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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Adjusted>

Release for:  April 2018
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Apr-18   Mar-18   Feb-18   Apr-17
Sales, total                     493298   489608   487805   457801
 Durable goods sales             238871   237012   237317   221179
  Automotive                      40409    40683    41187    38039
  Furniture                        6944     6836     6965     6785
  Lumber                          12177    11751    11975    11217
  Professional equipt.            41732    41434    41707    40000
   Computer equipt.               21804    21543    21677    20540
  Metals                          15902    15389    15101    13199
  Electrical goods                50792    51571    50755    47874
  Hardware                        11576    11778    11962    11333
  Machinery                       38094    37401    37433    33898
  Misc. durable goods             21245    20169    20232    18834
 Nondurable goods sales          254427   252596   250488   236622
  Paper & paper products           8314     8266     8241     8106
  Drugs                           58548    57877    57002    55051
  Apparel                         12643    13024    13020    12146
  Groceries                       53050    53397    53728    54500
  Farm-products                   19563    18169    17182    16640
  Chemicals                       11064    10843    10971     9819
  Petroleum, products             57161    56299    55727    46741
  Alcohol                         12592    12731    12498    12365
  Misc. nondurable goods          21492    21990    22119    21254
Inventories, total               630171   629230   627913   595717
 Durable goods stocks            379915   379028   376260   357822
  Automotive                      65609    65327    65281    62320
  Furniture                       12931    13096    13054    12553
  Lumber                          17070    16804    16582    15506
  Professional equipt.            44014    43852    44021    44248
   Computer equipt.               15936    15800    16157    16102
  Metals                          31440    30855    29695    26174
  Electrical goods                56416    56282    55739    52445
  Hardware                        24469    24211    23988    22599
  Machinery                       97840    97837    97634    92789
  Misc. durable goods             30126    30764    30266    29188
 Nondurable goods sto            250256   250202   251653   237895
  Paper & paper products           9616     9739     9662     9197
  Drugs                           61614    62972    65282    61559
  Apparel                         26631    26783    26903    26927
  Groceries                       37720    37411    37754    38048
  Farm-products                   28232    27339    26139    20461
  Chemicals                       12273    12440    12438    12029
  Petroleum, products             24051    23332    23057    22410
  Alcohol                         16758    16678    16826    16519
  Misc. nondurable goods          33361    33508    33592    30745
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.28     1.29     1.29     1.30
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.59     1.60     1.59     1.62
  Automotive                       1.62     1.61     1.58     1.64
  Furniture                        1.86     1.92     1.87     1.85
  Lumber                           1.40     1.43     1.38     1.38
  Professional equipt.             1.05     1.06     1.06     1.11
   Computer equipt.                0.73     0.73     0.75     0.78
  Metals                           1.98     2.01     1.97     1.98
  Electrical goods                 1.11     1.09     1.10     1.10
  Hardware                         2.11     2.06     2.01     1.99
  Machinery                        2.57     2.62     2.61     2.74
  Misc. durable goods              1.42     1.53     1.50     1.55
 Nondurable stock/sales            0.98     0.99     1.00     1.01
  Paper & paper products           1.16     1.18     1.17     1.13
  Drugs                            1.05     1.09     1.15     1.12
  Apparel                          2.11     2.06     2.07     2.22
  Groceries                        0.71     0.70     0.70     0.70
  Farm-products                    1.44     1.50     1.52     1.23
  Chemicals                        1.11     1.15     1.13     1.23
  Petroleum, products              0.42     0.41     0.41     0.48
  Alcohol                          1.33     1.31     1.35     1.34
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.55     1.52     1.52     1.45
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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