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 USD billion in August 2025, compared to 26.58 in July 2025. This constitutes a gain of 1.47 percent.
Sample. This monthly series has 403 observations in total. The time span covered by the series extends from February 1992 to August 2025.
History. Take a look at some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: new orders reached their highest level of 31.40 billion US dollars in March 2023; they reached their lowest level of 9.15 in July 1993; they had an average value of 17.94.
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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