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 stood at 30.61 billion US dollars in April 2026, compared to 31.16 in the previous month. This represents a reduction of 1.77 percent.
Sample. There are 411 data points overall in the monthly time series displayed in the figure above. The span of time covered by the series stretches from February 1992 to April 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics calculated on the entire sample: new orders had a mean of 18.13 billion US dollars; they hit a trough of 9.15 in July 1993; they attained a maximum of 31.40 in March 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-28 | 28714.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 31164.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 30605.0 |
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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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