Primary Metals Value of Shipments (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, shipments of primary metals were 27.35 billion US dollars in August 2025, compared to 26.52 in July. This marks a rise of 3.13 percent.
Sample. In the monthly time series presented in the figure, there are 404 data points. The span of time covered by the series goes from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics calculated on the entire sample: shipments had a mean of 17.85 billion US dollars; they recorded their maximum of 29.84 in March 2022; they registered a minimum of 9.09 in December 1992.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 27630.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 26516.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 27349.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Primary Metals Value of Shipments |
| 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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