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 26.97 USD billion in August 2025, versus 26.58 in July 2025. This represents an increase of 1.47 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series displayed in the graph has 403 observations in total. The time range covered by the series goes from February 1992 to August 2025.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: new orders reached a minimum of 9.15 billion US dollars in July 1993; they recorded a maximum of 31.40 in March 2023; they had a mean value of 17.94.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 27262.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 26578.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 26969.0 |
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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 |