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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Adjusted>

Release for:  February 2018
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Feb-18   Jan-18   Dec-17   Feb-17
Sales, total                     495873   490894   498152   464364
 Durable goods sales             240488   236418   239308   221538
  Automotive                      41712    41139    41000    37621
  Furniture                        6979     6679     6910     6929
  Lumber                          11841    11802    11933    11501
  Professional equipt.            41759    41912    41301    39927
   Computer equipt.               20410    20265    19682    18855
  Metals                          15474    14826    14646    13137
  Electrical goods                51924    51447    53102    47712
  Hardware                        12120    11968    12076    11274
  Machinery                       38083    36657    37748    34001
  Misc. durable goods             20596    19988    20592    19436
 Nondurable goods sales          255385   254476   258844   242826
  Paper & paper products           8123     7981     8000     7963
  Drugs                           56735    58125    57920    55074
  Apparel                         13114    12494    13230    12784
  Groceries                       53540    52921    53788    52647
  Farm-products                   17153    16604    17397    17557
  Chemicals                       11129    10908    11082    10336
  Petroleum, products             61658    61855    62838    52466
  Alcohol                         11957    11673    12151    12011
  Misc. nondurable goods          21976    21915    22438    21988
Inventories, total               625577   619607   613936   593101
 Durable goods stocks            380901   376862   376044   359103
  Automotive                      70355    70437    70474    66392
  Furniture                       11880    11710    11575    11353
  Lumber                          17333    17088    17111    16195
  Professional equipt.            42933    42222    42626    42765
   Computer equipt.               16791    16333    16679    16815
  Metals                          29893    29695    29393    26280
  Electrical goods                52989    52295    51842    47382
  Hardware                        24190    24024    23783    23005
  Machinery                      103589   102061   101813    98872
  Misc. durable goods             27739    27330    27427    26859
 Nondurable goods sto            244676   242745   237892   233998
  Paper & paper products           8781     8752     8862     8318
  Drugs                           63526    63367    60725    58849
  Apparel                         26401    26238    26007    26401
  Groceries                       35965    35600    35691    35865
  Farm-products                   29643    28037    26806    24997
  Chemicals                       12199    12168    12297    11629
  Petroleum, products             21470    22296    21586    23644
  Alcohol                         15759    15882    15742    15662
  Misc. nondurable goods          30932    30405    30176    28633
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.26     1.26     1.23     1.28
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.58     1.59     1.57     1.62
  Automotive                       1.69     1.71     1.72     1.76
  Furniture                        1.70     1.75     1.68     1.64
  Lumber                           1.46     1.45     1.43     1.41
  Professional equipt.             1.03     1.01     1.03     1.07
   Computer equipt.                0.82     0.81     0.85     0.89
  Metals                           1.93     2.00     2.01     2.00
  Electrical goods                 1.02     1.02     0.98     0.99
  Hardware                         2.00     2.01     1.97     2.04
  Machinery                        2.72     2.78     2.70     2.91
  Misc. durable goods              1.35     1.37     1.33     1.38
 Nondurable stock/sales            0.96     0.95     0.92     0.96
  Paper & paper products           1.08     1.10     1.11     1.04
  Drugs                            1.12     1.09     1.05     1.07
  Apparel                          2.01     2.10     1.97     2.07
  Groceries                        0.67     0.67     0.66     0.68
  Farm-products                    1.73     1.69     1.54     1.42
  Chemicals                        1.10     1.12     1.11     1.13
  Petroleum, products              0.35     0.36     0.34     0.45
  Alcohol                          1.32     1.36     1.30     1.30
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.41     1.39     1.34     1.30
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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