June 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Department seasonally adjusted data on durable goods orders, with percent changes from prior months.
PERCENT CHANGES: May Apr Mar
New Orders -4.5 8.5 1.3
Ex-Transportation 1.3 1.4 1.1
Ex-Defense -4.6 8.4 -0.3
Manufacturing with
unfilled orders -6.4 11.8 1.5
Primary Metals 3.0 2.6 0.8
Gen. Machinery 1.9 1.3 1.2
Computers/Electronics 0.3 -0.4 4.8
Computer/related 1.6 -0.3 -0.6
Communications 0.8 4.5 5.2
Electrical/appliances 0.3 -0.2 1.3
Transport. Equip. -14.0 22.4 1.8
Motor vehicles/parts 1.1 0.7 1.2
Nondefense aircraft/
parts -51.8 167.4 -23.0
Defense aircraft/parts 7.9 2.5 23.7
Capital goods -13.6 22.2 2.9
Nondefense cap goods -15.7 24.9 -1.2
Nondefense cap goods
ex-aircraft 1.6 -0.7 3.8
Defense cap goods -3.4 10.4 26.0

PERCENT CHANGES: May Apr Mar
Total unfilled orders 0.6 1.8 0.2
Total inventories 0.2 0.3 0.3
Total shipments 1.0 0.7 0.8
Nondefense cap goods
shipments ex-aircraft 0.3 0.5 1.3

BILLIONS OF DLRS: May Apr Mar
New Orders 332.050 347.618 320.485
Ex-Transportation 218.585 215.693 212.716
Ex-Defense 306.433 321.298 296.333
Manufacturing with
unfilled orders 237.750 253.935 227.180
Primary metals 30.549 29.667 28.927
Gen. Machinery 43.333 42.510 41.963
Computers/Electronics 29.906 29.813 29.926
Computer/related 2.898 2.852 2.861
Communications 5.062 5.023 4.808
Electrical/appliances 18.407 18.361 18.403
Transport. Equip. 113.465 131.925 107.769
Motor vehicles/parts 73.397 72.599 72.090
Nondefense aircraft/
parts 17.830 37.000 13.837
Defense aircraft/parts 7.047 6.533 6.375
Capital goods 118.285 136.927 112.046
Nondefense cap goods 96.141 114.001 91.289
Nondefense cap goods
ex-aircraft 84.027 82.713 83.296
Defense cap goods 22.144 22.926 20.757

BILLIONS OF DLRS: May Apr Mar
Total unfilled orders 1579.473 1570.272 1542.276
Total inventories 600.000 599.080 597.209
Total shipments 327.888 324.664 322.562
Nondefense cap goods
shipments ex-aircraft 81.445 81.234 80.833

FORECASTS:
Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast:
U.S. May durable goods orders -4.5 pct
U.S. May durables ex-transportation +0.6 pct
U.S. May nondefense cap. ex-aircraft orders +0.6 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))