Primary Metals Value of Shipments (advance estimate; 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. In the United States, shipments of primary metals were 32.05 USD billion (seasonally adjusted) in September 2026, compared to 31.88 in the previous month. This constitutes a gain of 0.56 percent.
Sample. There are 417 records overall in the monthly time series displayed in the plot above. The time range covered by the series goes from January 1992 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics computed on the whole sample: shipments had an average value of 18.20 billion US dollars; they reached their maximum of 32.05 billion US dollars in September 2026; they reached their minimum of 9.88 billion US dollars in December 1992.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 31,249.0 |
| 2026-08-31 | 31,877.0 |
| 2026-09-30 | 32,055.0 |
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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 | Yes |
| 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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