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 27.52 billion US dollars (seasonally adjusted) in September 2025, compared to 27.15 in August 2025. This represents an increase of 1.36 percent.
Sample. There are 404 data points overall in the monthly time series presented in the figure above. The time period covered by the series is from February 1992 to September 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few statistics we computed on the full sample: new orders reached their lowest level of 9.78 USD billion in February 1992; they reached their highest level of 28.95 in December 2021; they had a mean of 17.95.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-07-31 | 27014.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 27153.0 |
| 2025-09-30 | 27520.0 |
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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 |
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