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 stood at 18.38 USD billion (seasonally adjusted) in April 2026, compared to 18.20 in the previous month. This constitutes a rise of 0.99 percent.
Sample. In the monthly series shown in the graph, there are 412 records overall. The time period covered by the series extends from January 1992 to April 2026.
History. Check out some descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: shipments recorded their maximum of 18.38 USD billion in April 2026; they recorded a minimum of 5.38 in August 2000; they had a mean of 9.11.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-28 | 17468.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 18196.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 18381.0 |
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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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