Primary Metals New Orders (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, new orders of primary metals stood at 26.97 billion US dollars in August 2025, compared to 26.58 in July 2025. This marks an increase of 1.47 percent.
Sample. This monthly series has 403 observations overall. The period covered by the series goes from February 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: new orders averaged 17.94 USD billion; they achieved a maximum of 31.40 in March 2023; they recorded a bottom of 9.15 in July 1993.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 27262.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 26578.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 26969.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Primary Metals New Orders |
| 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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