May 2026 US Cutting Tool Shipments Totaled $239.8M; Year to Date Up 16.8% From 2025
Shipments of cutting tools totaled $239.8 million in May 2026. The value of shipments decreased 7.4% from April 2026 but was up 15.2% from May 2025. Year-to-date shipments totaled $1.2 billion, up 16.8% from the same period in 2025.
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April 2026 US Cutting Tool Shipments Totaled $258.9M, Up 21.1% From April 2025
Shipments of cutting tools totaled $258.9 million in April 2026. The value of shipments decreased 0.1% from March 2026 but was up 21.1% from April 2025. Unit shipments decreased slightly in April after rising the previous two months.
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March 2026 US Cutting Tool Shipments Totaled $259.3M, Up 24.6% From March 2025
Shipments of cutting tools totaled $259.3 million in March 2026, increasing 15.2% from February 2026 and 24.6% from March 2025. Year-to-date shipments totaled $705.1 million, up 15.9% from the same period in 2025.
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U.S. industrial production increased in April 2026 to the highest level since 2019, according to the latest report from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Capacity utilization increased by 0.4 percentage points from March 2026.
Industrial Measures Fall in March 2026
U.S. industrial production decreased in March 2026 after a strong uptick in February, according to the latest report issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
February 2026 US Cutting Tool Shipments Totaled $225.1M, Up 12.8% From February 2025
Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report, totaled $225.1 million in February 2026, increasing 2% from January 2026 and 12.8% from February 2025. Year-to-date shipments are up 11.3% from the same period in 2025.
January 2026 US Cutting Tool Shipments Totaled $220.7M, Up 9.9% From January 2025
Shipments of cutting tools totaled $220.7 million in January 2026, increasing 2.7% from December 2025 and 9.9% from January 2025. While the dollar value of shipments increased in January, the number of units shipped decreased slightly from December.