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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Unadjusted>

Release for:  November 2017
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, not seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Nov-17   Oct-17   Sep-17   Nov-16
Sales, total                     496205   507636   478251   452257
 Durable goods sales             240896   247386   234997   215089
  Automotive                      41829    43012    38483    36189
  Furniture                        7686     7710     6855     7887
  Lumber                          11505    12782    11674    10044
  Professional equipt.            41566    41619    42600    38268
   Computer equipt.               19856    19713    21440    17825
  Metals                          13452    14610    14148    11786
  Electrical goods                57245    56160    54270    51467
  Hardware                        11586    12249    11568    10811
  Machinery                       34461    37194    35059    29990
  Misc. durable goods             21566    22050    20340    18647
 Nondurable goods sales          255309   260250   243254   237168
  Paper & paper products           7949     8553     7817     7805
  Drugs                           58145    58439    55080    56053
  Apparel                         14505    16206    14464    14245
  Groceries                       53268    55497    52578    52160
  Farm-products                   19644    20152    14720    20454
  Chemicals                       10464    10863    10240     9638
  Petroleum, products             57646    56843    57670    44328
  Alcohol                         12691    12164    11407    12482
  Misc. nondurable goods          20997    21533    19278    20003
Inventories, total               617721   610130   606213   594397
 Durable goods stocks            375462   374214   374819   357189
  Automotive                      71279    68497    68159    69180
  Furniture                       11474    11893    12014    11232
  Lumber                          16004    16313    16426    14957
  Professional equipt.            43203    43968    43952    42555
   Computer equipt.               16901    17020    17431    16256
  Metals                          29047    28896    28629    24746
  Electrical goods                51803    51970    52382    47252
  Hardware                        23189    23450    23734    22252
  Machinery                      101841   100208   100395    98595
  Misc. durable goods             27622    29019    29128    26420
 Nondurable goods sto            242259   235916   231394   237208
  Paper & paper products           8742     8626     8521     8266
  Drugs                           60707    58348    61719    59085
  Apparel                         24988    26591    27903    26051
  Groceries                       36714    37809    37156    36756
  Farm-products                   31817    27479    19599    30607
  Chemicals                       11954    11956    11873    11500
  Petroleum, products             22275    20955    20774    20320
  Alcohol                         15846    15907    15487    16422
  Misc. nondurable goods          29216    28245    28362    28201
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.24     1.20     1.27     1.31
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.56     1.51     1.59     1.66
  Automotive                       1.70     1.59     1.77     1.91
  Furniture                        1.49     1.54     1.75     1.42
  Lumber                           1.39     1.28     1.41     1.49
  Professional equipt.             1.04     1.06     1.03     1.11
   Computer equipt.                0.85     0.86     0.81     0.91
  Metals                           2.16     1.98     2.02     2.10
  Electrical goods                 0.90     0.93     0.97     0.92
  Hardware                         2.00     1.91     2.05     2.06
  Machinery                        2.96     2.69     2.86     3.29
  Misc. durable goods              1.28     1.32     1.43     1.42
 Nondurable stock/sales            0.95     0.91     0.95     1.00
  Paper & paper products           1.10     1.01     1.09     1.06
  Drugs                            1.04     1.00     1.12     1.05
  Apparel                          1.72     1.64     1.93     1.83
  Groceries                        0.69     0.68     0.71     0.70
  Farm-products                    1.62     1.36     1.33     1.50
  Chemicals                        1.14     1.10     1.16     1.19
  Petroleum, products              0.39     0.37     0.36     0.46
  Alcohol                          1.25     1.31     1.36     1.32
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.39     1.31     1.47     1.41
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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