The data collected in the Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders (M3UFO) Survey will be used to benchmark the new and unfilled orders information published in the monthly Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey, which is an economic indicator survey based on a panel of domestic manufacturers. The collected annual sales data will be used to analyze differences in reporting between the company-based survey and plant level data from the Annual Survey of Manufactures, the source of benchmark data for the monthly shipments and inventory data.

To report online:

1. Sign-in or Register at https://portal.census.gov

2. Add your authentication code.

3. Report by clicking on “REPORT NOW.”  You can return to your account over multiple sessions to complete.

4. For assistance completing this survey, please log-in to your Census Bureau account at https://portal.census.gov and send us a secure message or call the customer help line at 301-763-1779, Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time.

5. Please visit How Do I Get Started? for additional information.

6. Please visit How-To Video for information on ‘Signing into the Respondent’ portal, via your Census Bureau account.

To help you prepare for online reporting, click on the appropriate forms and instructions below. (All forms are in Adobe PDF file format and are for informational purposes only)

Title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.), Sections 131 and 182, require businesses and other organizations included in the survey to answer the questions and submit a response.

Title 13, United States Code, Section 9, requires the Census Bureau to keep your information CONFIDENTIAL and can use your responses only to produce statistics.  The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify your business, organization, or institution.  Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit your data.

Below are a few common items you can use to verify the legitimacy of this survey:

1. Ensure the Web address provided in the letter is a "census.gov" domain.

2. Correspondence sent in the form of a letter or email will contain reporting instructions and a phone number for survey assistance. Any email correspondence related to this survey will come from a census.gov address.

3. On the sign-in, a warning message should be present stating the respondent is accessing a U.S. Government computer.

4. Additionally, the upper right corner on all screens should display the OMB eight-digit number and expiration date. This number indicates that the OMB has approved the survey and has confirmed there is a need to collect the information.

5. The bottom of the sign-in screen should have a link for the “Burden Statement” which also contains the OMB eight-digit number.