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 24.66 billion US dollars in November 2025, compared to 27.67 in the previous month. This marks a decrease of 10.88 percent.
Sample. There are 406 data points overall in the monthly time series shown in the figure above. The span of time covered by the series goes from February 1992 to November 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at some simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: new orders reached a trough of 9.15 billion US dollars in July 1993; they recorded their highest level of 31.40 in March 2023; they averaged 18.00.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 27206.0 |
| 2025-10-31 | 27674.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 24658.0 |
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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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