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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Adjusted>

Release for:  July 2018
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Jul-18   Jun-18   May-18   Jul-17
Sales, total                     505605   505806   506959   460512
 Durable goods sales             243324   243311   242898   222100
  Automotive                      41319    41461    41602    37696
  Furniture                        7060     7291     6956     6899
  Lumber                          12268    12163    12328    11471
  Professional equipt.            41594    42642    43662    40668
   Computer equipt.               21412    22311    23395    20927
  Metals                          15678    15552    15853    13237
  Electrical goods                52361    51624    50674    47754
  Hardware                        12283    12074    12010    11271
  Machinery                       40055    39926    38789    34054
  Misc. durable goods             20706    20578    21024    19050
 Nondurable goods sales          262281   262495   264061   238412
  Paper & paper products           8317     8278     8313     8278
  Drugs                           59348    59396    59798    56953
  Apparel                         12130    12960    13032    12757
  Groceries                       52931    52771    52964    54422
  Farm-products                   20099    20530    20329    16722
  Chemicals                       11296    11146    10944    10102
  Petroleum, products             63269    63565    63705    44913
  Alcohol                         13080    12981    12801    12284
  Misc. nondurable goods          21811    20868    22175    21981
Inventories, total               636341   632717   631955   605894
 Durable goods stocks            386963   384077   380759   364587
  Automotive                      63024    63706    64505    63769
  Furniture                       12993    12970    12969    12591
  Lumber                          17832    17462    17191    15552
  Professional equipt.            45626    44930    44351    44721
   Computer equipt.               16905    16290    16111    16395
  Metals                          33500    32482    31161    27379
  Electrical goods                55852    55678    55602    53262
  Hardware                        24701    24341    24406    23052
  Machinery                      102249   101039    99890    94673
  Misc. durable goods             31186    31469    30684    29588
 Nondurable goods sto            249378   248640   251196   241307
  Paper & paper products          10250    10048     9863     9181
  Drugs                           62902    62567    63032    60371
  Apparel                         26075    25906    26192    27070
  Groceries                       37634    37897    37952    38109
  Farm-products                   26314    25957    27478    22572
  Chemicals                       12724    12569    12472    11964
  Petroleum, products             23628    24043    24570    21759
  Alcohol                         16750    16560    16548    16845
  Misc. nondurable goods          33101    33093    33089    33436
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.26     1.25     1.25     1.32
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.59     1.58     1.57     1.64
  Automotive                       1.53     1.54     1.55     1.69
  Furniture                        1.84     1.78     1.86     1.83
  Lumber                           1.45     1.44     1.39     1.36
  Professional equipt.             1.10     1.05     1.02     1.10
   Computer equipt.                0.79     0.73     0.69     0.78
  Metals                           2.14     2.09     1.97     2.07
  Electrical goods                 1.07     1.08     1.10     1.12
  Hardware                         2.01     2.02     2.03     2.05
  Machinery                        2.55     2.53     2.58     2.78
  Misc. durable goods              1.51     1.53     1.46     1.55
 Nondurable stock/sales            0.95     0.95     0.95     1.01
  Paper & paper products           1.23     1.21     1.19     1.11
  Drugs                            1.06     1.05     1.05     1.06
  Apparel                          2.15     2.00     2.01     2.12
  Groceries                        0.71     0.72     0.72     0.70
  Farm-products                    1.31     1.26     1.35     1.35
  Chemicals                        1.13     1.13     1.14     1.18
  Petroleum, products              0.37     0.38     0.39     0.48
  Alcohol                          1.28     1.28     1.29     1.37
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.52     1.59     1.49     1.52
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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