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 48.69 billion US dollars in July 2026, versus 48.07 in June. This constitutes an increase of 1.29 percent.
Sample. There are 415 records overall in the monthly series presented in the graph above. The time span covered by the series extends from January 1992 to July 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: unfilled orders peaked at 48.69 billion US dollars in July 2026; they reached their minimum of 16.72 in November 1992; they had a mean of 29.81.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 47540.0 |
| 2026-06-30 | 48074.0 |
| 2026-07-31 | 48686.0 |
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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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