Primary Metals Unfilled Orders (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, unfilled orders of primary metals were 49.52 USD billion in September 2026, compared to 49.33 in the previous month. This constitutes a gain of 0.39 percent.
Sample. There are 417 observations in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The period covered by the series is from January 1992 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at a few summary statistics we computed on the full sample: unfilled orders had a mean of 29.90 billion US dollars; they reached their minimum of 16.72 billion US dollars in November 1992; they recorded their maximum of 49.52 billion US dollars in September 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 48,994.0 |
| 2026-08-31 | 49,325.0 |
| 2026-09-30 | 49,518.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Primary Metals Unfilled Orders |
| 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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