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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Adjusted>

Release for:  August 2017
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Aug-17   Jul-17   Jun-17   Aug-16
Sales, total                     473383   465485   465292   441518
 Durable goods sales             228524   224143   223399   209706
  Automotive                      39591    37982    38240    34952
  Furniture                        6903     6910     6827     6978
  Lumber                          11178    11219    11117    10403
  Professional equipt.            41751    40649    39533    38293
   Computer equipt.               20657    19693    19339    18430
  Metals                          13651    13514    13490    11685
  Electrical goods                49968    48894    49100    46113
  Hardware                        11300    11233    11341    11406
  Machinery                       34712    34439    34341    31994
  Misc. durable goods             19470    19303    19410    17882
 Nondurable goods sales          244859   241342   241893   231812
  Paper & paper products           8133     8206     8212     7993
  Drugs                           56987    57018    57381    53954
  Apparel                         12833    12801    12558    13658
  Groceries                       53736    53764    54365    52010
  Farm-products                   17505    17200    17486    18755
  Chemicals                       10139    10207     9817     9470
  Petroleum, products             51502    48546    48518    43111
  Alcohol                         11852    11763    12262    11467
  Misc. nondurable goods          22172    21837    21294    21394
Inventories, total               608083   602377   598648   581910
 Durable goods stocks            371911   368910   365187   354487
  Automotive                      69739    68250    67999    65762
  Furniture                       11507    11469    11501    10986
  Lumber                          16523    16298    16160    15438
  Professional equipt.            44097    43908    43997    40937
   Computer equipt.               17566    17241    17297    15474
  Metals                          28383    27736    27097    25933
  Electrical goods                50418    50350    49050    46022
  Hardware                        23470    23297    23269    22627
  Machinery                      100451   100419    99182   100646
  Misc. durable goods             27323    27183    26932    26136
 Nondurable goods sto            236172   233467   233461   227423
  Paper & paper products           8501     8351     8416     8179
  Drugs                           60083    57959    60160    57683
  Apparel                         26071    26360    26387    28193
  Groceries                       36584    36301    36330    35354
  Farm-products                   25950    25613    24667    23014
  Chemicals                       11748    11736    11629    11538
  Petroleum, products             20724    20381    19980    19524
  Alcohol                         15647    15675    15526    15658
  Misc. nondurable goods          30864    31091    30366    28280
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.28     1.29     1.29     1.32
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.63     1.65     1.63     1.69
  Automotive                       1.76     1.80     1.78     1.88
  Furniture                        1.67     1.66     1.68     1.57
  Lumber                           1.48     1.45     1.45     1.48
  Professional equipt.             1.06     1.08     1.11     1.07
   Computer equipt.                0.85     0.88     0.89     0.84
  Metals                           2.08     2.05     2.01     2.22
  Electrical goods                 1.01     1.03     1.00     1.00
  Hardware                         2.08     2.07     2.05     1.98
  Machinery                        2.89     2.92     2.89     3.15
  Misc. durable goods              1.40     1.41     1.39     1.46
 Nondurable stock/sales            0.96     0.97     0.97     0.98
  Paper & paper products           1.05     1.02     1.02     1.02
  Drugs                            1.05     1.02     1.05     1.07
  Apparel                          2.03     2.06     2.10     2.06
  Groceries                        0.68     0.68     0.67     0.68
  Farm-products                    1.48     1.49     1.41     1.23
  Chemicals                        1.16     1.15     1.18     1.22
  Petroleum, products              0.40     0.42     0.41     0.45
  Alcohol                          1.32     1.33     1.27     1.37
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.39     1.42     1.43     1.32
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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