Table 1
Manufacturing: Principal statistics

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Manufacturing: Principal statistics
  April 2010 March 2011r April 2011p March to April 2011 April 2010 to April 2011
  Seasonally adjusted
  $ millions % change1
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) 43,814 47,283 46,671 -1.3 6.5
Manufacturing sales (2002 constant dollars) 40,615 42,464 41,687 -1.8 2.6
Manufacturing sales excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories (current dollars) 38,484 41,895 41,693 -0.5 8.3
Inventories 58,200 61,955 62,722 1.2 7.8
Unfilled orders 52,055 57,338 57,559 0.4 10.6
Unfilled orders excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 51,302 56,787 57,040 0.4 11.2
New orders 43,576 52,294 46,892 -10.3 7.6
New orders excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 38,116 46,934 41,947 -10.6 10.1
Inventory-to-sales ratio 1.33 1.31 1.34 ... ...
r
revised
p
preliminary
...
not applicable
1.
Percent change calculated at thousands of dollars for current dollars, and millions of dollars for constant dollars.