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Free AccessUS Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Unadjusted>
Release for: August 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, not seasonally adjusted
yr-ago
Kind of business Aug-18 Jul-18 Jun-18 Aug-17
Sales, total 533367 498445 516628 490092
Durable goods sales 260380 238556 250234 239131
Automotive 43384 40429 41585 41315
Furniture 7915 6971 7189 7653
Lumber 14039 13003 13136 12983
Professional equipt. 43457 41412 45670 42028
Computer equipt. 22735 22174 25144 21699
Metals 17625 15734 16034 14369
Electrical goods 55607 48780 51882 50616
Hardware 13191 12945 13137 12721
Machinery 43435 39390 41044 36616
Misc. durable goods 21727 19892 20557 20830
Nondurable goods sales 272987 259889 266394 250961
Paper & paper products 9041 8289 8361 8962
Drugs 62436 58477 59040 59879
Apparel 14323 12022 12079 14986
Groceries 56106 53200 52824 56763
Farm-products 17859 18279 19360 15792
Chemicals 11837 11357 11436 10728
Petroleum, products 66214 64767 66171 49285
Alcohol 14239 12624 14565 13412
Misc. nondurable goods 20932 20874 22558 21154
Inventories, total 631555 629207 625935 600836
Durable goods stocks 392106 390266 383804 369191
Automotive 62856 62842 63196 62670
Furniture 13348 13211 12866 13023
Lumber 18106 18264 17968 16033
Professional equipt. 46644 46184 44705 45576
Computer equipt. 17766 17187 16420 16969
Metals 33954 33812 32450 28237
Electrical goods 56760 56249 55288 54843
Hardware 25150 24964 24633 23348
Machinery 103321 103291 101544 95076
Misc. durable goods 31967 31449 31154 30385
Nondurable goods sto 239449 238941 242131 231645
Paper & paper products 10112 10310 10068 9193
Drugs 63143 61770 63506 60711
Apparel 27831 27683 26269 28641
Groceries 37312 37201 37101 38348
Farm-products 18000 19140 20636 14612
Chemicals 13029 12751 12569 11974
Petroleum, products 22827 23185 24860 21167
Alcohol 16758 16975 16610 16739
Misc. nondurable goods 30437 29926 30512 30260
Stock/sales ratios, total 1.18 1.26 1.21 1.23
Durable goods stock/sales 1.51 1.64 1.53 1.54
Automotive 1.45 1.55 1.52 1.52
Furniture 1.69 1.90 1.79 1.70
Lumber 1.29 1.40 1.37 1.23
Professional equipt. 1.07 1.12 0.98 1.08
Computer equipt. 0.78 0.78 0.65 0.78
Metals 1.93 2.15 2.02 1.97
Electrical goods 1.02 1.15 1.07 1.08
Hardware 1.91 1.93 1.88 1.84
Machinery 2.38 2.62 2.47 2.60
Misc. durable goods 1.47 1.58 1.52 1.46
Nondurable stock/sales 0.88 0.92 0.91 0.92
Paper & paper products 1.12 1.24 1.20 1.03
Drugs 1.01 1.06 1.08 1.01
Apparel 1.94 2.30 2.17 1.91
Groceries 0.67 0.70 0.70 0.68
Farm-products 1.01 1.05 1.07 0.93
Chemicals 1.10 1.12 1.10 1.12
Petroleum, products 0.34 0.36 0.38 0.43
Alcohol 1.18 1.34 1.14 1.25
Misc. nondurable goods 1.45 1.43 1.35 1.43
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