CURRENT BUSINESS REPORTS
U.S. Department of Commerce
ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS ADMINISTRATION
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Annual Benchmark Report for Wholesale Trade
A Detailed Summary for Wholesale Sales, Inventories, and Purchases for the
Period: January 1990 Through February 2000
Released 10:00 A.M. EDT.,
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
Merchant Wholesalers, total
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 147,797 149,091 149,667 148,117 149,019 150,010 147,786 152,218 150,417 150,220 149,048 149,536 (X)
1991.. 146,477 146,342 145,944 147,340 148,269 148,698 148,834 148,772 149,963 149,189 149,804 149,176 (X)
1992.. 150,417 150,466 152,310 152,044 150,753 152,755 156,421 154,181 155,560 156,087 156,257 156,201 (X)
1993.. 161,857 160,219 157,386 160,934 163,177 160,183 161,997 162,282 162,311 163,298 163,097 161,377 (X)
1994.. 164,989 165,597 168,699 168,216 169,076 170,807 172,467 177,049 176,439 179,279 179,910 183,362 (X)
1995.. 184,845 186,073 184,314 186,679 187,528 189,360 188,811 190,269 191,043 191,634 193,513 196,888 (X)
1996.. 193,955 194,126 196,706 197,051 197,797 198,049 200,718 201,898 201,267 202,622 204,161 202,609 (X)
1997.. 205,080 209,510 207,656 207,255 207,834 208,114 208,078 207,855 210,780 209,932 208,823 209,934 (X)
1998.. 211,302 211,224 212,602 213,153 212,522 212,009 213,458 211,667 212,841 213,114 213,758 216,449 (X)
1999.. 215,176 218,269 220,801 221,975 225,938 229,134 229,508 231,625 232,968 235,226 238,540 241,672 (X)
2000.. 243,213 242,788(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 142,441 135,261 154,886 145,995 155,720 151,111 145,342 159,445 146,100 163,525 150,470 143,776 1,794,072
1991.. 141,500 132,539 146,534 149,509 154,023 145,811 150,765 152,678 149,294 162,978 146,976 147,066 1,779,673
1992.. 144,658 138,739 157,396 153,786 148,522 158,114 158,010 154,216 159,380 165,975 152,661 158,341 1,849,798
1993.. 147,491 145,019 167,329 162,264 161,259 165,806 160,287 166,825 166,552 168,342 163,841 162,788 1,937,803
1994.. 150,712 150,195 179,918 165,207 171,405 177,040 165,332 186,948 180,757 185,032 180,235 180,953 2,073,734
1995.. 173,371 169,093 196,017 178,620 195,275 196,038 181,201 200,726 190,654 202,607 193,502 189,005 2,266,109
1996.. 187,066 184,868 198,572 199,592 205,510 194,967 203,118 206,245 200,572 219,884 198,464 200,674 2,399,532
1997.. 196,609 191,069 210,768 209,445 211,140 210,558 211,189 205,745 216,973 226,376 197,644 213,840 2,501,356
1998.. 197,371 192,724 222,104 215,508 209,576 221,841 215,758 209,756 218,554 223,994 207,104 220,827 2,555,117
1999.. 194,483 198,872 237,380 224,110 223,453 239,371 226,836 235,596 239,219 239,483 238,548 245,131 2,742,482
2000.. 220,528 231,590(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 452,118
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 186,918 187,404 188,412 190,082 192,315 191,644 192,673 193,384 194,823 194,776 196,010 195,833 (X)
1991.. 198,557 198,626 197,471 196,071 195,594 195,290 196,064 196,331 195,933 196,936 197,793 200,448 (X)
1992.. 199,805 200,621 201,008 200,705 199,986 203,981 203,614 204,355 204,333 205,020 207,305 208,302 (X)
1993.. 209,283 208,858 210,147 211,243 211,217 211,932 212,224 214,544 214,929 214,317 215,951 217,425 (X)
1994.. 217,642 219,498 218,251 219,536 223,597 223,458 225,770 227,288 228,721 231,886 234,095 236,287 (X)
1995.. 238,631 240,715 243,322 246,224 247,369 249,130 251,703 252,251 253,005 254,313 254,627 254,844 (X)
1996.. 256,392 256,059 255,528 259,725 260,020 259,070 259,513 258,883 256,666 257,531 257,877 257,626 (X)
1997.. 260,241 260,265 261,668 262,157 263,836 268,530 267,618 268,712 271,254 272,027 274,001 276,140 (X)
1998.. 276,198 279,301 280,760 280,035 282,556 282,633 282,949 285,778 287,616 287,820 288,984 290,171 (X)
1999.. 290,107 291,961 292,784 292,966 294,356 295,593 298,467 299,906 301,510 303,570 306,900 307,925 (X)
2000.. 310,368 312,552(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 189,351 189,457 190,119 191,730 191,296 189,850 190,795 188,967 191,839 196,229 197,288 196,881 (X)
1991.. 201,747 201,341 199,342 197,771 194,585 192,853 193,910 191,462 192,240 198,488 199,498 201,777 (X)
1992.. 203,586 203,575 202,742 202,245 198,851 201,256 201,669 199,776 200,753 206,467 209,031 209,675 (X)
1993.. 213,518 211,914 211,644 212,864 209,924 208,703 210,185 209,504 210,900 215,826 217,955 218,819 (X)
1994.. 222,392 222,780 219,618 221,166 221,998 219,997 224,270 222,579 224,358 233,598 236,197 237,592 (X)
1995.. 243,590 244,122 244,543 248,098 245,720 245,270 249,800 246,406 247,544 256,428 257,394 256,347 (X)
1996.. 262,000 259,878 257,138 261,776 257,668 254,451 257,335 253,355 251,912 259,608 260,220 258,490 (X)
1997.. 265,011 263,647 263,219 264,279 261,937 264,740 265,815 263,632 266,364 274,238 276,838 277,229 (X)
1998.. 280,994 282,529 282,669 282,251 280,550 278,918 281,037 280,628 282,651 290,044 291,696 291,478 (X)
1999.. 294,880 295,429 294,867 295,224 291,946 291,524 296,015 293,920 296,371 306,039 309,909 309,445 (X)
2000.. 315,350 316,357(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.28 1.29 1.28 1.30 1.27 1.30 1.30 1.32 1.31 (X)
1991.. 1.36 1.36 1.35 1.33 1.32 1.31 1.32 1.32 1.31 1.32 1.32 1.34 (X)
1992.. 1.33 1.33 1.32 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.30 1.33 1.31 1.31 1.33 1.33 (X)
1993.. 1.29 1.30 1.34 1.31 1.29 1.32 1.31 1.32 1.32 1.31 1.32 1.35 (X)
1994.. 1.32 1.33 1.29 1.31 1.32 1.31 1.31 1.28 1.30 1.29 1.30 1.29 (X)
1995.. 1.29 1.29 1.32 1.32 1.32 1.32 1.33 1.33 1.32 1.33 1.32 1.29 (X)
1996.. 1.32 1.32 1.30 1.32 1.31 1.31 1.29 1.28 1.28 1.27 1.26 1.27 (X)
1997.. 1.27 1.24 1.26 1.26 1.27 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 (X)
1998.. 1.31 1.32 1.32 1.31 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.35 1.35 1.35 1.35 1.34 (X)
1999.. 1.35 1.34 1.33 1.32 1.30 1.29 1.30 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.27 (X)
2000.. 1.28 1.29(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.33 1.40 1.23 1.31 1.23 1.26 1.31 1.19 1.31 1.20 1.31 1.37 (X)
1991.. 1.43 1.52 1.36 1.32 1.26 1.32 1.29 1.25 1.29 1.22 1.36 1.37 (X)
1992.. 1.41 1.47 1.29 1.32 1.34 1.27 1.28 1.30 1.26 1.24 1.37 1.32 (X)
1993.. 1.45 1.46 1.26 1.31 1.30 1.26 1.31 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.33 1.34 (X)
1994.. 1.48 1.48 1.22 1.34 1.30 1.24 1.36 1.19 1.24 1.26 1.31 1.31 (X)
1995.. 1.41 1.44 1.25 1.39 1.26 1.25 1.38 1.23 1.30 1.27 1.33 1.36 (X)
1996.. 1.40 1.41 1.29 1.31 1.25 1.31 1.27 1.23 1.26 1.18 1.31 1.29 (X)
1997.. 1.35 1.38 1.25 1.26 1.24 1.26 1.26 1.28 1.23 1.21 1.40 1.30 (X)
1998.. 1.42 1.47 1.27 1.31 1.34 1.26 1.30 1.34 1.29 1.29 1.41 1.32 (X)
1999.. 1.52 1.49 1.24 1.32 1.31 1.22 1.30 1.25 1.24 1.28 1.30 1.26 (X)
2000.. 1.43 1.37(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 50 Durable goods, total
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 73,675 74,346 74,710 73,495 74,704 74,678 72,973 74,198 72,879 71,866 70,693 72,450 (X)
1991.. 70,391 70,506 70,847 70,660 70,897 71,679 71,875 71,894 73,306 72,879 72,790 71,755 (X)
1992.. 72,541 73,439 74,473 74,697 73,384 75,561 76,930 75,935 75,852 76,602 78,119 78,204 (X)
1993.. 81,559 81,296 79,088 81,454 82,294 81,779 84,299 84,041 83,718 84,775 84,416 84,535 (X)
1994.. 86,124 86,598 88,177 88,412 89,137 90,096 91,322 94,695 94,017 95,829 96,341 98,286 (X)
1995.. 98,878 99,465 98,448 99,048 100,394 100,414 99,828 101,295 101,917 101,840 103,183 105,608 (X)
1996.. 102,879 102,697 104,227 103,509 104,509 104,342 104,317 104,746 105,804 106,309 107,998 106,658 (X)
1997.. 107,587 110,819 108,845 110,686 110,355 111,287 112,421 111,016 113,525 113,018 112,658 112,814 (X)
1998.. 114,336 114,511 115,408 116,092 115,051 115,176 116,026 115,262 114,842 114,427 114,630 116,027 (X)
1999.. 116,397 119,570 119,826 119,882 121,964 123,265 124,172 124,485 125,303 126,603 128,091 130,720 (X)
2000.. 130,729 129,702(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 68,706 66,730 77,763 73,069 77,701 76,327 71,834 77,987 71,947 79,437 70,878 68,388 880,767
1991.. 66,092 63,317 71,631 72,365 73,121 71,102 72,499 74,252 74,385 80,695 70,857 69,822 860,138
1992.. 67,992 67,032 77,792 75,422 71,706 79,399 77,356 76,309 79,257 82,576 75,868 78,208 908,917
1993.. 72,565 72,926 84,852 82,209 80,375 85,530 83,081 87,191 87,336 88,475 84,747 84,162 993,449
1994.. 76,738 77,769 94,917 86,469 89,726 94,031 87,280 100,653 98,476 100,062 96,323 96,013 1,098,457
1995.. 90,715 89,398 105,645 93,937 103,344 105,262 95,413 107,714 103,979 109,313 102,750 100,436 1,207,906
1996.. 96,566 96,752 106,349 104,372 107,181 103,726 105,581 108,102 107,807 116,770 104,643 104,849 1,262,698
1997.. 100,222 99,799 111,482 111,097 110,829 114,060 114,161 110,723 119,552 122,975 105,920 113,852 1,334,672
1998.. 104,114 103,276 121,983 116,452 112,056 122,547 117,564 114,814 120,068 121,534 110,340 117,182 1,381,930
1999.. 102,614 107,752 129,916 120,887 118,971 130,686 123,381 127,866 130,668 130,196 127,595 131,248 1,481,780
2000.. 115,474 122,592(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 238,066
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 123,020 123,650 123,270 123,931 125,186 124,642 125,045 125,752 126,763 125,929 126,422 126,461 (X)
1991.. 128,632 128,936 127,859 126,806 125,677 125,162 125,496 125,355 124,279 123,947 125,000 127,399 (X)
1992.. 126,419 126,708 126,340 126,434 126,730 129,109 128,426 129,584 129,905 129,988 131,168 131,509 (X)
1993.. 131,410 131,593 132,664 133,055 133,170 133,495 133,912 135,323 135,697 136,048 136,554 137,516 (X)
1994.. 137,737 138,884 137,834 139,347 142,722 143,062 145,317 145,908 147,095 149,401 150,339 151,853 (X)
1995.. 153,220 155,116 156,745 158,061 159,250 160,382 161,249 161,486 162,302 163,661 164,617 164,938 (X)
1996.. 165,956 165,726 165,163 166,502 166,172 165,978 166,842 167,439 167,946 167,617 168,299 168,163 (X)
1997.. 169,323 169,481 170,927 171,724 173,240 177,363 175,749 176,052 178,386 177,758 178,409 180,391 (X)
1998.. 181,479 183,693 185,010 185,164 186,163 185,543 185,723 187,912 188,868 189,767 189,706 191,054 (X)
1999.. 191,543 192,456 192,781 191,947 193,404 194,756 196,441 196,166 197,549 199,080 201,858 202,274 (X)
2000.. 203,793 205,474(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 122,813 123,882 123,974 125,652 126,252 124,605 125,867 125,098 125,963 125,554 125,263 124,839 (X)
1991.. 128,689 129,475 128,501 128,470 126,758 124,827 126,214 124,893 123,502 123,508 124,002 125,921 (X)
1992.. 126,538 127,197 126,759 127,899 127,769 128,718 129,313 129,345 129,083 129,559 130,234 130,044 (X)
1993.. 131,511 132,045 132,845 134,412 134,204 133,113 135,111 135,306 134,866 135,709 135,666 135,880 (X)
1994.. 137,699 139,171 137,799 140,546 143,751 142,796 146,959 146,133 146,141 149,068 149,375 149,903 (X)
1995.. 153,025 155,447 156,524 159,369 160,471 160,245 163,329 161,925 161,261 163,318 163,489 162,551 (X)
1996.. 165,582 165,952 164,992 167,919 167,442 166,022 168,997 167,881 166,894 167,199 167,079 165,643 (X)
1997.. 168,839 169,777 170,938 173,365 174,602 177,593 177,846 176,389 177,211 177,211 177,081 177,708 (X)
1998.. 180,852 183,928 185,401 187,031 187,564 185,992 187,770 188,144 187,755 189,102 188,197 188,341 (X)
1999.. 190,678 192,768 193,227 193,944 194,998 195,306 198,395 196,108 196,461 198,391 200,322 199,537 (X)
2000.. 202,760 205,852(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.67 1.66 1.65 1.69 1.68 1.67 1.71 1.69 1.74 1.75 1.79 1.75 (X)
1991.. 1.83 1.83 1.80 1.79 1.77 1.75 1.75 1.74 1.70 1.70 1.72 1.78 (X)
1992.. 1.74 1.73 1.70 1.69 1.73 1.71 1.67 1.71 1.71 1.70 1.68 1.68 (X)
1993.. 1.61 1.62 1.68 1.63 1.62 1.63 1.59 1.61 1.62 1.60 1.62 1.63 (X)
1994.. 1.60 1.60 1.56 1.58 1.60 1.59 1.59 1.54 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.55 (X)
1995.. 1.55 1.56 1.59 1.60 1.59 1.60 1.62 1.59 1.59 1.61 1.60 1.56 (X)
1996.. 1.61 1.61 1.58 1.61 1.59 1.59 1.60 1.60 1.59 1.58 1.56 1.58 (X)
1997.. 1.57 1.53 1.57 1.55 1.57 1.59 1.56 1.59 1.57 1.57 1.58 1.60 (X)
1998.. 1.59 1.60 1.60 1.59 1.62 1.61 1.60 1.63 1.64 1.66 1.65 1.65 (X)
1999.. 1.65 1.61 1.61 1.60 1.59 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.57 1.58 1.55 (X)
2000.. 1.56 1.58(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.79 1.86 1.59 1.72 1.62 1.63 1.75 1.60 1.75 1.58 1.77 1.83 (X)
1991.. 1.95 2.04 1.79 1.78 1.73 1.76 1.74 1.68 1.66 1.53 1.75 1.80 (X)
1992.. 1.86 1.90 1.63 1.70 1.78 1.62 1.67 1.70 1.63 1.57 1.72 1.66 (X)
1993.. 1.81 1.81 1.57 1.64 1.67 1.56 1.63 1.55 1.54 1.53 1.60 1.61 (X)
1994.. 1.79 1.79 1.45 1.63 1.60 1.52 1.68 1.45 1.48 1.49 1.55 1.56 (X)
1995.. 1.69 1.74 1.48 1.70 1.55 1.52 1.71 1.50 1.55 1.49 1.59 1.62 (X)
1996.. 1.71 1.72 1.55 1.61 1.56 1.60 1.60 1.55 1.55 1.43 1.60 1.58 (X)
1997.. 1.68 1.70 1.53 1.56 1.58 1.56 1.56 1.59 1.48 1.44 1.67 1.56 (X)
1998.. 1.74 1.78 1.52 1.61 1.67 1.52 1.60 1.64 1.56 1.56 1.71 1.61 (X)
1999.. 1.86 1.79 1.49 1.60 1.64 1.49 1.61 1.53 1.50 1.52 1.57 1.52 (X)
2000.. 1.76 1.68(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 501 Motor vehicles and automotive parts and supplies
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 14,683 14,904 15,264 13,706 14,472 14,801 14,173 14,917 14,394 14,037 14,346 14,149 (X)
1991.. 13,798 13,717 13,672 13,602 13,700 13,399 14,071 13,945 14,279 14,425 14,211 13,616 (X)
1992.. 13,575 13,778 14,135 13,816 13,983 14,496 14,379 14,090 14,420 14,455 14,585 14,525 (X)
1993.. 14,880 14,599 13,746 14,679 15,022 14,299 14,938 14,715 14,949 14,908 14,379 14,168 (X)
1994.. 15,091 15,647 15,496 15,646 15,209 15,388 15,790 16,899 15,512 15,789 16,235 15,972 (X)
1995.. 15,548 15,384 15,423 15,649 16,283 16,087 15,485 15,835 15,768 15,488 15,809 16,223 (X)
1996.. 16,470 16,129 16,300 16,169 15,723 15,840 16,064 15,753 15,727 15,838 16,110 16,318 (X)
1997.. 16,346 16,538 16,311 16,133 16,410 16,787 16,229 15,635 16,599 16,652 16,236 15,453 (X)
1998.. 16,327 16,317 16,781 16,738 16,769 16,567 16,955 17,146 17,359 16,711 17,368 17,607 (X)
1999.. 17,370 19,038 18,241 18,412 18,507 18,984 19,034 19,070 19,319 19,796 19,651 20,390 (X)
2000.. 19,280 19,182(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 13,508 13,697 16,363 13,884 15,326 14,875 14,017 15,200 13,300 15,483 14,532 13,498 173,683
1991.. 12,874 12,592 14,356 14,214 14,221 13,171 14,226 14,071 13,422 16,113 13,984 13,385 166,629
1992.. 12,408 12,882 15,337 14,341 13,983 14,844 14,652 13,710 14,146 15,583 14,191 14,772 170,849
1993.. 12,990 13,300 15,189 15,266 15,037 14,714 15,162 14,744 14,590 15,400 14,465 14,225 175,082
1994.. 13,114 14,192 17,448 15,849 15,802 15,880 15,537 17,136 15,171 16,057 16,251 15,956 188,393
1995.. 13,962 13,938 17,104 15,618 17,162 16,779 15,144 16,373 14,995 16,092 15,730 15,785 188,682
1996.. 14,988 15,339 17,343 16,897 16,572 15,919 16,385 15,832 14,862 16,931 15,611 16,334 193,013
1997.. 14,826 14,917 17,322 16,923 17,066 17,123 16,846 15,260 16,267 17,468 15,473 15,623 195,114
1998.. 14,629 14,702 18,342 17,525 16,886 17,578 17,294 16,683 17,064 17,430 16,673 17,994 202,800
1999.. 15,077 17,134 20,175 19,406 18,544 20,161 19,243 19,203 18,913 20,073 19,572 20,329 227,830
2000.. 16,677 18,242(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 34,919
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 22,773 23,074 22,817 23,343 23,294 22,690 22,928 23,472 23,603 23,239 23,424 23,650 (X)
1991.. 24,784 25,136 24,509 23,834 23,505 23,364 23,366 23,456 22,809 22,558 23,262 24,310 (X)
1992.. 23,006 23,293 23,312 23,123 23,081 23,393 23,240 23,225 23,992 24,404 24,441 24,366 (X)
1993.. 23,945 23,789 24,160 24,131 23,833 23,367 23,583 24,054 23,772 23,765 23,575 24,276 (X)
1994.. 23,792 23,583 22,980 23,492 23,647 23,963 24,245 23,843 24,283 24,865 24,882 24,814 (X)
1995.. 25,310 25,812 25,741 26,376 26,805 26,508 26,265 26,166 25,987 25,645 25,772 25,671 (X)
1996.. 25,699 26,003 24,932 26,092 25,896 26,078 26,298 26,071 25,322 25,802 26,141 25,266 (X)
1997.. 25,839 25,301 25,793 25,353 25,889 26,991 26,784 26,930 27,052 26,523 26,211 26,274 (X)
1998.. 26,517 26,914 27,619 26,487 25,967 25,575 25,214 25,671 25,740 26,378 25,935 26,806 (X)
1999.. 26,717 26,838 27,304 27,344 27,809 27,983 28,477 28,545 28,722 28,934 29,486 29,449 (X)
2000.. 29,694 29,820(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 22,955 23,882 23,479 23,787 23,457 22,123 22,263 22,557 23,343 22,960 23,729 23,603 (X)
1991.. 25,106 26,141 25,195 24,382 23,646 22,640 22,665 22,518 22,490 22,332 23,634 24,213 (X)
1992.. 23,397 24,271 23,895 23,678 23,219 22,644 22,589 22,319 23,560 24,233 24,881 24,195 (X)
1993.. 24,376 24,812 24,595 24,686 23,976 22,643 23,041 23,116 23,320 23,694 24,046 23,960 (X)
1994.. 24,196 24,574 23,279 23,985 23,813 23,340 23,857 22,985 23,797 24,840 25,330 24,318 (X)
1995.. 25,690 26,896 25,973 26,904 27,019 25,951 26,002 25,303 25,467 25,645 26,133 24,978 (X)
1996.. 26,084 27,069 25,181 26,562 26,129 25,609 26,088 25,289 24,841 25,776 26,402 24,508 (X)
1997.. 26,227 26,364 26,128 25,784 26,096 26,532 26,543 26,122 26,565 26,496 26,421 25,538 (X)
1998.. 26,915 27,991 28,116 26,911 26,123 25,140 24,911 24,901 25,380 26,325 26,091 26,216 (X)
1999.. 27,091 27,885 27,850 27,782 27,920 27,507 28,021 27,603 28,377 28,876 29,663 29,007 (X)
2000.. 30,080 30,894(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.55 1.55 1.49 1.70 1.61 1.53 1.62 1.57 1.64 1.66 1.63 1.67 (X)
1991.. 1.80 1.83 1.79 1.75 1.72 1.74 1.66 1.68 1.60 1.56 1.64 1.79 (X)
1992.. 1.69 1.69 1.65 1.67 1.65 1.61 1.62 1.65 1.66 1.69 1.68 1.68 (X)
1993.. 1.61 1.63 1.76 1.64 1.59 1.63 1.58 1.63 1.59 1.59 1.64 1.71 (X)
1994.. 1.58 1.51 1.48 1.50 1.55 1.56 1.54 1.41 1.57 1.57 1.53 1.55 (X)
1995.. 1.63 1.68 1.67 1.69 1.65 1.65 1.70 1.65 1.65 1.66 1.63 1.58 (X)
1996.. 1.56 1.61 1.53 1.61 1.65 1.65 1.64 1.65 1.61 1.63 1.62 1.55 (X)
1997.. 1.58 1.53 1.58 1.57 1.58 1.61 1.65 1.72 1.63 1.59 1.61 1.70 (X)
1998.. 1.62 1.65 1.65 1.58 1.55 1.54 1.49 1.50 1.48 1.58 1.49 1.52 (X)
1999.. 1.54 1.41 1.50 1.49 1.50 1.47 1.50 1.50 1.49 1.46 1.50 1.44 (X)
2000.. 1.54 1.55(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.70 1.74 1.43 1.71 1.53 1.49 1.59 1.48 1.76 1.48 1.63 1.75 (X)
1991.. 1.95 2.08 1.76 1.72 1.66 1.72 1.59 1.60 1.68 1.39 1.69 1.81 (X)
1992.. 1.89 1.88 1.56 1.65 1.66 1.53 1.54 1.63 1.67 1.56 1.75 1.64 (X)
1993.. 1.88 1.87 1.62 1.62 1.59 1.54 1.52 1.57 1.60 1.54 1.66 1.68 (X)
1994.. 1.85 1.73 1.33 1.51 1.51 1.47 1.54 1.34 1.57 1.55 1.56 1.52 (X)
1995.. 1.84 1.93 1.52 1.72 1.57 1.55 1.72 1.55 1.70 1.59 1.66 1.58 (X)
1996.. 1.74 1.76 1.45 1.57 1.58 1.61 1.59 1.60 1.67 1.52 1.69 1.50 (X)
1997.. 1.77 1.77 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.55 1.58 1.71 1.63 1.52 1.71 1.63 (X)
1998.. 1.84 1.90 1.53 1.54 1.55 1.43 1.44 1.49 1.49 1.51 1.56 1.46 (X)
1999.. 1.80 1.63 1.38 1.43 1.51 1.36 1.46 1.44 1.50 1.44 1.52 1.43 (X)
2000.. 1.80 1.69(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 502 Furniture and home furnishings
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 2,577 2,661 2,575 2,650 2,804 3,166 3,134 2,918 2,936 2,915 2,802 2,704 (X)
1991.. 2,899 2,697 2,819 2,758 2,802 2,539 2,551 2,726 2,667 2,686 2,657 2,518 (X)
1992.. 2,695 2,728 2,801 2,785 2,703 2,800 2,661 2,650 2,702 2,709 2,924 2,972 (X)
1993.. 2,904 2,913 2,829 2,940 2,989 2,996 2,972 2,960 2,909 2,945 2,791 2,828 (X)
1994.. 2,856 2,932 2,953 2,916 2,858 2,948 3,071 3,156 3,218 3,318 3,246 3,386 (X)
1995.. 3,379 3,362 3,592 3,444 3,497 3,390 3,404 3,438 3,359 3,355 3,461 3,457 (X)
1996.. 3,338 3,452 3,448 3,485 3,662 3,703 3,668 3,620 3,670 3,667 3,823 3,781 (X)
1997.. 3,835 4,024 3,778 3,856 3,765 3,734 3,845 3,764 4,091 4,061 3,942 4,048 (X)
1998.. 4,156 3,956 4,054 4,024 3,983 4,098 4,070 4,073 4,003 3,914 4,057 4,017 (X)
1999.. 4,007 4,074 4,065 4,057 4,101 4,143 4,391 4,261 4,165 4,260 4,239 4,316 (X)
2000.. 4,403 4,485(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 2,353 2,342 2,565 2,584 2,846 3,074 3,078 3,183 3,098 3,346 2,976 2,482 33,927
1991.. 2,638 2,363 2,732 2,775 2,858 2,427 2,525 2,911 2,907 3,067 2,694 2,402 32,299
1992.. 2,442 2,403 2,863 2,785 2,638 2,859 2,616 2,761 2,926 3,012 3,003 2,892 33,200
1993.. 2,486 2,552 2,953 2,987 2,950 3,011 2,850 3,167 3,133 3,160 2,939 2,786 34,974
1994.. 2,462 2,580 3,101 2,849 2,924 2,980 2,850 3,390 3,479 3,580 3,356 3,308 36,859
1995.. 3,007 2,972 3,768 3,289 3,602 3,475 3,200 3,662 3,470 3,731 3,613 3,291 41,080
1996.. 3,014 3,217 3,434 3,548 3,754 3,562 3,617 3,754 3,853 4,114 3,880 3,762 43,509
1997.. 3,467 3,577 3,804 3,844 3,769 3,756 3,799 3,772 4,398 4,528 3,922 4,064 46,700
1998.. 3,699 3,533 4,220 4,040 3,852 4,237 4,005 4,114 4,215 4,282 4,199 4,009 48,405
1999.. 3,466 3,654 4,284 4,122 3,990 4,213 4,224 4,457 4,411 4,520 4,489 4,273 50,103
2000.. 3,848 4,216(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 8,064
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,302 4,269 4,601 4,600 4,573 4,785 4,795 4,506 4,691 4,704 4,648 4,648 (X)
1991.. 4,797 4,777 4,765 4,651 4,566 4,517 4,438 4,539 4,564 4,382 4,474 4,588 (X)
1992.. 4,519 4,591 4,557 4,830 4,716 4,656 4,673 4,632 4,612 4,669 4,806 4,849 (X)
1993.. 4,803 4,824 4,891 4,879 4,931 4,923 4,847 4,864 4,862 4,958 4,983 4,964 (X)
1994.. 5,017 5,006 4,992 5,062 5,038 4,962 5,005 5,060 5,129 5,193 5,149 5,186 (X)
1995.. 5,244 5,333 5,395 5,450 5,511 5,803 5,719 5,703 5,614 5,572 5,611 5,551 (X)
1996.. 5,491 5,614 5,663 5,549 5,618 5,670 5,678 5,682 5,707 5,621 5,689 5,663 (X)
1997.. 5,676 5,540 5,434 5,720 5,798 5,667 5,600 5,734 5,792 5,731 5,840 5,851 (X)
1998.. 5,933 5,899 5,830 5,992 6,044 6,043 6,107 6,117 6,123 6,192 6,118 6,085 (X)
1999.. 6,065 6,121 6,121 6,059 6,093 6,196 6,286 6,233 6,256 6,426 6,337 6,473 (X)
2000.. 6,510 6,566(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,272 4,231 4,596 4,559 4,605 4,885 4,881 4,574 4,804 4,666 4,499 4,560 (X)
1991.. 4,749 4,739 4,775 4,614 4,607 4,612 4,500 4,603 4,655 4,338 4,349 4,515 (X)
1992.. 4,469 4,559 4,575 4,791 4,773 4,744 4,724 4,701 4,700 4,622 4,700 4,776 (X)
1993.. 4,736 4,785 4,901 4,835 4,990 5,002 4,895 4,952 4,954 4,913 4,903 4,885 (X)
1994.. 4,932 4,951 4,992 5,001 5,088 5,031 5,060 5,181 5,242 5,167 5,092 5,098 (X)
1995.. 5,144 5,248 5,373 5,363 5,544 5,884 5,805 5,868 5,766 5,578 5,566 5,440 (X)
1996.. 5,387 5,507 5,612 5,432 5,618 5,749 5,786 5,870 5,890 5,666 5,643 5,538 (X)
1997.. 5,568 5,424 5,358 5,571 5,769 5,746 5,729 5,935 5,989 5,811 5,787 5,728 (X)
1998.. 5,820 5,763 5,719 5,818 5,996 6,134 6,260 6,331 6,331 6,322 6,051 5,963 (X)
1999.. 5,962 5,986 5,980 5,871 6,038 6,289 6,456 6,445 6,462 6,593 6,261 6,344 (X)
2000.. 6,406 6,428(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.67 1.60 1.79 1.74 1.63 1.51 1.53 1.54 1.60 1.61 1.66 1.72 (X)
1991.. 1.65 1.77 1.69 1.69 1.63 1.78 1.74 1.67 1.71 1.63 1.68 1.82 (X)
1992.. 1.68 1.68 1.63 1.73 1.74 1.66 1.76 1.75 1.71 1.72 1.64 1.63 (X)
1993.. 1.65 1.66 1.73 1.66 1.65 1.64 1.63 1.64 1.67 1.68 1.79 1.76 (X)
1994.. 1.76 1.71 1.69 1.74 1.76 1.68 1.63 1.60 1.59 1.57 1.59 1.53 (X)
1995.. 1.55 1.59 1.50 1.58 1.58 1.71 1.68 1.66 1.67 1.66 1.62 1.61 (X)
1996.. 1.64 1.63 1.64 1.59 1.53 1.53 1.55 1.57 1.56 1.53 1.49 1.50 (X)
1997.. 1.48 1.38 1.44 1.48 1.54 1.52 1.46 1.52 1.42 1.41 1.48 1.45 (X)
1998.. 1.43 1.49 1.44 1.49 1.52 1.47 1.50 1.50 1.53 1.58 1.51 1.51 (X)
1999.. 1.51 1.50 1.51 1.49 1.49 1.50 1.43 1.46 1.50 1.51 1.49 1.50 (X)
2000.. 1.48 1.46(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.82 1.81 1.79 1.76 1.62 1.59 1.59 1.44 1.55 1.39 1.51 1.84 (X)
1991.. 1.80 2.01 1.75 1.66 1.61 1.90 1.78 1.58 1.60 1.41 1.61 1.88 (X)
1992.. 1.83 1.90 1.60 1.72 1.81 1.66 1.81 1.70 1.61 1.53 1.57 1.65 (X)
1993.. 1.91 1.88 1.66 1.62 1.69 1.66 1.72 1.56 1.58 1.55 1.67 1.75 (X)
1994.. 2.00 1.92 1.61 1.76 1.74 1.69 1.78 1.53 1.51 1.44 1.52 1.54 (X)
1995.. 1.71 1.77 1.43 1.63 1.54 1.69 1.81 1.60 1.66 1.50 1.54 1.65 (X)
1996.. 1.79 1.71 1.63 1.53 1.50 1.61 1.60 1.56 1.53 1.38 1.45 1.47 (X)
1997.. 1.61 1.52 1.41 1.45 1.53 1.53 1.51 1.57 1.36 1.28 1.48 1.41 (X)
1998.. 1.57 1.63 1.36 1.44 1.56 1.45 1.56 1.54 1.50 1.48 1.44 1.49 (X)
1999.. 1.72 1.64 1.40 1.42 1.51 1.49 1.53 1.45 1.46 1.46 1.39 1.48 (X)
2000.. 1.66 1.52(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 503 Lumber and other construction material
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 5,568 5,544 5,515 5,471 5,418 5,589 5,444 5,342 5,196 4,976 4,911 4,595 (X)
1991.. 4,558 4,699 4,588 4,773 4,826 5,122 4,921 4,872 4,935 4,954 5,018 4,954 (X)
1992.. 5,068 5,237 5,238 5,212 5,278 5,235 5,174 5,302 5,399 5,377 5,468 5,664 (X)
1993.. 5,846 6,492 5,899 5,884 5,777 5,721 5,745 5,920 5,965 6,020 6,389 6,720 (X)
1994.. 6,303 6,235 6,439 6,367 6,617 6,574 6,798 6,683 6,689 6,837 6,883 7,376 (X)
1995.. 6,927 6,805 6,710 6,666 6,646 6,524 6,416 6,597 6,556 6,739 6,577 6,789 (X)
1996.. 6,709 6,788 6,964 6,870 7,095 7,273 7,182 7,348 7,495 7,429 7,458 7,393 (X)
1997.. 7,356 7,670 7,556 7,732 7,480 7,670 7,659 7,618 7,587 7,504 7,340 7,646 (X)
1998.. 7,723 7,638 7,593 7,711 7,684 7,678 7,975 7,995 7,931 8,059 8,137 8,301 (X)
1999.. 8,250 8,498 8,645 8,688 8,933 9,080 9,107 8,927 9,108 9,093 9,294 9,297 (X)
2000.. 9,662 9,392(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,783 4,446 5,344 5,515 5,927 6,170 5,929 6,170 5,269 5,692 4,705 3,658 63,608
1991.. 3,938 3,830 4,340 5,012 5,323 5,378 5,516 5,457 5,108 5,598 4,717 4,067 58,284
1992.. 4,424 4,404 5,133 5,431 5,489 5,837 5,717 5,694 5,809 5,882 5,085 4,860 63,765
1993.. 4,817 5,421 6,082 6,108 5,979 6,362 6,090 6,553 6,347 6,351 6,236 5,840 72,186
1994.. 5,187 5,231 6,645 6,418 7,041 7,225 6,914 7,719 7,130 7,179 6,759 6,292 79,740
1995.. 5,881 5,716 6,931 6,386 7,324 7,202 6,499 7,620 6,825 7,298 6,413 5,635 79,730
1996.. 5,904 5,933 6,713 7,035 7,769 7,542 7,871 8,267 7,667 8,343 7,115 6,306 86,465
1997.. 6,429 6,435 7,208 7,933 7,936 8,222 8,440 8,288 8,103 8,412 6,687 6,797 90,890
1998.. 6,518 6,401 7,441 7,865 7,861 8,622 8,860 8,635 8,494 8,736 7,600 7,355 94,388
1999.. 6,724 7,096 8,809 8,905 9,094 10,251 9,881 9,936 9,673 9,502 9,043 8,246 107,160
2000.. 7,826 8,209(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 16,035
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 6,177 6,114 6,096 6,190 6,068 6,135 6,126 6,068 5,985 6,096 5,928 5,956 (X)
1991.. 5,957 5,704 5,630 5,625 5,438 5,635 5,591 5,648 5,764 5,724 5,671 5,837 (X)
1992.. 5,816 5,791 5,828 5,901 5,972 5,954 6,040 6,112 6,106 6,162 6,334 6,249 (X)
1993.. 6,560 6,656 6,818 6,801 6,754 6,665 6,618 6,661 6,629 6,662 6,576 6,649 (X)
1994.. 6,641 6,692 6,725 6,565 6,835 6,978 7,011 7,078 7,046 7,120 7,288 7,262 (X)
1995.. 7,237 7,450 7,347 7,176 7,213 7,041 6,880 6,941 7,130 7,070 7,225 7,269 (X)
1996.. 7,275 7,305 7,301 7,242 7,319 7,458 7,444 7,615 7,876 7,715 7,725 7,795 (X)
1997.. 7,759 7,943 8,022 8,196 8,326 8,494 8,515 8,626 8,628 8,517 8,636 8,564 (X)
1998.. 8,610 8,551 8,484 8,564 8,437 8,409 8,411 8,614 8,273 8,310 8,347 8,287 (X)
1999.. 8,369 8,340 8,544 8,622 8,766 8,812 8,975 8,972 9,152 9,263 9,233 9,361 (X)
2000.. 9,524 9,608(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 6,226 6,016 6,273 6,537 6,165 6,319 6,304 5,910 5,853 5,974 5,513 5,849 (X)
1991.. 6,023 5,636 5,816 5,940 5,536 5,781 5,708 5,512 5,620 5,587 5,291 5,755 (X)
1992.. 5,874 5,750 6,049 6,202 6,091 6,097 6,125 5,984 5,959 5,977 5,941 6,168 (X)
1993.. 6,593 6,649 7,104 7,107 6,903 6,818 6,678 6,548 6,483 6,429 6,227 6,556 (X)
1994.. 6,628 6,712 7,014 6,808 6,992 7,139 7,060 6,993 6,926 6,842 6,967 7,131 (X)
1995.. 7,165 7,487 7,641 7,398 7,379 7,217 6,942 6,906 7,044 6,787 6,950 7,095 (X)
1996.. 7,151 7,334 7,549 7,445 7,502 7,667 7,548 7,623 7,829 7,414 7,447 7,538 (X)
1997.. 7,581 7,951 8,231 8,417 8,551 8,757 8,694 8,695 8,611 8,202 8,325 8,204 (X)
1998.. 8,378 8,525 8,654 8,812 8,690 8,686 8,646 8,735 8,273 8,019 8,013 7,873 (X)
1999.. 8,126 8,282 8,689 8,898 9,055 9,120 9,271 9,133 9,152 8,957 8,836 8,837 (X)
2000.. 9,238 9,512(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.11 1.10 1.11 1.13 1.12 1.10 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.23 1.21 1.30 (X)
1991.. 1.31 1.21 1.23 1.18 1.13 1.10 1.14 1.16 1.17 1.16 1.13 1.18 (X)
1992.. 1.15 1.11 1.11 1.13 1.13 1.14 1.17 1.15 1.13 1.15 1.16 1.10 (X)
1993.. 1.12 1.03 1.16 1.16 1.17 1.17 1.15 1.13 1.11 1.11 1.03 0.99 (X)
1994.. 1.05 1.07 1.04 1.03 1.03 1.06 1.03 1.06 1.05 1.04 1.06 0.98 (X)
1995.. 1.04 1.09 1.09 1.08 1.09 1.08 1.07 1.05 1.09 1.05 1.10 1.07 (X)
1996.. 1.08 1.08 1.05 1.05 1.03 1.03 1.04 1.04 1.05 1.04 1.04 1.05 (X)
1997.. 1.05 1.04 1.06 1.06 1.11 1.11 1.11 1.13 1.14 1.13 1.18 1.12 (X)
1998.. 1.11 1.12 1.12 1.11 1.10 1.10 1.05 1.08 1.04 1.03 1.03 1.00 (X)
1999.. 1.01 0.98 0.99 0.99 0.98 0.97 0.99 1.01 1.00 1.02 0.99 1.01 (X)
2000.. 0.99 1.02(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.30 1.35 1.17 1.19 1.04 1.02 1.06 0.96 1.11 1.05 1.17 1.60 (X)
1991.. 1.53 1.47 1.34 1.19 1.04 1.07 1.03 1.01 1.10 1.00 1.12 1.42 (X)
1992.. 1.33 1.31 1.18 1.14 1.11 1.04 1.07 1.05 1.03 1.02 1.17 1.27 (X)
1993.. 1.37 1.23 1.17 1.16 1.15 1.07 1.10 1.00 1.02 1.01 1.00 1.12 (X)
1994.. 1.28 1.28 1.06 1.06 0.99 0.99 1.02 0.91 0.97 0.95 1.03 1.13 (X)
1995.. 1.22 1.31 1.10 1.16 1.01 1.00 1.07 0.91 1.03 0.93 1.08 1.26 (X)
1996.. 1.21 1.24 1.12 1.06 0.97 1.02 0.96 0.92 1.02 0.89 1.05 1.20 (X)
1997.. 1.18 1.24 1.14 1.06 1.08 1.07 1.03 1.05 1.06 0.98 1.24 1.21 (X)
1998.. 1.29 1.33 1.16 1.12 1.11 1.01 0.98 1.01 0.97 0.92 1.05 1.07 (X)
1999.. 1.21 1.17 0.99 1.00 1.00 0.89 0.94 0.92 0.95 0.94 0.98 1.07 (X)
2000.. 1.18 1.16(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 504 Professional and commercial equipment and supplies
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 9,510 9,579 9,844 9,685 9,769 9,564 9,250 9,377 9,453 9,112 9,131 9,984 (X)
1991.. 9,321 9,504 9,890 9,591 9,819 10,417 10,526 10,673 11,203 11,139 10,969 10,952 (X)
1992.. 11,140 11,049 11,007 12,151 11,430 11,290 11,917 11,609 11,306 11,864 12,172 12,225 (X)
1993.. 13,236 13,735 12,801 13,433 13,043 13,289 13,548 13,743 13,660 14,220 13,928 13,622 (X)
1994.. 14,110 13,758 13,975 13,914 13,782 13,831 14,199 14,578 14,645 15,000 15,248 16,007 (X)
1995.. 16,428 16,364 16,526 16,595 17,094 17,257 17,343 17,306 17,800 18,012 17,961 18,554 (X)
1996.. 18,135 18,578 18,913 18,781 19,459 19,238 19,199 19,450 19,372 19,120 19,863 19,242 (X)
1997.. 19,461 20,277 19,972 20,450 20,414 20,780 20,604 20,414 21,057 21,040 21,398 21,658 (X)
1998.. 21,816 21,988 22,237 22,613 21,847 22,199 22,268 22,426 22,126 22,194 21,352 22,208 (X)
1999.. 22,256 22,537 22,861 22,898 23,555 23,465 23,621 23,809 23,914 24,109 24,133 24,447 (X)
2000.. 24,211 24,065(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 9,215 8,650 10,317 9,065 9,535 9,755 8,908 9,930 9,765 9,804 9,067 10,164 114,175
1991.. 9,088 8,554 10,058 9,322 9,524 10,188 10,568 11,004 11,875 11,997 10,552 11,379 124,109
1992.. 11,040 10,132 11,513 11,799 10,378 11,719 11,977 11,574 12,301 12,564 11,539 13,093 139,629
1993.. 12,442 12,375 13,928 13,030 11,882 13,741 13,291 14,004 14,766 14,575 13,622 14,644 162,300
1994.. 13,306 12,437 15,135 13,190 12,900 14,329 13,461 15,365 15,758 15,405 14,882 16,791 172,959
1995.. 15,754 14,809 18,013 15,135 16,718 17,982 16,441 18,119 18,726 18,823 17,494 18,907 206,921
1996.. 17,827 17,538 19,480 18,199 19,070 19,046 19,314 19,820 20,283 20,535 18,870 20,243 230,225
1997.. 18,799 18,310 20,711 19,734 19,577 21,320 20,604 20,128 22,868 22,555 19,579 23,716 247,901
1998.. 20,289 19,811 23,616 21,799 20,296 23,708 22,357 22,179 24,029 23,148 20,071 24,251 265,554
1999.. 19,875 20,193 25,238 22,051 21,930 25,084 23,125 24,190 25,971 24,326 23,409 26,818 282,210
2000.. 21,620 22,380(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 44,000
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 14,898 15,027 14,991 15,233 15,473 15,328 15,251 15,464 15,541 15,511 15,722 15,800 (X)
1991.. 15,770 16,088 16,261 15,823 16,409 16,507 16,637 17,069 16,402 16,478 16,433 16,875 (X)
1992.. 16,920 16,853 16,114 16,135 16,381 16,953 16,639 17,051 17,159 16,757 17,124 17,094 (X)
1993.. 17,076 17,142 17,287 17,304 17,370 17,518 17,740 17,915 18,065 18,199 18,250 18,303 (X)
1994.. 18,855 18,953 18,816 19,250 19,931 19,620 20,048 19,911 20,170 20,952 20,876 21,212 (X)
1995.. 21,388 21,715 22,058 22,060 22,178 22,538 23,148 23,129 23,216 23,673 23,919 24,117 (X)
1996.. 24,052 23,844 24,175 23,936 23,880 23,960 23,746 24,387 24,909 23,987 24,533 24,887 (X)
1997.. 24,725 25,020 24,900 25,586 25,976 26,901 27,074 26,545 27,720 28,093 27,934 28,104 (X)
1998.. 28,657 28,892 29,129 29,292 29,247 28,276 28,198 28,170 27,905 27,458 27,406 26,853 (X)
1999.. 26,467 27,296 26,650 25,828 26,282 26,577 26,504 26,419 26,708 27,230 27,552 27,529 (X)
2000.. 27,969 27,837(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 14,943 14,832 14,961 15,522 15,535 15,328 15,449 15,402 15,370 15,542 15,596 15,705 (X)
1991.. 15,880 15,911 16,228 16,060 16,524 16,474 16,870 17,018 16,189 16,445 16,318 16,841 (X)
1992.. 17,089 16,668 16,098 16,312 16,463 16,868 16,938 17,017 16,884 16,723 17,021 17,094 (X)
1993.. 17,298 16,936 17,287 17,442 17,405 17,378 18,077 17,897 17,758 18,199 18,195 18,340 (X)
1994.. 19,100 18,707 18,816 19,366 19,891 19,443 20,449 19,891 19,807 21,015 20,876 21,254 (X)
1995.. 21,687 21,454 22,036 22,214 22,089 22,290 23,565 23,106 22,775 23,791 24,015 24,165 (X)
1996.. 24,341 23,558 24,151 24,151 23,737 23,696 24,126 24,314 24,436 24,155 24,705 24,912 (X)
1997.. 24,997 24,745 24,900 25,867 25,820 26,632 27,399 26,412 27,221 28,262 28,241 28,076 (X)
1998.. 28,915 28,603 29,158 29,643 29,072 28,022 28,480 27,973 27,431 27,623 27,735 26,772 (X)
1999.. 26,732 27,050 26,677 26,164 26,177 26,338 26,716 26,155 26,254 27,393 27,910 27,446 (X)
2000.. 28,249 27,614(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.57 1.57 1.52 1.57 1.58 1.60 1.65 1.65 1.64 1.70 1.72 1.58 (X)
1991.. 1.69 1.69 1.64 1.65 1.67 1.58 1.58 1.60 1.46 1.48 1.50 1.54 (X)
1992.. 1.52 1.53 1.46 1.33 1.43 1.50 1.40 1.47 1.52 1.41 1.41 1.40 (X)
1993.. 1.29 1.25 1.35 1.29 1.33 1.32 1.31 1.30 1.32 1.28 1.31 1.34 (X)
1994.. 1.34 1.38 1.35 1.38 1.45 1.42 1.41 1.37 1.38 1.40 1.37 1.33 (X)
1995.. 1.30 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.30 1.31 1.33 1.34 1.30 1.31 1.33 1.30 (X)
1996.. 1.33 1.28 1.28 1.27 1.23 1.25 1.24 1.25 1.29 1.25 1.24 1.29 (X)
1997.. 1.27 1.23 1.25 1.25 1.27 1.29 1.31 1.30 1.32 1.34 1.31 1.30 (X)
1998.. 1.31 1.31 1.31 1.30 1.34 1.27 1.27 1.26 1.26 1.24 1.28 1.21 (X)
1999.. 1.19 1.21 1.17 1.13 1.12 1.13 1.12 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.13 (X)
2000.. 1.16 1.16(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.62 1.71 1.45 1.71 1.63 1.57 1.73 1.55 1.57 1.59 1.72 1.55 (X)
1991.. 1.75 1.86 1.61 1.72 1.73 1.62 1.60 1.55 1.36 1.37 1.55 1.48 (X)
1992.. 1.55 1.65 1.40 1.38 1.59 1.44 1.41 1.47 1.37 1.33 1.48 1.31 (X)
1993.. 1.39 1.37 1.24 1.34 1.46 1.26 1.36 1.28 1.20 1.25 1.34 1.25 (X)
1994.. 1.44 1.50 1.24 1.47 1.54 1.36 1.52 1.29 1.26 1.36 1.40 1.27 (X)
1995.. 1.38 1.45 1.22 1.47 1.32 1.24 1.43 1.28 1.22 1.26 1.37 1.28 (X)
1996.. 1.37 1.34 1.24 1.33 1.24 1.24 1.25 1.23 1.20 1.18 1.31 1.23 (X)
1997.. 1.33 1.35 1.20 1.31 1.32 1.25 1.33 1.31 1.19 1.25 1.44 1.18 (X)
1998.. 1.43 1.44 1.23 1.36 1.43 1.18 1.27 1.26 1.14 1.19 1.38 1.10 (X)
1999.. 1.35 1.34 1.06 1.19 1.19 1.05 1.16 1.08 1.01 1.13 1.19 1.02 (X)
2000.. 1.31 1.23(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 505 Metals & minerals, except petroleum
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 6,319 6,379 6,225 6,411 6,991 6,722 6,364 6,403 6,445 6,444 6,370 6,640 (X)
1991.. 6,274 6,406 6,287 6,472 6,075 6,335 6,286 6,261 6,281 6,534 6,473 6,378 (X)
1992.. 6,411 6,410 6,437 6,193 6,370 6,241 6,508 6,606 6,341 6,052 6,523 6,508 (X)
1993.. 6,780 6,435 6,447 6,534 6,710 6,662 6,687 6,472 6,540 6,387 6,455 6,563 (X)
1994.. 6,694 6,904 7,082 7,062 7,377 7,483 7,430 7,714 7,894 7,914 7,809 7,964 (X)
1995.. 8,129 7,980 7,995 8,097 7,831 7,773 7,880 7,809 7,980 7,939 8,036 7,891 (X)
1996.. 7,844 7,829 7,424 7,817 8,080 7,749 7,749 7,950 7,663 7,884 8,195 8,004 (X)
1997.. 8,054 8,271 7,872 8,376 8,328 8,460 8,480 8,461 8,598 8,575 8,591 8,532 (X)
1998.. 8,240 8,212 8,294 8,151 8,193 8,161 8,206 8,131 8,089 7,920 7,795 7,714 (X)
1999.. 7,892 7,851 7,728 7,676 7,673 7,704 7,874 7,699 7,661 7,992 8,225 8,340 (X)
2000.. 8,617 8,429(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 6,237 5,805 6,704 6,443 7,348 7,072 6,052 6,826 6,374 6,953 5,975 5,956 77,745
1991.. 6,192 5,836 6,570 6,686 6,409 6,519 6,154 6,474 6,331 7,070 5,884 5,919 76,044
1992.. 6,302 5,936 6,907 6,385 6,383 6,771 6,397 6,652 6,582 6,312 5,929 6,189 76,745
1993.. 6,326 5,933 7,124 6,737 6,690 7,215 6,386 6,750 6,723 6,483 6,048 6,215 78,630
1994.. 6,239 6,407 7,861 7,097 7,620 7,977 6,947 8,239 8,099 7,961 7,395 7,287 89,129
1995.. 7,885 7,453 8,867 7,935 8,285 8,239 7,313 8,324 7,940 8,257 7,594 7,070 95,162
1996.. 7,844 7,672 7,795 8,138 8,492 7,726 7,648 8,117 7,617 8,420 7,580 7,404 94,453
1997.. 8,078 7,833 8,210 8,761 8,428 8,638 8,395 8,419 8,761 9,124 7,783 8,122 100,552
1998.. 8,042 7,818 8,958 8,461 8,095 8,561 8,124 7,993 8,259 8,134 7,288 7,375 97,108
1999.. 7,576 7,506 8,555 7,945 7,527 8,120 7,551 7,814 7,745 8,016 7,929 7,965 94,249
2000.. 8,272 8,471(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 16,743
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 10,760 10,528 10,404 10,251 10,476 10,187 10,556 10,598 10,594 10,582 10,654 10,689 (X)
1991.. 10,716 10,769 10,635 10,724 10,501 10,253 10,264 10,179 10,157 10,188 10,213 10,037 (X)
1992.. 10,254 10,436 10,375 10,282 10,262 10,316 10,082 10,117 10,148 10,127 9,996 10,001 (X)
1993.. 9,937 9,956 10,045 10,193 10,182 10,421 10,514 10,539 10,588 10,568 10,504 10,766 (X)
1994.. 10,618 10,684 10,772 10,755 11,013 11,415 11,287 11,505 11,723 11,841 12,033 12,126 (X)
1995.. 12,365 12,227 12,396 12,397 12,356 12,253 12,319 12,241 12,117 12,002 11,857 11,736 (X)
1996.. 11,629 11,502 11,520 11,449 11,482 11,335 11,522 11,653 11,630 11,875 12,026 12,218 (X)
1997.. 12,360 12,667 12,757 12,897 12,916 13,093 13,077 13,075 13,094 12,971 12,946 13,005 (X)
1998.. 13,110 13,159 13,245 13,275 13,372 13,303 13,314 13,681 13,770 13,744 13,825 13,694 (X)
1999.. 13,726 13,287 12,885 12,915 12,962 12,959 12,887 12,736 12,864 12,962 13,129 13,183 (X)
2000.. 13,311 13,582(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 10,889 10,454 10,435 10,395 10,549 10,421 10,725 10,344 10,414 10,476 10,388 10,775 (X)
1991.. 10,823 10,704 10,667 10,874 10,554 10,468 10,418 9,975 10,025 10,086 9,937 10,127 (X)
1992.. 10,357 10,373 10,417 10,426 10,293 10,502 10,223 9,955 10,047 10,026 9,696 10,101 (X)
1993.. 10,036 9,896 10,095 10,326 10,192 10,577 10,651 10,423 10,493 10,452 10,168 10,884 (X)
1994.. 10,724 10,620 10,847 10,895 11,013 11,552 11,434 11,424 11,606 11,687 11,648 12,272 (X)
1995.. 12,489 12,178 12,508 12,533 12,368 12,363 12,467 12,192 11,984 11,810 11,501 11,889 (X)
1996.. 11,757 11,490 11,635 11,552 11,493 11,392 11,649 11,630 11,479 11,649 11,701 12,377 (X)
1997.. 12,508 12,705 12,885 12,987 12,955 13,132 13,195 13,049 12,898 12,699 12,635 13,187 (X)
1998.. 13,280 13,264 13,377 13,328 13,412 13,343 13,394 13,626 13,550 13,442 13,535 13,899 (X)
1999.. 13,918 13,433 13,001 12,954 13,014 12,998 12,939 12,660 12,645 12,664 12,866 13,394 (X)
2000.. 13,524 13,759(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.70 1.65 1.67 1.60 1.50 1.52 1.66 1.66 1.64 1.64 1.67 1.61 (X)
1991.. 1.71 1.68 1.69 1.66 1.73 1.62 1.63 1.63 1.62 1.56 1.58 1.57 (X)
1992.. 1.60 1.63 1.61 1.66 1.61 1.65 1.55 1.53 1.60 1.67 1.53 1.54 (X)
1993.. 1.47 1.55 1.56 1.56 1.52 1.56 1.57 1.63 1.62 1.65 1.63 1.64 (X)
1994.. 1.59 1.55 1.52 1.52 1.49 1.53 1.52 1.49 1.49 1.50 1.54 1.52 (X)
1995.. 1.52 1.53 1.55 1.53 1.58 1.58 1.56 1.57 1.52 1.51 1.48 1.49 (X)
1996.. 1.48 1.47 1.55 1.46 1.42 1.46 1.49 1.47 1.52 1.51 1.47 1.53 (X)
1997.. 1.53 1.53 1.62 1.54 1.55 1.55 1.54 1.55 1.52 1.51 1.51 1.52 (X)
1998.. 1.59 1.60 1.60 1.63 1.63 1.63 1.62 1.68 1.70 1.74 1.77 1.78 (X)
1999.. 1.74 1.69 1.67 1.68 1.69 1.68 1.64 1.65 1.68 1.62 1.60 1.58 (X)
2000.. 1.54 1.61(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.75 1.80 1.56 1.61 1.44 1.47 1.77 1.52 1.63 1.51 1.74 1.81 (X)
1991.. 1.75 1.83 1.62 1.63 1.65 1.61 1.69 1.54 1.58 1.43 1.69 1.71 (X)
1992.. 1.64 1.75 1.51 1.63 1.61 1.55 1.60 1.50 1.53 1.59 1.64 1.63 (X)
1993.. 1.59 1.67 1.42 1.53 1.52 1.47 1.67 1.54 1.56 1.61 1.68 1.75 (X)
1994.. 1.72 1.66 1.38 1.54 1.45 1.45 1.65 1.39 1.43 1.47 1.58 1.68 (X)
1995.. 1.58 1.63 1.41 1.58 1.49 1.50 1.70 1.46 1.51 1.43 1.51 1.68 (X)
1996.. 1.50 1.50 1.49 1.42 1.35 1.47 1.52 1.43 1.51 1.38 1.54 1.67 (X)
1997.. 1.55 1.62 1.57 1.48 1.54 1.52 1.57 1.55 1.47 1.39 1.62 1.62 (X)
1998.. 1.65 1.70 1.49 1.58 1.66 1.56 1.65 1.70 1.64 1.65 1.86 1.88 (X)
1999.. 1.84 1.79 1.52 1.63 1.73 1.60 1.71 1.62 1.63 1.58 1.62 1.68 (X)
2000.. 1.63 1.62(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 506 Electrical goods
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 9,967 9,944 9,982 9,915 9,868 9,657 9,686 9,563 9,605 9,566 9,373 9,310 (X)
1991.. 9,488 9,399 9,438 9,373 9,539 9,576 9,448 9,259 9,537 9,408 9,351 9,406 (X)
1992.. 9,556 9,622 9,534 9,471 9,195 9,515 9,714 9,593 9,463 9,488 9,901 9,983 (X)
1993.. 10,184 10,393 10,408 10,949 10,986 11,287 11,803 12,004 12,184 12,341 12,353 12,349 (X)
1994.. 12,287 12,305 13,036 13,091 13,744 13,620 13,519 13,936 14,027 14,521 14,585 14,854 (X)
1995.. 15,444 15,590 15,341 15,756 15,906 15,978 15,995 16,332 16,678 16,566 16,831 16,910 (X)
1996.. 16,695 16,387 16,746 16,288 15,899 16,237 16,107 16,010 16,276 16,286 16,284 15,459 (X)
1997.. 16,466 16,733 16,809 16,945 17,162 17,187 17,650 17,688 17,517 16,949 17,153 17,399 (X)
1998.. 17,202 17,323 17,583 17,549 17,799 17,584 17,577 17,421 17,516 17,816 17,609 17,666 (X)
1999.. 17,778 18,281 18,511 18,683 18,825 19,298 19,461 19,710 19,835 20,150 20,877 21,604 (X)
2000.. 21,869 21,668(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 9,489 9,059 10,152 9,449 9,848 9,589 9,492 10,127 9,768 10,810 9,757 8,817 116,357
1991.. 9,042 8,581 9,344 9,167 9,539 9,260 9,533 9,574 10,004 10,584 9,463 9,067 113,158
1992.. 9,126 8,968 9,677 9,206 8,726 9,734 9,782 9,699 10,229 10,437 9,960 9,843 115,387
1993.. 9,206 9,520 10,918 10,621 10,437 11,535 11,591 12,448 13,232 13,217 12,736 12,164 137,625
1994.. 11,083 11,259 13,675 12,384 13,332 13,947 12,924 14,898 15,303 15,596 14,920 14,304 163,625
1995.. 14,178 14,218 16,231 14,464 15,858 16,393 15,339 17,410 17,795 18,239 17,100 15,845 193,070
1996.. 15,693 15,568 16,930 15,783 15,820 15,847 16,316 16,666 17,318 18,354 16,089 14,887 195,271
1997.. 15,396 15,227 17,145 16,369 16,699 17,290 17,879 17,865 19,093 19,068 16,415 17,242 205,688
1998.. 15,688 15,799 18,409 16,970 16,856 18,217 17,876 17,613 18,952 19,491 17,292 17,472 210,635
1999.. 15,787 16,691 19,973 18,104 17,903 19,954 19,325 20,360 21,362 21,399 21,086 21,366 233,310
2000.. 19,507 20,671(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 40,178
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 15,578 15,555 15,533 15,680 15,718 15,788 15,865 15,908 15,910 15,751 16,149 15,950 (X)
1991.. 16,351 16,298 16,243 16,342 16,127 16,021 15,854 15,860 15,681 15,853 15,799 16,242 (X)
1992.. 16,431 16,286 16,183 16,451 16,366 16,532 16,638 16,640 16,748 17,171 17,071 17,335 (X)
1993.. 17,206 17,222 17,707 17,441 17,726 17,918 17,915 18,190 18,479 18,475 18,490 18,221 (X)
1994.. 18,382 18,812 18,661 18,959 19,455 19,566 20,117 20,259 20,567 20,415 20,376 21,294 (X)
1995.. 21,425 21,784 22,096 22,364 22,736 23,290 23,500 24,080 24,343 24,609 25,048 25,252 (X)
1996.. 25,739 25,545 25,391 25,686 25,832 24,838 24,793 24,488 24,142 24,318 24,536 24,256 (X)
1997.. 24,599 24,572 24,930 24,525 24,582 24,952 24,861 24,926 24,842 24,588 24,299 24,441 (X)
1998.. 24,350 24,658 25,050 25,311 25,662 25,777 25,737 25,850 26,142 26,022 26,147 26,307 (X)
1999.. 26,490 26,760 26,456 26,112 26,668 26,907 27,756 27,822 28,284 28,819 29,594 30,126 (X)
2000.. 30,287 30,673(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 15,391 15,477 15,316 15,711 15,781 15,867 16,214 16,147 15,815 15,846 16,004 15,775 (X)
1991.. 16,237 16,249 15,967 16,342 16,159 16,101 16,219 16,114 15,603 15,932 15,641 16,047 (X)
1992.. 16,365 16,253 15,859 16,385 16,382 16,648 17,037 16,956 16,731 17,223 16,900 17,110 (X)
1993.. 17,172 17,188 17,300 17,336 17,744 18,061 18,381 18,590 18,516 18,457 18,287 17,948 (X)
1994.. 18,345 18,774 18,232 18,807 19,455 19,762 20,660 20,765 20,670 20,293 20,152 20,932 (X)
1995.. 21,382 21,740 21,588 22,207 22,759 23,569 24,158 24,730 24,489 24,363 24,772 24,772 (X)
1996.. 25,662 25,468 24,858 25,558 25,858 25,161 25,462 25,149 24,311 24,002 24,266 23,795 (X)
1997.. 24,525 24,498 24,456 24,451 24,607 25,276 25,483 25,549 24,991 24,268 24,032 24,001 (X)
1998.. 24,277 24,559 24,649 25,260 25,662 26,086 26,329 26,445 26,273 25,736 25,912 25,912 (X)
1999.. 26,358 26,653 26,059 26,060 26,668 27,176 28,367 28,378 28,425 28,588 29,357 29,734 (X)
2000.. 30,075 30,550(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.58 1.59 1.63 1.64 1.66 1.66 1.65 1.72 1.71 (X)
1991.. 1.72 1.73 1.72 1.74 1.69 1.67 1.68 1.71 1.64 1.69 1.69 1.73 (X)
1992.. 1.72 1.69 1.70 1.74 1.78 1.74 1.71 1.73 1.77 1.81 1.72 1.74 (X)
1993.. 1.69 1.66 1.70 1.59 1.61 1.59 1.52 1.52 1.52 1.50 1.50 1.48 (X)
1994.. 1.50 1.53 1.43 1.45 1.42 1.44 1.49 1.45 1.47 1.41 1.40 1.43 (X)
1995.. 1.39 1.40 1.44 1.42 1.43 1.46 1.47 1.47 1.46 1.49 1.49 1.49 (X)
1996.. 1.54 1.56 1.52 1.58 1.62 1.53 1.54 1.53 1.48 1.49 1.51 1.57 (X)
1997.. 1.49 1.47 1.48 1.45 1.43 1.45 1.41 1.41 1.42 1.45 1.42 1.40 (X)
1998.. 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.44 1.44 1.47 1.46 1.48 1.49 1.46 1.48 1.49 (X)
1999.. 1.49 1.46 1.43 1.40 1.42 1.39 1.43 1.41 1.43 1.43 1.42 1.39 (X)
2000.. 1.38 1.42(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.62 1.71 1.51 1.66 1.60 1.65 1.71 1.59 1.62 1.47 1.64 1.79 (X)
1991.. 1.80 1.89 1.71 1.78 1.69 1.74 1.70 1.68 1.56 1.51 1.65 1.77 (X)
1992.. 1.79 1.81 1.64 1.78 1.88 1.71 1.74 1.75 1.64 1.65 1.70 1.74 (X)
1993.. 1.87 1.81 1.58 1.63 1.70 1.57 1.59 1.49 1.40 1.40 1.44 1.48 (X)
1994.. 1.66 1.67 1.33 1.52 1.46 1.42 1.60 1.39 1.35 1.30 1.35 1.46 (X)
1995.. 1.51 1.53 1.33 1.54 1.44 1.44 1.57 1.42 1.38 1.34 1.45 1.56 (X)
1996.. 1.64 1.64 1.47 1.62 1.63 1.59 1.56 1.51 1.40 1.31 1.51 1.60 (X)
1997.. 1.59 1.61 1.43 1.49 1.47 1.46 1.43 1.43 1.31 1.27 1.46 1.39 (X)
1998.. 1.55 1.55 1.34 1.49 1.52 1.43 1.47 1.50 1.39 1.32 1.50 1.48 (X)
1999.. 1.67 1.60 1.30 1.44 1.49 1.36 1.47 1.39 1.33 1.34 1.39 1.39 (X)
2000.. 1.54 1.48(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 507 Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,323 4,414 4,528 4,351 4,478 4,474 4,469 4,339 4,338 4,256 4,158 4,463 (X)
1991.. 4,148 4,075 4,150 4,132 4,164 4,142 4,089 4,142 4,203 4,211 4,202 4,207 (X)
1992.. 4,282 4,346 4,215 4,471 4,364 4,460 4,500 4,384 4,464 4,403 4,516 4,451 (X)
1993.. 4,420 4,494 4,363 4,421 4,593 4,544 4,615 4,779 4,665 4,764 4,788 4,784 (X)
1994.. 4,867 5,044 5,174 5,159 5,190 5,214 5,131 5,416 5,498 5,470 5,544 5,702 (X)
1995.. 5,533 5,502 5,514 5,483 5,516 5,583 5,612 5,646 5,690 5,599 5,623 5,878 (X)
1996.. 5,623 5,567 5,673 5,641 5,645 5,800 5,742 5,830 6,153 6,098 6,065 6,025 (X)
1997.. 5,990 6,032 6,063 6,278 6,103 6,093 6,270 6,133 6,259 6,343 6,274 6,323 (X)
1998.. 6,520 6,498 6,354 6,397 6,504 6,583 6,566 6,480 6,449 6,474 6,647 6,730 (X)
1999.. 6,756 6,784 6,924 6,848 6,930 6,819 6,795 6,918 6,803 6,806 6,859 6,884 (X)
2000.. 7,032 7,092(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,020 3,831 4,478 4,286 4,680 4,769 4,701 4,660 4,238 4,784 4,162 4,012 52,621
1991.. 3,837 3,545 3,967 4,190 4,343 4,275 4,396 4,370 4,262 4,729 4,114 3,917 49,945
1992.. 3,922 3,842 4,131 4,435 4,333 4,902 4,815 4,502 4,710 4,821 4,435 4,215 53,063
1993.. 3,832 3,919 4,337 4,412 4,515 4,976 4,841 5,104 4,922 5,093 4,889 4,516 55,356
1994.. 4,176 4,388 5,117 4,984 5,278 5,668 5,259 5,909 5,888 5,826 5,627 5,246 63,366
1995.. 4,930 4,781 5,437 5,121 5,715 6,169 5,747 6,137 5,923 6,181 5,634 5,255 67,030
1996.. 5,123 5,033 5,350 5,618 5,848 6,067 6,253 6,156 6,356 6,830 5,944 5,531 70,109
1997.. 5,469 5,242 5,711 6,234 6,213 6,593 6,847 6,286 6,641 7,028 5,923 5,893 74,080
1998.. 5,855 5,673 6,240 6,333 6,497 7,393 7,163 6,590 6,739 6,960 6,414 6,232 78,089
1999.. 5,945 5,956 6,972 6,889 6,930 7,624 7,250 7,292 6,993 7,078 6,825 6,340 82,094
2000.. 6,174 6,581(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 12,755
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 8,229 8,235 8,302 8,283 8,354 8,598 8,348 8,190 8,189 8,180 8,323 8,467 (X)
1991.. 8,396 8,397 8,411 8,338 8,172 8,313 8,264 8,184 8,310 8,320 8,354 8,446 (X)
1992.. 8,431 8,530 8,517 8,679 8,889 8,821 8,956 9,163 8,977 8,921 8,868 8,840 (X)
1993.. 9,025 8,971 8,973 8,968 8,849 8,867 8,864 8,986 8,996 9,155 9,351 9,339 (X)
1994.. 9,396 9,588 9,625 9,736 10,013 10,127 10,330 10,586 10,691 10,627 10,646 10,898 (X)
1995.. 10,783 10,810 11,129 10,904 10,945 10,940 10,861 10,917 11,055 11,291 11,223 11,167 (X)
1996.. 11,197 11,221 11,251 11,287 11,354 11,349 11,599 11,600 11,559 11,790 11,780 11,951 (X)
1997.. 11,994 11,993 11,698 12,070 12,090 12,096 11,951 12,038 12,201 12,163 12,218 12,233 (X)
1998.. 12,475 12,844 12,722 12,991 13,028 13,214 13,170 13,332 13,252 13,292 13,293 13,398 (X)
1999.. 13,502 13,294 13,288 13,240 13,228 13,252 13,357 13,150 13,198 13,219 13,341 13,288 (X)
2000.. 13,303 13,484(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 8,130 8,235 8,410 8,424 8,463 8,572 8,465 8,182 8,181 8,221 8,148 8,272 (X)
1991.. 8,295 8,405 8,504 8,471 8,303 8,280 8,371 8,184 8,310 8,320 8,187 8,286 (X)
1992.. 8,321 8,547 8,611 8,801 9,040 8,786 9,046 9,172 8,995 8,894 8,708 8,707 (X)
1993.. 8,890 8,980 9,072 9,076 9,026 8,832 8,926 9,013 9,023 9,100 9,183 9,208 (X)
1994.. 9,246 9,588 9,740 9,853 10,223 10,097 10,371 10,628 10,723 10,553 10,476 10,745 (X)
1995.. 10,589 10,799 11,274 11,046 11,197 10,940 10,894 10,972 11,066 11,189 11,032 11,011 (X)
1996.. 10,984 11,187 11,420 11,456 11,615 11,406 11,622 11,646 11,547 11,649 11,580 11,772 (X)
1997.. 11,754 11,969 11,873 12,287 12,380 12,217 11,999 12,074 12,152 11,981 11,998 12,025 (X)
1998.. 12,238 12,831 12,913 13,251 13,328 13,412 13,236 13,345 13,159 13,053 13,054 13,143 (X)
1999.. 13,245 13,307 13,461 13,531 13,519 13,491 13,451 13,150 13,079 12,955 13,101 13,036 (X)
2000.. 13,050 13,511(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.90 1.87 1.83 1.90 1.87 1.92 1.87 1.89 1.89 1.92 2.00 1.90 (X)
1991.. 2.02 2.06 2.03 2.02 1.96 2.01 2.02 1.98 1.98 1.98 1.99 2.01 (X)
1992.. 1.97 1.96 2.02 1.94 2.04 1.98 1.99 2.09 2.01 2.03 1.96 1.99 (X)
1993.. 2.04 2.00 2.06 2.03 1.93 1.95 1.92 1.88 1.93 1.92 1.95 1.95 (X)
1994.. 1.93 1.90 1.86 1.89 1.93 1.94 2.01 1.95 1.94 1.94 1.92 1.91 (X)
1995.. 1.95 1.96 2.02 1.99 1.98 1.96 1.94 1.93 1.94 2.02 2.00 1.90 (X)
1996.. 1.99 2.02 1.98 2.00 2.01 1.96 2.02 1.99 1.88 1.93 1.94 1.98 (X)
1997.. 2.00 1.99 1.93 1.92 1.98 1.99 1.91 1.96 1.95 1.92 1.95 1.93 (X)
1998.. 1.91 1.98 2.00 2.03 2.00 2.01 2.01 2.06 2.05 2.05 2.00 1.99 (X)
1999.. 2.00 1.96 1.92 1.93 1.91 1.94 1.97 1.90 1.94 1.94 1.95 1.93 (X)
2000.. 1.89 1.90(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 2.02 2.15 1.88 1.97 1.81 1.80 1.80 1.76 1.93 1.72 1.96 2.06 (X)
1991.. 2.16 2.37 2.14 2.02 1.91 1.94 1.90 1.87 1.95 1.76 1.99 2.12 (X)
1992.. 2.12 2.22 2.08 1.98 2.09 1.79 1.88 2.04 1.91 1.84 1.96 2.07 (X)
1993.. 2.32 2.29 2.09 2.06 2.00 1.77 1.84 1.77 1.83 1.79 1.88 2.04 (X)
1994.. 2.21 2.19 1.90 1.98 1.94 1.78 1.97 1.80 1.82 1.81 1.86 2.05 (X)
1995.. 2.15 2.26 2.07 2.16 1.96 1.77 1.90 1.79 1.87 1.81 1.96 2.10 (X)
1996.. 2.14 2.22 2.13 2.04 1.99 1.88 1.86 1.89 1.82 1.71 1.95 2.13 (X)
1997.. 2.15 2.28 2.08 1.97 1.99 1.85 1.75 1.92 1.83 1.70 2.03 2.04 (X)
1998.. 2.09 2.26 2.07 2.09 2.05 1.81 1.85 2.03 1.95 1.88 2.04 2.11 (X)
1999.. 2.23 2.23 1.93 1.96 1.95 1.77 1.86 1.80 1.87 1.83 1.92 2.06 (X)
2000.. 2.11 2.05(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 508 Machinery, equipment, and supplies
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 13,010 13,117 13,176 13,418 13,368 13,331 13,125 13,022 13,215 13,052 12,327 12,816 (X)
1991.. 12,193 12,467 12,473 12,434 12,308 12,416 12,203 12,084 12,241 11,703 11,838 11,949 (X)
1992.. 11,966 11,853 12,639 12,219 12,037 12,420 12,182 12,527 12,505 12,997 12,758 12,584 (X)
1993.. 13,451 13,128 13,237 13,364 13,779 13,613 14,001 13,809 13,625 13,789 13,822 13,811 (X)
1994.. 14,139 14,010 14,078 13,913 14,200 14,658 14,770 15,138 15,257 15,289 15,325 15,653 (X)
1995.. 15,506 15,855 15,702 15,419 15,798 15,645 16,066 16,449 16,263 16,291 16,877 17,670 (X)
1996.. 16,918 16,800 17,227 17,297 17,059 16,837 16,820 16,941 17,270 17,774 18,222 18,136 (X)
1997.. 17,820 18,721 18,047 18,363 18,418 18,844 19,194 18,867 19,081 19,601 19,182 19,442 (X)
1998.. 20,257 20,495 20,256 20,646 20,616 20,487 20,331 20,191 20,390 19,831 20,400 20,241 (X)
1999.. 20,033 20,090 20,461 20,262 20,530 20,744 20,671 20,951 20,847 20,793 20,838 21,134 (X)
2000.. 21,193 20,983(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 12,008 11,884 14,125 14,223 14,331 13,811 12,849 13,374 12,845 14,148 11,600 11,957 157,155
1991.. 11,303 11,258 12,847 13,715 13,071 12,453 12,276 12,229 12,253 12,616 10,773 11,662 146,456
1992.. 11,069 10,857 13,637 13,013 12,073 13,538 12,109 12,314 12,793 13,569 11,610 12,634 149,216
1993.. 11,850 11,855 14,720 14,233 13,903 14,552 13,679 14,127 13,720 13,817 13,255 13,811 163,522
1994.. 12,626 12,693 15,613 14,233 14,882 15,479 13,899 15,895 15,379 15,411 14,543 15,434 176,087
1995.. 14,452 14,428 17,241 15,172 16,999 16,615 15,231 17,140 15,808 17,040 15,999 16,804 192,929
1996.. 16,174 16,078 17,864 18,473 18,100 16,702 17,039 17,077 16,735 18,929 16,965 18,082 208,218
1997.. 16,786 17,111 18,859 19,336 19,210 19,409 19,348 18,207 19,386 20,581 17,245 19,947 225,425
1998.. 18,738 18,712 21,998 21,637 20,698 22,187 20,290 19,585 20,349 20,406 18,952 20,686 244,238
1999.. 17,809 18,322 22,814 21,478 20,776 22,134 20,278 21,119 20,680 20,481 20,275 21,388 247,554
2000.. 18,968 20,165(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 39,133
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 30,104 30,147 30,180 30,402 31,153 31,079 31,328 31,622 32,008 31,836 31,765 31,511 (X)
1991.. 32,126 31,999 31,455 31,324 30,653 30,137 30,705 29,777 29,849 29,677 29,344 29,665 (X)
1992.. 29,568 29,239 29,714 29,702 29,195 29,924 29,790 30,002 29,573 29,049 29,790 29,932 (X)
1993.. 29,860 29,906 29,915 29,912 29,856 30,127 29,786 29,766 29,895 29,819 30,147 30,206 (X)
1994.. 30,256 30,805 30,711 30,805 31,466 31,370 31,920 32,492 32,856 33,111 33,772 33,635 (X)
1995.. 33,869 34,263 34,547 35,130 35,246 35,696 36,173 36,388 36,758 37,635 37,654 38,030 (X)
1996.. 38,608 38,668 38,901 38,845 38,714 39,064 39,392 39,551 40,488 39,860 39,691 39,909 (X)
1997.. 40,236 40,260 40,804 41,290 41,971 42,828 41,433 41,468 42,272 42,791 43,485 44,456 (X)
1998.. 44,428 45,167 45,513 45,722 46,669 47,115 47,710 48,173 48,976 49,545 49,808 50,839 (X)
1999.. 51,299 51,645 52,151 52,517 52,216 52,582 52,757 52,635 52,504 52,120 52,392 51,872 (X)
2000.. 51,777 51,977(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 30,104 30,268 30,210 30,858 31,620 31,048 31,610 31,780 31,624 31,709 31,479 30,755 (X)
1991.. 32,094 32,127 31,518 31,794 31,113 30,077 30,951 29,985 29,491 29,529 29,080 29,012 (X)
1992.. 29,479 29,356 29,773 30,177 29,604 29,894 30,028 30,182 29,189 28,904 29,522 29,333 (X)
1993.. 29,711 30,026 30,035 30,420 30,244 30,127 30,024 29,945 29,447 29,700 29,906 29,662 (X)
1994.. 30,044 30,897 30,865 31,329 31,875 31,401 32,207 32,622 32,330 33,012 33,502 33,097 (X)
1995.. 33,530 34,332 34,720 35,727 35,775 35,767 36,571 36,497 36,170 37,522 37,277 37,460 (X)
1996.. 38,145 38,668 39,134 39,544 39,333 39,181 39,904 39,591 39,840 39,740 39,254 39,390 (X)
1997.. 39,673 40,179 41,049 42,075 42,685 43,042 42,054 41,509 41,596 42,620 42,920 43,923 (X)
1998.. 43,717 44,941 45,832 46,636 47,509 47,445 48,473 48,173 48,241 49,248 49,111 50,229 (X)
1999.. 50,376 51,335 52,516 53,567 53,208 53,055 53,654 52,635 51,769 51,755 51,659 51,250 (X)
2000.. 50,741 51,613(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 2.31 2.30 2.29 2.27 2.33 2.33 2.39 2.43 2.42 2.44 2.58 2.46 (X)
1991.. 2.63 2.57 2.52 2.52 2.49 2.43 2.52 2.46 2.44 2.54 2.48 2.48 (X)
1992.. 2.47 2.47 2.35 2.43 2.43 2.41 2.45 2.39 2.36 2.24 2.34 2.38 (X)
1993.. 2.22 2.28 2.26 2.24 2.17 2.21 2.13 2.16 2.19 2.16 2.18 2.19 (X)
1994.. 2.14 2.20 2.18 2.21 2.22 2.14 2.16 2.15 2.15 2.17 2.20 2.15 (X)
1995.. 2.18 2.16 2.20 2.28 2.23 2.28 2.25 2.21 2.26 2.31 2.23 2.15 (X)
1996.. 2.28 2.30 2.26 2.25 2.27 2.32 2.34 2.33 2.34 2.24 2.18 2.20 (X)
1997.. 2.26 2.15 2.26 2.25 2.28 2.27 2.16 2.20 2.22 2.18 2.27 2.29 (X)
1998.. 2.19 2.20 2.25 2.21 2.26 2.30 2.35 2.39 2.40 2.50 2.44 2.51 (X)
1999.. 2.56 2.57 2.55 2.59 2.54 2.53 2.55 2.51 2.52 2.51 2.51 2.45 (X)
2000.. 2.44 2.48(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 2.51 2.55 2.14 2.17 2.21 2.25 2.46 2.38 2.46 2.24 2.71 2.57 (X)
1991.. 2.84 2.85 2.45 2.32 2.38 2.42 2.52 2.45 2.41 2.34 2.70 2.49 (X)
1992.. 2.66 2.70 2.18 2.32 2.45 2.21 2.48 2.45 2.28 2.13 2.54 2.32 (X)
1993.. 2.51 2.53 2.04 2.14 2.18 2.07 2.19 2.12 2.15 2.15 2.26 2.15 (X)
1994.. 2.38 2.43 1.98 2.20 2.14 2.03 2.32 2.05 2.10 2.14 2.30 2.14 (X)
1995.. 2.32 2.38 2.01 2.35 2.10 2.15 2.40 2.13 2.29 2.20 2.33 2.23 (X)
1996.. 2.36 2.41 2.19 2.14 2.17 2.35 2.34 2.32 2.38 2.10 2.31 2.18 (X)
1997.. 2.36 2.35 2.18 2.18 2.22 2.22 2.17 2.28 2.15 2.07 2.49 2.20 (X)
1998.. 2.33 2.40 2.08 2.16 2.30 2.14 2.39 2.46 2.37 2.41 2.59 2.43 (X)
1999.. 2.83 2.80 2.30 2.49 2.56 2.40 2.65 2.49 2.50 2.53 2.55 2.40 (X)
2000.. 2.68 2.56(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 509 Miscellaneous durable goods
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 7,718 7,804 7,601 7,888 7,536 7,374 7,328 8,317 7,297 7,508 7,275 7,789 (X)
1991.. 7,712 7,542 7,530 7,525 7,664 7,733 7,780 7,932 7,960 7,819 8,071 7,775 (X)
1992.. 7,848 8,416 8,467 8,379 8,024 9,104 9,895 9,174 9,252 9,257 9,272 9,292 (X)
1993.. 9,858 9,107 9,358 9,250 9,395 9,368 9,990 9,639 9,221 9,401 9,511 9,690 (X)
1994.. 9,777 9,763 9,944 10,344 10,160 10,380 10,614 11,175 11,277 11,691 11,466 11,372 (X)
1995.. 11,984 12,623 11,645 11,939 11,823 12,177 11,627 11,883 11,823 11,851 12,008 12,236 (X)
1996.. 11,147 11,167 11,532 11,161 11,887 11,665 11,786 11,844 12,178 12,213 11,978 12,300 (X)
1997.. 12,259 12,553 12,437 12,553 12,275 11,732 12,490 12,436 12,736 12,293 12,542 12,313 (X)
1998.. 12,095 12,084 12,256 12,263 11,656 11,819 12,078 11,399 10,979 11,508 11,265 11,543 (X)
1999.. 12,055 12,417 12,390 12,358 12,910 13,028 13,218 13,140 13,651 13,604 13,975 14,308 (X)
2000.. 14,462 14,406(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 7,093 7,016 7,715 7,620 7,860 7,212 6,808 8,517 7,290 8,417 8,104 7,844 91,496
1991.. 7,180 6,758 7,417 7,284 7,833 7,431 7,305 8,162 8,223 8,921 8,676 8,024 93,214
1992.. 7,259 7,608 8,594 8,027 7,703 9,195 9,291 9,403 9,761 10,396 10,116 9,710 107,063
1993.. 8,616 8,051 9,601 8,815 8,982 9,424 9,191 10,294 9,903 10,379 10,557 9,961 113,774
1994.. 8,545 8,582 10,322 9,465 9,947 10,546 9,489 12,102 12,269 13,047 12,590 11,395 128,299
1995.. 10,666 11,083 12,053 10,817 11,681 12,408 10,499 12,929 12,497 13,652 13,173 11,844 143,302
1996.. 9,999 10,374 11,440 10,681 11,756 11,315 11,138 12,413 13,116 14,314 12,589 12,300 141,435
1997.. 10,972 11,147 12,512 11,963 11,931 11,709 12,003 12,498 14,035 14,211 12,893 12,448 148,322
1998.. 10,656 10,827 12,759 11,822 11,015 12,044 11,595 11,422 11,967 12,947 11,851 11,808 140,713
1999.. 10,355 11,200 13,096 11,987 12,277 13,145 12,504 13,495 14,920 14,801 14,967 14,523 157,270
2000.. 12,582 13,657(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 26,239
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 10,199 10,701 10,346 9,949 10,077 10,052 9,848 9,924 10,242 10,030 9,809 9,790 (X)
1991.. 9,735 9,768 9,950 10,145 10,306 10,415 10,377 10,643 10,743 10,767 11,450 11,399 (X)
1992.. 11,474 11,689 11,740 11,331 11,868 12,560 12,368 12,642 12,590 12,728 12,738 12,843 (X)
1993.. 12,998 13,127 12,868 13,426 13,669 13,689 14,045 14,348 14,411 14,447 14,678 14,792 (X)
1994.. 14,780 14,761 14,552 14,723 15,324 15,061 15,354 15,174 14,630 15,277 15,317 15,426 (X)
1995.. 15,599 15,722 16,036 16,204 16,260 16,313 16,384 15,921 16,082 16,164 16,308 16,145 (X)
1996.. 16,266 16,024 16,029 16,416 16,077 16,226 16,370 16,392 16,313 16,649 16,178 16,218 (X)
1997.. 16,135 16,185 16,589 16,087 15,692 16,341 16,454 16,710 16,785 16,381 16,840 17,463 (X)
1998.. 17,399 17,609 17,418 17,530 17,737 17,831 17,862 18,304 18,687 18,826 18,827 18,785 (X)
1999.. 18,908 18,875 19,382 19,310 19,380 19,488 19,442 19,654 19,861 20,107 20,794 20,993 (X)
2000.. 21,418 21,927(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 9,903 10,487 10,294 9,859 10,077 10,042 9,956 10,202 10,559 10,160 9,907 9,545 (X)
1991.. 9,482 9,563 9,831 9,993 10,316 10,394 10,512 10,984 11,119 10,939 11,565 11,125 (X)
1992.. 11,187 11,420 11,482 11,127 11,904 12,535 12,603 13,059 13,018 12,957 12,865 12,560 (X)
1993.. 12,699 12,773 12,456 13,184 13,724 13,675 14,438 14,822 14,872 14,765 14,751 14,437 (X)
1994.. 14,484 14,348 14,014 14,502 15,401 15,031 15,861 15,644 15,040 15,659 15,332 15,056 (X)
1995.. 15,349 15,313 15,411 15,977 16,341 16,264 16,925 16,351 16,500 16,633 16,243 15,741 (X)
1996.. 16,071 15,671 15,452 16,219 16,157 16,161 16,812 16,769 16,721 17,148 16,081 15,813 (X)
1997.. 16,006 15,942 16,058 15,926 15,739 16,259 16,750 17,044 17,188 16,872 16,722 17,026 (X)
1998.. 17,312 17,451 16,983 17,372 17,772 17,724 18,041 18,615 19,117 19,334 18,695 18,334 (X)
1999.. 18,870 18,837 18,994 19,117 19,399 19,332 19,520 19,949 20,298 20,610 20,669 20,489 (X)
2000.. 21,397 21,971(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.32 1.37 1.36 1.26 1.34 1.36 1.34 1.19 1.40 1.34 1.35 1.26 (X)
1991.. 1.26 1.30 1.32 1.35 1.34 1.35 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.38 1.42 1.47 (X)
1992.. 1.46 1.39 1.39 1.35 1.48 1.38 1.25 1.38 1.36 1.37 1.37 1.38 (X)
1993.. 1.32 1.44 1.38 1.45 1.45 1.46 1.41 1.49 1.56 1.54 1.54 1.53 (X)
1994.. 1.51 1.51 1.46 1.42 1.51 1.45 1.45 1.36 1.30 1.31 1.34 1.36 (X)
1995.. 1.30 1.25 1.38 1.36 1.38 1.34 1.41 1.34 1.36 1.36 1.36 1.32 (X)
1996.. 1.46 1.43 1.39 1.47 1.35 1.39 1.39 1.38 1.34 1.36 1.35 1.32 (X)
1997.. 1.32 1.29 1.33 1.28 1.28 1.39 1.32 1.34 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.42 (X)
1998.. 1.44 1.46 1.42 1.43 1.52 1.51 1.48 1.61 1.70 1.64 1.67 1.63 (X)
1999.. 1.57 1.52 1.56 1.56 1.50 1.50 1.47 1.50 1.45 1.48 1.49 1.47 (X)
2000.. 1.48 1.52(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.40 1.49 1.33 1.29 1.28 1.39 1.46 1.20 1.45 1.21 1.22 1.22 (X)
1991.. 1.32 1.42 1.33 1.37 1.32 1.40 1.44 1.35 1.35 1.23 1.33 1.39 (X)
1992.. 1.54 1.50 1.34 1.39 1.55 1.36 1.36 1.39 1.33 1.25 1.27 1.29 (X)
1993.. 1.47 1.59 1.30 1.50 1.53 1.45 1.57 1.44 1.50 1.42 1.40 1.45 (X)
1994.. 1.70 1.67 1.36 1.53 1.55 1.43 1.67 1.29 1.23 1.20 1.22 1.32 (X)
1995.. 1.44 1.38 1.28 1.48 1.40 1.31 1.61 1.26 1.32 1.22 1.23 1.33 (X)
1996.. 1.61 1.51 1.35 1.52 1.37 1.43 1.51 1.35 1.27 1.20 1.28 1.29 (X)
1997.. 1.46 1.43 1.28 1.33 1.32 1.39 1.40 1.36 1.22 1.19 1.30 1.37 (X)
1998.. 1.62 1.61 1.33 1.47 1.61 1.47 1.56 1.63 1.60 1.49 1.58 1.55 (X)
1999.. 1.82 1.68 1.45 1.59 1.58 1.47 1.56 1.48 1.36 1.39 1.38 1.41 (X)
2000.. 1.70 1.61(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 51 Nondurable goods, total
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 74,122 74,745 74,957 74,622 74,315 75,332 74,813 78,020 77,538 78,354 78,355 77,086 (X)
1991.. 76,086 75,836 75,097 76,680 77,372 77,019 76,959 76,878 76,657 76,310 77,014 77,421 (X)
1992.. 77,876 77,027 77,837 77,347 77,369 77,194 79,491 78,246 79,708 79,485 78,138 77,997 (X)
1993.. 80,298 78,923 78,298 79,480 80,883 78,404 77,698 78,241 78,593 78,523 78,681 76,842 (X)
1994.. 78,865 78,999 80,522 79,804 79,939 80,711 81,145 82,354 82,422 83,450 83,569 85,076 (X)
1995.. 85,967 86,608 85,866 87,631 87,134 88,946 88,983 88,974 89,126 89,794 90,330 91,280 (X)
1996.. 91,076 91,429 92,479 93,542 93,288 93,707 96,401 97,152 95,463 96,313 96,163 95,951 (X)
1997.. 97,493 98,691 98,811 96,569 97,479 96,827 95,657 96,839 97,255 96,914 96,165 97,120 (X)
1998.. 96,966 96,713 97,194 97,061 97,471 96,833 97,432 96,405 97,999 98,687 99,128 100,422 (X)
1999.. 98,779 98,699 100,975 102,093 103,974 105,869 105,336 107,140 107,665 108,623 110,449 110,952 (X)
2000.. 112,484 113,086(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 73,735 68,531 77,123 72,926 78,019 74,784 73,508 81,458 74,153 84,088 79,592 75,388 913,305
1991.. 75,408 69,222 74,903 77,144 80,902 74,709 78,266 78,426 74,909 82,283 76,119 77,244 919,535
1992.. 76,666 71,707 79,604 78,364 76,816 78,715 80,654 77,907 80,123 83,399 76,793 80,133 940,881
1993.. 74,926 72,093 82,477 80,055 80,884 80,276 77,206 79,634 79,216 79,867 79,094 78,626 944,354
1994.. 73,974 72,426 85,001 78,738 81,679 83,009 78,052 86,295 82,281 84,970 83,912 84,940 975,277
1995.. 82,656 79,695 90,372 84,683 91,931 90,776 85,788 93,012 86,675 93,294 90,752 88,569 1,058,203
1996.. 90,500 88,116 92,223 95,220 98,329 91,241 97,537 98,143 92,765 103,114 93,821 95,825 1,136,834
1997.. 96,387 91,270 99,286 98,348 100,311 96,498 97,028 95,022 97,421 103,401 91,724 99,988 1,166,684
1998.. 93,257 89,448 100,121 99,056 97,520 99,294 98,194 94,942 98,486 102,460 96,764 103,645 1,173,187
1999.. 91,869 91,120 107,464 103,223 104,482 108,685 103,455 107,730 108,551 109,287 110,953 113,883 1,260,702
2000.. 105,054 108,998(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 214,052
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 63,898 63,754 65,142 66,151 67,129 67,002 67,628 67,632 68,060 68,847 69,588 69,372 (X)
1991.. 69,925 69,690 69,612 69,265 69,917 70,128 70,568 70,976 71,654 72,989 72,793 73,049 (X)
1992.. 73,386 73,913 74,668 74,271 73,256 74,872 75,188 74,771 74,428 75,032 76,137 76,793 (X)
1993.. 77,873 77,265 77,483 78,188 78,047 78,437 78,312 79,221 79,232 78,269 79,397 79,909 (X)
1994.. 79,905 80,614 80,417 80,189 80,875 80,396 80,453 81,380 81,626 82,485 83,756 84,434 (X)
1995.. 85,411 85,599 86,577 88,163 88,119 88,748 90,454 90,765 90,703 90,652 90,010 89,906 (X)
1996.. 90,436 90,333 90,365 93,223 93,848 93,092 92,671 91,444 88,720 89,914 89,578 89,463 (X)
1997.. 90,918 90,784 90,741 90,433 90,596 91,167 91,869 92,660 92,868 94,269 95,592 95,749 (X)
1998.. 94,719 95,608 95,750 94,871 96,393 97,090 97,226 97,866 98,748 98,053 99,278 99,117 (X)
1999.. 98,564 99,505 100,003 101,019 100,952 100,837 102,026 103,740 103,961 104,490 105,042 105,651 (X)
2000.. 106,575 107,078(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 66,538 65,575 66,145 66,078 65,044 65,245 64,928 63,869 65,876 70,675 72,025 72,042 (X)
1991.. 73,058 71,866 70,841 69,301 67,827 68,026 67,696 66,569 68,738 74,980 75,496 75,856 (X)
1992.. 77,048 76,378 75,983 74,346 71,082 72,538 72,356 70,431 71,670 76,908 78,797 79,631 (X)
1993.. 82,007 79,869 78,799 78,452 75,720 75,590 75,074 74,198 76,034 80,117 82,289 82,939 (X)
1994.. 84,693 83,609 81,819 80,620 78,247 77,201 77,311 76,446 78,217 84,530 86,822 87,689 (X)
1995.. 90,565 88,675 88,019 88,729 85,249 85,025 86,471 84,481 86,283 93,110 93,905 93,796 (X)
1996.. 96,418 93,926 92,146 93,857 90,226 88,429 88,338 85,474 85,018 92,409 93,141 92,847 (X)
1997.. 96,172 93,870 92,281 90,914 87,335 87,147 87,969 87,243 89,153 97,027 99,757 99,521 (X)
1998.. 100,142 98,601 97,268 95,220 92,986 92,926 93,267 92,484 94,896 100,942 103,499 103,137 (X)
1999.. 104,202 102,661 101,640 101,280 96,948 96,218 97,620 97,812 99,910 107,648 109,587 109,908 (X)
2000.. 112,590 110,505(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 0.86 0.85 0.87 0.89 0.90 0.89 0.90 0.87 0.88 0.88 0.89 0.90 (X)
1991.. 0.92 0.92 0.93 0.90 0.90 0.91 0.92 0.92 0.93 0.96 0.95 0.94 (X)
1992.. 0.94 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.95 0.97 0.95 0.96 0.93 0.94 0.97 0.98 (X)
1993.. 0.97 0.98 0.99 0.98 0.96 1.00 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.00 1.01 1.04 (X)
1994.. 1.01 1.02 1.00 1.00 1.01 1.00 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 1.00 0.99 (X)
1995.. 0.99 0.99 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.00 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.01 1.00 0.98 (X)
1996.. 0.99 0.99 0.98 1.00 1.01 0.99 0.96 0.94 0.93 0.93 0.93 0.93 (X)
1997.. 0.93 0.92 0.92 0.94 0.93 0.94 0.96 0.96 0.95 0.97 0.99 0.99 (X)
1998.. 0.98 0.99 0.99 0.98 0.99 1.00 1.00 1.02 1.01 0.99 1.00 0.99 (X)
1999.. 1.00 1.01 0.99 0.99 0.97 0.95 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.96 0.95 0.95 (X)
2000.. 0.95 0.95(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 0.90 0.96 0.86 0.91 0.83 0.87 0.88 0.78 0.89 0.84 0.90 0.96 (X)
1991.. 0.97 1.04 0.95 0.90 0.84 0.91 0.86 0.85 0.92 0.91 0.99 0.98 (X)
1992.. 1.00 1.07 0.95 0.95 0.93 0.92 0.90 0.90 0.89 0.92 1.03 0.99 (X)
1993.. 1.09 1.11 0.96 0.98 0.94 0.94 0.97 0.93 0.96 1.00 1.04 1.05 (X)
1994.. 1.14 1.15 0.96 1.02 0.96 0.93 0.99 0.89 0.95 0.99 1.03 1.03 (X)
1995.. 1.10 1.11 0.97 1.05 0.93 0.94 1.01 0.91 1.00 1.00 1.03 1.06 (X)
1996.. 1.07 1.07 1.00 0.99 0.92 0.97 0.91 0.87 0.92 0.90 0.99 0.97 (X)
1997.. 1.00 1.03 0.93 0.92 0.87 0.90 0.91 0.92 0.92 0.94 1.09 1.00 (X)
1998.. 1.07 1.10 0.97 0.96 0.95 0.94 0.95 0.97 0.96 0.99 1.07 1.00 (X)
1999.. 1.13 1.13 0.95 0.98 0.93 0.89 0.94 0.91 0.92 0.99 0.99 0.97 (X)
2000.. 1.07 1.01(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 511 Paper and paper products
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,238 4,210 4,333 4,218 4,318 4,236 4,423 4,345 4,373 4,313 4,295 4,220 (X)
1991.. 4,416 4,279 4,067 4,260 4,199 4,285 4,397 4,425 4,431 4,478 4,404 4,450 (X)
1992.. 4,511 4,424 4,480 4,536 4,577 4,513 4,666 4,493 4,463 4,598 4,650 4,713 (X)
1993.. 4,710 4,764 4,734 4,801 4,864 4,894 4,753 4,798 4,913 4,990 5,180 5,092 (X)
1994.. 5,202 5,161 5,236 5,329 5,423 5,472 5,440 5,619 5,656 5,757 5,734 6,227 (X)
1995.. 6,318 6,458 6,491 6,497 6,667 6,817 6,906 6,764 6,788 6,486 6,639 6,697 (X)
1996.. 6,400 6,563 6,576 6,549 6,605 6,533 6,693 6,702 6,550 6,581 6,625 6,795 (X)
1997.. 6,888 7,130 6,989 7,031 6,729 6,716 6,793 6,995 7,080 7,051 7,123 7,071 (X)
1998.. 7,173 7,162 7,473 7,342 7,380 7,488 7,430 7,436 7,614 7,644 7,631 7,837 (X)
1999.. 7,785 7,891 7,689 7,891 8,127 8,164 8,151 8,305 8,363 8,404 8,531 8,421 (X)
2000.. 8,613 8,537(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,319 3,861 4,446 4,075 4,240 4,172 4,405 4,653 4,242 4,818 4,321 4,005 51,557
1991.. 4,504 3,907 4,071 4,217 4,165 4,092 4,524 4,567 4,418 4,993 4,316 4,348 52,122
1992.. 4,628 4,092 4,574 4,482 4,325 4,567 4,792 4,520 4,610 4,947 4,538 4,727 54,802
1993.. 4,583 4,364 4,971 4,729 4,587 5,002 4,696 5,004 5,031 5,244 5,170 5,128 58,509
1994.. 5,025 4,764 5,477 5,121 5,287 5,549 5,244 6,069 5,814 5,964 5,745 6,053 66,112
1995.. 6,312 5,993 6,835 6,068 6,687 6,878 6,561 7,312 6,849 6,901 6,566 6,402 79,364
1996.. 6,605 6,360 6,576 6,464 6,592 6,213 6,726 7,030 6,655 7,160 6,373 6,673 79,427
1997.. 7,129 6,681 6,947 6,996 6,460 6,541 6,759 7,219 7,434 7,679 6,646 7,163 83,654
1998.. 7,187 6,725 7,675 7,239 6,945 7,466 7,363 7,622 8,101 8,019 7,349 7,908 89,599
1999.. 7,692 7,402 8,120 7,757 7,591 8,205 7,743 8,787 8,856 8,665 8,463 8,514 97,795
2000.. 8,475 8,375(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 16,850
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,486 4,500 4,544 4,556 4,610 4,658 4,728 4,757 4,844 4,961 4,918 4,949 (X)
1991.. 5,017 4,989 4,870 4,786 5,000 4,919 4,946 5,175 5,056 5,035 5,196 5,225 (X)
1992.. 5,070 5,151 5,323 5,301 5,287 5,469 5,406 5,477 5,588 5,566 5,602 5,607 (X)
1993.. 5,611 5,536 5,650 5,682 5,700 5,793 5,751 5,867 5,811 5,859 5,738 6,235 (X)
1994.. 6,428 6,415 6,333 6,375 6,379 6,327 6,476 6,388 6,240 6,492 6,756 6,823 (X)
1995.. 6,945 7,190 7,249 7,560 7,491 7,521 7,655 7,638 7,489 7,861 7,885 7,933 (X)
1996.. 7,870 7,823 7,863 7,961 7,998 8,008 7,957 7,880 7,987 8,080 7,996 8,103 (X)
1997.. 8,181 8,249 8,331 8,260 8,408 8,227 8,574 8,823 8,764 8,953 9,050 9,061 (X)
1998.. 8,787 9,227 9,411 9,269 9,246 9,270 9,305 9,330 9,352 9,191 9,318 9,503 (X)
1999.. 9,350 9,426 9,489 9,613 9,674 9,818 9,863 9,975 10,013 9,921 10,116 9,993 (X)
2000.. 10,134 10,147(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,612 4,500 4,580 4,583 4,499 4,588 4,737 4,648 4,776 5,065 4,952 5,008 (X)
1991.. 5,157 4,964 4,894 4,815 4,870 4,845 4,951 5,046 5,005 5,136 5,253 5,298 (X)
1992.. 5,212 5,110 5,334 5,338 5,155 5,387 5,406 5,329 5,538 5,666 5,680 5,697 (X)
1993.. 5,762 5,481 5,656 5,733 5,563 5,712 5,757 5,697 5,753 5,941 5,830 6,341 (X)
1994.. 6,602 6,364 6,333 6,439 6,239 6,238 6,489 6,203 6,159 6,570 6,871 6,939 (X)
1995.. 7,119 7,147 7,242 7,636 7,341 7,416 7,678 7,424 7,377 7,940 8,035 8,076 (X)
1996.. 8,043 7,792 7,847 8,033 7,846 7,888 7,981 7,691 7,859 8,145 8,164 8,265 (X)
1997.. 8,336 8,224 8,306 8,326 8,248 8,104 8,600 8,647 8,624 9,007 9,267 9,251 (X)
1998.. 8,928 9,181 9,373 9,334 9,052 9,140 9,333 9,190 9,212 9,237 9,551 9,693 (X)
1999.. 9,481 9,369 9,451 9,680 9,461 9,681 9,902 9,855 9,873 9,951 10,369 10,193 (X)
2000.. 10,256 10,086(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.06 1.07 1.05 1.08 1.07 1.10 1.07 1.09 1.11 1.15 1.15 1.17 (X)
1991.. 1.14 1.17 1.20 1.12 1.19 1.15 1.12 1.17 1.14 1.12 1.18 1.17 (X)
1992.. 1.12 1.16 1.19 1.17 1.16 1.21 1.16 1.22 1.25 1.21 1.20 1.19 (X)
1993.. 1.19 1.16 1.19 1.18 1.17 1.18 1.21 1.22 1.18 1.17 1.11 1.22 (X)
1994.. 1.24 1.24 1.21 1.20 1.18 1.16 1.19 1.14 1.10 1.13 1.18 1.10 (X)
1995.. 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.16 1.12 1.10 1.11 1.13 1.10 1.21 1.19 1.18 (X)
1996.. 1.23 1.19 1.20 1.22 1.21 1.23 1.19 1.18 1.22 1.23 1.21 1.19 (X)
1997.. 1.19 1.16 1.19 1.17 1.25 1.22 1.26 1.26 1.24 1.27 1.27 1.28 (X)
1998.. 1.23 1.29 1.26 1.26 1.25 1.24 1.25 1.25 1.23 1.20 1.22 1.21 (X)
1999.. 1.20 1.19 1.23 1.22 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.20 1.20 1.18 1.19 1.19 (X)
2000.. 1.18 1.19(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.07 1.17 1.03 1.12 1.06 1.10 1.08 1.00 1.13 1.05 1.15 1.25 (X)
1991.. 1.14 1.27 1.20 1.14 1.17 1.18 1.09 1.10 1.13 1.03 1.22 1.22 (X)
1992.. 1.13 1.25 1.17 1.19 1.19 1.18 1.13 1.18 1.20 1.15 1.25 1.21 (X)
1993.. 1.26 1.26 1.14 1.21 1.21 1.14 1.23 1.14 1.14 1.13 1.13 1.24 (X)
1994.. 1.31 1.34 1.16 1.26 1.18 1.12 1.24 1.02 1.06 1.10 1.20 1.15 (X)
1995.. 1.13 1.19 1.06 1.26 1.10 1.08 1.17 1.02 1.08 1.15 1.22 1.26 (X)
1996.. 1.22 1.23 1.19 1.24 1.19 1.27 1.19 1.09 1.18 1.14 1.28 1.24 (X)
1997.. 1.17 1.23 1.20 1.19 1.28 1.24 1.27 1.20 1.16 1.17 1.39 1.29 (X)
1998.. 1.24 1.37 1.22 1.29 1.30 1.22 1.27 1.21 1.14 1.15 1.30 1.23 (X)
1999.. 1.23 1.27 1.16 1.25 1.25 1.18 1.28 1.12 1.11 1.15 1.23 1.20 (X)
2000.. 1.21 1.20(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 512 Drugs, drug proprietaries and druggists sundries
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,196 4,192 4,233 4,319 4,182 4,267 4,313 4,460 4,323 4,365 4,341 4,362 (X)
1991.. 4,427 4,565 4,642 4,870 4,917 4,851 5,140 5,106 5,188 5,208 5,185 5,358 (X)
1992.. 5,374 5,362 5,397 5,296 5,468 5,637 5,602 5,584 5,568 5,790 5,781 5,882 (X)
1993.. 5,851 5,850 5,728 5,625 5,663 5,673 5,534 5,640 5,734 5,841 5,931 5,895 (X)
1994.. 6,101 5,860 6,026 6,623 6,290 6,311 6,510 6,524 6,522 6,773 6,573 6,493 (X)
1995.. 6,495 6,709 6,833 6,984 6,846 6,932 6,923 7,077 7,142 7,184 7,367 7,431 (X)
1996.. 7,439 7,396 7,406 7,572 7,685 7,703 7,829 7,900 8,191 8,231 8,262 8,260 (X)
1997.. 8,363 8,502 8,675 8,685 8,812 8,936 9,056 9,195 9,180 9,211 9,273 9,462 (X)
1998.. 9,854 10,138 10,287 9,953 10,032 10,071 10,348 10,394 10,561 10,747 10,826 11,171 (X)
1999.. 11,271 11,528 11,708 11,921 12,081 12,321 12,246 12,382 12,409 12,347 12,816 13,195 (X)
2000.. 12,594 12,871(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,456 3,907 4,280 4,228 4,270 4,096 4,261 4,522 4,133 4,771 4,367 4,292 51,583
1991.. 4,772 4,241 4,526 4,958 4,932 4,531 5,197 4,994 5,105 5,781 5,014 5,562 59,613
1992.. 5,729 4,997 5,516 5,333 5,129 5,671 5,624 5,255 5,690 6,143 5,671 6,311 67,069
1993.. 5,845 5,417 5,986 5,676 5,301 5,696 5,357 5,584 5,820 5,993 6,085 6,237 68,997
1994.. 6,083 5,415 6,357 6,391 6,208 6,286 6,080 6,615 6,659 6,908 6,744 6,629 76,375
1995.. 6,813 6,192 7,134 6,572 6,928 6,911 6,452 7,247 6,992 7,672 7,492 7,327 83,732
1996.. 7,975 7,167 7,265 7,716 7,754 7,148 7,860 7,726 8,085 9,021 8,047 8,557 94,321
1997.. 8,907 7,856 8,528 8,850 8,618 8,596 9,192 8,680 9,428 9,893 8,763 10,068 107,379
1998.. 10,130 9,378 10,698 10,072 9,500 10,111 10,348 9,791 10,793 11,112 10,577 12,054 124,564
1999.. 11,170 10,675 12,504 12,112 11,429 12,370 11,854 12,258 12,558 12,298 13,034 14,105 146,367
2000.. 12,418 12,614(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 25,032
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 5,864 5,945 6,164 6,206 6,229 6,204 6,185 6,197 6,295 6,442 6,566 6,460 (X)
1991.. 6,626 6,648 6,596 6,693 7,078 7,360 7,424 7,531 7,541 7,660 7,759 7,731 (X)
1992.. 8,053 8,175 8,171 8,157 8,044 8,364 8,454 8,411 8,570 8,717 8,548 9,027 (X)
1993.. 9,360 9,168 9,293 9,156 9,137 9,146 9,313 9,431 9,617 9,479 9,723 9,987 (X)
1994.. 9,790 9,710 9,571 9,661 9,805 9,709 9,904 9,889 9,868 10,237 10,384 10,371 (X)
1995.. 10,358 10,146 10,587 10,746 10,881 10,873 10,666 10,640 10,684 10,453 10,260 10,070 (X)
1996.. 10,111 10,270 10,236 10,487 10,327 10,409 10,660 10,689 10,297 10,974 11,175 11,418 (X)
1997.. 11,623 11,423 11,688 11,443 11,658 11,925 12,055 12,515 12,671 12,388 12,841 12,993 (X)
1998.. 13,217 13,650 13,919 14,020 14,390 14,097 14,130 14,178 14,261 14,382 14,726 14,907 (X)
1999.. 15,066 15,268 15,590 16,168 16,533 16,888 17,114 17,186 17,332 17,807 17,766 17,928 (X)
2000.. 18,090 18,170(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 6,274 6,171 6,133 6,280 5,918 6,018 6,037 5,955 6,226 6,552 6,487 6,686 (X)
1991.. 7,136 6,907 6,563 6,713 6,696 7,139 7,261 7,215 7,451 7,790 7,712 8,002 (X)
1992.. 8,721 8,510 8,122 8,133 7,594 8,096 8,293 8,041 8,459 8,874 8,548 9,334 (X)
1993.. 10,156 9,526 9,228 9,110 8,607 8,826 9,164 9,025 9,492 9,659 9,762 10,317 (X)
1994.. 10,622 10,040 9,514 9,613 9,236 9,350 9,765 9,503 9,759 10,431 10,436 10,692 (X)
1995.. 11,197 10,420 10,534 10,725 10,272 10,471 10,538 10,268 10,556 10,652 10,322 10,342 (X)
1996.. 10,879 10,475 10,205 10,497 9,790 10,055 10,553 10,358 10,173 11,183 11,231 11,658 (X)
1997.. 12,460 11,594 11,676 11,500 11,087 11,567 11,959 12,152 12,481 12,623 12,880 13,227 (X)
1998.. 14,129 13,787 13,919 14,118 13,728 13,730 14,031 13,781 14,019 14,655 14,741 15,160 (X)
1999.. 16,075 15,390 15,590 16,297 15,822 16,483 17,011 16,705 17,003 18,145 17,784 18,233 (X)
2000.. 19,284 18,279(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.40 1.42 1.46 1.44 1.49 1.45 1.43 1.39 1.46 1.48 1.51 1.48 (X)
1991.. 1.50 1.46 1.42 1.37 1.44 1.52 1.44 1.47 1.45 1.47 1.50 1.44 (X)
1992.. 1.50 1.52 1.51 1.54 1.47 1.48 1.51 1.51 1.54 1.51 1.48 1.53 (X)
1993.. 1.60 1.57 1.62 1.63 1.61 1.61 1.68 1.67 1.68 1.62 1.64 1.69 (X)
1994.. 1.60 1.66 1.59 1.46 1.56 1.54 1.52 1.52 1.51 1.51 1.58 1.60 (X)
1995.. 1.59 1.51 1.55 1.54 1.59 1.57 1.54 1.50 1.50 1.46 1.39 1.36 (X)
1996.. 1.36 1.39 1.38 1.38 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.35 1.26 1.33 1.35 1.38 (X)
1997.. 1.39 1.34 1.35 1.32 1.32 1.33 1.33 1.36 1.38 1.34 1.38 1.37 (X)
1998.. 1.34 1.35 1.35 1.41 1.43 1.40 1.37 1.36 1.35 1.34 1.36 1.33 (X)
1999.. 1.34 1.32 1.33 1.36 1.37 1.37 1.40 1.39 1.40 1.44 1.39 1.36 (X)
2000.. 1.44 1.41(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.41 1.58 1.43 1.49 1.39 1.47 1.42 1.32 1.51 1.37 1.49 1.56 (X)
1991.. 1.50 1.63 1.45 1.35 1.36 1.58 1.40 1.44 1.46 1.35 1.54 1.44 (X)
1992.. 1.52 1.70 1.47 1.53 1.48 1.43 1.47 1.53 1.49 1.44 1.51 1.48 (X)
1993.. 1.74 1.76 1.54 1.61 1.62 1.55 1.71 1.62 1.63 1.61 1.60 1.65 (X)
1994.. 1.75 1.85 1.50 1.50 1.49 1.49 1.61 1.44 1.47 1.51 1.55 1.61 (X)
1995.. 1.64 1.68 1.48 1.63 1.48 1.52 1.63 1.42 1.51 1.39 1.38 1.41 (X)
1996.. 1.36 1.46 1.40 1.36 1.26 1.41 1.34 1.34 1.26 1.24 1.40 1.36 (X)
1997.. 1.40 1.48 1.37 1.30 1.29 1.35 1.30 1.40 1.32 1.28 1.47 1.31 (X)
1998.. 1.39 1.47 1.30 1.40 1.45 1.36 1.36 1.41 1.30 1.32 1.39 1.26 (X)
1999.. 1.44 1.44 1.25 1.35 1.38 1.33 1.44 1.36 1.35 1.48 1.36 1.29 (X)
2000.. 1.55 1.45(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 513 Apparel, piece goods and notions
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 5,259 5,500 5,576 5,515 5,148 5,649 5,575 5,543 5,056 5,145 5,299 5,562 (X)
1991.. 5,348 5,360 5,192 5,561 5,779 5,339 5,389 5,168 5,315 5,302 5,511 5,248 (X)
1992.. 5,703 5,613 5,699 5,260 5,422 5,107 5,526 5,867 5,745 6,004 5,713 5,846 (X)
1993.. 5,733 5,476 5,514 5,815 5,837 5,780 5,727 6,036 6,330 6,247 6,368 5,348 (X)
1994.. 6,111 6,218 6,477 6,230 5,931 6,110 5,850 5,987 5,936 5,905 5,950 5,863 (X)
1995.. 5,772 5,895 5,728 5,743 5,916 5,905 5,963 5,879 5,896 6,029 5,966 6,000 (X)
1996.. 5,377 5,458 6,071 6,150 6,191 6,432 6,589 6,377 6,689 6,627 6,525 6,855 (X)
1997.. 7,154 7,238 7,016 7,293 7,137 7,015 7,335 7,246 7,286 7,079 7,120 7,347 (X)
1998.. 7,493 7,466 7,353 7,151 7,089 7,057 7,035 7,116 6,758 7,312 7,103 7,051 (X)
1999.. 7,265 7,172 7,827 7,583 7,875 7,720 7,604 7,719 7,809 7,862 8,237 8,243 (X)
2000.. 8,131 8,373(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,975 5,533 5,821 4,842 4,664 5,643 5,843 6,712 5,213 5,922 5,347 4,249 64,764
1991.. 5,230 5,371 5,322 5,038 5,057 5,254 5,712 6,057 5,560 6,325 5,373 4,183 64,482
1992.. 5,446 5,714 6,069 4,918 4,446 5,143 5,802 6,594 6,417 6,857 5,559 4,940 67,905
1993.. 5,137 5,465 6,093 5,332 4,751 5,925 5,796 6,947 7,185 6,965 6,317 4,412 70,325
1994.. 5,457 6,218 7,403 5,557 4,976 6,251 5,756 6,987 6,666 6,555 5,968 4,679 72,473
1995.. 5,310 5,930 6,450 5,140 5,082 5,911 5,903 6,990 6,415 6,867 5,894 4,620 70,512
1996.. 5,092 5,845 6,484 5,756 5,392 6,181 6,965 7,110 7,251 7,899 6,023 5,395 75,393
1997.. 6,846 7,412 7,556 7,038 6,088 6,762 8,002 7,768 8,066 8,183 6,486 5,907 86,114
1998.. 7,006 7,683 8,250 6,972 5,926 6,972 7,485 7,564 7,609 8,167 6,485 5,824 85,943
1999.. 6,589 7,401 9,119 7,272 6,607 7,805 7,817 8,452 8,754 8,499 7,751 6,644 92,710
2000.. 7,350 9,085(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 16,435
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 9,437 9,469 9,745 10,126 10,144 10,074 9,991 10,011 10,030 9,970 10,011 9,834 (X)
1991.. 9,762 10,014 9,780 9,508 9,559 9,339 9,321 9,400 9,313 9,508 9,613 9,519 (X)
1992.. 9,845 9,885 10,383 10,267 9,893 10,427 10,530 10,302 10,457 10,526 10,426 10,677 (X)
1993.. 10,476 10,229 10,289 10,185 10,525 10,919 10,774 10,867 11,605 11,222 11,093 11,236 (X)
1994.. 10,884 10,849 10,938 10,600 10,556 10,516 10,864 11,298 11,407 11,488 11,677 11,820 (X)
1995.. 12,109 12,174 12,138 12,225 11,950 11,910 12,059 11,989 11,803 11,606 11,468 11,235 (X)
1996.. 11,168 11,346 11,102 11,481 11,471 11,394 11,352 11,123 11,230 11,004 10,692 11,454 (X)
1997.. 11,667 11,780 11,957 12,025 12,146 12,356 12,422 12,411 12,404 12,925 12,879 12,783 (X)
1998.. 12,772 12,497 12,615 12,717 12,738 12,794 12,766 12,956 12,897 12,913 12,894 12,784 (X)
1999.. 12,247 12,756 12,334 12,076 12,006 11,666 11,699 11,663 11,506 11,505 11,512 11,514 (X)
2000.. 11,713 11,691(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 9,550 9,450 9,531 9,620 10,316 10,588 10,301 10,271 10,120 9,671 9,581 9,864 (X)
1991.. 9,938 9,994 9,614 9,023 9,635 9,759 9,582 9,607 9,397 9,289 9,219 9,595 (X)
1992.. 10,091 9,875 10,238 9,723 9,834 10,813 10,793 10,508 10,582 10,358 10,030 10,805 (X)
1993.. 10,790 10,229 10,135 9,655 10,346 11,257 11,054 11,084 11,767 11,076 10,694 11,393 (X)
1994.. 11,276 10,882 10,719 10,070 10,282 10,789 11,168 11,524 11,590 11,350 11,268 11,985 (X)
1995.. 12,581 12,235 11,822 11,675 11,603 12,172 12,409 12,241 11,980 11,455 11,090 11,381 (X)
1996.. 11,648 11,437 10,758 11,022 11,127 11,599 11,681 11,357 11,365 10,861 10,350 11,569 (X)
1997.. 12,204 11,910 11,550 11,580 11,818 12,541 12,782 12,659 12,516 12,744 12,480 12,911 (X)
1998.. 13,398 12,647 12,173 12,259 12,407 12,973 13,123 13,202 12,961 12,745 12,494 12,925 (X)
1999.. 12,872 12,935 11,902 11,641 11,706 11,818 12,003 11,885 11,552 11,355 11,144 11,652 (X)
2000.. 12,322 11,866(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.79 1.72 1.75 1.84 1.97 1.78 1.79 1.81 1.98 1.94 1.89 1.77 (X)
1991.. 1.83 1.87 1.88 1.71 1.65 1.75 1.73 1.82 1.75 1.79 1.74 1.81 (X)
1992.. 1.73 1.76 1.82 1.95 1.82 2.04 1.91 1.76 1.82 1.75 1.82 1.83 (X)
1993.. 1.83 1.87 1.87 1.75 1.80 1.89 1.88 1.80 1.83 1.80 1.74 2.10 (X)
1994.. 1.78 1.74 1.69 1.70 1.78 1.72 1.86 1.89 1.92 1.95 1.96 2.02 (X)
1995.. 2.10 2.07 2.12 2.13 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.04 2.00 1.93 1.92 1.87 (X)
1996.. 2.08 2.08 1.83 1.87 1.85 1.77 1.72 1.74 1.68 1.66 1.64 1.67 (X)
1997.. 1.63 1.63 1.70 1.65 1.70 1.76 1.69 1.71 1.70 1.83 1.81 1.74 (X)
1998.. 1.70 1.67 1.72 1.78 1.80 1.81 1.81 1.82 1.91 1.77 1.82 1.81 (X)
1999.. 1.69 1.78 1.58 1.59 1.52 1.51 1.54 1.51 1.47 1.46 1.40 1.40 (X)
2000.. 1.44 1.40(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.92 1.71 1.64 1.99 2.21 1.88 1.76 1.53 1.94 1.63 1.79 2.32 (X)
1991.. 1.90 1.86 1.81 1.79 1.91 1.86 1.68 1.59 1.69 1.47 1.72 2.29 (X)
1992.. 1.85 1.73 1.69 1.98 2.21 2.10 1.86 1.59 1.65 1.51 1.80 2.19 (X)
1993.. 2.10 1.87 1.66 1.81 2.18 1.90 1.91 1.60 1.64 1.59 1.69 2.58 (X)
1994.. 2.07 1.75 1.45 1.81 2.07 1.73 1.94 1.65 1.74 1.73 1.89 2.56 (X)
1995.. 2.37 2.06 1.83 2.27 2.28 2.06 2.10 1.75 1.87 1.67 1.88 2.46 (X)
1996.. 2.29 1.96 1.66 1.91 2.06 1.88 1.68 1.60 1.57 1.37 1.72 2.14 (X)
1997.. 1.78 1.61 1.53 1.65 1.94 1.85 1.60 1.63 1.55 1.56 1.92 2.19 (X)
1998.. 1.91 1.65 1.48 1.76 2.09 1.86 1.75 1.75 1.70 1.56 1.93 2.22 (X)
1999.. 1.95 1.75 1.31 1.60 1.77 1.51 1.54 1.41 1.32 1.34 1.44 1.75 (X)
2000.. 1.68 1.31(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 514 Groceries and related products
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 21,902 22,564 22,680 22,538 22,724 22,609 22,949 23,224 23,008 23,321 22,627 22,268 (X)
1991.. 22,401 22,366 22,607 23,037 23,707 23,597 23,246 23,255 23,219 23,046 23,384 23,195 (X)
1992.. 23,213 23,347 23,601 23,304 22,800 22,605 23,298 23,039 23,430 23,178 22,983 23,507 (X)
1993.. 24,930 23,845 23,929 24,290 24,238 24,195 24,031 23,795 23,858 23,684 23,569 23,521 (X)
1994.. 23,704 23,879 24,092 23,873 24,027 24,130 24,204 24,579 24,902 25,003 25,468 25,616 (X)
1995.. 25,737 25,132 25,229 25,771 25,877 25,895 25,895 26,065 26,573 26,990 26,550 26,934 (X)
1996.. 26,747 26,623 26,451 26,292 26,167 25,848 27,162 27,076 26,561 27,110 26,819 26,320 (X)
1997.. 27,442 27,666 28,514 27,599 27,981 28,070 27,617 27,530 27,412 27,049 27,496 27,599 (X)
1998.. 27,779 28,563 28,517 28,646 28,737 29,001 29,271 29,004 29,096 29,215 29,225 29,149 (X)
1999.. 29,011 29,075 29,582 29,738 30,298 29,808 30,046 30,547 30,902 31,074 31,392 31,438 (X)
2000.. 31,412 31,538(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 21,595 20,488 22,771 21,907 24,246 22,745 23,156 24,107 21,996 24,301 23,102 22,134 272,548
1991.. 21,953 20,264 22,155 22,968 25,224 23,219 24,199 23,790 22,592 24,037 23,501 23,079 276,981
1992.. 22,726 21,759 23,601 23,514 23,188 23,034 24,137 23,062 23,360 23,827 22,891 24,118 279,217
1993.. 23,409 21,532 24,767 24,241 24,868 24,606 24,512 23,914 24,001 23,660 23,946 24,180 287,636
1994.. 22,590 21,539 24,935 23,467 24,748 24,781 23,865 25,513 24,728 25,303 25,774 26,051 293,294
1995.. 24,656 22,719 26,137 24,714 27,456 26,335 25,791 27,082 25,988 27,530 27,028 26,611 312,047
1996.. 26,399 25,159 26,239 26,082 27,711 25,460 28,058 27,780 25,764 28,520 26,631 26,425 320,228
1997.. 26,866 25,038 28,685 27,323 29,184 28,070 28,528 27,447 27,165 28,429 26,726 28,565 332,026
1998.. 26,696 25,878 28,916 28,589 29,111 29,639 30,208 29,265 28,834 30,238 28,874 30,082 346,330
1999.. 26,922 26,342 31,031 29,351 31,086 30,404 30,587 30,975 30,902 31,167 31,769 32,350 362,886
2000.. 29,433 29,551(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 58,984
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 13,755 13,613 14,249 14,323 14,399 14,266 14,430 14,793 14,748 14,648 14,691 14,700 (X)
1991.. 14,983 14,679 14,864 14,925 15,140 15,303 15,489 15,099 15,133 15,401 15,466 15,581 (X)
1992.. 15,475 15,548 15,677 15,949 15,958 16,139 16,127 16,143 16,012 15,727 15,996 16,021 (X)
1993.. 16,056 16,194 16,021 16,449 16,005 15,549 15,310 15,477 15,399 15,424 15,645 15,649 (X)
1994.. 15,504 15,684 15,965 15,450 15,377 15,725 15,133 15,577 15,805 15,816 15,789 15,954 (X)
1995.. 16,057 15,760 15,922 16,189 16,113 16,139 16,417 16,311 16,633 16,556 16,305 16,344 (X)
1996.. 16,465 16,391 16,652 16,711 16,577 16,620 16,861 16,946 16,686 16,530 16,239 16,207 (X)
1997.. 16,260 16,152 16,159 15,956 16,120 16,257 16,183 16,132 16,124 16,714 16,854 16,916 (X)
1998.. 17,121 17,323 16,874 17,243 17,413 17,340 17,317 17,396 17,252 17,090 17,202 17,101 (X)
1999.. 17,223 17,597 17,828 18,248 18,134 17,880 18,366 18,691 18,761 18,930 19,375 19,493 (X)
2000.. 19,398 19,455(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 13,796 13,463 13,964 14,122 14,313 14,081 14,113 14,098 14,630 15,395 15,470 15,229 (X)
1991.. 15,013 14,459 14,552 14,731 15,064 15,135 15,164 14,420 15,012 16,156 16,255 16,142 (X)
1992.. 15,521 15,253 15,348 15,758 15,878 16,010 15,821 15,433 15,932 16,482 16,764 16,582 (X)
1993.. 16,120 15,822 15,669 16,252 15,877 15,425 15,080 14,858 15,414 16,164 16,318 16,103 (X)
1994.. 15,582 15,292 15,630 15,265 15,223 15,583 14,951 15,016 15,884 16,623 16,405 16,321 (X)
1995.. 16,121 15,350 15,619 15,979 15,920 15,994 16,269 15,822 16,783 17,417 16,892 16,605 (X)
1996.. 16,514 15,948 16,386 16,477 16,395 16,454 16,743 16,505 16,836 17,390 16,807 16,369 (X)
1997.. 16,244 15,716 15,933 15,733 15,959 16,078 16,102 15,793 16,237 17,550 17,461 17,034 (X)
1998.. 17,053 16,890 16,655 17,019 17,291 17,149 17,213 17,065 17,321 17,910 17,873 17,204 (X)
1999.. 17,120 17,192 17,614 18,047 18,043 17,665 18,237 18,355 18,780 19,801 20,169 19,629 (X)
2000.. 19,243 19,027(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 0.63 0.60 0.63 0.64 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.64 0.64 0.63 0.65 0.66 (X)
1991.. 0.67 0.66 0.66 0.65 0.64 0.65 0.67 0.65 0.65 0.67 0.66 0.67 (X)
1992.. 0.67 0.67 0.66 0.68 0.70 0.71 0.69 0.70 0.68 0.68 0.70 0.68 (X)
1993.. 0.64 0.68 0.67 0.68 0.66 0.64 0.64 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.66 0.67 (X)
1994.. 0.65 0.66 0.66 0.65 0.64 0.65 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.62 0.62 (X)
1995.. 0.62 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.62 0.62 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.61 0.61 0.61 (X)
1996.. 0.62 0.62 0.63 0.64 0.63 0.64 0.62 0.63 0.63 0.61 0.61 0.62 (X)
1997.. 0.59 0.58 0.57 0.58 0.58 0.58 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.62 0.61 0.61 (X)
1998.. 0.62 0.61 0.59 0.60 0.61 0.60 0.59 0.60 0.59 0.58 0.59 0.59 (X)
1999.. 0.59 0.61 0.60 0.61 0.60 0.60 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.62 0.62 (X)
2000.. 0.62 0.62(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 0.64 0.66 0.61 0.64 0.59 0.62 0.61 0.58 0.67 0.63 0.67 0.69 (X)
1991.. 0.68 0.71 0.66 0.64 0.60 0.65 0.63 0.61 0.66 0.67 0.69 0.70 (X)
1992.. 0.68 0.70 0.65 0.67 0.68 0.70 0.66 0.67 0.68 0.69 0.73 0.69 (X)
1993.. 0.69 0.73 0.63 0.67 0.64 0.63 0.62 0.62 0.64 0.68 0.68 0.67 (X)
1994.. 0.69 0.71 0.63 0.65 0.62 0.63 0.63 0.59 0.64 0.66 0.64 0.63 (X)
1995.. 0.65 0.68 0.60 0.65 0.58 0.61 0.63 0.58 0.65 0.63 0.62 0.62 (X)
1996.. 0.63 0.63 0.62 0.63 0.59 0.65 0.60 0.59 0.65 0.61 0.63 0.62 (X)
1997.. 0.60 0.63 0.56 0.58 0.55 0.57 0.56 0.58 0.60 0.62 0.65 0.60 (X)
1998.. 0.64 0.65 0.58 0.60 0.59 0.58 0.57 0.58 0.60 0.59 0.62 0.57 (X)
1999.. 0.64 0.65 0.57 0.61 0.58 0.58 0.60 0.59 0.61 0.64 0.63 0.61 (X)
2000.. 0.65 0.64(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 515 Farm-product raw materials
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 9,454 9,003 8,968 9,322 8,950 9,526 9,114 8,969 8,667 8,189 8,845 8,584 (X)
1991.. 8,441 8,840 9,069 8,858 9,357 8,802 8,563 8,670 8,770 8,403 8,346 8,446 (X)
1992.. 8,755 8,647 8,832 8,442 8,612 8,353 9,102 9,013 9,730 8,923 8,659 8,845 (X)
1993.. 8,379 8,326 8,105 8,243 8,710 7,954 7,994 8,035 7,824 7,971 7,837 8,646 (X)
1994.. 7,861 7,662 7,954 7,954 8,412 8,322 8,349 8,313 8,148 8,648 8,449 9,056 (X)
1995.. 9,456 9,719 9,620 9,873 9,378 10,060 9,981 10,216 10,327 10,295 10,570 10,232 (X)
1996.. 10,937 11,098 11,620 11,389 11,013 11,627 12,062 12,575 11,482 10,789 11,135 11,121 (X)
1997.. 10,429 10,738 10,073 10,505 10,464 10,157 9,695 10,051 10,534 11,565 10,201 10,226 (X)
1998.. 10,117 9,238 9,166 8,956 8,923 8,622 8,702 8,705 8,627 8,767 8,729 9,191 (X)
1999.. 8,281 8,447 8,405 8,245 8,560 8,737 8,405 8,178 8,285 8,327 8,284 8,021 (X)
2000.. 8,126 8,288(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 10,702 8,571 9,515 9,098 9,514 8,850 8,303 8,691 7,653 9,180 9,146 8,378 107,601
1991.. 9,513 8,389 9,396 9,079 9,778 7,904 8,229 8,167 7,902 9,310 8,338 8,699 104,704
1992.. 9,648 8,370 9,636 8,493 8,483 8,044 8,510 8,346 9,253 9,342 8,546 9,553 106,224
1993.. 8,739 7,951 9,240 8,095 8,605 7,676 7,267 7,714 7,276 8,114 8,119 9,243 98,039
1994.. 8,301 7,386 8,948 7,636 8,563 7,839 7,339 8,271 7,504 8,925 8,905 9,473 99,090
1995.. 10,439 9,389 10,457 9,152 9,856 9,326 8,783 9,991 9,418 11,150 11,088 10,539 119,588
1996.. 12,589 11,142 11,713 11,275 11,134 10,325 11,411 11,468 10,586 12,246 11,514 12,122 137,525
1997.. 11,587 10,394 10,133 10,337 10,192 9,263 9,036 8,835 10,323 12,976 10,436 11,740 125,252
1998.. 10,764 8,933 9,487 8,526 8,459 8,294 7,867 7,669 8,584 9,635 9,261 10,514 107,993
1999.. 8,513 8,126 9,035 7,643 8,226 8,484 7,329 7,483 8,061 8,985 9,278 8,983 100,146
2000.. 8,370 8,429(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 16,799
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 8,014 7,773 8,002 8,389 8,607 8,436 8,645 8,236 7,836 8,364 8,869 8,808 (X)
1991.. 8,876 9,062 8,997 8,913 8,649 8,617 8,861 9,578 9,750 9,834 9,305 9,079 (X)
1992.. 9,049 9,228 9,292 8,943 9,043 8,636 8,296 8,101 8,256 8,456 8,721 8,956 (X)
1993.. 9,306 9,291 9,287 9,456 9,591 9,889 10,260 10,121 9,184 9,138 10,079 10,164 (X)
1994.. 10,352 10,540 10,480 10,546 10,759 10,214 9,773 9,639 9,779 9,750 10,439 10,833 (X)
1995.. 10,811 10,821 11,036 10,709 10,974 11,379 12,648 13,490 13,058 12,668 12,865 12,907 (X)
1996.. 13,105 12,960 13,103 13,949 14,614 14,154 12,850 12,156 10,352 10,483 10,402 10,258 (X)
1997.. 10,396 10,696 10,629 10,862 10,720 10,674 11,093 10,629 10,307 11,185 11,843 10,891 (X)
1998.. 10,502 10,265 10,096 9,349 9,427 10,015 10,043 10,307 10,910 10,827 11,001 10,922 (X)
1999.. 10,648 10,565 10,889 11,271 11,349 11,003 10,981 11,829 11,711 11,322 10,917 10,873 (X)
2000.. 11,179 11,225(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 9,793 9,195 8,554 8,439 7,307 6,825 6,907 6,325 6,308 9,225 10,395 10,446 (X)
1991.. 10,988 10,865 9,798 9,029 7,438 6,868 6,947 7,126 7,576 10,709 10,989 10,859 (X)
1992.. 11,411 11,230 10,286 9,086 7,822 6,788 6,388 5,857 6,250 9,133 10,395 10,792 (X)
1993.. 11,893 11,428 10,383 9,617 8,315 7,723 7,777 7,135 6,833 9,833 12,125 12,370 (X)
1994.. 13,385 13,028 11,727 10,683 9,242 7,926 7,349 6,699 7,207 10,608 12,725 13,324 (X)
1995.. 14,054 13,321 12,283 10,773 9,317 8,807 9,423 9,254 9,624 14,062 15,952 16,043 (X)
1996.. 17,024 15,824 14,466 13,879 12,159 10,856 9,496 8,363 7,743 11,982 13,086 12,802 (X)
1997.. 13,431 12,899 11,618 10,699 8,790 8,144 8,098 7,334 7,854 13,131 15,064 13,592 (X)
1998.. 13,485 12,246 10,924 9,125 7,655 7,591 7,281 7,174 8,466 12,971 14,092 13,598 (X)
1999.. 13,608 12,498 11,695 10,922 9,170 8,318 7,917 8,304 9,228 13,700 14,050 13,504 (X)
2000.. 14,231 13,189(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 0.85 0.86 0.89 0.90 0.96 0.89 0.95 0.92 0.90 1.02 1.00 1.03 (X)
1991.. 1.05 1.03 0.99 1.01 0.92 0.98 1.03 1.10 1.11 1.17 1.11 1.07 (X)
1992.. 1.03 1.07 1.05 1.06 1.05 1.03 0.91 0.90 0.85 0.95 1.01 1.01 (X)
1993.. 1.11 1.12 1.15 1.15 1.10 1.24 1.28 1.26 1.17 1.15 1.29 1.18 (X)
1994.. 1.32 1.38 1.32 1.33 1.28 1.23 1.17 1.16 1.20 1.13 1.24 1.20 (X)
1995.. 1.14 1.11 1.15 1.08 1.17 1.13 1.27 1.32 1.26 1.23 1.22 1.26 (X)
1996.. 1.20 1.17 1.13 1.22 1.33 1.22 1.07 0.97 0.90 0.97 0.93 0.92 (X)
1997.. 1.00 1.00 1.06 1.03 1.02 1.05 1.14 1.06 0.98 0.97 1.16 1.07 (X)
1998.. 1.04 1.11 1.10 1.04 1.06 1.16 1.15 1.18 1.26 1.23 1.26 1.19 (X)
1999.. 1.29 1.25 1.30 1.37 1.33 1.26 1.31 1.45 1.41 1.36 1.32 1.36 (X)
2000.. 1.38 1.35(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 0.92 1.07 0.90 0.93 0.77 0.77 0.83 0.73 0.82 1.00 1.14 1.25 (X)
1991.. 1.16 1.30 1.04 0.99 0.76 0.87 0.84 0.87 0.96 1.15 1.32 1.25 (X)
1992.. 1.18 1.34 1.07 1.07 0.92 0.84 0.75 0.70 0.68 0.98 1.22 1.13 (X)
1993.. 1.36 1.44 1.12 1.19 0.97 1.01 1.07 0.92 0.94 1.21 1.49 1.34 (X)
1994.. 1.61 1.76 1.31 1.40 1.08 1.01 1.00 0.81 0.96 1.19 1.43 1.41 (X)
1995.. 1.35 1.42 1.17 1.18 0.95 0.94 1.07 0.93 1.02 1.26 1.44 1.52 (X)
1996.. 1.35 1.42 1.24 1.23 1.09 1.05 0.83 0.73 0.73 0.98 1.14 1.06 (X)
1997.. 1.16 1.24 1.15 1.04 0.86 0.88 0.90 0.83 0.76 1.01 1.44 1.16 (X)
1998.. 1.25 1.37 1.15 1.07 0.90 0.92 0.93 0.94 0.99 1.35 1.52 1.29 (X)
1999.. 1.60 1.54 1.29 1.43 1.11 0.98 1.08 1.11 1.14 1.52 1.51 1.50 (X)
2000.. 1.70 1.56(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 516 Chemical and allied products
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 2,755 2,860 2,869 2,840 2,826 2,762 2,759 3,354 3,229 3,162 3,125 3,202 (X)
1991.. 2,991 2,943 3,122 3,090 2,771 3,095 3,117 3,118 3,347 3,202 3,113 3,136 (X)
1992.. 3,206 3,196 3,193 3,124 3,284 3,296 3,322 3,381 3,283 3,261 3,190 3,302 (X)
1993.. 3,377 3,481 3,349 3,342 3,332 3,288 3,241 3,252 3,319 3,236 3,383 3,321 (X)
1994.. 3,371 3,356 3,434 3,447 3,523 3,519 3,592 3,738 3,735 3,793 3,907 3,956 (X)
1995.. 4,078 4,146 4,076 4,214 4,169 4,192 4,186 4,126 4,147 4,274 4,381 4,401 (X)
1996.. 4,270 4,299 4,409 4,487 4,533 4,465 4,461 4,515 4,526 4,476 4,452 4,437 (X)
1997.. 4,469 4,578 4,627 4,621 4,601 4,758 4,780 4,748 4,792 4,720 4,646 4,664 (X)
1998.. 4,747 4,793 4,597 4,605 4,630 4,501 4,554 4,576 4,496 4,599 4,558 4,430 (X)
1999.. 4,427 4,254 4,382 4,330 4,344 4,469 4,445 4,426 4,413 4,453 4,472 4,575 (X)
2000.. 4,549 4,484(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 2,689 2,611 3,055 2,843 3,077 2,953 2,742 3,471 3,129 3,367 2,944 2,827 35,708
1991.. 2,934 2,705 3,216 3,214 2,987 3,175 3,210 3,174 3,300 3,404 2,867 2,873 37,059
1992.. 3,116 3,017 3,385 3,227 3,350 3,576 3,375 3,334 3,404 3,320 2,903 3,163 39,170
1993.. 3,110 3,237 3,670 3,422 3,415 3,587 3,196 3,333 3,375 3,162 3,248 3,132 39,887
1994.. 3,111 3,141 3,757 3,464 3,738 3,793 3,412 3,988 3,742 3,691 3,817 3,636 43,290
1995.. 3,907 3,889 4,374 4,100 4,598 4,485 3,964 4,431 4,047 4,308 4,258 3,904 50,265
1996.. 4,266 4,200 4,427 4,644 4,936 4,532 4,555 4,664 4,318 4,753 4,234 4,060 53,589
1997.. 4,442 4,267 4,608 4,801 4,863 4,910 4,923 4,748 4,778 4,984 4,279 4,445 56,048
1998.. 4,619 4,453 4,712 4,697 4,699 4,884 4,645 4,567 4,518 4,755 4,271 4,253 55,073
1999.. 4,179 3,939 4,662 4,365 4,383 4,894 4,427 4,577 4,378 4,457 4,396 4,342 52,999
2000.. 4,294 4,367(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 8,661
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 2,687 2,628 2,774 2,730 2,734 2,746 2,845 2,730 2,861 2,918 2,914 3,051 (X)
1991.. 2,988 3,034 2,885 2,933 2,866 2,847 2,913 2,949 2,994 3,081 3,041 3,060 (X)
1992.. 3,071 3,163 3,256 3,288 3,281 3,345 3,359 3,365 3,187 3,155 3,385 3,242 (X)
1993.. 3,323 3,343 3,410 3,375 3,509 3,526 3,527 3,626 3,699 3,689 3,690 3,641 (X)
1994.. 3,603 3,580 3,555 3,585 3,659 3,628 3,668 3,736 3,807 3,829 3,910 3,955 (X)
1995.. 4,043 4,141 4,146 4,197 4,260 4,338 4,306 4,278 4,443 4,262 4,239 4,350 (X)
1996.. 4,273 4,367 4,405 4,474 4,335 4,325 4,300 4,451 4,418 4,547 4,769 4,576 (X)
1997.. 4,618 4,618 4,670 4,609 4,497 4,798 4,822 4,817 4,808 4,822 4,875 4,781 (X)
1998.. 4,809 4,674 4,676 4,816 4,953 4,777 4,930 4,887 4,989 4,950 5,006 4,990 (X)
1999.. 5,030 4,992 4,912 4,887 4,852 4,814 4,857 4,761 4,774 4,785 4,751 4,864 (X)
2000.. 4,821 4,875(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 2,700 2,660 2,824 2,798 2,761 2,817 2,876 2,746 2,781 2,839 2,803 2,999 (X)
1991.. 2,991 3,070 2,948 2,995 2,892 2,907 2,945 2,970 2,919 3,010 2,932 3,014 (X)
1992.. 3,059 3,214 3,328 3,341 3,320 3,399 3,386 3,399 3,117 3,089 3,277 3,193 (X)
1993.. 3,290 3,403 3,485 3,416 3,565 3,572 3,534 3,677 3,618 3,612 3,590 3,594 (X)
1994.. 3,560 3,652 3,630 3,614 3,725 3,672 3,653 3,788 3,731 3,749 3,828 3,915 (X)
1995.. 3,999 4,216 4,229 4,226 4,337 4,377 4,280 4,325 4,350 4,164 4,175 4,328 (X)
1996.. 4,247 4,446 4,480 4,501 4,400 4,347 4,283 4,473 4,330 4,442 4,717 4,581 (X)
1997.. 4,609 4,697 4,740 4,641 4,546 4,803 4,822 4,822 4,707 4,711 4,836 4,805 (X)
1998.. 4,823 4,749 4,737 4,845 4,993 4,767 4,945 4,872 4,879 4,831 4,976 5,025 (X)
1999.. 5,060 5,072 4,966 4,916 4,886 4,790 4,886 4,732 4,674 4,665 4,727 4,903 (X)
2000.. 4,855 4,963(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 0.98 0.92 0.97 0.96 0.97 0.99 1.03 0.81 0.89 0.92 0.93 0.95 (X)
1991.. 1.00 1.03 0.92 0.95 1.03 0.92 0.93 0.95 0.89 0.96 0.98 0.98 (X)
1992.. 0.96 0.99 1.02 1.05 1.00 1.01 1.01 1.00 0.97 0.97 1.06 0.98 (X)
1993.. 0.98 0.96 1.02 1.01 1.05 1.07 1.09 1.12 1.11 1.14 1.09 1.10 (X)
1994.. 1.07 1.07 1.04 1.04 1.04 1.03 1.02 1.00 1.02 1.01 1.00 1.00 (X)
1995.. 0.99 1.00 1.02 1.00 1.02 1.03 1.03 1.04 1.07 1.00 0.97 0.99 (X)
1996.. 1.00 1.02 1.00 1.00 0.96 0.97 0.96 0.99 0.98 1.02 1.07 1.03 (X)
1997.. 1.03 1.01 1.01 1.00 0.98 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.00 1.02 1.05 1.03 (X)
1998.. 1.01 0.98 1.02 1.05 1.07 1.06 1.08 1.07 1.11 1.08 1.10 1.13 (X)
1999.. 1.14 1.17 1.12 1.13 1.12 1.08 1.09 1.08 1.08 1.07 1.06 1.06 (X)
2000.. 1.06 1.09(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.00 1.02 0.92 0.98 0.90 0.95 1.05 0.79 0.89 0.84 0.95 1.06 (X)
1991.. 1.02 1.13 0.92 0.93 0.97 0.92 0.92 0.94 0.88 0.88 1.02 1.05 (X)
1992.. 0.98 1.07 0.98 1.04 0.99 0.95 1.00 1.02 0.92 0.93 1.13 1.01 (X)
1993.. 1.06 1.05 0.95 1.00 1.04 1.00 1.11 1.10 1.07 1.14 1.11 1.15 (X)
1994.. 1.14 1.16 0.97 1.04 1.00 0.97 1.07 0.95 1.00 1.02 1.00 1.08 (X)
1995.. 1.02 1.08 0.97 1.03 0.94 0.98 1.08 0.98 1.07 0.97 0.98 1.11 (X)
1996.. 1.00 1.06 1.01 0.97 0.89 0.96 0.94 0.96 1.00 0.93 1.11 1.13 (X)
1997.. 1.04 1.10 1.03 0.97 0.93 0.98 0.98 1.02 0.99 0.95 1.13 1.08 (X)
1998.. 1.04 1.07 1.01 1.03 1.06 0.98 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.02 1.17 1.18 (X)
1999.. 1.21 1.29 1.07 1.13 1.11 0.98 1.10 1.03 1.07 1.05 1.08 1.13 (X)
2000.. 1.13 1.14(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 517 Petroleum and petroleum products
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 11,736 11,490 11,390 11,298 11,570 11,127 10,813 12,850 13,896 14,505 14,329 13,468 (X)
1991.. 13,086 12,034 10,911 11,530 11,286 11,686 11,447 11,994 10,924 11,532 11,785 11,755 (X)
1992.. 11,176 11,227 11,456 11,768 11,909 12,589 12,617 11,904 12,065 12,311 11,763 11,500 (X)
1993.. 11,335 11,652 11,729 11,822 11,845 10,972 10,708 10,680 10,904 10,898 10,604 9,487 (X)
1994.. 10,916 10,996 11,043 10,168 10,361 10,742 11,131 11,427 11,008 10,868 10,903 10,907 (X)
1995.. 10,975 11,135 10,669 11,318 11,270 11,276 11,037 10,892 10,756 10,384 10,606 11,079 (X)
1996.. 11,450 11,662 12,097 12,296 12,230 11,919 12,037 12,054 12,425 13,141 13,261 13,460 (X)
1997.. 13,764 13,149 12,889 11,497 11,906 11,827 11,569 12,262 11,553 11,258 11,506 11,246 (X)
1998.. 10,393 10,115 10,004 10,074 10,328 10,244 10,231 9,532 9,970 10,067 9,932 9,651 (X)
1999.. 9,865 9,367 10,463 11,462 11,964 12,178 12,683 13,278 13,244 13,222 13,292 13,495 (X)
2000.. 14,251 14,892(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 12,217 10,732 11,652 10,835 11,535 10,548 10,305 13,492 13,424 15,825 15,045 13,683 149,293
1991.. 13,322 11,095 10,802 11,253 11,500 10,704 11,298 12,306 10,869 12,628 12,080 12,202 140,059
1992.. 11,489 10,407 11,376 11,474 11,635 12,274 12,655 11,964 12,113 13,284 11,916 12,064 142,651
1993.. 11,029 10,743 11,917 11,763 11,525 10,753 10,472 11,054 10,795 11,443 10,827 10,085 132,406
1994.. 10,501 10,226 11,109 10,015 10,465 10,549 10,686 12,113 10,964 11,085 11,001 11,212 129,926
1995.. 10,920 10,445 10,968 10,831 11,755 11,208 10,474 11,349 10,423 10,747 10,659 11,201 130,980
1996.. 11,736 11,370 11,807 12,530 12,915 11,144 12,037 12,355 11,965 13,667 13,195 13,823 148,544
1997.. 14,218 12,386 12,477 11,727 12,168 11,484 11,476 12,274 11,368 11,900 11,034 11,831 144,343
1998.. 10,351 9,549 10,004 10,235 10,359 10,193 10,354 9,408 9,830 10,268 9,853 10,027 120,431
1999.. 9,618 8,861 10,829 11,737 11,820 12,154 12,455 13,424 13,059 13,248 13,425 14,237 144,867
2000.. 13,709 14,669(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 28,378
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 3,822 3,988 4,067 3,974 4,013 4,073 4,082 4,495 4,586 4,723 4,646 4,450 (X)
1991.. 4,124 3,907 4,040 4,063 4,043 4,050 4,129 4,087 4,223 4,434 4,461 4,546 (X)
1992.. 4,476 4,401 4,350 4,334 4,369 4,497 4,480 4,400 4,365 4,390 4,436 4,443 (X)
1993.. 4,774 4,631 4,549 4,613 4,597 4,611 4,537 4,646 4,537 4,460 4,387 4,018 (X)
1994.. 4,318 4,449 4,429 4,468 4,541 4,621 4,783 4,800 4,785 4,746 4,865 4,834 (X)
1995.. 4,822 4,870 4,956 5,051 5,136 5,073 5,029 4,864 4,798 4,657 4,635 4,767 (X)
1996.. 4,777 4,793 4,853 4,854 4,650 4,580 4,638 4,854 4,735 4,966 5,024 5,280 (X)
1997.. 5,080 5,004 4,829 4,696 4,664 4,499 4,449 4,408 4,460 4,532 4,518 4,688 (X)
1998.. 4,479 4,270 4,296 4,330 4,418 4,365 4,259 4,197 4,333 4,165 4,031 4,032 (X)
1999.. 3,997 4,030 4,048 4,030 3,911 4,116 4,154 4,068 4,067 4,016 4,099 4,018 (X)
2000.. 4,074 4,176(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 3,807 3,848 4,022 3,803 3,816 3,926 4,000 4,504 4,852 5,058 4,883 4,597 (X)
1991.. 4,037 3,766 3,943 3,888 3,853 3,916 4,055 4,144 4,459 4,767 4,702 4,691 (X)
1992.. 4,337 4,243 4,189 4,156 4,194 4,371 4,440 4,497 4,574 4,697 4,658 4,572 (X)
1993.. 4,616 4,478 4,349 4,452 4,459 4,491 4,528 4,776 4,705 4,714 4,562 4,118 (X)
1994.. 4,197 4,320 4,234 4,361 4,459 4,496 4,783 4,930 4,914 4,960 5,011 4,940 (X)
1995.. 4,730 4,748 4,763 4,975 5,100 4,916 5,009 4,971 4,899 4,839 4,755 4,853 (X)
1996.. 4,720 4,683 4,683 4,810 4,659 4,429 4,601 4,912 4,830 5,150 5,145 5,364 (X)
1997.. 5,055 4,899 4,674 4,668 4,692 4,346 4,400 4,426 4,554 4,700 4,626 4,749 (X)
1998.. 4,470 4,185 4,167 4,300 4,449 4,230 4,212 4,189 4,437 4,319 4,132 4,068 (X)
1999.. 3,985 3,949 3,927 3,998 3,934 4,005 4,117 4,056 4,181 4,165 4,197 4,042 (X)
2000.. 4,041 4,088(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 0.33 0.35 0.36 0.35 0.35 0.37 0.38 0.35 0.33 0.33 0.32 0.33 (X)
1991.. 0.32 0.32 0.37 0.35 0.36 0.35 0.36 0.34 0.39 0.38 0.38 0.39 (X)
1992.. 0.40 0.39 0.38 0.37 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.38 0.39 (X)
1993.. 0.42 0.40 0.39 0.39 0.39 0.42 0.42 0.44 0.42 0.41 0.41 0.42 (X)
1994.. 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.44 0.44 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.43 0.44 0.45 0.44 (X)
1995.. 0.44 0.44 0.46 0.45 0.46 0.45 0.46 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.44 0.43 (X)
1996.. 0.42 0.41 0.40 0.39 0.38 0.38 0.39 0.40 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.39 (X)
1997.. 0.37 0.38 0.37 0.41 0.39 0.38 0.38 0.36 0.39 0.40 0.39 0.42 (X)
1998.. 0.43 0.42 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.44 0.43 0.41 0.41 0.42 (X)
1999.. 0.41 0.43 0.39 0.35 0.33 0.34 0.33 0.31 0.31 0.30 0.31 0.30 (X)
2000.. 0.29 0.28(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 0.31 0.36 0.35 0.35 0.33 0.37 0.39 0.33 0.36 0.32 0.32 0.34 (X)
1991.. 0.30 0.34 0.37 0.35 0.34 0.37 0.36 0.34 0.41 0.38 0.39 0.38 (X)
1992.. 0.38 0.41 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.36 0.35 0.38 0.38 0.35 0.39 0.38 (X)
1993.. 0.42 0.42 0.36 0.38 0.39 0.42 0.43 0.43 0.44 0.41 0.42 0.41 (X)
1994.. 0.40 0.42 0.38 0.44 0.43 0.43 0.45 0.41 0.45 0.45 0.46 0.44 (X)
1995.. 0.43 0.45 0.43 0.46 0.43 0.44 0.48 0.44 0.47 0.45 0.45 0.43 (X)
1996.. 0.40 0.41 0.40 0.38 0.36 0.40 0.38 0.40 0.40 0.38 0.39 0.39 (X)
1997.. 0.36 0.40 0.37 0.40 0.39 0.38 0.38 0.36 0.40 0.39 0.42 0.40 (X)
1998.. 0.43 0.44 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.41 0.41 0.45 0.45 0.42 0.42 0.41 (X)
1999.. 0.41 0.45 0.36 0.34 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.30 0.32 0.31 0.31 0.28 (X)
2000.. 0.29 0.28(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 518 Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,031 4,022 3,969 4,104 3,881 4,037 4,081 4,100 4,159 4,110 4,147 4,680 (X)
1991.. 3,886 4,399 4,369 4,290 4,315 4,266 4,378 4,365 4,309 4,212 4,251 4,529 (X)
1992.. 4,323 4,340 4,251 4,454 4,152 4,108 4,090 4,071 4,040 4,106 4,204 4,104 (X)
1993.. 4,073 4,082 4,170 4,258 4,284 4,175 4,260 4,253 4,313 4,328 4,251 4,225 (X)
1994.. 4,211 4,228 4,345 4,349 4,261 4,404 4,371 4,289 4,343 4,374 4,424 4,393 (X)
1995.. 4,427 4,348 4,188 4,271 4,293 4,413 4,346 4,442 4,389 4,491 4,468 4,515 (X)
1996.. 4,630 4,675 4,558 4,643 4,671 4,691 4,688 4,700 4,615 4,581 4,691 4,650 (X)
1997.. 4,610 4,722 4,814 4,598 4,829 4,838 4,875 4,935 4,980 4,897 4,871 5,188 (X)
1998.. 4,842 4,958 5,090 5,060 5,120 4,997 5,146 5,088 5,406 5,278 5,281 5,320 (X)
1999.. 5,402 5,440 5,390 5,452 5,489 5,552 5,507 5,626 5,647 5,785 5,782 5,758 (X)
2000.. 5,790 5,796(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 3,265 3,222 3,878 3,866 4,343 4,324 4,138 4,613 3,893 4,311 4,404 5,059 49,316
1991.. 3,210 3,515 4,041 4,294 4,794 4,377 4,671 4,723 4,098 4,528 4,345 5,073 51,669
1992.. 3,523 3,502 4,038 4,588 4,223 4,519 4,446 4,112 4,097 4,229 4,212 4,908 50,397
1993.. 3,022 3,253 4,153 4,373 4,305 4,697 4,460 4,461 4,369 4,241 4,506 4,981 50,821
1994.. 3,078 3,378 4,445 4,262 4,461 4,985 4,323 4,718 4,373 4,247 4,782 4,969 52,021
1995.. 3,369 3,483 4,268 3,993 4,714 4,974 4,224 5,002 4,235 4,554 4,852 4,827 52,495
1996.. 3,699 3,983 4,262 4,620 5,218 4,836 4,941 5,062 4,366 5,012 4,850 5,096 55,945
1997.. 3,757 3,825 4,453 4,635 5,210 5,056 5,231 5,034 4,970 5,343 4,832 5,966 58,312
1998.. 3,801 4,026 4,907 5,100 5,248 5,457 5,444 5,113 5,520 5,584 5,344 6,278 61,822
1999.. 4,019 4,417 5,455 5,457 5,560 6,146 5,595 5,862 5,805 5,831 6,164 6,760 67,071
2000.. 4,250 4,956(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 9,206
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,224 4,155 4,205 4,185 4,238 4,264 4,183 4,193 4,301 4,306 4,339 4,378 (X)
1991.. 4,704 4,614 4,620 4,558 4,527 4,565 4,559 4,529 4,556 4,560 4,659 4,661 (X)
1992.. 4,380 4,317 4,381 4,346 4,359 4,414 4,499 4,600 4,389 4,414 4,461 4,353 (X)
1993.. 4,393 4,371 4,360 4,461 4,363 4,335 4,287 4,279 4,358 4,398 4,358 4,508 (X)
1994.. 4,518 4,583 4,415 4,597 4,677 4,573 4,596 4,627 4,578 4,628 4,612 4,625 (X)
1995.. 4,679 4,690 4,584 4,617 4,737 4,641 4,780 4,894 4,875 4,795 4,796 4,777 (X)
1996.. 4,761 4,789 4,862 5,013 5,004 5,065 5,179 5,037 5,096 5,257 5,254 5,145 (X)
1997.. 5,145 5,014 4,747 5,048 4,904 5,119 5,051 5,099 5,240 5,144 5,204 5,575 (X)
1998.. 5,461 5,586 5,723 5,562 5,623 5,810 5,727 5,893 5,954 5,996 6,134 5,911 (X)
1999.. 6,010 6,183 6,306 6,275 6,536 6,324 6,416 6,420 6,292 6,284 6,241 6,425 (X)
2000.. 6,543 6,570(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 4,025 4,068 4,268 4,223 4,166 4,281 4,158 4,067 4,378 4,655 4,656 4,076 (X)
1991.. 4,478 4,499 4,662 4,590 4,441 4,565 4,550 4,398 4,656 4,957 5,008 4,335 (X)
1992.. 4,170 4,196 4,390 4,372 4,276 4,392 4,508 4,485 4,512 4,824 4,796 4,044 (X)
1993.. 4,165 4,231 4,334 4,488 4,280 4,296 4,326 4,202 4,497 4,825 4,680 4,174 (X)
1994.. 4,265 4,413 4,358 4,625 4,583 4,532 4,660 4,576 4,752 5,081 4,939 4,278 (X)
1995.. 4,398 4,498 4,515 4,640 4,633 4,622 4,866 4,865 5,080 5,250 5,127 4,400 (X)
1996.. 4,452 4,583 4,804 5,028 4,884 5,080 5,277 5,027 5,325 5,725 5,596 4,723 (X)
1997.. 4,790 4,798 4,723 5,058 4,786 5,170 5,157 5,099 5,465 5,571 5,527 5,096 (X)
1998.. 5,073 5,351 5,729 5,584 5,499 5,897 5,842 5,899 6,192 6,458 6,484 5,397 (X)
1999.. 5,583 5,942 6,344 6,313 6,418 6,431 6,531 6,420 6,518 6,743 6,578 5,853 (X)
2000.. 6,085 6,327(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.05 1.03 1.06 1.02 1.09 1.06 1.02 1.02 1.03 1.05 1.05 0.94 (X)
1991.. 1.21 1.05 1.06 1.06 1.05 1.07 1.04 1.04 1.06 1.08 1.10 1.03 (X)
1992.. 1.01 0.99 1.03 0.98 1.05 1.07 1.10 1.13 1.09 1.08 1.06 1.06 (X)
1993.. 1.08 1.07 1.05 1.05 1.02 1.04 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.07 (X)
1994.. 1.07 1.08 1.02 1.06 1.10 1.04 1.05 1.08 1.05 1.06 1.04 1.05 (X)
1995.. 1.06 1.08 1.09 1.08 1.10 1.05 1.10 1.10 1.11 1.07 1.07 1.06 (X)
1996.. 1.03 1.02 1.07 1.08 1.07 1.08 1.10 1.07 1.10 1.15 1.12 1.11 (X)
1997.. 1.12 1.06 0.99 1.10 1.02 1.06 1.04 1.03 1.05 1.05 1.07 1.07 (X)
1998.. 1.13 1.13 1.12 1.10 1.10 1.16 1.11 1.16 1.10 1.14 1.16 1.11 (X)
1999.. 1.11 1.14 1.17 1.15 1.19 1.14 1.17 1.14 1.11 1.09 1.08 1.12 (X)
2000.. 1.13 1.13(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.23 1.26 1.10 1.09 0.96 0.99 1.00 0.88 1.12 1.08 1.06 0.81 (X)
1991.. 1.40 1.28 1.15 1.07 0.93 1.04 0.97 0.93 1.14 1.09 1.15 0.85 (X)
1992.. 1.18 1.20 1.09 0.95 1.01 0.97 1.01 1.09 1.10 1.14 1.14 0.82 (X)
1993.. 1.38 1.30 1.04 1.03 0.99 0.91 0.97 0.94 1.03 1.14 1.04 0.84 (X)
1994.. 1.39 1.31 0.98 1.09 1.03 0.91 1.08 0.97 1.09 1.20 1.03 0.86 (X)
1995.. 1.31 1.29 1.06 1.16 0.98 0.93 1.15 0.97 1.20 1.15 1.06 0.91 (X)
1996.. 1.20 1.15 1.13 1.09 0.94 1.05 1.07 0.99 1.22 1.14 1.15 0.93 (X)
1997.. 1.27 1.25 1.06 1.09 0.92 1.02 0.99 1.01 1.10 1.04 1.14 0.85 (X)
1998.. 1.33 1.33 1.17 1.09 1.05 1.08 1.07 1.15 1.12 1.16 1.21 0.86 (X)
1999.. 1.39 1.35 1.16 1.16 1.15 1.05 1.17 1.10 1.12 1.16 1.07 0.87 (X)
2000.. 1.43 1.28(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1990 Through February 2000
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 519 Miscellaneous nondurable goods
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 10,551 10,904 10,939 10,468 10,716 11,119 10,786 11,175 10,827 11,244 11,347 10,740 (X)
1991.. 11,090 11,050 11,118 11,184 11,041 11,098 11,282 10,777 11,154 10,927 11,035 11,304 (X)
1992.. 11,615 10,871 10,928 11,163 11,145 10,986 11,268 10,894 11,384 11,314 11,195 10,298 (X)
1993.. 11,910 11,447 11,040 11,284 12,110 11,473 11,450 11,752 11,398 11,328 11,558 11,307 (X)
1994.. 11,388 11,639 11,915 11,831 11,711 11,701 11,698 11,878 12,172 12,329 12,161 12,565 (X)
1995.. 12,709 13,066 13,032 12,960 12,718 13,456 13,746 13,513 13,108 13,661 13,783 13,991 (X)
1996.. 13,826 13,655 13,291 14,164 14,193 14,489 14,880 15,253 14,424 14,777 14,393 14,053 (X)
1997.. 14,374 14,968 15,214 14,740 15,020 14,510 13,937 13,877 14,438 14,084 13,929 14,317 (X)
1998.. 14,568 14,280 14,707 15,274 15,232 14,852 14,715 14,554 15,471 15,058 15,843 16,622 (X)
1999.. 15,472 15,525 15,529 15,471 15,236 16,920 16,249 16,679 16,593 17,149 17,643 17,806 (X)
2000.. 19,018 18,307(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 9,517 9,606 11,705 11,232 12,130 11,453 10,355 11,197 10,470 11,593 10,916 10,761 130,935
1991.. 9,970 9,735 11,374 12,123 12,465 11,453 11,226 10,648 11,065 11,277 10,285 11,225 132,846
1992.. 10,361 9,849 11,409 12,335 12,037 11,887 11,313 10,720 11,179 11,450 10,557 10,349 133,446
1993.. 10,052 10,131 11,680 12,424 13,527 12,334 11,450 11,623 11,364 11,045 10,876 11,228 137,734
1994.. 9,828 10,359 12,570 12,825 13,233 12,976 11,347 12,021 11,831 12,292 11,176 12,238 142,696
1995.. 10,930 11,655 13,749 14,113 14,855 14,748 13,636 13,608 12,308 13,565 12,915 13,138 159,220
1996.. 12,139 12,890 13,450 16,133 16,677 15,402 14,984 14,948 13,775 14,836 12,954 13,674 171,862
1997.. 12,635 13,411 15,899 16,641 17,528 15,816 13,881 13,017 13,889 14,014 12,522 14,303 173,556
1998.. 12,703 12,823 15,472 17,626 17,273 16,278 14,480 13,943 14,697 14,682 14,750 16,705 181,432
1999.. 13,167 13,957 16,709 17,529 17,780 18,223 15,648 15,912 16,178 16,137 16,673 17,948 195,861
2000.. 16,755 16,952(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 33,707
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 11,609 11,683 11,392 11,662 12,155 12,281 12,539 12,220 12,559 12,515 12,634 12,742 (X)
1991.. 12,845 12,743 12,960 12,886 13,055 13,128 12,926 12,628 13,088 13,476 13,293 13,647 (X)
1992.. 13,967 14,045 13,835 13,686 13,022 13,581 14,037 13,972 13,604 14,081 14,562 14,467 (X)
1993.. 14,574 14,502 14,624 14,811 14,620 14,669 14,553 14,907 15,022 14,600 14,684 14,471 (X)
1994.. 14,508 14,804 14,731 14,907 15,122 15,083 15,256 15,426 15,357 15,499 15,324 15,219 (X)
1995.. 15,587 15,807 15,959 16,869 16,577 16,874 16,894 16,661 16,920 17,794 17,557 17,523 (X)
1996.. 17,906 17,594 17,289 18,293 18,872 18,537 18,874 18,308 17,919 18,073 18,027 17,022 (X)
1997.. 17,948 17,848 17,731 17,534 17,479 17,312 17,220 17,826 18,090 17,606 17,528 18,061 (X)
1998.. 17,571 18,116 18,140 17,565 18,185 18,622 18,749 18,722 18,800 18,539 18,966 18,967 (X)
1999.. 18,993 18,688 18,607 18,451 17,957 18,328 18,576 19,147 19,505 19,920 20,265 20,543 (X)
2000.. 20,623 20,769(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1990.. 11,981 12,220 12,269 12,210 11,948 12,121 11,799 11,255 11,805 12,215 12,798 13,137 (X)
1991.. 13,320 13,342 13,867 13,517 12,938 12,892 12,241 11,643 12,263 13,166 13,426 13,920 (X)
1992.. 14,526 14,747 14,748 14,439 13,009 13,282 13,321 12,882 12,706 13,785 14,649 14,612 (X)
1993.. 15,215 15,271 15,560 15,729 14,708 14,288 13,854 13,744 13,955 14,293 14,728 14,529 (X)
1994.. 15,204 15,618 15,674 15,950 15,258 14,615 14,493 14,207 14,221 15,158 15,339 15,295 (X)
1995.. 16,366 16,740 17,012 18,100 16,726 16,250 15,999 15,311 15,634 17,331 17,557 17,768 (X)
1996.. 18,891 18,738 18,517 19,610 18,966 17,721 17,723 16,788 16,557 17,531 18,045 17,516 (X)
1997.. 19,043 19,133 19,061 18,709 17,409 16,394 16,049 16,311 16,715 16,990 17,616 18,856 (X)
1998.. 18,783 19,565 19,591 18,636 17,912 17,449 17,287 17,112 17,409 17,816 19,156 20,067 (X)
1999.. 20,418 20,314 20,151 19,466 17,508 17,027 17,016 17,500 18,101 19,123 20,569 21,899 (X)
2000.. 22,273 22,680(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.10 1.07 1.04 1.11 1.13 1.10 1.16 1.09 1.16 1.11 1.11 1.19 (X)
1991.. 1.16 1.15 1.17 1.15 1.18 1.18 1.15 1.17 1.17 1.23 1.20 1.21 (X)
1992.. 1.20 1.29 1.27 1.23 1.17 1.24 1.25 1.28 1.20 1.24 1.30 1.40 (X)
1993.. 1.22 1.27 1.32 1.31 1.21 1.28 1.27 1.27 1.32 1.29 1.27 1.28 (X)
1994.. 1.27 1.27 1.24 1.26 1.29 1.29 1.30 1.30 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.21 (X)
1995.. 1.23 1.21 1.22 1.30 1.30 1.25 1.23 1.23 1.29 1.30 1.27 1.25 (X)
1996.. 1.30 1.29 1.30 1.29 1.33 1.28 1.27 1.20 1.24 1.22 1.25 1.21 (X)
1997.. 1.25 1.19 1.17 1.19 1.16 1.19 1.24 1.28 1.25 1.25 1.26 1.26 (X)
1998.. 1.21 1.27 1.23 1.15 1.19 1.25 1.27 1.29 1.22 1.23 1.20 1.14 (X)
1999.. 1.23 1.20 1.20 1.19 1.18 1.08 1.14 1.15 1.18 1.16 1.15 1.15 (X)
2000.. 1.08 1.13(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1990.. 1.26 1.27 1.05 1.09 0.98 1.06 1.14 1.01 1.13 1.05 1.17 1.22 (X)
1991.. 1.34 1.37 1.22 1.11 1.04 1.13 1.09 1.09 1.11 1.17 1.31 1.24 (X)
1992.. 1.40 1.50 1.29 1.17 1.08 1.12 1.18 1.20 1.14 1.20 1.39 1.41 (X)
1993.. 1.51 1.51 1.33 1.27 1.09 1.16 1.21 1.18 1.23 1.29 1.35 1.29 (X)
1994.. 1.55 1.51 1.25 1.24 1.15 1.13 1.28 1.18 1.20 1.23 1.37 1.25 (X)
1995.. 1.50 1.44 1.24 1.28 1.13 1.10 1.17 1.13 1.27 1.28 1.36 1.35 (X)
1996.. 1.56 1.45 1.38 1.22 1.14 1.15 1.18 1.12 1.20 1.18 1.39 1.28 (X)
1997.. 1.51 1.43 1.20 1.12 0.99 1.04 1.16 1.25 1.20 1.21 1.41 1.32 (X)
1998.. 1.48 1.53 1.27 1.06 1.04 1.07 1.19 1.23 1.18 1.21 1.30 1.20 (X)
1999.. 1.55 1.46 1.21 1.11 0.98 0.93 1.09 1.10 1.12 1.19 1.23 1.22 (X)
2000.. 1.33 1.34(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
(NA) Not Applicable.
(p) Preliminary estimate.
Table 2. Estimated Annual Purchases, Gross Margins and Gross Margin/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers by Kind of Business: 1990 through 1998
SIC
Code Kind of Business 1990 1991 1992
Purchases, total 1,432,052 1,416,832 1,477,166
50 Durable goods............ 662,575 645,783 686,047
501 Motor vehicles & auto equip... 138,319 132,488 137,886
502 Furniture & home furnishings.. 22,954 21,889 21,600
503 Lumber & other constr. mat.... 49,449 45,098 49,146
504 Professional & commercial
equipment and supplies..... 78,520 86,173 96,708
505 Metals & minerals, ex. petro.. 62,976 60,928 61,045
506 Electrical goods.............. 87,802 85,879 88,069
507 Hardware, plumbing and
heating equipment......... 37,721 35,501 38,786
508 Machinery, equip. & supplies.. 112,001 103,238 107,780
509 Misc. durable goods........... 72,833 74,589 85,027
51 Nondurable goods.......... 769,477 771,049 791,119
511 Paper & paper products........ 39,674 40,286 42,904
512 Drugs, drug proprietaries and
druggists' sundries...... 45,864 53,489 60,897
513 Apparel, pieces & notions..... 46,575 45,740 49,277
514 Groceries & related products.. 234,648 238,453 238,400
515 Farm-product raw materials.... 99,938 94,898 96,066
516 Chemicals & allied products... 27,044 28,184 29,820
517 Petroleum & petro. products... 133,650 125,573 129,785
518 Beer, wine & distilled bev.... 37,201 38,478 38,118
519 Misc. nondurable goods........ 104,883 105,948 105,852
Gross Margin, Total 371,004 367,737 380,530
50 Durable goods............ 222,330 215,437 226,993
501 Motor vehicles & auto equip... 36,996 34,751 32,945
502 Furniture & home furnishings.. 10,971 10,365 11,861
503 Lumber & other constr. mat.... 14,059 13,092 15,032
504 Professional & commercial
equipment and supplies..... 36,688 39,072 43,174
505 Metals & minerals, ex. petro.. 14,552 14,468 15,674
506 Electrical goods.............. 28,921 27,551 28,381
507 Hardware, plumbing and
heating equipment......... 15,189 14,458 14,698
508 Machinery, equip. & supplies.. 46,629 41,475 41,757
509 Misc. durable goods........... 18,325 20,205 23,471
51 Nondurable goods.......... 148,674 152,300 153,537
511 Paper & paper products........ 12,338 12,126 12,297
512 Drugs, drug proprietaries and
druggists' sundries...... 6,281 7,440 7,504
513 Apparel, pieces & notions..... 18,523 18,473 19,838
514 Groceries & related products.. 38,569 39,441 41,257
515 Farm-product raw materials.... 8,397 10,219 10,091
516 Chemicals & allied products... 9,079 8,890 9,529
517 Petroleum & petro. products... 16,326 14,580 12,747
518 Beer, wine & distilled bev.... 12,290 13,450 11,988
519 Misc. nondurable goods........ 26,871 27,681 28,286
Gross Margin/Sales Ratio, Total 20.68 20.66 20.57
50 Durable goods............ 25.24 25.05 24.97
501 Motor vehicles & auto equip... 21.30 20.86 19.28
502 Furniture & home furnishings.. 32.34 32.09 35.73
503 Lumber & other constr. mat.... 22.10 22.46 23.57
504 Professional & commercial
equipment and supplies..... 32.13 31.48 30.92
505 Metals & minerals, ex. petro.. 18.72 19.03 20.42
506 Electrical goods.............. 24.86 24.35 24.60
507 Hardware, plumbing and
heating equipment......... 28.86 28.95 27.70
508 Machinery, equip. & supplies.. 29.67 28.32 27.98
509 Misc. durable goods........... 20.03 21.68 21.92
51 Nondurable goods.......... 16.28 16.56 16.32
511 Paper & paper products........ 23.93 23.26 22.44
512 Drugs, drug proprietaries and
druggists' sundries...... 12.18 12.48 11.19
513 Apparel, pieces & notions..... 28.60 28.65 29.21
514 Groceries & related products.. 14.15 14.24 14.78
515 Farm-product raw materials.... 7.80 9.76 9.50
516 Chemicals & allied products... 25.43 23.99 24.33
517 Petroleum & petro. products... 10.94 10.41 8.94
518 Beer, wine & distilled bev.... 24.92 26.03 23.79
519 Misc. nondurable goods........ 20.52 20.84 21.20
Table 2. Estimated Annual Purchases, Gross Margins and Gross Margin/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers by Kind of Business: 1990 through 1998
SIC
Code Kind of Business 1993 1994 1995
Purchases, total 1,533,272 1,639,852 1,778,094
50 Durable goods............ 751,951 837,121 911,426
501 Motor vehicles & auto equip... 141,290 151,663 148,673
502 Furniture & home furnishings.. 23,809 25,403 27,963
503 Lumber & other constr. mat.... 56,419 63,129 62,571
504 Professional & commercial
equipment and supplies..... 117,353 129,536 156,513
505 Metals & minerals, ex. petro.. 62,144 71,108 73,713
506 Electrical goods.............. 105,741 126,528 148,189
507 Hardware, plumbing and
heating equipment......... 40,108 46,663 49,180
508 Machinery, equip. & supplies.. 116,930 127,138 139,607
509 Misc. durable goods........... 88,157 95,953 105,017
51 Nondurable goods.......... 781,321 802,731 866,668
511 Paper & paper products........ 45,146 51,864 63,598
512 Drugs, drug proprietaries and
druggists' sundries...... 61,360 66,432 73,044
513 Apparel, pieces & notions..... 51,373 52,910 50,973
514 Groceries & related products.. 243,385 247,962 260,775
515 Farm-product raw materials.... 86,504 86,345 102,680
516 Chemicals & allied products... 30,880 33,881 38,937
517 Petroleum & petro. products... 118,475 115,550 116,847
518 Beer, wine & distilled bev.... 38,798 40,210 40,032
519 Misc. nondurable goods........ 105,400 107,577 119,782
Gross Margin, Total 413,675 452,655 506,770
50 Durable goods............ 247,334 275,359 309,128
501 Motor vehicles & auto equip... 33,557 37,088 40,669
502 Furniture & home furnishings.. 11,274 11,669 13,459
503 Lumber & other constr. mat.... 16,155 17,186 17,123
504 Professional & commercial
equipment and supplies..... 46,193 46,337 53,319
505 Metals & minerals, ex. petro.. 17,269 19,409 21,066
506 Electrical goods.............. 32,722 40,081 48,721
507 Hardware, plumbing and
heating equipment......... 15,749 18,240 18,116
508 Machinery, equip. & supplies.. 46,921 52,384 57,685
509 Misc. durable goods........... 27,494 32,965 38,970
51 Nondurable goods.......... 166,341 177,296 197,642
511 Paper & paper products........ 14,007 14,846 16,903
512 Drugs, drug proprietaries and
druggists' sundries...... 8,620 10,318 10,338
513 Apparel, pieces & notions..... 19,540 20,155 18,935
514 Groceries & related products.. 43,772 45,550 51,556
515 Farm-product raw materials.... 13,113 13,699 19,627
516 Chemicals & allied products... 9,408 9,730 11,741
517 Petroleum & petro. products... 13,477 15,198 14,046
518 Beer, wine & distilled bev.... 12,153 11,915 12,585
519 Misc. nondurable goods........ 32,251 35,885 41,911
Gross Margin/Sales Ratio, Total 21.35 21.83 22.36
50 Durable goods............ 24.90 25.07 25.59
501 Motor vehicles & auto equip... 19.17 19.69 21.55
502 Furniture & home furnishings.. 32.24 31.66 32.76
503 Lumber & other constr. mat.... 22.38 21.55 21.48
504 Professional & commercial
equipment and supplies..... 28.46 26.79 25.77
505 Metals & minerals, ex. petro.. 21.96 21.78 22.14
506 Electrical goods.............. 23.78 24.50 25.23
507 Hardware, plumbing and
heating equipment......... 28.45 28.79 27.03
508 Machinery, equip. & supplies.. 28.69 29.75 29.90
509 Misc. durable goods........... 24.17 25.69 27.19
51 Nondurable goods.......... 17.61 18.18 18.68
511 Paper & paper products........ 23.94 22.46 21.30
512 Drugs, drug proprietaries and
druggists' sundries...... 12.49 13.51 12.35
513 Apparel, pieces & notions..... 27.79 27.81 26.85
514 Groceries & related products.. 15.22 15.53 16.52
515 Farm-product raw materials.... 13.38 13.82 16.41
516 Chemicals & allied products... 23.59 22.48 23.36
517 Petroleum & petro. products... 10.18 11.70 10.72
518 Beer, wine & distilled bev.... 23.91 22.90 23.97
519 Misc. nondurable goods........ 23.42 25.15 26.32
Table 2. Estimated Annual Purchases, Gross Margins and Gross Margin/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers by Kind of Business: 1990 through 1998
SIC
Code Kind of Business 1996 1997 1998
Purchases, total 1,880,516 1,973,171 2,011,152
50 Durable goods............ 948,661 1,011,459 1,047,963
501 Motor vehicles & auto equip... 151,245 152,305 157,803
502 Furniture & home furnishings.. 29,411 31,926 33,504
503 Lumber & other constr. mat.... 67,374 71,390 74,067
504 Professional & commercial
equipment and supplies..... 171,075 186,678 200,621
505 Metals & minerals, ex. petro.. 73,989 79,624 77,743
506 Electrical goods.............. 149,817 160,641 164,718
507 Hardware, plumbing and
heating equipment......... 51,645 55,088 58,157
508 Machinery, equip. & supplies.. 150,384 162,630 175,661
509 Misc. durable goods........... 103,721 111,177 105,689
51 Nondurable goods.......... 931,855 961,712 963,189
511 Paper & paper products........ 63,147 66,656 71,167
512 Drugs, drug proprietaries and
druggists' sundries...... 82,016 93,008 107,440
513 Apparel, pieces & notions..... 53,968 60,895 61,026
514 Groceries & related products.. 267,191 279,214 292,481
515 Farm-product raw materials.... 118,358 111,809 96,697
516 Chemicals & allied products... 41,048 42,868 41,751
517 Petroleum & petro. products... 133,226 129,274 107,207
518 Beer, wine & distilled bev.... 42,626 44,506 46,779
519 Misc. nondurable goods........ 130,275 133,482 138,641
Gross Margin, Total 521,159 546,924 558,214
50 Durable goods............ 317,129 335,278 344,600
501 Motor vehicles & auto equip... 41,298 43,839 45,675
502 Furniture & home furnishings.. 14,196 14,964 15,136
503 Lumber & other constr. mat.... 19,534 20,166 19,990
504 Professional & commercial
equipment and supplies..... 59,897 64,387 63,629
505 Metals & minerals, ex. petro.. 20,952 21,738 20,077
506 Electrical goods.............. 44,477 45,253 47,828
507 Hardware, plumbing and
heating equipment......... 19,225 19,245 21,050
508 Machinery, equip. & supplies.. 59,764 67,328 74,883
509 Misc. durable goods........... 37,786 38,358 36,332
51 Nondurable goods.......... 204,030 211,646 213,614
511 Paper & paper products........ 16,469 17,984 18,874
512 Drugs, drug proprietaries and
druggists' sundries...... 13,621 15,940 19,057
513 Apparel, pieces & notions..... 21,613 26,561 24,931
514 Groceries & related products.. 52,801 53,477 54,019
515 Farm-product raw materials.... 15,926 14,233 11,302
516 Chemicals & allied products... 12,794 13,404 13,542
517 Petroleum & petro. products... 15,829 14,454 12,543
518 Beer, wine & distilled bev.... 13,642 14,179 15,344
519 Misc. nondurable goods........ 41,335 41,414 44,002
Gross Margin/Sales Ratio, Total 21.72 21.87 21.85
50 Durable goods............ 25.12 25.12 24.94
501 Motor vehicles & auto equip... 21.40 22.47 22.52
502 Furniture & home furnishings.. 32.63 32.04 31.27
503 Lumber & other constr. mat.... 22.59 22.19 21.18
504 Professional & commercial
equipment and supplies..... 26.02 25.97 23.96
505 Metals & minerals, ex. petro.. 22.18 21.62 20.67
506 Electrical goods.............. 22.78 22.00 22.71
507 Hardware, plumbing and
heating equipment......... 27.42 25.98 26.96
508 Machinery, equip. & supplies.. 28.70 29.87 30.66
509 Misc. durable goods........... 26.72 25.86 25.82
51 Nondurable goods.......... 17.95 18.14 18.21
511 Paper & paper products........ 20.73 21.50 21.06
512 Drugs, drug proprietaries and
druggists' sundries...... 14.44 14.84 15.30
513 Apparel, pieces & notions..... 28.67 30.84 29.01
514 Groceries & related products.. 16.49 16.11 15.60
515 Farm-product raw materials.... 11.58 11.36 10.47
516 Chemicals & allied products... 23.87 23.92 24.59
517 Petroleum & petro. products... 10.66 10.01 10.42
518 Beer, wine & distilled bev.... 24.38 24.32 24.82
519 Misc. nondurable goods........ 24.05 23.86 24.25
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Released: May 5, 2000
Source: U. S. Census Bureau
Service Sector Statistics Division
