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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Adjusted>
Release for: December 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
yr-ago
Kind of business Dec-18 Nov-18 Oct-18 Dec-17
Sales, total 497162 501933 508186 492439
Durable goods sales 245630 244010 245838 237138
Automotive 40666 41570 41041 40799
Furniture 7045 6751 6953 6899
Lumber 11556 11698 11837 12206
Professional equipt. 43028 43001 42958 41056
Computer equipt. 22873 22993 22585 20991
Metals 15884 16028 16432 14429
Electrical goods 53217 51065 52919 51446
Hardware 11742 12079 12050 12284
Machinery 41068 40734 41241 37704
Misc. durable goods 21424 21084 20407 20315
Nondurable goods sales 251532 257923 262348 255301
Paper & paper products 8314 8346 8224 8134
Drugs 60512 60495 60101 58002
Apparel 12317 12263 11870 12994
Groceries 54362 53882 53423 53985
Farm-products 16191 15973 15800 17895
Chemicals 10994 11267 11561 11038
Petroleum, products 54075 60800 65760 57844
Alcohol 13638 13342 13086 12536
Misc. nondurable goods 21129 21555 22523 22873
Inventories, total 661843 654714 652318 616821
Durable goods stocks 410639 404382 401741 371327
Automotive 69901 69245 68812 65168
Furniture 13811 13485 13188 12679
Lumber 18851 18473 18121 16400
Professional equipt. 48639 48008 47351 43634
Computer equipt. 18484 18368 18404 15940
Metals 35348 34378 33919 29175
Electrical goods 58189 56929 56787 54650
Hardware 26304 25856 25553 23455
Machinery 108409 106982 106348 96196
Misc. durable goods 31187 31026 31662 29970
Nondurable goods sto 251204 250332 250577 245494
Paper & paper products 10448 10284 10203 9739
Drugs 62864 63653 63710 62394
Apparel 28458 27428 27206 26445
Groceries 38063 37874 37576 37545
Farm-products 25944 25857 25357 23947
Chemicals 13091 12830 12955 12526
Petroleum, products 20360 21379 23231 23299
Alcohol 17230 17108 17318 16834
Misc. nondurable goods 34746 33919 33021 32765
Stock/sales ratios, total 1.33 1.30 1.28 1.25
Durable goods stock/sales 1.67 1.66 1.63 1.57
Automotive 1.72 1.67 1.68 1.60
Furniture 1.96 2.00 1.90 1.84
Lumber 1.63 1.58 1.53 1.34
Professional equipt. 1.13 1.12 1.10 1.06
Computer equipt. 0.81 0.80 0.81 0.76
Metals 2.23 2.14 2.06 2.02
Electrical goods 1.09 1.11 1.07 1.06
Hardware 2.24 2.14 2.12 1.91
Machinery 2.64 2.63 2.58 2.55
Misc. durable goods 1.46 1.47 1.55 1.48
Nondurable stock/sales 1.00 0.97 0.96 0.96
Paper & paper products 1.26 1.23 1.24 1.20
Drugs 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.08
Apparel 2.31 2.24 2.29 2.04
Groceries 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
Farm-products 1.60 1.62 1.60 1.34
Chemicals 1.19 1.14 1.12 1.13
Petroleum, products 0.38 0.35 0.35 0.40
Alcohol 1.26 1.28 1.32 1.34
Misc. nondurable goods 1.64 1.57 1.47 1.43
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