Economic Survey of Manufacturing: March 2009 quarter

For the March 2009 quarter compared with the December 2008 quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis:

Sales volumes

• Manufacturing rose 0.2 percent.
• Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, sales fell 6.5 percent.
• Transport and equipment fell 32.7 percent.

Sales values

• Manufacturing fell 0.9 percent.
• Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, sales fell 5.5 percent.
• Transport equipment manufacturing fell 23.6 percent.