| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 46,218.3 | 48,906.1 | 54,111.7 | 49,093.7 | 52,021.3 | 52,517.2 | 51,898.0 | 51,905.6 | 52,676.3 | 50,724.3 | 51,150.8 | 51,879.1 |
| 1984 | 54,148.6 | 55,651.7 | 57,636.0 | 56,937.0 | 58,755.9 | 60,075.0 | 59,055.7 | 59,378.3 | 56,947.3 | 57,386.5 | 58,075.3 | 56,765.8 |
| 1985 | 54,584.3 | 53,829.7 | 57,297.6 | 59,075.2 | 57,563.7 | 58,832.1 | 58,563.3 | 58,096.1 | 56,979.0 | 56,949.0 | 58,100.7 | 60,295.9 |
| 1986 | 55,283.0 | 58,546.4 | 61,250.4 | 62,628.9 | 65,578.7 | 63,294.1 | 62,861.8 | 61,342.4 | 60,341.9 | 60,946.1 | 61,880.4 | 62,290.2 |
| 1987 | 56,488.6 | 60,641.1 | 61,627.2 | 61,733.5 | 61,750.0 | 64,315.2 | 62,404.8 | 62,643.9 | 59,339.3 | 60,707.9 | 58,877.0 | 61,720.2 |
| 1988 | 57,041.0 | 59,900.3 | 61,577.5 | 61,584.1 | 60,701.3 | 62,884.1 | 61,873.2 | 62,450.0 | 61,036.1 | 60,385.3 | 59,783.1 | 63,099.8 |
| 1989 | 55,556.8 | 58,492.6 | 60,500.1 | 60,242.0 | 62,088.7 | 63,521.0 | 62,335.0 | 63,362.0 | 61,922.8 | 61,973.6 | 61,339.0 | 63,182.4 |
| 1990 | 58,138.0 | 57,909.4 | 59,847.0 | 59,600.5 | 60,572.2 | 63,108.6 | 61,531.0 | 63,182.0 | 60,912.1 | 60,295.1 | 60,550.6 | 58,382.1 |
| 1991 | 56,924.5 | 59,384.5 | 61,553.8 | 61,982.0 | 62,244.9 | 63,319.4 | 62,600.6 | 62,534.0 | 60,346.2 | 61,181.3 | 60,442.9 | 61,521.7 |
| 1992 | 56,410.9 | 58,308.6 | 59,639.5 | 59,980.2 | 59,615.2 | 60,353.3 | 60,400.3 | 59,083.7 | 58,579.1 | 59,011.8 | 56,877.6 | 59,287.9 |
| 1993 | 53,826.6 | 57,305.3 | 57,624.8 | 58,138.7 | 57,465.8 | 60,391.1 | 58,807.7 | 58,453.0 | 57,462.3 | 55,432.4 | 55,743.5 | 56,074.7 |
| 1994 | 51,533.7 | 54,270.1 | 55,363.8 | 54,962.1 | 55,523.0 | 57,165.3 | 55,834.5 | 56,393.4 | 54,992.9 | 54,240.5 | 54,480.4 | 55,612.3 |
| 1995 | 51,200.2 | 54,138.2 | 55,592.4 | 55,456.8 | 56,242.2 | 58,547.4 | 56,944.0 | 58,296.8 | 56,580.9 | 55,610.5 | 55,907.4 | 56,471.5 |
| 1996 | 53,039.9 | 54,566.8 | 56,388.2 | 57,183.4 | 57,796.4 | 59,170.9 | 58,909.8 | 59,651.5 | 57,845.3 | 58,456.2 | 58,101.4 | 59,200.7 |
| 1997 | 54,440.6 | 57,313.3 | 58,443.8 | 58,854.0 | 57,840.1 | 59,820.3 | 65,294.2 | 64,803.7 | 63,680.2 | 64,355.2 | 62,252.8 | 66,017.1 |
| 1998 | 59,905.7 | 62,399.8 | 64,533.5 | 59,012.3 | 59,509.7 | 60,837.0 | 67,183.3 | 66,831.0 | 65,146.9 | 65,121.8 | 63,846.8 | 65,401.5 |
| 1999 | 60,254.0 | 62,779.7 | 63,320.2 | 63,722.4 | 63,464.7 | 64,458.4 | 62,669.7 | 61,363.0 | 59,265.4 | 60,415.4 | 59,078.1 | 62,719.0 |
| 2000 | 54,421.0 | 59,107.2 | 60,573.0 | 57,911.6 | 60,300.4 | 63,275.5 | 62,278.2 | 63,621.8 | 63,098.0 | 61,954.7 | 62,184.7 | 62,014.2 |
| 2001 | 58,139.5 | 61,731.0 | 62,859.5 | 62,301.3 | 62,878.9 | 65,417.0 | 62,534.2 | 64,390.5 | 62,214.2 | 60,864.4 | 60,024.8 | 60,793.5 |
| 2002 | 60,211.7 | 63,942.2 | 62,828.5 | 63,953.3 | 64,537.0 | 64,874.0 | 64,594.2 | 66,683.5 | 62,352.4 | 63,344.8 | 63,255.8 | 63,109.4 |
| 2003 | 60,247.9 | 60,803.4 | 60,815.8 | 61,728.4 | 66,315.5 | 66,426.5 | 66,803.1 | 66,812.7 | 63,949.0 | 64,615.5 | 63,778.4 | 63,394.5 |
| 2004 | 57,143.8 | 58,381.7 | 59,186.2 | 59,352.6 | 58,565.7 | 58,992.8 | 59,012.0 | 59,664.1 | 57,327.4 | 57,977.1 | 57,017.9 | 58,013.6 |
| 2005 | 54,938.7 | 58,368.8 | 58,330.0 | 59,093.3 | 59,474.5 | 61,731.9 | 61,109.4 | 61,220.9 | 57,866.5 | 57,075.2 | 59,094.7 | 59,426.1 |
| 2006 | 56,531.8 | 59,960.4 | 59,859.7 | 61,020.8 | 60,234.0 | 61,980.4 | 61,445.8 | 62,015.9 | 59,783.4 | 60,233.2 | 58,860.2 | 57,862.5 |
| 2007 | 54,698.1 | 56,954.9 | 57,278.7 | 57,354.7 | 58,719.6 | 60,865.7 | 58,806.7 | 60,178.5 | 57,912.9 | 57,843.2 | 56,579.0 | 54,650.0 |
| 2008 | 53,994.1 | 56,157.4 | 55,494.8 | 56,307.4 | 56,390.6 | 55,938.5 | 54,802.5 | 55,628.2 | 53,405.9 | 55,210.7 | 54,080.6 | 53,931.5 |
| 2009 | 51,108.7 | 50,968.4 | 51,298.4 | 51,215.6 | 50,957.0 | 50,419.6 | 49,677.9 | 49,966.5 | 48,669.6 | 48,461.0 | 47,454.3 | 47,441.4 |
| 2010 | 44,012.3 | 44,227.1 | 45,482.4 | 46,234.2 | 46,016.2 | 46,765.3 | 45,755.3 | 45,082.6 | 43,876.0 | 43,624.1 | 42,857.0 | 42,417.1 |
| 2011 | 40,331.0 | 40,924.9 | 41,608.1 | 41,555.0 | 41,172.9 | 42,477.2 | 42,448.3 | 42,351.8 | 41,972.6 | 32,015.0 | 30,934.0 | |
It's clear demand has been dropping off since the middle of 2009. But I wonder if the sharp drop in October and November is not simply a data problem — reports not all in — that isn't real and will get revised upward.
That’s an amazingly steep drop... -Half- of what it was in the same month only a few years ago? I can understand it declining... the economy... jobs... shipping... even unusually severe winter... but in half? Something must be missing.
Interesting.
Every one of those monthly figures show a decline since 2006.