Primary Metals New Orders (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, new orders of primary metals were 27.17 billion US dollars in September 2025, compared to 26.96 in the previous month. This represents an increase of 0.78 percent.
Sample. In the monthly series shown in the chart, there are 404 records in total. The series covers the time period stretching from February 1992 to September 2025.
History. Check out some descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: new orders reached their minimum of 9.15 USD billion in July 1993; they peaked at 31.40 in March 2023; they had an average value of 17.96.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-07-31 | 26578.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 26961.0 |
| 2025-09-30 | 27168.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Primary Metals New Orders |
| 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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