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 27.10 billion US dollars in January 2026, versus 25.48 in December 2025. This constitutes a gain of 6.36 percent.
Sample. There are 409 data points overall in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The period covered by the series is from January 1992 to January 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: shipments averaged 17.96 billion US dollars; they hit a trough of 9.09 in December 1992; they attained a maximum of 29.84 in March 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 24406.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 25477.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 27104.0 |
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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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