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M3-L1A
(05-29-2020)

DC

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Washington, DC 20233-0001

The Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval number
for the Manufactures’ Shipments,
Inventories, and Orders Survey is
0607-0008.

We request your parcipaon with the Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders survey.
The purpose of this survey is to provide broad-based monthly stascal data on current economic
conditions and indications of future production commitments in the manufacturing sector. It
provides some of the Naon’s most widely used, mely informaon on the manufacturing sector of
the economy. Please complete the survey online using the following information:
Reference Period:
Website:
User ID:
Password:
Special notice: Our operations to mail, receive, and process paper forms are not available at this
time. Most respondents already provide data online and we thank those of you that do and only ask
you to continue to do so. Online reporting is the easiest, quickest, most reliable way to respond at
this time.
Because of the recent Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, we realize you may not have immediate
access to the records you need to provide exact responses to the questions in this survey. If this is
the case, we accept your best estimate.
RESPONSES ARE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Title 13,
United States Code, Section 9, to keep your information confidential and use your responses only to
produce statistics. The Census Bureau is not permied to publicly release your responses in a way
that could identify your business, organization, or institution.
For assistance with completing your survey, please call us at 301-763-4832, Monday through Friday,
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. You may be asked to leave a voice mail message in lieu of
speaking with a person, and we will return your call as soon as possible.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau
measure America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,

Stephanie L. Studds
Chief, Economic Indicators Division
U.S. Census Bureau

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