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 14.60 USD billion in January 2026, versus 18.54 in December 2025. This represents a decrease of 21.25 percent.
Sample. There are 409 records overall in the monthly series presented in the plot above. The span of time covered by the series extends from January 1992 to January 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics calculated on the entire sample: shipments were equal on average to 9.04 USD billion; they reached their highest level of 18.54 in December 2025; they recorded a bottom of 4.57 in January 2000.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 17648.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 18535.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 14597.0 |
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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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