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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Adjusted>

Release for:  December 2017
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Dec-17   Nov-17   Oct-17   Dec-16
Sales, total                     500220   494226   485148   458488
 Durable goods sales             240247   237971   234502   218505
  Automotive                      41063    41137    41318    38269
  Furniture                        6958     6951     6952     7362
  Lumber                          12004    11994    11935    10798
  Professional equipt.            41055    41681    40250    39167
   Computer equipt.               19499    19812    18632    18862
  Metals                          14683    14071    14075    12527
  Electrical goods                53469    51649    50778    47846
  Hardware                        12101    12044    11789    11465
  Machinery                       38061    37685    36465    32728
  Misc. durable goods             20853    20759    20940    18343
 Nondurable goods sales          259973   256255   250646   239983
  Paper & paper products           8091     8127     8123     7958
  Drugs                           57940    57904    56958    54968
  Apparel                         13221    13197    13165    13286
  Groceries                       54198    53591    54196    52231
  Farm-products                   17490    17226    17224    17160
  Chemicals                       11054    10773    10734     9905
  Petroleum, products             63335    61340    55948    51389
  Alcohol                         12111    11972    11914    11712
  Misc. nondurable goods          22533    22125    22384    21374
Inventories, total               612122   609709   606128   591915
 Durable goods stocks            375934   374364   372836   358895
  Automotive                      70520    69342    68703    68615
  Furniture                       11518    11492    11524    11121
  Lumber                          17089    16864    16852    16038
  Professional equipt.            42526    42497    43106    42401
   Computer equipt.               16692    16599    16686    16251
  Metals                          29411    29430    29217    25259
  Electrical goods                52059    51447    50702    46671
  Hardware                        23745    23665    23711    22794
  Machinery                      101829   101984   101118    99015
  Misc. durable goods             27237    27643    27903    26981
 Nondurable goods sto            236188   235345   233292   233020
  Paper & paper products           8824     8773     8643     8257
  Drugs                           60052    60092    59057    59160
  Apparel                         25879    26069    26172    26951
  Groceries                       35736    35540    36285    35712
  Farm-products                   26510    25946    24756    24027
  Chemicals                       12294    11912    11956    11897
  Petroleum, products             21217    21956    21648    22858
  Alcohol                         15668    15395    15414    15223
  Misc. nondurable goods          30008    29662    29361    28935
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.22     1.23     1.25     1.29
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.56     1.57     1.59     1.64
  Automotive                       1.72     1.69     1.66     1.79
  Furniture                        1.66     1.65     1.66     1.51
  Lumber                           1.42     1.41     1.41     1.49
  Professional equipt.             1.04     1.02     1.07     1.08
   Computer equipt.                0.86     0.84     0.90     0.86
  Metals                           2.00     2.09     2.08     2.02
  Electrical goods                 0.97     1.00     1.00     0.98
  Hardware                         1.96     1.96     2.01     1.99
  Machinery                        2.68     2.71     2.77     3.03
  Misc. durable goods              1.31     1.33     1.33     1.47
 Nondurable stock/sales            0.91     0.92     0.93     0.97
  Paper & paper products           1.09     1.08     1.06     1.04
  Drugs                            1.04     1.04     1.04     1.08
  Apparel                          1.96     1.98     1.99     2.03
  Groceries                        0.66     0.66     0.67     0.68
  Farm-products                    1.52     1.51     1.44     1.40
  Chemicals                        1.11     1.11     1.11     1.20
  Petroleum, products              0.33     0.36     0.39     0.44
  Alcohol                          1.29     1.29     1.29     1.30
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.33     1.34     1.31     1.35
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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