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 49.12 USD billion in January 2026, versus 48.31 in December 2025. This constitutes an increase of 1.68 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series shown in the chart has 409 records overall. The time period covered by the series stretches from January 1992 to January 2026.
History. Take a look at some descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: inventories recorded their highest level of 50.12 billion US dollars in May 2022; they recorded a bottom of 16.80 in February 1992; they averaged 30.38.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 48235.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 48310.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 49115.0 |
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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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