Primary Metals Total Inventories (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, inventories of primary metals were 48.22 USD billion in November 2025, compared to 47.94 in October 2025. This constitutes an increase of 0.58 percent.
Sample. There are 407 data points overall in the monthly time series presented in the graph above. The period covered by the series goes from January 1992 to November 2025.
History. Take a look at a few summary statistics we calculated on the whole sample: inventories had an average value of 30.28 billion US dollars; they reached a trough of 16.80 in February 1992; they recorded a maximum of 50.12 in May 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 47851.0 |
| 2025-10-31 | 47937.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 48218.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Primary Metals Total Inventories |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| 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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