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 stood at 32.70 USD billion in September 2026, compared to 32.63 in August. This constitutes an increase of 0.19 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series shown in the chart has 417 data points. The span of time covered by the series stretches from January 1992 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some statistics computed on the full sample: shipments recorded a minimum of 9.09 billion US dollars in December 1992; they reached their highest level of 32.70 billion US dollars in September 2026; they averaged 18.21 billion US dollars.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 31,089.0 |
| 2026-08-31 | 32,634.0 |
| 2026-09-30 | 32,697.0 |
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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 |
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