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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Unadjusted>
Release for: February 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, not seasonally adjusted
yr-ago
Kind of business Feb-18 Jan-18 Dec-17 Feb-17
Sales, total 442561 469755 493064 413823
Durable goods sales 210848 222113 239286 193836
Automotive 37749 38671 41984 34047
Furniture 5995 6258 6841 5952
Lumber 10041 10362 9809 9718
Professional equipt. 35161 39146 44522 33539
Computer equipt. 16124 18097 21827 14858
Metals 14468 14811 13006 12244
Electrical goods 44239 48309 54111 40698
Hardware 10508 11106 10591 9763
Machinery 33780 34421 39107 30091
Misc. durable goods 18907 19029 19315 17784
Nondurable goods sales 231713 247642 253778 219987
Paper & paper products 7278 7917 7552 7119
Drugs 51118 58939 57862 49677
Apparel 12380 11195 11206 12055
Groceries 48293 51228 51798 47488
Farm-products 15935 17683 18302 16275
Chemicals 10495 11257 9963 9716
Petroleum, products 56849 60865 63466 48269
Alcohol 9960 9163 13682 10017
Misc. nondurable goods 19405 19395 19947 19371
Inventories, total 631152 627063 615955 596876
Durable goods stocks 380449 374135 369770 358605
Automotive 72044 70648 69628 67985
Furniture 11714 11710 11390 11183
Lumber 17402 16610 16170 16211
Professional equipt. 42504 42433 42072 42337
Computer equipt. 16304 16251 16579 16311
Metals 29833 29547 29187 26254
Electrical goods 51664 51406 51168 46197
Hardware 24093 23568 23260 22867
Machinery 103900 100938 99879 99169
Misc. durable goods 27295 27275 27016 26402
Nondurable goods sto 250703 252928 246185 238271
Paper & paper products 8807 8936 8897 8335
Drugs 60794 64634 63518 56201
Apparel 25609 26343 24941 25609
Groceries 35174 35564 36298 35112
Farm-products 36580 35242 32944 30521
Chemicals 12199 12168 12297 11629
Petroleum, products 21685 22452 21586 23668
Alcohol 15397 15390 14593 15270
Misc. nondurable goods 34458 32199 31111 31926
Stock/sales ratios, total 1.43 1.33 1.25 1.44
Durable goods stock/sales 1.80 1.68 1.55 1.85
Automotive 1.91 1.83 1.66 2.00
Furniture 1.95 1.87 1.66 1.88
Lumber 1.73 1.60 1.65 1.67
Professional equipt. 1.21 1.08 0.94 1.26
Computer equipt. 1.01 0.90 0.76 1.10
Metals 2.06 1.99 2.24 2.14
Electrical goods 1.17 1.06 0.95 1.14
Hardware 2.29 2.12 2.20 2.34
Machinery 3.08 2.93 2.55 3.30
Misc. durable goods 1.44 1.43 1.40 1.48
Nondurable stock/sales 1.08 1.02 0.97 1.08
Paper & paper products 1.21 1.13 1.18 1.17
Drugs 1.19 1.10 1.10 1.13
Apparel 2.07 2.35 2.23 2.12
Groceries 0.73 0.69 0.70 0.74
Farm-products 2.30 1.99 1.80 1.88
Chemicals 1.16 1.08 1.23 1.20
Petroleum, products 0.38 0.37 0.34 0.49
Alcohol 1.55 1.68 1.07 1.52
Misc. nondurable goods 1.78 1.66 1.56 1.65
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