Unadjusted and Adjusted Estimates of End-of-Month Retail Inventories and Inventories/Sales Ratios by Kinds of Business:\
January 2004 Through December 2004\
(Inventory estimates are shown in millions of dollars. Estimates are based on data from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey,\
Annual Retail Trade Survey, and administrative records and have been adjusted using results of the most recent economic census)\
NAICS  Code\Kind of Business\
\\Jan. 2004\Feb. 2004\Mar. 2004\Apr. 2004\May. 2004\Jun. 2004\Jul. 2004\Aug. 2004\Sep. 2004\Oct. 2004\Nov. 2004\Dec. 2004\
\NOT ADJUSTED\
\Retail Inventories\ 443801 \451296 \464903 \471896 \466046 \467150 \459199 \460929 \470796 \492877 \507535 \473630
44,45 ex 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers \ 287617 \291005 \299058 \301154 \299873 \299631 \300966 \305908 \317090 \335227 \342834 \309625
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 156184 \160291 \165845 \170742 \166173 \167519 \158233 \155021 \153706 \157650 \164701 \164005
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronic, and appliance stores\ 26214 \25639 \26634 \26968 \27139 \26993 \27188 \27554 \28356 \30616 \32239 \29014
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\ 46865 \49061 \51252 \52259 \52667 \52144 \51520 \51597 \51775 \53218 \52933 \53908
445\Food and beverage stores\ 34802 \34213 \34508 \34517 \34932 \35134 \34858 \34822 \35381 \36698 \37804 \36682
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\ 34247 \35541 \36596 \36752 \36390 \36459 \37205 \38485 \40127 \41729 \41834 \34790
452\General merchandise stores\ 62699 \64124 \66889 \67201 \66304 \65787 \66165 \68086 \73491 \80276 \84032 \67864
4521\Department stores (ex. L.D.)\ 34164 \34897 \36425 \36456 \35820 \34846 \35231 \36408 \39310 \43650 \45286 \34711
\ADJUSTED(1)\
\Retail Inventories\ 452395 \454614 \460087 \465891 \466569 \472012 \475225 \477465 \475208 \473142 \478171 \479411
44,45 ex 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers \ 298441 \299815 \301920 \303941 \306025 \307604 \307794 \309148 \309587 \311151 \314551 \318072
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 153954 \154799 \158167 \161950 \160544 \164408 \167431 \168317 \165621 \161991 \163620 \161339
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronic, and appliance stores\ 26997 \26960 \27458 \27659 \27950 \27943 \28058 \28261 \27992 \27782 \28280 \29101
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\ 47821 \48384 \48998 \49770 \50739 \51475 \52252 \52596 \52778 \53756 \54514 \55748
445\Food and beverage stores\ 34787 \34622 \34697 \34979 \35444 \35586 \35564 \35497 \35436 \35707 \35968 \35837
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\ 37104 \37372 \37496 \37733 \37827 \37664 \37280 \37546 \37467 \37526 \37621 \37815
452\General merchandise stores\ 67679 \68064 \68617 \68763 \68950 \69413 \69141 \69462 \69529 \69709 \70997 \71799
4521\Department stores (ex. L.D.)\ 37419 \37363 \37436 \37391 \37196 \37149 \37085 \37038 \36945 \37181 \37334 \37444
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS NOT ADJUSTED\
\Retail Trade\ 1.67 \1.69 \1.53 \1.57 \1.49 \1.52 \1.47 \1.48 \1.57 \1.62 \1.63 \1.27
44,45 ex 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers \ 1.45 \1.49 \1.37 \1.36 \1.31 \1.33 \1.33 \1.34 \1.44 \1.46 \1.43 \1.06
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 2.36 \2.27 \1.95 \2.15 \1.98 \2.05 \1.85 \1.87 \1.92 \2.1 \2.31 \2.07
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronic, and appliance stores\ 1.68 \1.67 \1.61 \1.75 \1.71 \1.64 \1.6 \1.59 \1.73 \1.84 \1.69 \1.19
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\ 2.09 \2.2 \1.66 \1.5 \1.5 \1.47 \1.57 \1.59 \1.63 \1.69 \1.76 \1.85
445\Food and beverage stores\ 0.81 \0.86 \0.81 \0.8 \0.77 \0.8 \0.76 \0.79 \0.81 \0.83 \0.85 \0.74
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\ 2.91 \2.66 \2.48 \2.44 \2.37 \2.56 \2.55 \2.48 \2.83 \2.69 \2.43 \1.22
452\General merchandise stores\ 1.81 \1.76 \1.73 \1.71 \1.58 \1.66 \1.64 \1.67 \1.92 \1.92 \1.78 \1.03
4521\Department stores (ex. L.D.)\ 2.44 \2.31 \2.22 \2.19 \2.06 \2.15 \2.16 \2.13 \2.47 \2.52 \2.2 \1.09
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS ADJUSTED(1)\
\Retail Trade\ 1.55 \1.54 \1.52 \1.56 \1.54 \1.57 \1.56 \1.57 \1.54 \1.52 \1.53 \1.52
44,45 ex 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers \ 1.37 \1.37 \1.35 \1.36 \1.36 \1.36 \1.36 \1.36 \1.35 \1.34 \1.35 \1.36
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 2.05 \2.02 \2.02 \2.13 \2.04 \2.17 \2.14 \2.2 \2.08 \2.02 \2.08 \1.96
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronic, and appliance stores\ 1.61 \1.61 \1.61 \1.62 \1.65 \1.63 \1.61 \1.64 \1.62 \1.6 \1.64 \1.68
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\ 1.72 \1.72 \1.58 \1.61 \1.66 \1.67 \1.7 \1.7 \1.69 \1.72 \1.74 \1.74
445\Food and beverage stores\ 0.8 \0.8 \0.8 \0.8 \0.81 \0.81 \0.81 \0.8 \0.8 \0.8 \0.8 \0.8
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\ 2.38 \2.38 \2.35 \2.42 \2.4 \2.41 \2.38 \2.42 \2.39 \2.33 \2.35 \2.36
452\General merchandise stores\ 1.65 \1.65 \1.65 \1.66 \1.65 \1.67 \1.65 \1.66 \1.64 \1.63 \1.66 \1.66
4521\Department stores (ex. L.D.)\ 2.1 \2.07 \2.08 \2.12 \2.09 \2.11 \2.1 \2.1 \2.08 \2.08 \2.08 \2.08
(1) Inventory estimates are adjusted for seasonal variation and, in the case of sales for holiday and trading day differences. Estimates are\
    not adjusted for price changes.\
Note: Estimates exclude food services. Inventory estimates include data for auxilary establishments; for example, warehouses servicing retail stores. Estimates\
are adjusted for seasonal variation, holiday, and and trading-day differences, but not for price changes.; Cummulative seasonally adjusted sales estimates are not tabulated.\
Information on sample design and estimation procedures can be found on the internet at www.census.gov/mrts/www/ndesign.html. Information on measures of sampling\
variability can be found at \www.census.gov/mrts/www/nrely.html.\