,380	2,373	2,501
Electrical equipment	6,304	6,481	6,472	6,435	6,498	6,425
Transportation equipment	147,799	146,571	146,024	146,451	144,032	143,031
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	26,582	26,414	26,489	27,192	27,654	27,742
Nondefense aircraft & parts	79,247	78,066	77,726	76,913	74,812	73,760
Defense aircraft & parts	12,421	12,440	12,327	12,479	12,325	12,297
Ships & boats	4,361	4,241	4,151	4,237	4,185	4,264
Furniture & related products	7,148	7,116	7,120	7,268	7,300	7,421
Nondurable goods industries	264,853	266,164	265,409	265,927	261,973	261,184

Factory New Orders/ Shipment (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	Sep. 2020 adv.	Aug. 2020 adv.	July 2020 rest.	June 2020 adv.	May 2020 adv.	April 2020 adv.
All manufacturing industries	0.98	0.98	0.97	0.96	0.99	0.94
Excluding transportation	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.98
Excluding defense	0.99	0.97	0.97	0.96	0.99	0.95
With unfilled orders	0.98	0.96	0.95	0.90	1.00	0.88
Durable goods industries	0.97	0.95	0.95	0.91	0.98	0.88
Primary metals	1.05	1.01	1.00	1.01	1.02	0.95
Iron & steel mills	1.09	1.01	1.00	1.00	1.05	0.92
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	1.02	1.01	0.99	1.00	0.98	0.97
Ferrous metal foundries	1.03	1.00	1.10	1.11	1.00	1.04
Fabricated metal products	1.02	1.00	1.01	1.00	1.00	0.96
Machinery	1.02	1.01	1.01	1.00	1.00	1.01
Construction machinery	1.03	1.03	1.02	0.99	1.03	0.95
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	1.11	1.02	0.97	0.90	0.90	1.01
Industrial machinery	0.99	1.00	0.99	0.97	1.00	0.99
Photographic equipment	0.93	0.95	0.92	0.94	1.03	1.00
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	1.01	1.03	1.04	1.04	1.00	1.00
Metalworking machinery	1.04	1.01	1.03	1.07	1.00	1.01
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	1.02	0.96	1.01	0.96	1.00	1.02
Material handling equipment	1.02	1.02	0.99	1.00	0.96	1.01
Computers & electronic products	0.83	0.84	0.83	0.84	0.83	0.83
Computers	1.04	0.97	0.98	0.93	0.94	0.94
Nondefense communications equipment	1.01	1.03	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.00
Defense communications equipment	0.94	0.90	0.93	0.80	0.86	0.80
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	1.00	0.97	0.96	1.00	0.99	1.02
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	1.04	1.10	1.09	1.09	1.08	0.99
Defense search & navigation equipment	0.97	0.99	0.98	1.05	1.00	1.00
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	1.03	1.02	1.02	1.00	1.01	1.01
Electric lighting equipment	1.00	0.97	1.01	1.01	0.95	0.99
Household appliances	1.04	1.05	1.07	1.10	1.04	0.99
Electrical equipment	1.00	1.02	1.01	0.99	1.00	0.99
Transportation equipment	0.94	0.92	0.90	0.78	1.01	0.62
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.03	1.00	0.99
Nondefense aircraft & parts	0.36	-0.52	-1.51	-2.47	0.89	-1.96
Defense aircraft & parts	0.57	1.05	1.08	0.66	1.04	0.96
Ships & boats	1.03	1.17	1.43	0.84	1.06	0.91
Furniture & related products	1.01	1.01	1.00	0.99	1.00	0.99
Nondurable goods industries	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

• Source U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturing and Construction Division
Picture Autor: (Wolfgang Meinhart) licence GNU.

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