Table 1
Manufacturing: Principal statistics

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Manufacturing: Principal statistics
  March 2010 February 2011r March 2011p February to March 2011 March 2010 to March 2011
  Seasonally adjusted
  $ millions % change1
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) 43,049 46,634 47,511 1.9 10.4
Manufacturing sales (2002 constant dollars) 40,223 42,155 42,957 1.9 6.8
Manufacturing sales excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories (current dollars) 37,865 41,110 41,820 1.7 10.4
Inventories 58,155 60,687 61,956 2.1 6.5
Unfilled orders 52,293 52,327 57,299 9.5 9.6
Unfilled orders excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 51,671 51,748 56,748 9.7 9.8
New orders 42,744 47,156 52,483 11.3 22.8
New orders excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 37,616 41,642 46,820 12.4 24.5
Inventory-to-sales ratio 1.35 1.30 1.30 ... ...
r
revised
p
preliminary
...
not applicable
1.
Percent change calculated at thousands of dollars for current dollars, and millions of dollars for constant dollars.