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 47.99 billion US dollars in August 2025, compared to 48.05 in July. This represents a decrease of 0.12 percent.
Sample. There are 404 records in the monthly series shown in the figure above. The time span covered by the series is from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: inventories recorded a minimum of 16.80 USD billion in February 1992; they achieved a maximum of 50.12 in May 2022; they were equal on average to 30.15.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 47432.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 48045.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 47990.0 |
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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 |