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Free AccessUS Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Adjusted>
Release for: August 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
yr-ago
Kind of business Aug-18 Jul-18 Jun-18 Aug-17
Sales, total 511138 506874 505806 467917
Durable goods sales 246960 243906 243311 226469
Automotive 41436 41338 41461 39348
Furniture 7150 7084 7291 6864
Lumber 12369 12279 12163 11409
Professional equipt. 42984 41620 42642 41571
Computer equipt. 22826 21486 22311 21764
Metals 16426 15990 15552 13305
Electrical goods 53831 52565 51624 48857
Hardware 11959 12305 12074 11429
Machinery 40556 40112 39926 34381
Misc. durable goods 20249 20613 20578 19305
Nondurable goods sales 264178 262968 262495 241448
Paper & paper products 8272 8297 8278 8184
Drugs 59293 59187 59396 57028
Apparel 12358 12095 12960 12798
Groceries 53536 53200 52771 54009
Farm-products 19669 19999 20530 17297
Chemicals 11156 11278 11146 10083
Petroleum, products 64599 63936 63565 47572
Alcohol 13051 13095 12981 12396
Misc. nondurable goods 22244 21881 20868 22081
Inventories, total 642706 636339 632717 610597
Durable goods stocks 389776 386336 384077 367251
Automotive 65271 63094 63706 65010
Furniture 12972 12965 12970 12656
Lumber 17803 17715 17462 15765
Professional equipt. 45774 45636 44930 44814
Computer equipt. 17182 16916 16290 16475
Metals 33452 33182 32482 27847
Electrical goods 55484 55692 55678 53558
Hardware 24975 24717 24341 23209
Machinery 102705 102167 101039 94603
Misc. durable goods 31340 31168 31469 29789
Nondurable goods sto 252930 250003 248640 243346
Paper & paper products 10297 10269 10048 9371
Drugs 64432 63095 62567 62013
Apparel 26010 25993 25906 26742
Groceries 37312 37577 37897 38348
Farm-products 27821 26510 25957 22760
Chemicals 13029 12751 12569 11974
Petroleum, products 23903 23779 24043 22026
Alcohol 16825 16741 16560 16823
Misc. nondurable goods 33301 33288 33093 33289
Stock/sales ratios, total 1.26 1.26 1.25 1.30
Durable goods stock/sales 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.62
Automotive 1.58 1.53 1.54 1.65
Furniture 1.81 1.83 1.78 1.84
Lumber 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.38
Professional equipt. 1.06 1.10 1.05 1.08
Computer equipt. 0.75 0.79 0.73 0.76
Metals 2.04 2.08 2.09 2.09
Electrical goods 1.03 1.06 1.08 1.10
Hardware 2.09 2.01 2.02 2.03
Machinery 2.53 2.55 2.53 2.75
Misc. durable goods 1.55 1.51 1.53 1.54
Nondurable stock/sales 0.96 0.95 0.95 1.01
Paper & paper products 1.24 1.24 1.21 1.15
Drugs 1.09 1.07 1.05 1.09
Apparel 2.10 2.15 2.00 2.09
Groceries 0.70 0.71 0.72 0.71
Farm-products 1.41 1.33 1.26 1.32
Chemicals 1.17 1.13 1.13 1.19
Petroleum, products 0.37 0.37 0.38 0.46
Alcohol 1.29 1.28 1.28 1.36
Misc. nondurable goods 1.50 1.52 1.59 1.51
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