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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Adjusted>

Release for:  January 2019
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Jan-19   Dec-18   Nov-18   Jan-18
Sales, total                     499822   497506   501933   486507
 Durable goods sales             245610   245533   244010   234515
  Automotive                      41869    40829    41570    40547
  Furniture                        7368     7138     6751     6600
  Lumber                          12163    11602    11698    11993
  Professional equipt.            42721    42931    43001    42451
   Computer equipt.               22568    22841    22993    21814
  Metals                          16591    16027    16028    14468
  Electrical goods                51684    52800    51065    50325
  Hardware                        11861    11737    12079    11830
  Machinery                       41175    41062    40734    36306
  Misc. durable goods             20178    21407    21084    19995
 Nondurable goods sales          254212   251973   257923   251992
  Paper & paper products           8262     8300     8346     8064
  Drugs                           60992    60656    60495    58153
  Apparel                         12485    12346    12263    12141
  Groceries                       55020    54452    53882    53001
  Farm-products                   16434    16070    15973    17022
  Chemicals                       10876    11017    11267    10853
  Petroleum, products             54776    54154    60800    58415
  Alcohol                         13670    13666    13342    12319
  Misc. nondurable goods          21697    21312    21555    22024
Inventories, total               669867   662038   654714   621987
 Durable goods stocks            415248   411435   404382   371824
  Automotive                      71355    70369    69245    65143
  Furniture                       14068    13819    13485    12753
  Lumber                          18233    18620    18473    16358
  Professional equipt.            48523    48544    48008    43222
   Computer equipt.               18165    18374    18368    15708
  Metals                          35421    35535    34378    29526
  Electrical goods                60253    58524    56929    54869
  Hardware                        26546    26285    25856    23695
  Machinery                      109672   108540   106982    96422
  Misc. durable goods             31177    31199    31026    29836
 Nondurable goods sto            254619   250603   250332   250163
  Paper & paper products          10417    10437    10284     9664
  Drugs                           63737    62906    63653    65479
  Apparel                         29331    28432    27428    26581
  Groceries                       38071    37983    37874    37412
  Farm-products                   25034    25494    25857    24778
  Chemicals                       13118    13076    12830    12386
  Petroleum, products             22427    20266    21379    24261
  Alcohol                         17249    17230    17108    16866
  Misc. nondurable goods          35235    34779    33919    32736
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.34     1.33     1.30     1.28
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.69     1.68     1.66     1.59
  Automotive                       1.70     1.72     1.67     1.61
  Furniture                        1.91     1.94     2.00     1.93
  Lumber                           1.50     1.60     1.58     1.36
  Professional equipt.             1.14     1.13     1.12     1.02
   Computer equipt.                0.80     0.80     0.80     0.72
  Metals                           2.13     2.22     2.14     2.04
  Electrical goods                 1.17     1.11     1.11     1.09
  Hardware                         2.24     2.24     2.14     2.00
  Machinery                        2.66     2.64     2.63     2.66
  Misc. durable goods              1.55     1.46     1.47     1.49
 Nondurable stock/sales            1.00     0.99     0.97     0.99
  Paper & paper products           1.26     1.26     1.23     1.20
  Drugs                            1.05     1.04     1.05     1.13
  Apparel                          2.35     2.30     2.24     2.19
  Groceries                        0.69     0.70     0.70     0.71
  Farm-products                    1.52     1.59     1.62     1.46
  Chemicals                        1.21     1.19     1.14     1.14
  Petroleum, products              0.41     0.37     0.35     0.42
  Alcohol                          1.26     1.26     1.28     1.37
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.62     1.63     1.57     1.49
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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