Primary Metals Value of Shipments (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, shipments of primary metals were 27.35 USD billion in August 2025, compared to 26.52 in July. This represents a gain of 3.13 percent.
Sample. There are 404 records in the monthly series presented in the graph above. The series covers the time span extending from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a peek at some simple statistics computed on the full sample: shipments had a mean value of 17.85 USD billion; they reached a trough of 9.09 in December 1992; they reached their maximum of 29.84 in March 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 27630.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 26516.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 27349.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Primary Metals Value of Shipments |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| 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 |