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| Year | Shipments | Change (%) | Non-durables | Durables | Year-end new orders | Year-end ratio of inventories to shipments | Year-end unfilled orders | Year-end non-durables | Year-end durables |
| 800025 | 800025 | 800026 | 800222 | 800913 | 803313 | 803189 | 803190 | 803202 | |
| 1992 | 280,518 | .. | 130,650 | 149,868 | 24,174 | 1.45 | 20,813 | 1,661 | 19,152 |
| 1993 | 303,943 | 8.4 | 134,896 | 169,047 | 26,357 | 1.41 | 24,568 | 1,726 | 22,842 |
| 1994 | 346,941 | 14.1 | 148,431 | 198,509 | 31,781 | 1.28 | 27,656 | 2,125 | 25,531 |
| 1995 | 389,779 | 12.3 | 167,586 | 222,194 | 32,675 | 1.39 | 27,894 | 1,947 | 25,948 |
| 1996 | 400,085 | 2.6 | 169,912 | 230,173 | 34,319 | 1.38 | 28,619 | 1,725 | 26,895 |
| 1997 | 426,519 | 6.6 | 176,276 | 250,243 | 35,681 | 1.33 | 38,870 | 1,773 | 37,097 |
| 1998 | 441,153 | 3.4 | 174,169 | 266,984 | 38,159 | 1.34 | 41,610 | 1,750 | 39,861 |
| 1999 | 510,550 | 15.7 | 201,678 | 308,872 | 47,244 | 1.27 | 47,003 | 1,759 | 45,244 |
| 2000 | 561,301 | 9.9 | 227,038 | 334,263 | 47,743 | 1.35 | 49,538 | 1,734 | 47,804 |
| 2001 | 543,272 | -3.2 | 231,082 | 312,190 | 42,479 | 1.46 | 46,370 | 1,667 | 44,703 |
| 2002 | 559,903 | 3.1 | 238,218 | 321,684 | 45,360 | 1.38 | 42,408 | 1,920 | 40,488 |
| 2003 | 562,552 | 0.5 | 247,606 | 314,945 | 47,064 | 1.29 | 34,267 | 1,774 | 32,494 |
| 2004 | 586,779 | 4.3 | 258,600 | 328,180 | 48,973 | 1.35 | 36,380 | 2,094 | 34,286 |
| 2005 | 606,254 | 3.3 | 272,814 | 333,440 | 51,619 | 1.29 | 41,877 | 2,006 | 39,870 |
| 2006 | 611,044 | 0.8 | 278,473 | 332,571 | 53,199 | 1.28 | 43,586 | 1,732 | 41,854 |
| 2007 | 613,471 | 0.4 | 280,065 | 333,406 | 49,994 | 1.34 | 57,461 | 2,035 | 55,426 |