Primary Metals New Orders (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, new orders of primary metals were 27.04 USD billion (seasonally adjusted) in August 2025, compared to 27.02 in the previous month. This constitutes a gain of 0.07 percent.
Sample. There are 403 data points overall in the monthly time series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the time range extending from February 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: new orders reached their minimum of 9.78 USD billion in February 1992; they hit a maximum of 28.95 in December 2021; they averaged 17.93.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 26615.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 27017.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 27040.0 |
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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 | 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 |