Table 1 
Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted 

Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted
  April
2022
March
2023r
April
2023p
March to April 2023 April 2022 to April 2023
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change1% change1
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) 73,484 72,125 72,307 0.3 -1.6
Manufacturing sales (2017 constant dollars) 56,872 56,661 57,121 0.8 0.4
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 65,989 64,380 63,930 -0.7 -3.1
Inventories 112,585 123,855 123,840 -0.0 10.0
Unfilled orders 103,857 106,448 106,246 -0.2 2.3
New orders 75,325E 70,064E 72,104E 2.9 -4.3
Inventory-to-sales ratio2 1.53 1.72 1.71 ... ...
r
revised
p
preliminary
...
not applicable
E
use with caution
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