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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Adjusted>

Release for:  October 2017
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Oct-17   Sep-17   Aug-17   Oct-16
Sales, total                     484582   481204   474487   447147
 Durable goods sales             234033   231123   229200   211957
  Automotive                      41304    39962    39660    35837
  Furniture                        6934     6889     6902     6937
  Lumber                          11960    11547    11226    10457
  Professional equipt.            40115    40341    41615    38795
   Computer equipt.               18444    19616    20586    18497
  Metals                          14113    14162    13728    11993
  Electrical goods                50691    51102    50321    46826
  Hardware                        11721    11533    11356    11190
  Machinery                       36159    35665    34866    32198
  Misc. durable goods             21036    19922    19526    17724
 Nondurable goods sales          250549   250081   245287   235190
  Paper & paper products           8115     7817     8070     7712
  Drugs                           56970    55976    56823    54398
  Apparel                         13150    12891    12813    13400
  Groceries                       54299    52789    53610    51899
  Farm-products                   17204    17176    17237    17908
  Chemicals                       10713    10396    10168     9796
  Petroleum, products             55791    59270    52581    47794
  Alcohol                         11913    11784    11859    11645
  Misc. nondurable goods          22394    21982    22126    20638
Inventories, total               605348   608266   607470   582546
 Durable goods stocks            372947   372713   371624   352737
  Automotive                      68709    69197    69687    65236
  Furniture                       11560    11574    11534    11244
  Lumber                          16932    16642    16491    15681
  Professional equipt.            43258    43474    43872    41519
   Computer equipt.               16749    16973    17448    15770
  Metals                          29232    28543    28179    25084
  Electrical goods                50645    50955    50628    46647
  Hardware                        23726    23663    23481    22730
  Machinery                      100813   100495   100248    98813
  Misc. durable goods             28072    28170    27504    25783
 Nondurable goods sto            232401   235553   235846   229809
  Paper & paper products           8611     8624     8523     8268
  Drugs                           59025    60509    60144    58362
  Apparel                         26216    26151    26064    27573
  Groceries                       36422    36535    36491    35358
  Farm-products                   24257    25192    25918    23899
  Chemicals                       11953    11873    11745    11430
  Petroleum, products             21340    21263    20543    20474
  Alcohol                         15414    15425    15608    15777
  Misc. nondurable goods          29163    29981    30810    28668
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.25     1.26     1.28     1.30
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.59     1.61     1.62     1.66
  Automotive                       1.66     1.73     1.76     1.82
  Furniture                        1.67     1.68     1.67     1.62
  Lumber                           1.42     1.44     1.47     1.50
  Professional equipt.             1.08     1.08     1.05     1.07
   Computer equipt.                0.91     0.87     0.85     0.85
  Metals                           2.07     2.02     2.05     2.09
  Electrical goods                 1.00     1.00     1.01     1.00
  Hardware                         2.02     2.05     2.07     2.03
  Machinery                        2.79     2.82     2.88     3.07
  Misc. durable goods              1.33     1.41     1.41     1.45
 Nondurable stock/sales            0.93     0.94     0.96     0.98
  Paper & paper products           1.06     1.10     1.06     1.07
  Drugs                            1.04     1.08     1.06     1.07
  Apparel                          1.99     2.03     2.03     2.06
  Groceries                        0.67     0.69     0.68     0.68
  Farm-products                    1.41     1.47     1.50     1.33
  Chemicals                        1.12     1.14     1.16     1.17
  Petroleum, products              0.38     0.36     0.39     0.43
  Alcohol                          1.29     1.31     1.32     1.35
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.30     1.36     1.39     1.39
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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