Primary Metals Total Inventories (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, inventories of primary metals stood at 47.99 billion US dollars in August 2025, compared to 48.05 in July. This constitutes a decrease of 0.12 percent.
Sample. There are 404 observations in the monthly series presented in the figure above. The series covers the period extending from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: inventories had an average value of 30.15 billion US dollars; they hit a minimum of 16.80 in February 1992; they achieved a maximum of 50.12 in May 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 47432.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 48045.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 47990.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Primary Metals Total Inventories |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| 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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