Defense Capital Goods Value of Shipments (advance estimate; 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. In the United States, shipments of defense capital goods were 15.48 billion US dollars (seasonally adjusted) in August 2025, versus 15.43 in July 2025. This represents a rise of 0.32 percent.
Sample. There are 404 data points in the monthly time series presented in the plot above. The period covered by the series extends from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of some statistics computed on the entire sample: shipments hit a peak of 15.49 USD billion in June 2025; they hit a minimum of 5.38 in August 2000; they had an average value of 8.95.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 15494.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 15433.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 15480.0 |
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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 | Yes |
| 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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