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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Adjusted>

Release for:  January 2018
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Jan-18   Dec-17   Nov-17   Jan-17
Sales, total                     492558   498152   494226   461731
 Durable goods sales             235842   239308   237971   221214
  Automotive                      40799    41000    41137    39735
  Furniture                        6718     6910     6951     7172
  Lumber                          11773    11933    11994    10942
  Professional equipt.            41933    41301    41681    39490
   Computer equipt.               20157    19682    19812    18649
  Metals                          14666    14646    14071    12666
  Electrical goods                51565    53102    51649    47664
  Hardware                        11900    12076    12044    11193
  Machinery                       36651    37748    37685    33340
  Misc. durable goods             19837    20592    20759    19012
 Nondurable goods sales          256716   258844   256255   240517
  Paper & paper products           7950     8000     8127     7943
  Drugs                           58362    57920    57904    54732
  Apparel                         12876    13230    13197    13218
  Groceries                       52915    53788    53591    53049
  Farm-products                   16747    17397    17226    17159
  Chemicals                       10817    11082    10773    10209
  Petroleum, products             63318    62838    61340    51340
  Alcohol                         11584    12151    11972    11537
  Misc. nondurable goods          22147    22438    22125    21330
Inventories, total               619050   613936   609709   590689
 Durable goods stocks            376805   376044   374364   358560
  Automotive                      70959    70474    69342    66186
  Furniture                       11719    11575    11492    11336
  Lumber                          17000    17111    16864    16059
  Professional equipt.            42276    42626    42497    42965
   Computer equipt.               16349    16679    16599    16952
  Metals                          29581    29393    29430    25775
  Electrical goods                52227    51842    51447    47037
  Hardware                        24005    23783    23665    22943
  Machinery                      101793   101813   101984    98939
  Misc. durable goods             27245    27427    27643    27320
 Nondurable goods sto            242245   237892   235345   232129
  Paper & paper products           8768     8862     8773     8145
  Drugs                           63365    60725    60092    57777
  Apparel                         26191    26007    26069    26666
  Groceries                       35487    35691    35540    36490
  Farm-products                   27547    26806    25946    24460
  Chemicals                       12107    12297    11912    11559
  Petroleum, products             22465    21586    21956    22700
  Alcohol                         16080    15742    15395    15593
  Misc. nondurable goods          30235    30176    29662    28739
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.26     1.23     1.23     1.28
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.60     1.57     1.57     1.62
  Automotive                       1.74     1.72     1.69     1.67
  Furniture                        1.74     1.68     1.65     1.58
  Lumber                           1.44     1.43     1.41     1.47
  Professional equipt.             1.01     1.03     1.02     1.09
   Computer equipt.                0.81     0.85     0.84     0.91
  Metals                           2.02     2.01     2.09     2.03
  Electrical goods                 1.01     0.98     1.00     0.99
  Hardware                         2.02     1.97     1.96     2.05
  Machinery                        2.78     2.70     2.71     2.97
  Misc. durable goods              1.37     1.33     1.33     1.44
 Nondurable stock/sales            0.94     0.92     0.92     0.97
  Paper & paper products           1.10     1.11     1.08     1.03
  Drugs                            1.09     1.05     1.04     1.06
  Apparel                          2.03     1.97     1.98     2.02
  Groceries                        0.67     0.66     0.66     0.69
  Farm-products                    1.64     1.54     1.51     1.43
  Chemicals                        1.12     1.11     1.11     1.13
  Petroleum, products              0.35     0.34     0.36     0.44
  Alcohol                          1.39     1.30     1.29     1.35
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.37     1.34     1.34     1.35
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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