Table 1 
Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted 

Manufacturing: Principal statistics – Seasonally adjusted
  October
2023
September
2024r
October
2024p
September to October 2024 October 2023 to October 2024
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change1% change1
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) 70,941 69,323 70,779 2.1 -0.2
Manufacturing sales (2017 constant dollars) 55,389 54,220 55,003 1.4 -0.7
Manufacturing sales (current dollars) excluding motor vehicles, parts and accessories 62,691 62,206 63,276 1.7 0.9
Inventories 123,099 119,429 119,654 0.2 -2.8
Unfilled orders 104,679 104,766 104,600 -0.2 -0.1
New orders 70,956E 71,265E 70,613E -0.9 -0.5
Inventory-to-sales ratio2 1.74 1.72 1.69 ... ...
r
revised
p
preliminary
...
not applicable
E
use with caution
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