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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Unadjusted>

Release for:  June 2018
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, not seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Jun-18   May-18   Apr-18   Jun-17
Sales, total                     517346   535537   488258   483223
 Durable goods sales             250356   249967   234204   235755
  Automotive                      41945    43016    40679    39277
  Furniture                        7169     7060     6514     6892
  Lumber                          13028    13733    12386    12913
  Professional equipt.            45540    43051    39841    43763
   Computer equipt.               25158    22623    20693    23691
  Metals                          16090    17089    16004    14083
  Electrical goods                52051    49914    47568    49890
  Hardware                        13177    13019    11306    12768
  Machinery                       40774    41388    39462    36128
  Misc. durable goods             20582    21697    20444    20041
 Nondurable goods sales          266990   285570   254054   247468
  Paper & paper products           8361     8754     8196     8651
  Drugs                           59071    62429    56887    59024
  Apparel                         12003    12446    10750    11753
  Groceries                       52830    56619    52201    55870
  Farm-products                   19291    21142    19090    16413
  Chemicals                       11438    11382    10923    10220
  Petroleum, products             66989    70139    59094    46519
  Alcohol                         14581    14120    11904    14740
  Misc. nondurable goods          22426    28539    25009    24278
Inventories, total               626097   626796   632216   596427
 Durable goods stocks            383884   381083   379961   361364
  Automotive                      63116    63731    66003    63119
  Furniture                       12862    12697    12562    12536
  Lumber                          17986    17810    17721    16007
  Professional equipt.            44742    43863    43553    44810
   Computer equipt.               16390    16030    15512    16721
  Metals                          32592    31223    31250    26980
  Electrical goods                55509    55824    55665    51549
  Hardware                        24629    24845    24800    23323
  Machinery                      101285   100989    98687    94061
  Misc. durable goods             31163    30101    29720    28979
 Nondurable goods sto            242213   245713   252255   235063
  Paper & paper products          10054     9902     9731     9356
  Drugs                           63505    61393    60723    63405
  Apparel                         26294    25328    25309    27457
  Groceries                       37103    37079    37150    37263
  Farm-products                   20716    24675    29247    17381
  Chemicals                       12534    12472    12265    11855
  Petroleum, products             24852    25823    24913    21633
  Alcohol                         16604    17011    17014    16820
  Misc. nondurable goods          30551    32030    35903    29893
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.21     1.17     1.29     1.23
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.53     1.52     1.62     1.53
  Automotive                       1.50     1.48     1.62     1.61
  Furniture                        1.79     1.80     1.93     1.82
  Lumber                           1.38     1.30     1.43     1.24
  Professional equipt.             0.98     1.02     1.09     1.02
   Computer equipt.                0.65     0.71     0.75     0.71
  Metals                           2.03     1.83     1.95     1.92
  Electrical goods                 1.07     1.12     1.17     1.03
  Hardware                         1.87     1.91     2.19     1.83
  Machinery                        2.48     2.44     2.50     2.60
  Misc. durable goods              1.51     1.39     1.45     1.45
 Nondurable stock/sales            0.91     0.86     0.99     0.95
  Paper & paper products           1.20     1.13     1.19     1.08
  Drugs                            1.08     0.98     1.07     1.07
  Apparel                          2.19     2.04     2.35     2.34
  Groceries                        0.70     0.65     0.71     0.67
  Farm-products                    1.07     1.17     1.53     1.06
  Chemicals                        1.10     1.10     1.12     1.16
  Petroleum, products              0.37     0.37     0.42     0.47
  Alcohol                          1.14     1.20     1.43     1.14
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.36     1.12     1.44     1.23
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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