Defense Capital Goods Value of Shipments (advance estimate; 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. In the United States, shipments of defense capital goods were 16.25 billion US dollars (seasonally adjusted) in November 2025, compared to 15.80 in October. This represents a rise of 2.85 percent.
Sample. There are 407 observations overall in the monthly time series presented in the graph above. The time period covered by the series is from January 1992 to November 2025.
History. Check out some descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: shipments were equal on average to 9.00 USD billion; they reached their lowest level of 5.38 in August 2000; they hit a maximum of 16.25 in November 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 15657.0 |
| 2025-10-31 | 15803.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 16252.0 |
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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 | Yes |
| 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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