Defense Capital Goods 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 defense capital goods were 17.77 USD billion in July 2026, versus 20.09 in June. This constitutes a reduction of 11.55 percent.
Sample. There are 415 data points overall in the monthly time series shown in the plot above. The time range covered by the series goes from January 1992 to July 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: shipments were equal on average to 9.18 USD billion; they reached a trough of 4.57 in January 2000; they peaked at 20.09 in June 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 18230.0 |
| 2026-06-30 | 20086.0 |
| 2026-07-31 | 17766.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Defense Capital Goods 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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