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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
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