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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Unadjusted>

Release for:  September 2018
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, not seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Sep-18   Aug-18   Jul-18   Sep-17
Sales, total                     493995   532740   498445   470823
 Durable goods sales             243060   260245   238556   232140
  Automotive                      38882    43519    40429    38057
  Furniture                        6977     7955     6971     6845
  Lumber                          11473    14011    13003    11833
  Professional equipt.            42988    43380    41412    42718
   Computer equipt.               22477    22742    22174    22871
  Metals                          15451    17544    15734    13791
  Electrical goods                56347    55564    48780    52965
  Hardware                        11797    13199    12945    11496
  Machinery                       38762    43415    39390    34491
  Misc. durable goods             20383    21658    19892    19944
 Nondurable goods sales          250935   272495   259889   238683
  Paper & paper products           7958     9019     8289     7906
  Drugs                           56247    62422    58477    55249
  Apparel                         12898    14313    12022    14215
  Groceries                       51195    56020    53200    53056
  Farm-products                   15035    17811    18279    14748
  Chemicals                       10661    11740    11357    10104
  Petroleum, products             64886    66010    64767    52238
  Alcohol                         12363    14239    12624    11917
  Misc. nondurable goods          19692    20921    20874    19250
Inventories, total               641671   631984   629207   610399
 Durable goods stocks            396378   392400   390266   370901
  Automotive                      65108    62746    62842    63519
  Furniture                       13448    13321    13211    13177
  Lumber                          17665    18116    18264    15721
  Professional equipt.            47013    46743    46184    45038
   Computer equipt.               18367    17854    17187    16726
  Metals                          33926    33929    33812    28343
  Electrical goods                57322    56791    56249    55080
  Hardware                        25326    25153    24964    23483
  Machinery                      103575   103389   103291    94836
  Misc. durable goods             32995    32212    31449    31704
 Nondurable goods sto            245293   239584   238941   239498
  Paper & paper products          10140    10104    10310     9390
  Drugs                           64274    63131    61770    63833
  Apparel                         27947    27776    27683    28549
  Groceries                       38110    37391    37201    39086
  Farm-products                   19484    17905    19140    17185
  Chemicals                       13011    13021    12751    12088
  Petroleum, products             25089    23026    23185    22191
  Alcohol                         17039    16780    16975    16653
  Misc. nondurable goods          30199    30450    29926    30523
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.30     1.19     1.26     1.30
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.63     1.51     1.64     1.60
  Automotive                       1.67     1.44     1.55     1.67
  Furniture                        1.93     1.67     1.90     1.93
  Lumber                           1.54     1.29     1.40     1.33
  Professional equipt.             1.09     1.08     1.12     1.05
   Computer equipt.                0.82     0.79     0.78     0.73
  Metals                           2.20     1.93     2.15     2.06
  Electrical goods                 1.02     1.02     1.15     1.04
  Hardware                         2.15     1.91     1.93     2.04
  Machinery                        2.67     2.38     2.62     2.75
  Misc. durable goods              1.62     1.49     1.58     1.59
 Nondurable stock/sales            0.98     0.88     0.92     1.00
  Paper & paper products           1.27     1.12     1.24     1.19
  Drugs                            1.14     1.01     1.06     1.16
  Apparel                          2.17     1.94     2.30     2.01
  Groceries                        0.74     0.67     0.70     0.74
  Farm-products                    1.30     1.01     1.05     1.17
  Chemicals                        1.22     1.11     1.12     1.20
  Petroleum, products              0.39     0.35     0.36     0.42
  Alcohol                          1.38     1.18     1.34     1.40
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.53     1.46     1.43     1.59
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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