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 44.74 USD billion in August 2025, versus 45.12 in July. This constitutes a decrease of 0.84 percent.
Sample. There are 404 observations overall in the monthly time series presented in the chart above. The series covers the time range extending from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: unfilled orders averaged 29.36 billion US dollars; they hit a peak of 47.71 in July 2008; they recorded a bottom of 16.72 in November 1992.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 45060.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 45122.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 44742.0 |
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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 |