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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Unadjusted>

Release for:  October 2018
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, not seasonally adjusted
                                                           yr-ago
Kind of business                 Oct-18   Sep-18   Aug-18   Oct-17
Sales, total                     547114   494394   532740   499837
 Durable goods sales             267803   243768   260245   244198
  Automotive                      43159    39083    43519    42568
  Furniture                        7929     6982     7955     7694
  Lumber                          13168    11514    14011    12956
  Professional equipt.            46094    42978    43380    41688
   Computer equipt.               24813    22465    22742    21040
  Metals                          17581    15531    17544    14227
  Electrical goods                60468    56657    55564    54541
  Hardware                        12900    11806    13199    12175
  Machinery                       43728    38789    43415    36666
  Misc. durable goods             22776    20428    21658    21683
 Nondurable goods sales          279311   250626   272495   255639
  Paper & paper products           8926     7963     9019     8651
  Drugs                           64422    56412    62422    58506
  Apparel                         14627    12907    14313    15959
  Groceries                       56242    51353    56020    55995
  Farm-products                   18777    14702    17811    20328
  Chemicals                       12280    10656    11740    10731
  Petroleum, products             67988    64779    66010    51444
  Alcohol                         13894    12380    14239    12721
  Misc. nondurable goods          22155    19474    20921    21304
Inventories, total               655566   642857   631984   613285
 Durable goods stocks            404640   396998   392400   370122
  Automotive                      69174    65557    62746    63839
  Furniture                       13536    13463    13321    13026
  Lumber                          17558    17665    18116    15615
  Professional equipt.            48455    47031    46743    45047
   Computer equipt.               18891    18370    17854    16330
  Metals                          33749    33931    33929    28640
  Electrical goods                57983    57359    56791    54510
  Hardware                        25344    25269    25153    23198
  Machinery                      105830   103813   103389    94665
  Misc. durable goods             33011    32910    32212    31582
 Nondurable goods sto            250926   245859   239584   243163
  Paper & paper products          10200    10140    10104     9506
  Drugs                           62627    64462    63131    60316
  Apparel                         27663    27955    27776    27207
  Groceries                       38953    38130    37391    39772
  Farm-products                   26881    19498    17905    24081
  Chemicals                       12971    13029    13021    12198
  Petroleum, products             22630    25362    23026    22366
  Alcohol                         17817    17039    16780    17088
  Misc. nondurable goods          31184    30244    30450    30629
Stock/sales ratios, total          1.20     1.30     1.19     1.23
 Durable goods stock/sales         1.51     1.63     1.51     1.52
  Automotive                       1.60     1.68     1.44     1.50
  Furniture                        1.71     1.93     1.67     1.69
  Lumber                           1.33     1.53     1.29     1.21
  Professional equipt.             1.05     1.09     1.08     1.08
   Computer equipt.                0.76     0.82     0.79     0.78
  Metals                           1.92     2.18     1.93     2.01
  Electrical goods                 0.96     1.01     1.02     1.00
  Hardware                         1.96     2.14     1.91     1.91
  Machinery                        2.42     2.68     2.38     2.58
  Misc. durable goods              1.45     1.61     1.49     1.46
 Nondurable stock/sales            0.90     0.98     0.88     0.95
  Paper & paper products           1.14     1.27     1.12     1.10
  Drugs                            0.97     1.14     1.01     1.03
  Apparel                          1.89     2.17     1.94     1.70
  Groceries                        0.69     0.74     0.67     0.71
  Farm-products                    1.43     1.33     1.01     1.18
  Chemicals                        1.06     1.22     1.11     1.14
  Petroleum, products              0.33     0.39     0.35     0.43
  Alcohol                          1.28     1.38     1.18     1.34
  Misc. nondurable goods           1.41     1.55     1.46     1.44
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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