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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Adjusted>

Release for:  September 2018
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Sep-18   Aug-18   Jul-18   Sep-17
Sales, total                     511169   510369   506874   474091
 Durable goods sales             246686   246611   243906   228611
  Automotive                      41276    41526    41338    39684
  Furniture                        7149     7167     7084     6859
  Lumber                          11865    12152    12279    11762
  Professional equipt.            42353    42781    41620    40684
   Computer equipt.               21592    22539    21486    21275
  Metals                          16128    16275    15990    13874
  Electrical goods                53766    53841    52565    49686
  Hardware                        12225    11977    12305    11519
  Machinery                       41018    40613    40112    35123
  Misc. durable goods             20906    20279    20613    19420
 Nondurable goods sales          264483   263758   262968   245480
  Paper & paper products           8290     8259     8297     7938
  Drugs                           59901    59337    59187    56204
  Apparel                         12009    12286    12095    12853
  Groceries                       52778    53352    53200    53430
  Farm-products                   18136    19318    19999    17474
  Chemicals                       11281    11096    11278    10279
  Petroleum, products             66346    64779    63936    53304
  Alcohol                         13237    13075    13095    12123
  Misc. nondurable goods          22505    22256    21881    21875
Inventories, total               644556   642214   636339   612650
 Durable goods stocks            393371   390089   386336   368196
  Automotive                      66234    65292    63094    64552
  Furniture                       12968    12946    12965    12695
  Lumber                          17790    17761    17715    15848
  Professional equipt.            46273    45871    45636    44372
   Computer equipt.               17644    17317    16916    16083
  Metals                          33590    33296    33182    28090
  Electrical goods                56088    55568    55692    53894
  Hardware                        25200    25003    24717    23366
  Machinery                      103472   102772   102167    94836
  Misc. durable goods             31756    31580    31168    30543
 Nondurable goods sto            251185   252125   250003   244454
  Paper & paper products          10263    10289    10269     9514
  Drugs                           63262    64354    63095    62828
  Apparel                         26217    26007    25993    26781
  Groceries                       37436    37391    37577    38395
  Farm-products                   25944    26965    26510    22852
  Chemicals                       13011    13021    12751    12088
  Petroleum, products             25523    24315    23779    22575
  Alcohol                         17022    16864    16741    16636
  Misc. nondurable goods          32507    32919    33288    32785
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.26     1.26     1.26     1.29
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.59     1.58     1.58     1.61
  Automotive                       1.60     1.57     1.53     1.63
  Furniture                        1.81     1.81     1.83     1.85
  Lumber                           1.50     1.46     1.44     1.35
  Professional equipt.             1.09     1.07     1.10     1.09
   Computer equipt.                0.82     0.77     0.79     0.76
  Metals                           2.08     2.05     2.08     2.02
  Electrical goods                 1.04     1.03     1.06     1.08
  Hardware                         2.06     2.09     2.01     2.03
  Machinery                        2.52     2.53     2.55     2.70
  Misc. durable goods              1.52     1.56     1.51     1.57
 Nondurable stock/sales            0.95     0.96     0.95     1.00
  Paper & paper products           1.24     1.25     1.24     1.20
  Drugs                            1.06     1.08     1.07     1.12
  Apparel                          2.18     2.12     2.15     2.08
  Groceries                        0.71     0.70     0.71     0.72
  Farm-products                    1.43     1.40     1.33     1.31
  Chemicals                        1.15     1.17     1.13     1.18
  Petroleum, products              0.38     0.38     0.37     0.42
  Alcohol                          1.29     1.29     1.28     1.37
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.44     1.48     1.52     1.50
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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