Defense Capital Goods Value of Shipments (advance estimate; not seasonally adjusted; USD million) - United States - Census - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Advance manufacturing survey (U.S. Census)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. On a sesonally unadjusted basis, in the United States, shipments of defense capital goods were 15.29 billion US dollars in August 2025, compared to 13.99 in July 2025. This marks a rise of 9.29 percent.
Sample. This monthly time series has 404 records in total. The series covers the time period going from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few statistics calculated on the entire sample: shipments hit a trough of 4.57 billion US dollars in January 2000; they recorded their maximum of 15.87 in June 2025; they had an average value of 8.95.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 15865.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 13995.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 15291.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Defense Capital Goods Value of Shipments |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Nominal aggregate |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollars (USD) million |
| Source | U.S. Census Bureau |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open Data |
| Measure type | Level |
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