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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Adjusted>

Release for:  March 2018
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Mar-18   Feb-18   Jan-18   Mar-17
Sales, total                     497935   496221   490894   464072
 Durable goods sales             239964   240722   236418   221438
  Automotive                      40971    41621    41139    38018
  Furniture                        6863     6980     6679     6935
  Lumber                          11663    11813    11802    11170
  Professional equipt.            41001    41636    41912    39684
   Computer equipt.               20015    20402    20265    19049
  Metals                          15510    15540    14826    13454
  Electrical goods                53541    52442    51447    46634
  Hardware                        11929    12079    11968    11574
  Machinery                       38449    38116    36657    34451
  Misc. durable goods             20037    20495    19988    19518
 Nondurable goods sales          257971   255499   254476   242634
  Paper & paper products           8192     8139     7981     7917
  Drugs                           57882    56849    58125    54891
  Apparel                         13487    13227    12494    12432
  Groceries                       52701    53259    52921    53544
  Farm-products                   18023    17211    16604    17782
  Chemicals                       11049    11135    10908    10079
  Petroleum, products             62193    61638    61855    52262
  Alcohol                         12196    12020    11673    11749
  Misc. nondurable goods          22248    22021    21915    21978
Inventories, total               627396   625250   619607   594433
 Durable goods stocks            383997   380897   376862   361701
  Automotive                      70015    70176    70437    67943
  Furniture                       11943    11886    11710    11397
  Lumber                          17517    17356    17088    16201
  Professional equipt.            42676    42962    42222    43191
   Computer equipt.               16565    16815    16333    16856
  Metals                          31366    30011    29695    26311
  Electrical goods                53855    53104    52295    48433
  Hardware                        24583    24244    24024    22935
  Machinery                      104012   103351   102061    98410
  Misc. durable goods             28030    27807    27330    26880
 Nondurable goods sto            243399   244353   242745   232732
  Paper & paper products           8894     8775     8752     8462
  Drugs                           61869    63239    63367    60118
  Apparel                         26140    26321    26238    26321
  Groceries                       35538    35891    35600    35624
  Farm-products                   30971    29848    28037    23846
  Chemicals                       12162    12203    12168    11721
  Petroleum, products             21528    21518    22296    22451
  Alcohol                         15520    15734    15882    15428
  Misc. nondurable goods          30777    30824    30405    28761
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.26     1.26     1.26     1.28
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.60     1.58     1.59     1.63
  Automotive                       1.71     1.69     1.71     1.79
  Furniture                        1.74     1.70     1.75     1.64
  Lumber                           1.50     1.47     1.45     1.45
  Professional equipt.             1.04     1.03     1.01     1.09
   Computer equipt.                0.83     0.82     0.81     0.88
  Metals                           2.02     1.93     2.00     1.96
  Electrical goods                 1.01     1.01     1.02     1.04
  Hardware                         2.06     2.01     2.01     1.98
  Machinery                        2.71     2.71     2.78     2.86
  Misc. durable goods              1.40     1.36     1.37     1.38
 Nondurable stock/sales            0.94     0.96     0.95     0.96
  Paper & paper products           1.09     1.08     1.10     1.07
  Drugs                            1.07     1.11     1.09     1.10
  Apparel                          1.94     1.99     2.10     2.12
  Groceries                        0.67     0.67     0.67     0.67
  Farm-products                    1.72     1.73     1.69     1.34
  Chemicals                        1.10     1.10     1.12     1.16
  Petroleum, products              0.35     0.35     0.36     0.43
  Alcohol                          1.27     1.31     1.36     1.31
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.38     1.40     1.39     1.31
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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