May 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Department seasonally adjusted data on durable goods orders, with percent changes from prior months.
PERCENT CHANGES: Apr Mar Feb
New Orders 7.9 1.3 -1.2
Ex-Transportation 1.1 1.1 1.2
Ex-Defense 8.1 -0.3 -1.2
Manufacturing with
unfilled orders 11.0 1.5 -2.6
Primary Metals 1.9 0.8 2.5
Gen. Machinery 0.5 1.3 2.4
Computers/Electronics -0.7 4.8 1.4
Computer/related 0.3 -0.6 4.8
Communications 3.1 5.2 7.5
Electrical/appliances 0.6 1.2 -1.0
Transport. Equip. 21.5 1.7 -5.6
Motor vehicles/parts 0.4 1.2 3.7
Nondefense aircraft/
parts 165.9 -23.0 -33.3
Defense aircraft/parts -0.4 23.7 0.6
Capital goods 21.0 2.9 -6.5
Nondefense cap goods 24.2 -1.2 -7.9
Nondefense cap goods
ex-aircraft -1.1 3.9 1.6
Defense cap goods 7.0 26.0 2.1

PERCENT CHANGES: Apr Mar Feb
Total unfilled orders 1.7 0.2 0.1
Total inventories 0.3 0.3 0.1
Total shipments 0.5 0.8 1.6
Nondefense cap goods
shipments ex-aircraft 0.4 1.3 1.3

BILLIONS OF DLRS: Apr Mar Feb
New Orders 345.956 320.488 316.233
Ex-Transportation 215.081 212.744 210.330
Ex-Defense 320.291 296.337 297.138
Manufacturing with
unfilled orders 252.233 227.192 223.817
Primary metals 29.460 28.920 28.694
Gen. Machinery 42.204 41.995 41.453
Computers/Electronics 29.712 29.926 28.559
Computer/related 2.869 2.861 2.878
Communications 4.957 4.808 4.572
Electrical/appliances 18.493 18.389 18.172
Transport. Equip. 130.875 107.744 105.903
Motor vehicles/parts 72.360 72.070 71.229
Nondefense aircraft/
parts 36.790 13.837 17.976
Defense aircraft/parts 6.351 6.375 5.155
Capital goods 135.668 112.078 108.887
Nondefense cap goods 113.455 91.322 92.412
Nondefense cap goods
ex-aircraft 82.426 83.329 80.235
Defense cap goods 22.213 20.756 16.475

BILLIONS OF DLRS: Apr Mar Feb
Total unfilled orders 1568.983 1542.277 1539.286
Total inventories 598.702 597.164 595.466
Total shipments 324.299 322.564 320.023
Nondefense cap goods
shipments ex-aircraft 81.107 80.822 79.769

FORECASTS:
Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast:
U.S. April durable goods orders +3.5 pct
U.S. April durables ex-transportation +0.5 pct
U.S. April nondefense cap. ex-aircraft orders +0.4 pct

NOTES:
Semiconductor shipments are no longer be listed separately but are included in the computers and electronic products and other applicable aggregate totals.
N/A - not available

((Washington newsroom))