Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17
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Release Date: November 24, 2025
Table 1.05 NAICS 331: Primary metal PDF
| Groups and Series |
Classification |
Value added in 2022 | Type of series |
Units, source for monthly series, and notes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millions of dollars |
Proportion |
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| NAICS | Market | |||||
| Primary metal | 331 | . . . | 124,133 | 2.91 | . . . | . . . |
| Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | . . . | 67,613 | 1.59 | . . . | . . . |
| Basic iron and steel* | 3311,2pt. | . . . | 8,744 | .21 | . . . | . . . |
| Coke and products | 3311,2pt. | Mec | 1,070 | .03 | Qprod | Tons, coke; Department of Energy. Monthly data for 1972-80. |
| Pig iron | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 3,578 | .08 | Prod | Tons; U.S. Geological Survey. American Iron and Steel Institute for 1972-2016. |
| Raw steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 4,096 | .10 | Prod | Tons, weighted combination of carbon, alloy, and stainless; AISI. |
| Steel mill products* | 3311,2pt. | . . . | 58,869 | 1.38 | . . . | Tons. Shipments (AISI) plus inventory change (model-based by FRB beginning in 2005, survey-based from Census through 2004). |
| Construction steel | 3311,2pt. | Sc | 14,608 | .34 | Prod | Tons, steel for construction, including maintenance and contractors' products; AISI. |
| Consumer durable steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 10,398 | .24 | Prod | Tons, steel for autos, appliances, utensils, and cutlery; AISI. |
| Can and closure steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 739 | .02 | Prod | Tons; AISI. |
| Equipment steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 3,512 | .08 | Prod | Tons; AISI. |
| Miscellaneous steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 29,611 | .70 | Prod | Tons of steel, all other classifications, including warehouses and exports; AISI. |
| Nonferrous metals except foundries | 3313,4 | . . . | 39,263 | .92 | . . . | . . . |
| Alumina and aluminum production and processing |
3313 | . . . | 17,359 | .41 | . . . | . . . |
| Alumina refining and primary aluminum production* |
331313 | . . . | 921 | .02 | . . . | |
| Alumina refining† | 331313pt. | Mnd | 224 | .01 | Qprod | Thousand metric tons, North American alumina production since 1974; International Aluminium Institute. Production worker hours for 1972-73. |
| Primary aluminum production | 331313pt. | Mnd | 697 | .02 | Prod | Tons, primary aluminum ingots; Aluminum Association. |
| Secondary smelting and alloying of aluminum |
331314 | Mnd | 2,305 | .05 | Prod | Tons, aluminum alloys and brass ingot at secondary smelters and secondary lead; U.S. Geological Survey. |
| Aluminum sheet, plate, foil, and other products* |
331315,8 | . . . | 14,133 | .33 | . . . | . . . |
| Misc. aluminum materials | 331315,8pt. | Mnd | 9,202 | .22 | Prod | Pounds, aluminum mill products other than extruded shapes, powder and paste, and forgings and impacts for 1972Q1-2011Q2; Census Bureau. Net shipments for 1972-86. |
| Aluminum extruded product | 331318pt. | Mnd | 4,931 | .12 | Prod | Pounds, extruded shapes for 1972Q1-2011Q2; Census Bureau. Net shipments for 1972-86. |
| Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing |
3314 | . . . | 21,904 | .51 | . . . | . . . |
| Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) smelting and refining |
33141 | . . . | 3,154 | .07 | . . . | . . . |
| Primary smelting and refining of copper |
33141pt. | . . . | 1,080 | .03 | . . . | . . . |
| Copper refining† | 33141pt. | Mnd | 612 | .01 | Hrs | Tons, refined copper; American Bureau of Metal Statistics (ABMS) for 1972-2015. |
| Copper smelting† | 33141pt. | Mnd | 468 | .01 | Prod | Tons, copper smelting production; U.S. Geological Survey. For 1972-1991, tons, scrap and primary copper; ABMS. |
| Primary smelting and refining of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) |
33141pt. | Mnd | 2,074 | .05 | Prod | Tons, lead mining and primary slab zinc refining; U.S. Geological Survey and American Bureau of Metal Statistics. Before August 1998, lead refining (ABMS) used instead of lead mining. |
| Copper rolling, drawing, extruding, and alloying* |
33142 | Mnd | 11,981 | .28 | Hrs | Tons, refined copper consumption by U.S. fabricators; ABMS for 1972-2015. |
| Nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, extruding, and alloying* |
33149 | Mnd | 6,768 | .16 | Hrs | . . . |
| Foundries | 3315 | . . . | 17,257 | .41 | . . . | . . . |
| Ferrous metal foundries* | 33151 | Mnd | 10,216 | .24 | Hrs | Electric power use for 1972-96. |
| Nonferrous metal foundries* | 33152 | Mnd | 7,042 | .17 | Hrs | Pounds, shipments of die castings, sand castings, permanent molds, and other aluminum castings, with model-based inventory adjustment; Aluminum Association, FRB for 1994 to 2007 for aluminum castings component; production worker hours for 1992-1993. Grouped with other nonferrous castings 1972-1991; production worker hours. |
* Auxiliary index.
† Unpublished.
. . . Not applicable.
Last Update: November 24, 2025