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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Adjusted>

Release for:  October 2018
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Oct-18   Sep-18   Aug-18   Oct-17
Sales, total                     510056   511058   510369   477567
 Durable goods sales             246895   247080   246611   231259
  Automotive                      40832    41358    41526    40813
  Furniture                        6986     7117     7167     6969
  Lumber                          11874    11882    12152    12108
  Professional equipt.            43119    42468    42781    40356
   Computer equipt.               22681    21622    22539    19830
  Metals                          16602    16246    16275    13773
  Electrical goods                53417    53908    53841    49314
  Hardware                        12056    12209    11977    11763
  Machinery                       41527    41090    40613    35842
  Misc. durable goods             20482    20802    20279    20321
 Nondurable goods sales          263161   263978   263758   246308
  Paper & paper products           8204     8278     8259     8239
  Drugs                           60207    60013    59337    57079
  Apparel                         11749    11951    12286    13178
  Groceries                       53411    53051    53352    54417
  Farm-products                   15661    17461    19318    17509
  Chemicals                       11596    11336    11096    10541
  Petroleum, products             66655    66304    64779    50634
  Alcohol                         13071    13226    13075    12496
  Misc. nondurable goods          22607    22358    22256    22215
Inventories, total               652148   646756   642214   609856
 Durable goods stocks            402023   395170   390089   367952
  Automotive                      69174    66895    65292    63967
  Furniture                       13155    13008    12946    12647
  Lumber                          18176    17916    17761    16148
  Professional equipt.            47227    46382    45871    43991
   Computer equipt.               18394    17749    17317    15947
  Metals                          33919    33662    33296    28842
  Electrical goods                56679    56179    55568    53284
  Hardware                        25574    25193    25003    23432
  Machinery                      106469   104230   102772    95332
  Misc. durable goods             31650    31705    31580    30309
 Nondurable goods sto            250125   251586   252125   241904
  Paper & paper products          10200    10232    10289     9506
  Drugs                           63775    63384    64354    61297
  Apparel                         27121    26348    26007    26700
  Groceries                       37527    37456    37391    38279
  Farm-products                   25006    25689    26965    22154
  Chemicals                       12971    13029    13021    12198
  Petroleum, products             23402    25696    24315    23058
  Alcohol                         17298    17056    16864    16606
  Misc. nondurable goods          32825    32696    32919    32106
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.28     1.27     1.26     1.28
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.63     1.60     1.58     1.59
  Automotive                       1.69     1.62     1.57     1.57
  Furniture                        1.88     1.83     1.81     1.81
  Lumber                           1.53     1.51     1.46     1.33
  Professional equipt.             1.10     1.09     1.07     1.09
   Computer equipt.                0.81     0.82     0.77     0.80
  Metals                           2.04     2.07     2.05     2.09
  Electrical goods                 1.06     1.04     1.03     1.08
  Hardware                         2.12     2.06     2.09     1.99
  Machinery                        2.56     2.54     2.53     2.66
  Misc. durable goods              1.55     1.52     1.56     1.49
 Nondurable stock/sales            0.95     0.95     0.96     0.98
  Paper & paper products           1.24     1.24     1.25     1.15
  Drugs                            1.06     1.06     1.08     1.07
  Apparel                          2.31     2.20     2.12     2.03
  Groceries                        0.70     0.71     0.70     0.70
  Farm-products                    1.60     1.47     1.40     1.27
  Chemicals                        1.12     1.15     1.17     1.16
  Petroleum, products              0.35     0.39     0.38     0.46
  Alcohol                          1.32     1.29     1.29     1.33
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.45     1.46     1.48     1.45
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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