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 15.29 billion US dollars in August 2025, versus 13.99 in the previous month. This marks a gain of 9.29 percent.
Sample. There are 404 data points overall in the monthly series displayed in the chart above. The time period covered by the series is from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few statistics we computed on the full sample: shipments averaged 8.95 USD billion; they reached a minimum of 4.57 in January 2000; they hit a peak of 15.87 in June 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 15865.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 13995.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 15291.0 |
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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 |