U.S. Annual Factory New Orders Statistics
By Chris Middleton -
2012-02-03T16:44:06Z
The following table details the annual changes in factory shipments, new orders, unfilled orders and inventories.
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Shipments New Unfilled Inventories*
Orders Orders*
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2011 11.2% 12.1% 9.6% 9.2%
2010 8.6% 12.9% 3.9% 8.6%
2009 -18.9% -22.1% -15.2% -6.9%
2008 2.8% 0.9% 4.4% -2.0%
2007 6.1% 6.1% 18.9% 7.5%
2006 5.8% 6.8% 21.3% 10.3%
2005 10.1% 11.0% 16.6% 7.5%
2004 7.3% 7.9% 9.5% 7.9%
2003 2.6% 4.0% 4.8% -3.6%
2002 -1.4% -1.2% -6.9% -1.2%
2001 -5.7% -7.1% -7.8% -11.2%
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Shipments New Unfilled Inventories
Orders Orders
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2000 4.4% 5.2% 8.7% 3.8%
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1999 3.4% 3.9% 1.8% 3.2%
1998 1.7% 0.7% -3.3% 1.2%
1997 6.6% 6.0% 4.9% 3.0%
1996 3.4% 4.1% 9.3% 1.4%
1995 7.5% 7.1% 2.9% 6.3%
1994 7.2% 8.1% 2.1% 5.3%
1993 4.0% n/a -5.7% 0.3%
*1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1991 -1.2% -2.3% 0.6% -0.9%
1990 2.5% 2.1% 6.0% 3.8%
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1989 5.4% 5.0% 9.0% 8.9%
1988 8.9% 9.0% 10.0% 0.5%
1986 0.1% -0.3% 2.9% -3.0%
1985 2.0% 1.5% 3.0% 2.2%
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Shipments New Unfilled Inventories
Orders Orders
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1984 10.5% 9.9% 13.2% 7.3%
1983 5.6% 8.2% 3.0% -3.6%
1982 -2.8% -3.5% -4.3% 15.3%
1981 8.9% 7.5% 5.2% 7.6%
1980 7.3% 5.9% 9.4% 13.2%
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1979 13.4% 12.1% 25.6% 13.6%
1978 12.1% 14.4% 22.2% 9.2%
1977 14.6% 15.7% 8.9% 9.3%
1976 14.1% 16.9% -1.3% 5.1%
1975 2.1% -2.5% -2.8% 12.5%
1974 16.3% 14.9% 28.6% 21.9%
1973 15.7% 18.4% 25.8% 10.1%
1972 7.0% 14.8% 5.8% 3.1%
1971 5.9% 7.5% -3.1% 1.9%
1970 -1.3% -3.6% -4.0% 5.7%
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*NOTE: Unadjusted annual figures, new orders and
shipments use yearly total sum; unfilled orders and
inventories use data ending in December. Currently,
NAICS data is available only after January 1992.
Data prior to 1992 are calculated using the SIC
classification system.
SOURCE: U.S. Commerce Department.
To contact the reporter on this story: Chris Middleton in Washington at cmiddleton2@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Marco Babic at mbabic@bloomberg.net
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