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Free AccessUS Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Unadjusted>
Release for: December 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, not seasonally adjusted
yr-ago
Kind of business Dec-18 Nov-18 Oct-18 Dec-17
Sales, total 491493 505575 546245 485454
Durable goods sales 245051 246777 266845 236354
Automotive 41032 41778 43380 41574
Furniture 7003 7365 7954 6816
Lumber 9418 11195 13175 9936
Professional equipt. 46599 43001 46051 44382
Computer equipt. 25092 22740 24798 23048
Metals 13740 15259 17516 12640
Electrical goods 55026 55967 59746 52681
Hardware 10075 11777 12881 10527
Machinery 41848 38086 43592 38722
Misc. durable goods 20310 22349 22550 19076
Nondurable goods sales 246442 258798 279400 249100
Paper & paper products 7799 8187 8923 7638
Drugs 60875 61160 64248 57944
Apparel 10445 13526 14766 11019
Groceries 52894 53666 56201 52257
Farm-products 16612 17506 18818 18307
Chemicals 9719 10985 12232 9824
Petroleum, products 53751 59523 68062 57728
Alcohol 15479 14156 13897 14278
Misc. nondurable goods 18868 20089 22253 20105
Inventories, total 663782 658773 655691 618729
Durable goods stocks 404582 404601 404371 365584
Automotive 69971 71599 69018 64907
Furniture 13604 13404 13544 12476
Lumber 17758 17383 17505 15449
Professional equipt. 48055 48632 48440 43110
Computer equipt. 18466 18772 18882 15908
Metals 35030 33759 33715 28883
Electrical goods 57374 56872 58093 53885
Hardware 25831 25313 25323 23009
Machinery 106458 106768 105710 94464
Misc. durable goods 30501 30871 33023 29401
Nondurable goods sto 259200 254172 251320 253145
Paper & paper products 10552 10243 10193 9807
Drugs 65944 64162 62627 65576
Apparel 27519 26249 27696 25519
Groceries 38710 39048 39004 38183
Farm-products 31133 30899 26904 28856
Chemicals 13091 12830 12955 12526
Petroleum, products 20075 20524 22883 23043
Alcohol 16110 17553 17820 15723
Misc. nondurable goods 36066 32664 31238 33912
Stock/sales ratios, total 1.35 1.30 1.20 1.27
Durable goods stock/sales 1.65 1.64 1.52 1.55
Automotive 1.71 1.71 1.59 1.56
Furniture 1.94 1.82 1.70 1.83
Lumber 1.89 1.55 1.33 1.55
Professional equipt. 1.03 1.13 1.05 0.97
Computer equipt. 0.74 0.83 0.76 0.69
Metals 2.55 2.21 1.92 2.29
Electrical goods 1.04 1.02 0.97 1.02
Hardware 2.56 2.15 1.97 2.19
Machinery 2.54 2.80 2.42 2.44
Misc. durable goods 1.50 1.38 1.46 1.54
Nondurable stock/sales 1.05 0.98 0.90 1.02
Paper & paper products 1.35 1.25 1.14 1.28
Drugs 1.08 1.05 0.97 1.13
Apparel 2.63 1.94 1.88 2.32
Groceries 0.73 0.73 0.69 0.73
Farm-products 1.87 1.77 1.43 1.58
Chemicals 1.35 1.17 1.06 1.28
Petroleum, products 0.37 0.34 0.34 0.40
Alcohol 1.04 1.24 1.28 1.10
Misc. nondurable goods 1.91 1.63 1.40 1.69
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