Table 1 
Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted 

Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted
  August
2022
July
2023r
August
2023p
July to August 2023 August 2022 to August 2023
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change1% change1
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) 70,648 71,850 72,356 0.7 2.4
Manufacturing sales (2017 constant dollars) 54,973 56,806 56,400 -0.7 2.6
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 64,137 62,726 63,349 1.0 -1.2
Inventories 120,897 122,330 122,166 -0.1 1.0
Unfilled orders 106,898 103,267 103,759 0.5 -2.9
New orders 71,381E 70,845E 72,849E 2.8 2.1
Inventory-to-sales ratio2 1.71 1.70 1.69 ... ...
r
revised
p
preliminary
...
not applicable
E
use with caution
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