Table 1 
Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted 

Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted
  December
2022
November
2023r
December
2023p
November to December 2023 December 2022 to December 2023
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change1% change1
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) 71,179 71,714 71,218 -0.7 0.1
Manufacturing sales (2017 constant dollars) 54,794 55,382 55,303 -0.1 0.9
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 64,025 63,567 63,852 0.4 -0.3
Inventories 121,634 123,837 123,137 -0.6 1.2
Unfilled orders 108,258 102,495 103,677 1.2 -4.2
New orders 70,149E 70,747E 72,400E 2.3 3.2
Inventory-to-sales ratio2 1.71 1.73 1.73 ... ...
r
revised
p
preliminary
...
not applicable
E
use with caution
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