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Free AccessUS Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Adjusted>
Release for: May 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
yr-ago
Kind of business May-18 Apr-18 Mar-18 May-17
Sales, total 508990 496410 489608 455105
Durable goods sales 244159 239655 237012 220902
Automotive 41683 40517 40683 37807
Furniture 6891 6922 6836 6899
Lumber 12434 12227 11751 11195
Professional equipt. 43502 42474 41434 39960
Computer equipt. 23437 22468 21543 20766
Metals 16064 15877 15389 13142
Electrical goods 51784 50658 51571 47680
Hardware 11968 11513 11778 11351
Machinery 38739 38238 37401 34214
Misc. durable goods 21094 21229 20169 18654
Nondurable goods sales 264831 256755 252596 234203
Paper & paper products 8309 8312 8266 8198
Drugs 59446 58526 57877 55604
Apparel 12992 12752 13024 12546
Groceries 52994 52942 53397 54782
Farm-products 20223 19420 18169 16991
Chemicals 10874 11011 10843 9948
Petroleum, products 64663 59691 56299 42587
Alcohol 12767 12597 12731 12355
Misc. nondurable goods 22563 21504 21990 21192
Inventories, total 633547 629865 629230 598107
Durable goods stocks 381473 379615 379028 359678
Automotive 64696 65479 65327 62838
Furniture 12985 12951 13096 12537
Lumber 17137 17007 16804 15447
Professional equipt. 44234 44082 43852 44414
Computer equipt. 16075 15975 15800 16268
Metals 31362 31188 30855 26664
Electrical goods 56551 56171 56282 52286
Hardware 24439 24338 24211 22934
Machinery 99690 98196 97837 93246
Misc. durable goods 30379 30203 30764 29312
Nondurable goods sto 252074 250250 250202 238429
Paper & paper products 9845 9625 9739 9246
Drugs 62868 61585 62972 61085
Apparel 26177 26557 26783 27000
Groceries 37920 37831 37411 37945
Farm-products 28250 28203 27339 20541
Chemicals 12503 12265 12440 11780
Petroleum, products 24917 24258 23332 22356
Alcohol 16578 16713 16678 16817
Misc. nondurable goods 33016 33213 33508 31659
Stock/sales ratios, total 1.24 1.27 1.29 1.31
Durable goods stock/sales 1.56 1.58 1.60 1.63
Automotive 1.55 1.62 1.61 1.66
Furniture 1.88 1.87 1.92 1.82
Lumber 1.38 1.39 1.43 1.38
Professional equipt. 1.02 1.04 1.06 1.11
Computer equipt. 0.69 0.71 0.73 0.78
Metals 1.95 1.96 2.01 2.03
Electrical goods 1.09 1.11 1.09 1.10
Hardware 2.04 2.11 2.06 2.02
Machinery 2.57 2.57 2.62 2.73
Misc. durable goods 1.44 1.42 1.53 1.57
Nondurable stock/sales 0.95 0.97 0.99 1.02
Paper & paper products 1.18 1.16 1.18 1.13
Drugs 1.06 1.05 1.09 1.10
Apparel 2.01 2.08 2.06 2.15
Groceries 0.72 0.71 0.70 0.69
Farm-products 1.40 1.45 1.50 1.21
Chemicals 1.15 1.11 1.15 1.18
Petroleum, products 0.39 0.41 0.41 0.52
Alcohol 1.30 1.33 1.31 1.36
Misc. nondurable goods 1.46 1.54 1.52 1.49
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