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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
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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