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 20.27 USD billion (seasonally adjusted) in September 2026, compared to 19.77 in August. This represents a rise of 2.50 percent.
Sample. There are 417 observations overall in the monthly time series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the period extending from January 1992 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: shipments hit a trough of 5.38 billion US dollars in August 2000; they reached their highest level of 20.27 billion US dollars in September 2026; they were equal on average to 9.23 billion US dollars.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 19,594.0 |
| 2026-08-31 | 19,774.0 |
| 2026-09-30 | 20,268.0 |
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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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