Primary Metals New Orders (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, new orders of primary metals stood at 27.04 USD billion (seasonally adjusted) in August 2025, versus 27.02 in the previous month. This marks an increase of 0.07 percent.
Sample. This monthly time series has a total of 403 records. The time span covered by the series goes from February 1992 to August 2025.
History. Take a look at a few descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: new orders hit a maximum of 28.95 USD billion in December 2021; they reached their lowest level of 9.78 in February 1992; they had a mean value of 17.93.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 26615.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 27017.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 27040.0 |
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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 | 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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