Table 1
Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted

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Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted
  March 2011 February 2012r March 2012p February to March 2012 March 2011 to March 2012
  millions of dollars % change1
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) 46,889 48,741 49,657 1.9 5.9
Manufacturing sales (2002 constant dollars) 42,089 42,921 43,731 1.9 3.9
Manufacturing sales excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories (current dollars) 41,542 42,822 43,642 1.9 5.1
Inventories 61,878 65,264 64,453 -1.2 4.2
Unfilled orders 56,349 61,361 62,575 2.0 11.0
Unfilled orders excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 55,799 60,798 61,991 2.0 11.1
New orders 50,924 49,896 50,871 2.0 -0.1
New orders excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 45,605 43,962 44,835 2.0 -1.7
Inventory-to-sales ratio 1.32 1.34 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.