Shipments, new orders, capacity use, and output and prices by industry
See US manufacturers' monthly shipments and new orders since 1992, how much of their capacity US factories use, and which manufacturing industries are growing or shrinking the most in output and in producer prices, with a page for each industry.
$658.6 billion in August 2026 (seasonally adjusted), +8.5% from a year earlier. New orders were $663.5 billion (+8.5%).
75.7% in August 2026, compared with 75.8% a year earlier. For all industry (manufacturing, mining and utilities) it was 76.3%. Capacity use is output as a percent of what plants could produce.
+8.7% more output for computer and electronic product manufacturing over the 12 months to August 2026, the fastest growth, followed by textile product mills (+6.5%) and apparel manufacturing (+6.4%). Output fell the most for textile mills (-7.9%).
+56.1% for petroleum and coal products manufacturing over the 12 months to August 2026, the fastest rise in producer prices, followed by primary metal manufacturing (+21.9%) and computer and electronic product manufacturing (+12.9%). Prices changed the least for food manufacturing (+0.1%).
They are official US government statistics, all monthly. Shipments and new orders come from a survey of US manufacturers, in US dollars and seasonally adjusted. Output is an index of the volume produced (2017 = 100), and capacity use is output as a percent of capacity. Producer prices are the prices industries receive for what they make. The newest month is revised later.
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