Industrial production: Primary metal (volume; index; NAICS = 331) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Seasonally adjusted US industrial production volume (FED Board)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the production of primary metals was 97.01 (index) in August 2025, compared to 96.03 in July 2025. This represents a rise of 1.02 percent.
Sample. There are 644 observations overall in the monthly time series presented in the figure above. The series covers the period going from January 1972 to August 2025.
History. Have a look at a few statistics we calculated on the full sample: production hit a peak of 159.69 in May 1974; it reached a minimum of 67.20 in November 1982; it had a mean of 107.32.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units of product or equivalent concept |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 97.8246 |
| 2025-07-31 | 96.0262 |
| 2025-08-31 | 97.0143 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Industrial production: Primary metal (NAICS = 331) |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Deflation method | Real |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | Index (2017 = 100) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Units of product or equivalent concept |
| Source | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Licence to copy and distribute without permission |
| Measure type | Level |
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Main index
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial production: Total index (volume; index) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 1280 | 1919-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
Main industry groups
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial production: Durable manufacturing (volume; index) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 644 | 1972-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Industrial production: Nondurable manufacturing (volume; index) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 644 | 1972-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Industrial production: Other manufacturing (volume; index) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 644 | 1972-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Industrial production: Mining (volume; index; NAICS = 21) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 1280 | 1919-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Industrial production: Electric and gas utilities (volume; index; NAICS = 2211,2) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 1040 | 1939-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Utilities
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial production: Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution (volume; index; NAICS = 2211) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 644 | 1972-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Industrial production: Natural gas distribution (volume; index; NAICS = 2212) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 644 | 1972-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |