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 1992 Through March 2001
Released 10:00 A.M. EDT.,
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
Merchant Wholesalers - Total
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 140,555 141,037 142,205 142,469 141,139 143,070 146,114 144,479 146,259 146,181 146,552 145,554 (X)
1993.. 150,578 149,325 146,865 150,091 152,720 149,890 151,342 151,798 152,033 152,549 152,560 149,960 (X)
1994.. 153,649 154,307 157,063 156,658 157,825 159,359 160,764 165,445 164,606 167,360 167,970 170,352 (X)
1995.. 172,330 173,657 171,660 174,072 175,311 176,501 176,202 177,833 178,296 179,010 180,709 183,363 (X)
1996.. 181,238 181,252 183,420 183,939 184,791 184,697 187,520 188,509 187,728 189,367 190,478 188,901 (X)
1997.. 191,324 195,503 193,655 193,197 194,034 193,796 194,283 193,999 196,767 196,107 195,220 196,036 (X)
1998.. 197,261 197,372 198,550 198,766 198,148 197,261 198,672 197,162 197,836 198,376 198,598 200,738 (X)
1999.. 199,635 202,464 205,290 205,522 209,518 211,500 212,286 214,320 215,233 217,541 220,825 222,836 (X)
2000.. 224,690 224,587 227,890 228,356 228,935 231,425 230,744 231,065 231,965 231,866 231,623 233,590 (X)
2001.. 233,960 233,080 230,478(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 136,122 130,247 147,671 143,975 138,904 147,825 147,729 144,152 148,933 155,068 142,675 148,322 1,731,623
1993.. 138,122 135,456 156,575 151,526 150,551 154,825 149,582 155,649 155,383 157,105 153,004 152,212 1,809,990
1994.. 140,955 140,153 167,858 153,899 159,599 164,922 153,899 174,153 168,455 172,577 168,232 168,896 1,933,598
1995.. 162,088 157,940 182,972 166,562 181,967 182,702 168,809 187,091 177,824 189,196 180,895 176,674 2,114,720
1996.. 174,993 172,716 185,519 186,192 191,663 181,631 189,335 192,262 187,089 205,354 185,427 187,603 2,239,784
1997.. 183,724 178,387 196,672 195,113 196,698 196,145 196,895 191,839 202,506 211,516 184,931 200,069 2,334,495
1998.. 184,409 180,100 207,405 200,813 195,086 206,577 200,815 195,041 203,163 208,464 192,590 205,361 2,379,824
1999.. 180,589 184,439 220,303 207,436 206,892 221,407 209,793 217,631 221,208 221,587 220,907 227,095 2,539,287
2000.. 203,776 214,044 243,524 218,145 238,645 242,265 221,481 241,588 231,724 243,072 231,395 225,864 2,755,523
2001.. 224,706 212,467 240,212(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 677,385
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 185,504 186,503 187,793 187,018 186,299 189,885 188,958 189,573 190,299 190,477 192,139 193,685 (X)
1993.. 194,369 194,071 195,743 196,506 196,432 196,765 196,890 198,931 199,875 198,958 200,212 201,883 (X)
1994.. 201,856 203,549 202,925 203,641 207,265 206,940 208,863 210,367 212,084 214,886 216,640 218,913 (X)
1995.. 221,078 222,874 225,498 227,952 228,905 230,432 232,893 233,351 234,240 234,977 235,016 235,197 (X)
1996.. 236,670 236,372 236,207 239,924 239,743 238,898 239,276 239,014 236,929 237,648 237,860 237,852 (X)
1997.. 240,423 240,499 241,892 242,481 243,657 248,054 247,223 248,205 250,304 251,372 253,231 255,242 (X)
1998.. 255,788 258,453 259,947 259,621 261,578 261,239 261,280 264,016 265,599 265,954 267,148 268,079 (X)
1999.. 268,586 270,512 271,381 271,615 272,187 272,699 275,145 276,411 277,916 280,153 283,044 284,317 (X)
2000.. 287,223 288,784 291,519 293,790 295,880 298,562 298,934 300,533 300,721 301,573 302,662 303,063 (X)
2001.. 302,222 301,541 301,818(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 189,575 189,398 188,458 187,838 184,822 187,222 187,466 185,672 186,724 192,015 194,295 194,978 (X)
1993.. 198,426 196,748 196,313 197,520 194,875 193,905 195,263 194,575 196,057 200,568 202,479 203,293 (X)
1994.. 206,321 206,391 203,510 204,755 205,534 203,957 207,700 206,284 208,140 216,674 218,771 220,253 (X)
1995.. 225,793 225,735 226,122 229,236 227,107 227,042 231,268 228,143 229,394 237,207 237,569 236,768 (X)
1996.. 241,958 239,641 237,219 241,340 237,427 234,842 237,500 234,061 232,895 239,872 240,004 238,800 (X)
1997.. 244,805 243,231 242,855 243,845 241,735 244,783 245,853 243,750 246,353 253,766 255,849 256,441 (X)
1998.. 260,073 260,987 260,976 260,926 259,670 258,099 260,106 259,722 261,684 268,550 269,769 269,354 (X)
1999.. 272,567 272,959 272,379 272,755 269,982 269,445 273,641 271,659 273,908 283,068 286,180 285,702 (X)
2000.. 291,293 291,311 292,312 294,763 293,210 294,852 297,198 295,670 296,682 304,687 306,414 304,857 (X)
2001.. 306,500 304,107 302,327(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.32 1.32 1.32 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.29 1.31 1.30 1.30 1.31 1.33 (X)
1993.. 1.29 1.30 1.33 1.31 1.29 1.31 1.30 1.31 1.31 1.30 1.31 1.35 (X)
1994.. 1.31 1.32 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.30 1.30 1.27 1.29 1.28 1.29 1.29 (X)
1995.. 1.28 1.28 1.31 1.31 1.31 1.31 1.32 1.31 1.31 1.31 1.30 1.28 (X)
1996.. 1.31 1.30 1.29 1.30 1.30 1.29 1.28 1.27 1.26 1.25 1.25 1.26 (X)
1997.. 1.26 1.23 1.25 1.26 1.26 1.28 1.27 1.28 1.27 1.28 1.30 1.30 (X)
1998.. 1.30 1.31 1.31 1.31 1.32 1.32 1.32 1.34 1.34 1.34 1.35 1.34 (X)
1999.. 1.35 1.34 1.32 1.32 1.30 1.29 1.30 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.28 1.28 (X)
2000.. 1.28 1.29 1.28 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.30 1.30 1.30 1.30 1.31 1.30 (X)
2001.. 1.29 1.29 1.31(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.39 1.45 1.28 1.30 1.33 1.27 1.27 1.29 1.25 1.24 1.36 1.31 (X)
1993.. 1.44 1.45 1.25 1.30 1.29 1.25 1.31 1.25 1.26 1.28 1.32 1.34 (X)
1994.. 1.46 1.47 1.21 1.33 1.29 1.24 1.35 1.18 1.24 1.26 1.30 1.30 (X)
1995.. 1.39 1.43 1.24 1.38 1.25 1.24 1.37 1.22 1.29 1.25 1.31 1.34 (X)
1996.. 1.38 1.39 1.28 1.30 1.24 1.29 1.25 1.22 1.24 1.17 1.29 1.27 (X)
1997.. 1.33 1.36 1.23 1.25 1.23 1.25 1.25 1.27 1.22 1.20 1.38 1.28 (X)
1998.. 1.41 1.45 1.26 1.30 1.33 1.25 1.30 1.33 1.29 1.29 1.40 1.31 (X)
1999.. 1.51 1.48 1.24 1.31 1.30 1.22 1.30 1.25 1.24 1.28 1.30 1.26 (X)
2000.. 1.43 1.36 1.20 1.35 1.23 1.22 1.34 1.22 1.28 1.25 1.32 1.35 (X)
2001.. 1.36 1.43 1.26(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
Durable Goods - Total
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 65,818 67,136 67,852 68,754 67,528 69,401 70,242 69,588 69,957 70,303 71,747 71,356 (X)
1993.. 74,556 74,364 72,502 74,747 75,837 75,074 76,968 76,843 76,708 77,421 77,073 76,687 (X)
1994.. 78,490 79,061 80,383 80,877 81,763 82,363 83,348 86,757 86,091 87,796 88,151 89,453 (X)
1995.. 90,445 91,225 90,035 90,701 92,318 91,931 91,443 92,872 93,425 93,359 94,534 96,648 (X)
1996.. 94,214 94,008 95,369 94,869 95,932 95,526 95,569 95,904 96,855 97,421 98,986 97,705 (X)
1997.. 98,483 101,608 99,788 101,441 101,263 101,928 102,951 101,759 104,146 103,652 103,410 103,522 (X)
1998.. 104,887 105,150 106,053 106,552 105,518 105,664 106,123 105,418 104,919 104,678 104,636 105,780 (X)
1999.. 106,487 109,200 109,716 109,418 111,348 112,457 113,113 113,370 113,919 115,364 116,675 118,979 (X)
2000.. 119,521 118,388 119,383 119,858 120,518 120,468 119,877 120,524 119,967 119,614 119,589 118,135 (X)
2001.. 118,650 118,400 117,410(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 62,262 61,348 71,291 68,969 65,474 72,649 70,742 69,926 72,644 75,741 69,689 72,072 832,807
1993.. 66,832 66,841 77,943 75,259 73,520 78,243 75,849 79,643 79,741 80,755 77,389 77,064 909,079
1994.. 70,285 71,119 86,785 78,932 81,834 85,859 79,508 91,948 90,135 91,591 88,132 88,025 1,004,153
1995.. 83,265 82,087 96,874 85,996 94,486 96,321 87,176 98,553 95,245 100,168 94,264 92,362 1,106,797
1996.. 88,582 88,747 97,501 95,573 98,129 94,806 96,365 98,836 98,746 106,955 95,919 96,458 1,156,617
1997.. 92,009 91,651 102,323 101,736 101,431 104,325 104,308 101,341 109,713 112,768 97,311 104,861 1,223,777
1998.. 95,674 94,953 112,167 106,823 102,552 112,158 107,311 104,863 109,835 111,119 100,866 107,434 1,265,755
1999.. 93,971 98,550 118,823 110,208 108,385 118,942 112,104 116,378 119,223 118,653 116,404 120,198 1,351,839
2000.. 105,580 111,965 128,689 113,672 124,024 127,679 115,086 127,308 122,387 127,004 118,709 112,956 1,435,059
2001.. 110,826 106,786 123,602(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 341,214
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 114,035 114,412 114,792 114,546 114,450 116,488 115,609 116,736 117,397 117,323 118,432 119,416 (X)
1993.. 119,297 119,418 120,807 121,026 120,770 120,859 121,191 122,458 122,944 123,188 123,629 124,972 (X)
1994.. 125,128 126,122 125,546 126,715 129,530 129,606 131,595 132,125 133,123 135,449 136,322 137,945 (X)
1995.. 139,115 140,853 142,509 143,660 144,520 145,445 146,362 146,528 147,066 148,506 149,331 149,730 (X)
1996.. 150,594 150,326 150,078 151,196 150,674 150,404 151,191 151,900 152,204 152,073 152,634 152,649 (X)
1997.. 153,719 153,925 155,426 156,181 157,314 160,988 159,462 159,853 161,761 161,448 162,031 163,988 (X)
1998.. 165,083 166,971 168,632 168,709 169,392 168,616 168,523 170,785 171,629 172,471 172,462 173,839 (X)
1999.. 174,369 175,195 175,849 174,940 175,822 176,666 177,746 177,722 179,039 180,475 182,893 183,761 (X)
2000.. 185,118 186,367 188,008 189,719 190,445 192,600 192,654 193,380 192,810 193,101 193,384 192,833 (X)
2001.. 193,214 192,094 191,297(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 113,968 114,601 114,206 115,209 115,263 116,346 116,884 117,020 116,853 117,309 117,994 117,913 (X)
1993.. 119,158 119,572 120,238 121,758 121,615 120,755 122,655 122,799 122,399 123,166 123,099 123,342 (X)
1994.. 124,977 126,179 124,941 127,482 130,404 129,562 133,373 132,570 132,511 135,328 135,559 136,070 (X)
1995.. 138,935 140,928 141,932 144,612 145,547 145,421 148,420 147,032 146,346 148,320 148,371 147,594 (X)
1996.. 150,306 150,425 149,626 152,288 151,778 150,512 153,298 152,311 151,421 151,774 151,592 150,453 (X)
1997.. 153,294 154,070 155,174 157,364 158,411 161,212 161,563 160,164 160,933 161,105 160,953 161,723 (X)
1998.. 164,502 167,126 168,453 169,973 170,525 169,046 170,785 171,121 170,863 172,144 171,324 171,461 (X)
1999.. 173,505 175,276 175,543 176,143 177,064 177,325 180,086 178,017 178,302 180,163 181,950 181,286 (X)
2000.. 184,181 186,494 187,335 190,791 191,633 193,383 195,255 193,785 192,183 192,909 192,677 190,254 (X)
2001.. 192,183 192,075 190,299(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.73 1.70 1.69 1.67 1.69 1.68 1.65 1.68 1.68 1.67 1.65 1.67 (X)
1993.. 1.60 1.61 1.67 1.62 1.59 1.61 1.57 1.59 1.60 1.59 1.60 1.63 (X)
1994.. 1.59 1.60 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.57 1.58 1.52 1.55 1.54 1.55 1.54 (X)
1995.. 1.54 1.54 1.58 1.58 1.57 1.58 1.60 1.58 1.57 1.59 1.58 1.55 (X)
1996.. 1.60 1.60 1.57 1.59 1.57 1.57 1.58 1.58 1.57 1.56 1.54 1.56 (X)
1997.. 1.56 1.51 1.56 1.54 1.55 1.58 1.55 1.57 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.58 (X)
1998.. 1.57 1.59 1.59 1.58 1.61 1.60 1.59 1.62 1.64 1.65 1.65 1.64 (X)
1999.. 1.64 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.58 1.57 1.57 1.57 1.57 1.56 1.57 1.54 (X)
2000.. 1.55 1.57 1.57 1.58 1.58 1.60 1.61 1.60 1.61 1.61 1.62 1.63 (X)
2001.. 1.63 1.62 1.63(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.83 1.87 1.60 1.67 1.76 1.60 1.65 1.67 1.61 1.55 1.69 1.64 (X)
1993.. 1.78 1.79 1.54 1.62 1.65 1.54 1.62 1.54 1.53 1.53 1.59 1.60 (X)
1994.. 1.78 1.77 1.44 1.62 1.59 1.51 1.68 1.44 1.47 1.48 1.54 1.55 (X)
1995.. 1.67 1.72 1.47 1.68 1.54 1.51 1.70 1.49 1.54 1.48 1.57 1.60 (X)
1996.. 1.70 1.69 1.53 1.59 1.55 1.59 1.59 1.54 1.53 1.42 1.58 1.56 (X)
1997.. 1.67 1.68 1.52 1.55 1.56 1.55 1.55 1.58 1.47 1.43 1.65 1.54 (X)
1998.. 1.72 1.76 1.50 1.59 1.66 1.51 1.59 1.63 1.56 1.55 1.70 1.60 (X)
1999.. 1.85 1.78 1.48 1.60 1.63 1.49 1.61 1.53 1.50 1.52 1.56 1.51 (X)
2000.. 1.74 1.67 1.46 1.68 1.55 1.51 1.70 1.52 1.57 1.52 1.62 1.68 (X)
2001.. 1.73 1.80 1.54(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4211 Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 12,020 12,162 12,296 12,146 12,193 12,615 12,468 12,497 12,649 12,809 12,787 12,457 (X)
1993.. 12,858 12,670 12,008 12,676 13,158 12,382 12,937 12,898 13,103 13,098 12,619 12,278 (X)
1994.. 13,116 13,547 13,387 13,562 13,239 13,309 13,619 14,834 13,392 13,789 14,089 13,731 (X)
1995.. 13,338 13,267 13,326 13,449 14,274 13,792 13,386 13,681 13,620 13,308 13,631 13,897 (X)
1996.. 14,238 13,803 13,939 13,900 13,626 13,563 13,885 13,530 13,486 13,564 13,802 13,876 (X)
1997.. 13,943 14,130 13,986 13,802 14,074 14,367 13,832 13,348 14,154 14,267 13,784 13,161 (X)
1998.. 13,839 13,925 14,244 14,355 14,330 14,212 14,567 14,771 14,806 14,330 14,811 14,764 (X)
1999.. 14,773 16,292 15,733 15,787 15,987 16,413 16,401 16,420 16,538 17,050 16,810 17,136 (X)
2000.. 16,560 16,366 16,233 16,382 16,247 16,234 16,023 16,356 16,289 16,137 16,389 16,430 (X)
2001.. 16,772 16,346 16,307(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 10,938 11,347 13,501 12,608 12,278 13,019 12,830 11,985 12,345 13,578 12,339 12,818 149,586
1993.. 11,289 11,568 13,221 13,297 13,105 12,828 13,222 12,859 12,723 13,425 12,606 12,389 152,532
1994.. 11,411 12,341 15,167 13,765 13,716 13,775 13,469 14,849 13,138 13,899 14,061 13,800 163,391
1995.. 12,071 12,046 14,778 13,489 14,816 14,482 13,065 14,119 12,925 13,867 13,549 13,591 162,798
1996.. 12,900 13,196 14,915 14,525 14,239 13,671 14,065 13,584 12,744 14,513 13,374 13,987 165,713
1997.. 12,688 12,759 14,811 14,465 14,581 14,626 14,385 13,028 13,885 14,909 13,205 13,332 166,674
1998.. 12,483 12,546 15,654 14,958 14,416 15,008 14,771 14,254 14,584 14,903 14,263 15,399 173,239
1999.. 12,912 14,679 17,291 16,639 15,907 17,299 16,516 16,486 16,240 17,238 16,810 17,462 195,479
2000.. 14,324 15,646 17,889 16,464 16,881 17,176 15,478 16,928 15,605 16,815 16,373 16,134 195,713
2001.. 15,162 14,744 17,775(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 47,681
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 20,110 20,344 20,611 20,188 20,097 20,145 20,101 20,282 20,892 21,046 21,276 21,561 (X)
1993.. 21,027 20,839 21,262 21,060 20,728 20,105 20,431 20,934 20,639 20,523 20,473 21,309 (X)
1994.. 20,746 20,535 20,062 20,379 20,485 20,580 20,942 20,628 20,980 21,475 21,525 21,633 (X)
1995.. 21,898 22,345 22,277 22,774 23,110 22,729 22,627 22,531 22,368 22,088 22,210 22,206 (X)
1996.. 22,106 22,359 21,448 22,394 22,216 22,293 22,540 22,358 21,705 22,130 22,434 21,697 (X)
1997.. 22,134 21,665 22,056 21,628 22,098 22,958 22,845 22,958 23,102 22,640 22,388 22,457 (X)
1998.. 22,640 22,957 23,534 22,526 22,082 21,682 21,420 21,852 22,046 22,501 22,144 22,959 (X)
1999.. 22,821 22,959 23,371 23,371 23,780 23,941 24,399 24,570 25,010 25,053 25,594 25,760 (X)
2000.. 25,788 25,824 26,358 26,566 26,603 26,945 26,634 26,436 26,109 26,189 26,268 26,706 (X)
2001.. 26,141 26,109 25,937(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 20,371 21,137 20,817 20,632 20,238 19,742 19,699 19,471 20,558 21,151 21,723 21,130 (X)
1993.. 21,279 21,652 21,453 21,523 20,894 19,723 20,063 20,118 20,288 20,605 20,903 20,819 (X)
1994.. 21,016 21,336 20,202 20,807 20,649 20,230 20,670 19,906 20,602 21,496 21,912 21,027 (X)
1995.. 22,205 23,239 22,433 23,229 23,318 22,388 22,423 21,810 21,943 22,088 22,499 21,495 (X)
1996.. 22,438 23,276 21,641 22,819 22,438 21,981 22,382 21,687 21,293 22,086 22,613 20,981 (X)
1997.. 22,444 22,553 22,343 22,039 22,297 22,660 22,662 22,292 22,663 22,595 22,522 21,761 (X)
1998.. 22,934 23,852 23,958 22,931 22,259 21,422 21,227 21,218 21,627 22,433 22,233 22,339 (X)
1999.. 23,118 23,831 23,838 23,815 23,970 23,654 24,131 23,808 24,510 24,978 25,696 25,168 (X)
2000.. 26,097 26,780 26,859 27,097 26,842 26,595 26,314 25,564 25,587 26,110 26,426 26,145 (X)
2001.. 26,429 27,075 26,404(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.67 1.67 1.68 1.66 1.65 1.60 1.61 1.62 1.65 1.64 1.66 1.73 (X)
1993.. 1.64 1.64 1.77 1.66 1.58 1.62 1.58 1.62 1.58 1.57 1.62 1.74 (X)
1994.. 1.58 1.52 1.50 1.50 1.55 1.55 1.54 1.39 1.57 1.56 1.53 1.58 (X)
1995.. 1.64 1.68 1.67 1.69 1.62 1.65 1.69 1.65 1.64 1.66 1.63 1.60 (X)
1996.. 1.55 1.62 1.54 1.61 1.63 1.64 1.62 1.65 1.61 1.63 1.63 1.56 (X)
1997.. 1.59 1.53 1.58 1.57 1.57 1.60 1.65 1.72 1.63 1.59 1.62 1.71 (X)
1998.. 1.64 1.65 1.65 1.57 1.54 1.53 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.57 1.50 1.56 (X)
1999.. 1.54 1.41 1.49 1.48 1.49 1.46 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.47 1.52 1.50 (X)
2000.. 1.56 1.58 1.62 1.62 1.64 1.66 1.66 1.62 1.60 1.62 1.60 1.63 (X)
2001.. 1.56 1.60 1.59(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.86 1.86 1.54 1.64 1.65 1.52 1.54 1.62 1.67 1.56 1.76 1.65 (X)
1993.. 1.88 1.87 1.62 1.62 1.59 1.54 1.52 1.56 1.59 1.53 1.66 1.68 (X)
1994.. 1.84 1.73 1.33 1.51 1.51 1.47 1.53 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 1.54 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 1.53 1.54 1.43 1.44 1.49 1.48 1.51 1.56 1.45 (X)
1999.. 1.79 1.62 1.38 1.43 1.51 1.37 1.46 1.44 1.51 1.45 1.53 1.44 (X)
2000.. 1.82 1.71 1.50 1.65 1.59 1.55 1.70 1.51 1.64 1.55 1.61 1.62 (X)
2001.. 1.74 1.84 1.49(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4212 Furniture and Home Furnishings
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 2,329 2,326 2,331 2,372 2,343 2,396 2,306 2,313 2,365 2,331 2,542 2,465 (X)
1993.. 2,495 2,478 2,358 2,505 2,572 2,557 2,551 2,555 2,503 2,522 2,399 2,363 (X)
1994.. 2,437 2,489 2,462 2,484 2,441 2,501 2,615 2,689 2,740 2,818 2,764 2,850 (X)
1995.. 2,861 2,845 2,996 2,921 2,956 2,870 2,884 2,894 2,839 2,833 2,919 2,916 (X)
1996.. 2,808 2,908 2,880 2,933 3,076 3,120 3,077 3,029 3,087 3,069 3,209 3,171 (X)
1997.. 3,211 3,374 3,158 3,224 3,146 3,120 3,201 3,132 3,417 3,385 3,292 3,374 (X)
1998.. 3,468 3,308 3,379 3,352 3,322 3,410 3,376 3,380 3,344 3,292 3,413 3,373 (X)
1999.. 3,395 3,465 3,448 3,445 3,480 3,510 3,705 3,590 3,536 3,659 3,626 3,680 (X)
2000.. 3,774 3,853 3,861 3,864 3,914 3,948 3,899 3,941 3,926 3,864 3,868 3,757 (X)
2001.. 3,861 3,828 3,836(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 2,105 2,070 2,464 2,396 2,268 2,456 2,246 2,368 2,509 2,580 2,572 2,477 28,511
1993.. 2,128 2,183 2,525 2,553 2,521 2,572 2,434 2,703 2,673 2,694 2,505 2,372 29,863
1994.. 2,096 2,195 2,637 2,422 2,483 2,531 2,419 2,877 2,951 3,035 2,844 2,802 31,292
1995.. 2,546 2,515 3,188 2,781 3,045 2,936 2,702 3,091 2,927 3,147 3,045 2,773 34,696
1996.. 2,538 2,707 2,889 2,983 3,156 2,992 3,037 3,150 3,232 3,450 3,251 3,152 36,537
1997.. 2,903 2,993 3,183 3,214 3,149 3,136 3,172 3,148 3,670 3,774 3,269 3,387 38,998
1998.. 3,080 2,941 3,514 3,365 3,209 3,533 3,342 3,437 3,525 3,585 3,522 3,370 40,423
1999.. 2,923 3,087 3,624 3,493 3,386 3,580 3,594 3,795 3,759 3,853 3,829 3,647 42,570
2000.. 3,283 3,591 4,046 3,675 4,000 4,098 3,696 4,241 4,040 4,258 4,027 3,509 46,464
2001.. 3,517 3,411 3,932(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 10,860
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 4,016 4,061 4,028 4,233 4,100 4,074 4,069 4,004 3,999 4,000 4,076 4,151 (X)
1993.. 4,118 4,129 4,193 4,172 4,194 4,206 4,130 4,139 4,147 4,202 4,209 4,226 (X)
1994.. 4,272 4,261 4,247 4,305 4,274 4,208 4,238 4,287 4,344 4,388 4,344 4,391 (X)
1995.. 4,433 4,507 4,565 4,605 4,651 4,894 4,823 4,806 4,725 4,687 4,718 4,670 (X)
1996.. 4,621 4,728 4,766 4,660 4,715 4,752 4,757 4,753 4,776 4,705 4,756 4,736 (X)
1997.. 4,749 4,639 4,557 4,774 4,833 4,717 4,655 4,765 4,819 4,775 4,854 4,871 (X)
1998.. 4,940 4,921 4,873 4,985 5,022 5,011 5,050 5,063 5,092 5,166 5,079 5,077 (X)
1999.. 5,053 5,119 5,118 5,034 5,055 5,130 5,173 5,132 5,195 5,344 5,238 5,387 (X)
2000.. 5,413 5,484 5,553 5,634 5,699 5,760 5,854 5,913 5,794 5,843 5,932 5,879 (X)
2001.. 5,955 5,931 5,936(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 3,952 4,020 4,020 4,199 4,170 4,131 4,102 4,068 4,055 3,976 4,031 4,085 (X)
1993.. 4,048 4,088 4,185 4,126 4,257 4,265 4,171 4,218 4,218 4,181 4,171 4,154 (X)
1994.. 4,191 4,206 4,239 4,245 4,317 4,267 4,289 4,390 4,440 4,375 4,309 4,312 (X)
1995.. 4,349 4,435 4,538 4,527 4,679 4,963 4,895 4,945 4,857 4,696 4,685 4,577 (X)
1996.. 4,529 4,629 4,714 4,562 4,715 4,823 4,852 4,919 4,934 4,743 4,723 4,632 (X)
1997.. 4,654 4,532 4,475 4,650 4,814 4,792 4,776 4,946 4,988 4,837 4,815 4,764 (X)
1998.. 4,841 4,793 4,756 4,840 4,987 5,101 5,207 5,265 5,265 5,259 5,033 4,960 (X)
1999.. 4,957 4,976 4,970 4,878 5,015 5,222 5,359 5,348 5,361 5,467 5,191 5,258 (X)
2000.. 5,310 5,325 5,370 5,448 5,648 5,869 6,088 6,173 5,962 5,989 5,873 5,738 (X)
2001.. 5,842 5,759 5,734(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.72 1.75 1.73 1.78 1.75 1.70 1.76 1.73 1.69 1.72 1.60 1.68 (X)
1993.. 1.65 1.67 1.78 1.67 1.63 1.64 1.62 1.62 1.66 1.67 1.75 1.79 (X)
1994.. 1.75 1.71 1.73 1.73 1.75 1.68 1.62 1.59 1.59 1.56 1.57 1.54 (X)
1995.. 1.55 1.58 1.52 1.58 1.57 1.71 1.67 1.66 1.66 1.65 1.62 1.60 (X)
1996.. 1.65 1.63 1.65 1.59 1.53 1.52 1.55 1.57 1.55 1.53 1.48 1.49 (X)
1997.. 1.48 1.37 1.44 1.48 1.54 1.51 1.45 1.52 1.41 1.41 1.47 1.44 (X)
1998.. 1.42 1.49 1.44 1.49 1.51 1.47 1.50 1.50 1.52 1.57 1.49 1.51 (X)
1999.. 1.49 1.48 1.48 1.46 1.45 1.46 1.40 1.43 1.47 1.46 1.44 1.46 (X)
2000.. 1.43 1.42 1.44 1.46 1.46 1.46 1.50 1.50 1.48 1.51 1.53 1.56 (X)
2001.. 1.54 1.55 1.55(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.88 1.94 1.63 1.75 1.84 1.68 1.83 1.72 1.62 1.54 1.57 1.65 (X)
1993.. 1.90 1.87 1.66 1.62 1.69 1.66 1.71 1.56 1.58 1.55 1.67 1.75 (X)
1994.. 2.00 1.92 1.61 1.75 1.74 1.69 1.77 1.53 1.50 1.44 1.52 1.54 (X)
1995.. 1.71 1.76 1.42 1.63 1.54 1.69 1.81 1.60 1.66 1.49 1.54 1.65 (X)
1996.. 1.78 1.71 1.63 1.53 1.49 1.61 1.60 1.56 1.53 1.37 1.45 1.47 (X)
1997.. 1.60 1.51 1.41 1.45 1.53 1.53 1.51 1.57 1.36 1.28 1.47 1.41 (X)
1998.. 1.57 1.63 1.35 1.44 1.55 1.44 1.56 1.53 1.49 1.47 1.43 1.47 (X)
1999.. 1.70 1.61 1.37 1.40 1.48 1.46 1.49 1.41 1.43 1.42 1.36 1.44 (X)
2000.. 1.62 1.48 1.33 1.48 1.41 1.43 1.65 1.46 1.48 1.41 1.46 1.64 (X)
2001.. 1.66 1.69 1.46(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4213 Lumber & Other Construction Materials
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 3,630 3,736 3,726 3,816 3,826 3,862 3,821 3,835 3,917 3,858 3,855 3,772 (X)
1993.. 4,151 4,595 4,183 4,229 4,148 4,147 4,161 4,225 4,259 4,270 4,495 4,483 (X)
1994.. 4,451 4,388 4,541 4,526 4,688 4,661 4,822 4,710 4,694 4,793 4,809 4,943 (X)
1995.. 4,818 4,738 4,667 4,650 4,631 4,525 4,453 4,570 4,541 4,646 4,544 4,555 (X)
1996.. 4,602 4,661 4,794 4,716 4,866 4,996 4,919 5,026 5,114 5,067 5,106 4,933 (X)
1997.. 4,947 5,187 5,104 5,229 5,054 5,164 5,168 5,149 5,128 5,059 4,997 5,121 (X)
1998.. 5,163 5,140 5,093 5,206 5,193 5,182 5,393 5,425 5,383 5,447 5,516 5,557 (X)
1999.. 5,470 5,626 5,706 5,771 5,937 6,047 6,104 5,967 6,097 6,072 6,221 6,150 (X)
2000.. 6,335 6,114 6,202 6,055 6,023 5,992 5,829 5,828 5,786 5,861 5,814 5,839 (X)
2001.. 5,963 6,050 6,010(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 3,220 3,194 3,715 3,919 3,952 4,194 4,100 4,077 4,156 4,205 3,635 3,474 45,841
1993.. 3,441 3,869 4,338 4,352 4,256 4,524 4,327 4,652 4,502 4,501 4,414 4,129 51,305
1994.. 3,663 3,690 4,686 4,521 4,955 5,080 4,856 5,416 4,994 5,023 4,722 4,389 55,995
1995.. 4,095 3,975 4,816 4,431 5,076 4,986 4,493 5,265 4,709 5,032 4,417 3,876 55,171
1996.. 4,059 4,074 4,607 4,824 5,323 5,161 5,381 5,644 5,227 5,680 4,835 4,277 59,092
1997.. 4,353 4,352 4,869 5,355 5,352 5,541 5,685 5,582 5,456 5,666 4,507 4,583 61,301
1998.. 4,399 4,323 5,027 5,315 5,312 5,825 5,981 5,826 5,727 5,883 5,108 4,935 63,661
1999.. 4,502 4,743 5,883 5,938 6,056 6,821 6,568 6,599 6,420 6,303 5,997 5,467 71,297
2000.. 5,188 5,417 6,419 5,807 6,625 6,759 6,010 6,661 5,936 6,236 5,581 4,852 71,491
2001.. 5,265 5,124 6,058(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 16,447
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 4,432 4,330 4,360 4,619 4,501 4,535 4,625 4,624 4,642 4,733 4,710 4,784 (X)
1993.. 4,976 4,989 5,109 5,271 5,079 5,035 5,005 5,006 4,987 5,032 4,869 5,021 (X)
1994.. 4,970 4,968 5,000 4,985 5,086 5,202 5,221 5,261 5,236 5,291 5,367 5,403 (X)
1995.. 5,351 5,486 5,415 5,349 5,302 5,174 5,055 5,092 5,220 5,175 5,266 5,319 (X)
1996.. 5,307 5,308 5,310 5,298 5,317 5,408 5,396 5,521 5,698 5,576 5,566 5,616 (X)
1997.. 5,585 5,712 5,757 5,898 5,975 6,082 6,104 6,188 6,173 6,085 6,159 6,076 (X)
1998.. 6,121 6,091 6,021 6,101 6,017 5,985 6,004 6,186 5,907 5,933 5,936 5,867 (X)
1999.. 5,938 5,944 6,060 6,151 6,255 6,269 6,417 6,472 6,552 6,626 6,570 6,607 (X)
2000.. 6,751 6,796 6,847 6,831 6,818 6,836 6,751 6,700 6,678 6,671 6,702 6,732 (X)
2001.. 6,665 6,633 6,601(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 4,463 4,369 4,595 4,711 4,627 4,630 4,653 4,545 4,526 4,539 4,512 4,684 (X)
1993.. 5,001 5,039 5,380 5,376 5,216 5,146 5,035 4,931 4,877 4,831 4,674 4,916 (X)
1994.. 4,965 5,023 5,245 5,085 5,218 5,322 5,258 5,203 5,147 5,079 5,168 5,284 (X)
1995.. 5,303 5,535 5,642 5,456 5,435 5,309 5,100 5,067 5,163 4,968 5,082 5,181 (X)
1996.. 5,217 5,345 5,496 5,415 5,450 5,565 5,472 5,521 5,664 5,359 5,377 5,436 (X)
1997.. 5,462 5,723 5,918 6,045 6,136 6,277 6,226 6,219 6,154 5,854 5,937 5,845 (X)
1998.. 5,968 6,073 6,165 6,278 6,191 6,188 6,160 6,223 5,895 5,713 5,710 5,609 (X)
1999.. 5,790 5,902 6,193 6,342 6,455 6,501 6,610 6,511 6,526 6,387 6,301 6,303 (X)
2000.. 6,589 6,742 6,998 7,050 7,050 7,089 6,967 6,727 6,638 6,431 6,414 6,422 (X)
2001.. 6,512 6,580 6,759(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.22 1.16 1.17 1.21 1.18 1.17 1.21 1.21 1.19 1.23 1.22 1.27 (X)
1993.. 1.20 1.09 1.22 1.25 1.22 1.21 1.20 1.18 1.17 1.18 1.08 1.12 (X)
1994.. 1.12 1.13 1.10 1.10 1.08 1.12 1.08 1.12 1.12 1.10 1.12 1.09 (X)
1995.. 1.11 1.16 1.16 1.15 1.14 1.14 1.14 1.11 1.15 1.11 1.16 1.17 (X)
1996.. 1.15 1.14 1.11 1.12 1.09 1.08 1.10 1.10 1.11 1.10 1.09 1.14 (X)
1997.. 1.13 1.10 1.13 1.13 1.18 1.18 1.18 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.23 1.19 (X)
1998.. 1.19 1.19 1.18 1.17 1.16 1.15 1.11 1.14 1.10 1.09 1.08 1.06 (X)
1999.. 1.09 1.06 1.06 1.07 1.05 1.04 1.05 1.08 1.07 1.09 1.06 1.07 (X)
2000.. 1.07 1.11 1.10 1.13 1.13 1.14 1.16 1.15 1.15 1.14 1.15 1.15 (X)
2001.. 1.12 1.10 1.10(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.39 1.37 1.24 1.20 1.17 1.10 1.13 1.11 1.09 1.08 1.24 1.35 (X)
1993.. 1.45 1.30 1.24 1.24 1.23 1.14 1.16 1.06 1.08 1.07 1.06 1.19 (X)
1994.. 1.36 1.36 1.12 1.12 1.05 1.05 1.08 0.96 1.03 1.01 1.09 1.20 (X)
1995.. 1.29 1.39 1.17 1.23 1.07 1.06 1.14 0.96 1.10 0.99 1.15 1.34 (X)
1996.. 1.29 1.31 1.19 1.12 1.02 1.08 1.02 0.98 1.08 0.94 1.11 1.27 (X)
1997.. 1.25 1.32 1.22 1.13 1.15 1.13 1.10 1.11 1.13 1.03 1.32 1.28 (X)
1998.. 1.36 1.40 1.23 1.18 1.17 1.06 1.03 1.07 1.03 0.97 1.12 1.14 (X)
1999.. 1.29 1.24 1.05 1.07 1.07 0.95 1.01 0.99 1.02 1.01 1.05 1.15 (X)
2000.. 1.27 1.24 1.09 1.21 1.06 1.05 1.16 1.01 1.12 1.03 1.15 1.32 (X)
2001.. 1.24 1.28 1.12(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4214 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 10,362 10,530 10,595 11,506 10,954 10,939 11,272 11,100 11,036 11,254 11,674 11,692 (X)
1993.. 12,399 13,062 12,263 12,772 12,487 12,831 12,925 13,227 13,227 13,576 13,339 12,947 (X)
1994.. 13,320 13,096 13,363 13,250 13,238 13,242 13,611 13,957 14,086 14,362 14,587 15,255 (X)
1995.. 15,714 15,617 15,736 15,840 16,369 16,538 16,606 16,585 17,043 17,311 17,107 17,729 (X)
1996.. 17,345 17,749 18,070 17,981 18,573 18,422 18,403 18,572 18,553 18,311 18,967 18,503 (X)
1997.. 18,585 19,385 19,115 19,511 19,536 19,926 19,756 19,491 20,200 20,048 20,438 20,725 (X)
1998.. 20,872 20,987 21,348 21,452 20,902 21,359 21,295 21,370 21,161 21,159 20,433 21,408 (X)
1999.. 21,463 21,633 22,064 21,928 22,690 22,809 22,897 22,951 22,957 23,118 23,258 23,763 (X)
2000.. 23,511 23,292 23,596 23,670 23,514 23,200 23,308 23,470 23,351 23,414 22,965 22,204 (X)
2001.. 22,548 22,637 22,347(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 10,662 9,740 11,040 11,287 9,902 11,169 11,407 11,022 11,720 11,986 11,032 12,546 133,513
1993.. 11,915 11,847 13,330 12,465 11,363 13,139 12,705 13,386 14,113 13,929 13,019 13,996 155,207
1994.. 12,721 11,891 14,472 12,614 12,338 13,705 12,876 14,697 15,072 14,735 14,237 16,063 165,421
1995.. 15,070 14,165 17,231 14,478 15,993 17,200 15,726 17,331 17,912 18,003 16,731 18,084 197,924
1996.. 17,050 16,773 18,630 17,406 18,239 18,219 18,477 18,962 19,406 19,648 18,057 19,373 220,240
1997.. 17,990 17,524 19,822 18,887 18,735 20,404 19,716 19,257 21,877 21,572 18,721 22,673 237,178
1998.. 19,390 18,930 22,565 20,830 19,397 22,662 21,380 21,220 23,002 22,175 19,248 23,270 254,069
1999.. 19,102 19,426 24,293 21,248 21,147 24,200 22,325 23,364 25,092 23,511 22,630 25,925 272,263
2000.. 20,901 21,662 25,908 21,563 23,302 24,569 22,003 24,855 24,916 24,468 22,414 22,692 279,253
2001.. 21,240 20,192 23,777(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 65,209
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 16,493 16,468 15,944 15,972 16,179 16,689 16,178 16,572 16,686 16,094 16,507 16,537 (X)
1993.. 16,456 16,518 16,877 16,893 16,958 17,052 17,164 17,333 17,478 17,469 17,604 17,727 (X)
1994.. 18,189 18,284 18,315 18,720 19,401 19,080 19,419 19,284 19,496 20,172 20,179 20,525 (X)
1995.. 20,696 21,012 21,430 21,410 21,547 21,876 22,422 22,450 22,421 22,818 23,147 23,339 (X)
1996.. 23,300 23,053 23,419 23,233 23,181 23,259 23,028 23,698 24,059 23,169 23,721 24,088 (X)
1997.. 23,954 24,144 24,149 24,888 25,219 26,170 26,284 25,824 26,751 27,060 26,986 27,150 (X)
1998.. 27,769 27,797 28,337 28,579 28,426 27,566 27,404 27,434 26,903 26,370 26,373 25,914 (X)
1999.. 25,682 26,207 26,039 25,347 25,679 26,033 25,866 25,796 25,801 26,192 26,542 26,687 (X)
2000.. 27,250 26,789 26,515 26,949 26,700 26,764 26,788 26,822 27,166 27,176 26,852 26,435 (X)
2001.. 26,144 26,026 25,589(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 16,806 16,369 15,785 15,972 16,098 16,472 16,518 16,572 16,419 16,239 16,507 16,554 (X)
1993.. 16,752 16,402 16,742 16,893 16,856 16,830 17,507 17,333 17,198 17,626 17,622 17,762 (X)
1994.. 18,498 18,119 18,223 18,757 19,265 18,832 19,807 19,265 19,184 20,354 20,219 20,587 (X)
1995.. 21,006 20,781 21,344 21,517 21,396 21,592 22,826 22,383 22,062 23,046 23,263 23,409 (X)
1996.. 23,580 22,822 23,396 23,396 22,996 22,957 23,373 23,556 23,674 23,401 23,934 24,136 (X)
1997.. 24,217 23,975 24,125 25,062 25,017 25,804 26,547 25,592 26,376 27,385 27,364 27,204 (X)
1998.. 28,019 27,714 28,252 28,722 28,170 27,153 27,596 27,105 26,580 26,766 26,874 25,940 (X)
1999.. 25,913 26,233 25,883 25,398 25,422 25,590 25,969 25,435 25,543 26,663 27,179 26,740 (X)
2000.. 27,522 26,896 26,276 26,895 26,380 26,282 26,868 26,393 26,922 27,747 27,604 26,541 (X)
2001.. 26,458 26,156 25,282(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.59 1.56 1.50 1.39 1.48 1.53 1.44 1.49 1.51 1.43 1.41 1.41 (X)
1993.. 1.33 1.26 1.38 1.32 1.36 1.33 1.33 1.31 1.32 1.29 1.32 1.37 (X)
1994.. 1.37 1.40 1.37 1.41 1.47 1.44 1.43 1.38 1.38 1.40 1.38 1.35 (X)
1995.. 1.32 1.35 1.36 1.35 1.32 1.32 1.35 1.35 1.32 1.32 1.35 1.32 (X)
1996.. 1.34 1.30 1.30 1.29 1.25 1.26 1.25 1.28 1.30 1.27 1.25 1.30 (X)
1997.. 1.29 1.25 1.26 1.28 1.29 1.31 1.33 1.32 1.32 1.35 1.32 1.31 (X)
1998.. 1.33 1.32 1.33 1.33 1.36 1.29 1.29 1.28 1.27 1.25 1.29 1.21 (X)
1999.. 1.20 1.21 1.18 1.16 1.13 1.14 1.13 1.12 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.12 (X)
2000.. 1.16 1.15 1.12 1.14 1.14 1.15 1.15 1.14 1.16 1.16 1.17 1.19 (X)
2001.. 1.16 1.15 1.15(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.58 1.68 1.43 1.42 1.63 1.47 1.45 1.50 1.40 1.35 1.50 1.32 (X)
1993.. 1.41 1.38 1.26 1.36 1.48 1.28 1.38 1.29 1.22 1.27 1.35 1.27 (X)
1994.. 1.45 1.52 1.26 1.49 1.56 1.37 1.54 1.31 1.27 1.38 1.42 1.28 (X)
1995.. 1.39 1.47 1.24 1.49 1.34 1.26 1.45 1.29 1.23 1.28 1.39 1.29 (X)
1996.. 1.38 1.36 1.26 1.34 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.24 1.22 1.19 1.33 1.25 (X)
1997.. 1.35 1.37 1.22 1.33 1.34 1.26 1.35 1.33 1.21 1.27 1.46 1.20 (X)
1998.. 1.45 1.46 1.25 1.38 1.45 1.20 1.29 1.28 1.16 1.21 1.40 1.11 (X)
1999.. 1.36 1.35 1.07 1.20 1.20 1.06 1.16 1.09 1.02 1.13 1.20 1.03 (X)
2000.. 1.32 1.24 1.01 1.25 1.13 1.07 1.22 1.06 1.08 1.13 1.23 1.17 (X)
2001.. 1.25 1.30 1.06(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 42143 Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1993.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1994.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1995.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1996.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1997.. 10,908 11,422 11,200 11,626 11,650 11,942 11,858 11,808 12,352 11,964 12,479 12,526 (X)
1998.. 12,478 12,564 12,836 13,116 12,666 13,462 12,791 12,531 12,244 12,163 11,636 12,216 (X)
1999.. 12,426 12,847 13,078 12,702 13,372 13,346 13,678 13,629 13,677 13,944 13,721 14,331 (X)
2000.. 14,028 13,851 14,117 14,047 13,975 13,609 13,540 13,893 13,725 13,673 13,490 12,821 (X)
2001.. 13,023 12,815 12,569(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
1993.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
1994.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
1995.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
1996.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
1997.. 10,690 10,348 11,816 11,219 10,800 12,372 11,751 11,714 13,390 12,813 11,381 13,766 142,060
1998.. 11,580 11,358 13,837 12,657 11,602 14,202 12,881 12,506 13,419 12,552 10,984 13,206 150,784
1999.. 11,221 11,524 14,595 12,219 12,289 14,093 13,227 13,997 15,072 14,195 13,158 15,707 161,297
2000.. 12,625 12,757 15,755 12,755 13,626 14,317 12,836 14,699 14,796 14,302 13,004 13,231 164,703
2001.. 12,385 11,354 13,424(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 37,163
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1993.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1994.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1995.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1996.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1997.. 11,084 11,240 11,260 11,603 12,002 12,875 12,872 12,521 13,333 13,445 13,014 13,241 (X)
1998.. 13,399 13,343 14,171 14,047 13,964 13,433 12,934 13,080 12,459 12,090 12,079 12,102 (X)
1999.. 11,809 12,470 11,819 11,135 11,839 11,954 11,856 11,824 11,555 11,881 12,051 12,165 (X)
2000.. 12,162 12,219 11,400 11,571 11,170 11,172 11,258 11,212 11,633 12,061 11,462 10,985 (X)
2001.. 10,849 10,738 10,690(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1993.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1994.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1995.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1996.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1997.. 11,350 11,038 11,136 11,696 11,846 12,592 13,052 12,346 13,093 13,674 13,365 13,440 (X)
1998.. 13,694 13,156 13,916 14,131 13,741 13,124 13,050 12,845 12,272 12,344 12,502 12,332 (X)
1999.. 12,069 12,358 11,535 11,168 11,602 11,631 11,903 11,588 11,416 12,190 12,569 12,433 (X)
2000.. 12,442 12,170 11,047 11,525 10,880 10,837 11,281 10,965 11,517 12,459 12,024 11,260 (X)
2001.. 11,131 10,738 10,305(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1993.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1994.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1995.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1996.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1997.. 1.02 0.98 1.01 1.00 1.03 1.08 1.09 1.06 1.08 1.12 1.04 1.06 (X)
1998.. 1.07 1.06 1.10 1.07 1.10 1.00 1.01 1.04 1.02 0.99 1.04 0.99 (X)
1999.. 0.95 0.97 0.90 0.88 0.89 0.90 0.87 0.87 0.84 0.85 0.88 0.85 (X)
2000.. 0.87 0.88 0.81 0.82 0.80 0.82 0.83 0.81 0.85 0.88 0.85 0.86 (X)
2001.. 0.83 0.84 0.85(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1993.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1994.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1995.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1996.. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
1997.. 1.06 1.07 0.94 1.04 1.10 1.02 1.11 1.05 0.98 1.07 1.17 0.98 (X)
1998.. 1.18 1.16 1.01 1.12 1.18 0.92 1.01 1.03 0.91 0.98 1.14 0.93 (X)
1999.. 1.08 1.07 0.79 0.91 0.94 0.83 0.90 0.83 0.76 0.86 0.96 0.79 (X)
2000.. 0.99 0.95 0.70 0.90 0.80 0.76 0.88 0.75 0.78 0.87 0.92 0.85 (X)
2001.. 0.90 0.95 0.77(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4215 Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 6,218 6,309 6,355 6,213 6,298 6,328 6,460 6,692 6,391 6,159 6,553 6,555 (X)
1993.. 6,666 6,400 6,418 6,541 6,657 6,702 6,652 6,522 6,545 6,438 6,481 6,590 (X)
1994.. 6,616 6,888 7,063 7,070 7,348 7,483 7,414 7,771 7,886 7,961 7,826 7,974 (X)
1995.. 8,087 7,972 7,981 8,080 7,838 7,766 7,889 7,831 7,979 7,954 8,036 7,891 (X)
1996.. 7,843 7,827 7,416 7,833 8,066 7,740 7,756 7,935 7,648 7,886 8,196 8,006 (X)
1997.. 8,064 8,282 7,874 8,395 8,331 8,462 8,455 8,427 8,588 8,565 8,566 8,541 (X)
1998.. 8,273 8,209 8,306 8,172 8,193 8,168 8,153 8,083 8,056 7,932 7,791 7,734 (X)
1999.. 8,003 7,920 7,819 7,777 7,759 7,756 7,889 7,690 7,677 8,066 8,295 8,419 (X)
2000.. 8,829 8,615 8,707 8,629 8,670 8,718 8,698 8,738 8,555 8,414 8,404 8,278 (X)
2001.. 7,946 8,034 7,860(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 6,237 5,899 6,882 6,381 6,392 6,790 6,421 6,679 6,608 6,331 5,937 6,188 76,745
1993.. 6,326 5,933 7,124 6,737 6,690 7,218 6,386 6,750 6,722 6,483 6,047 6,214 78,630
1994.. 6,239 6,406 7,861 7,098 7,620 7,977 6,947 8,237 8,099 7,961 7,396 7,288 89,129
1995.. 7,885 7,454 8,867 7,935 8,285 8,240 7,313 8,324 7,939 8,256 7,594 7,070 95,162
1996.. 7,843 7,670 7,794 8,138 8,493 7,725 7,647 8,117 7,617 8,422 7,581 7,406 94,453
1997.. 8,080 7,835 8,213 8,764 8,431 8,640 8,396 8,419 8,760 9,122 7,778 8,114 100,552
1998.. 8,033 7,807 8,946 8,450 8,086 8,552 8,120 7,994 8,265 8,146 7,308 7,401 97,108
1999.. 7,611 7,548 8,609 8,003 7,588 8,190 7,621 7,890 7,823 8,098 8,013 8,049 95,043
2000.. 8,361 8,615 9,569 8,370 8,999 9,163 8,176 9,227 8,461 8,683 8,152 7,500 103,276
2001.. 8,002 7,664 8,316(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 23,982
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 10,303 10,551 10,512 10,523 10,549 10,593 10,409 10,398 10,517 10,603 10,568 10,552 (X)
1993.. 10,567 10,609 10,671 10,871 10,828 11,038 11,136 11,107 11,171 11,183 11,136 11,369 (X)
1994.. 11,280 11,374 11,444 11,460 11,700 12,092 11,956 12,162 12,368 12,543 12,758 12,832 (X)
1995.. 13,124 13,004 13,171 13,185 13,114 12,992 13,048 12,953 12,797 12,713 12,571 12,432 (X)
1996.. 12,343 12,231 12,238 12,163 12,173 12,019 12,205 12,343 12,282 12,577 12,750 12,955 (X)
1997.. 13,131 13,470 13,553 13,688 13,709 13,882 13,838 13,849 13,799 13,726 13,711 13,816 (X)
1998.. 13,955 14,036 14,098 14,061 14,193 14,106 14,034 14,448 14,483 14,513 14,644 14,577 (X)
1999.. 14,674 14,224 13,757 13,697 13,792 13,753 13,587 13,443 13,527 13,703 13,926 14,114 (X)
2000.. 14,321 14,626 14,885 15,210 15,101 15,176 15,235 15,204 15,085 14,878 14,639 14,244 (X)
2001.. 14,026 13,862 13,668(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 10,365 10,435 10,533 10,597 10,517 10,784 10,555 10,336 10,485 10,518 10,230 10,710 (X)
1993.. 10,641 10,492 10,703 10,947 10,806 11,215 11,292 11,051 11,126 11,082 10,780 11,540 (X)
1994.. 11,370 11,260 11,501 11,552 11,677 12,249 12,123 12,113 12,306 12,392 12,350 13,012 (X)
1995.. 13,242 12,913 13,263 13,290 13,114 13,109 13,218 12,927 12,707 12,522 12,194 12,606 (X)
1996.. 12,466 12,182 12,336 12,248 12,185 12,079 12,351 12,331 12,171 12,351 12,406 13,123 (X)
1997.. 13,262 13,470 13,661 13,770 13,736 13,924 13,990 13,835 13,675 13,465 13,396 13,982 (X)
1998.. 14,081 14,064 14,183 14,131 14,221 14,148 14,202 14,448 14,367 14,252 14,351 14,737 (X)
1999.. 14,762 14,252 13,798 13,752 13,820 13,808 13,750 13,456 13,446 13,470 13,689 14,255 (X)
2000.. 14,393 14,626 14,870 15,256 15,116 15,252 15,433 15,234 15,025 14,655 14,419 14,372 (X)
2001.. 14,068 13,834 13,613(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.66 1.67 1.65 1.69 1.67 1.67 1.61 1.55 1.65 1.72 1.61 1.61 (X)
1993.. 1.59 1.66 1.66 1.66 1.63 1.65 1.67 1.70 1.71 1.74 1.72 1.73 (X)
1994.. 1.70 1.65 1.62 1.62 1.59 1.62 1.61 1.57 1.57 1.58 1.63 1.61 (X)
1995.. 1.62 1.63 1.65 1.63 1.67 1.67 1.65 1.65 1.60 1.60 1.56 1.58 (X)
1996.. 1.57 1.56 1.65 1.55 1.51 1.55 1.57 1.56 1.61 1.59 1.56 1.62 (X)
1997.. 1.63 1.63 1.72 1.63 1.65 1.64 1.64 1.64 1.61 1.60 1.60 1.62 (X)
1998.. 1.69 1.71 1.70 1.72 1.73 1.73 1.72 1.79 1.80 1.83 1.88 1.88 (X)
1999.. 1.83 1.80 1.76 1.76 1.78 1.77 1.72 1.75 1.76 1.70 1.68 1.68 (X)
2000.. 1.62 1.70 1.71 1.76 1.74 1.74 1.75 1.74 1.76 1.77 1.74 1.72 (X)
2001.. 1.77 1.73 1.74(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.66 1.77 1.53 1.66 1.65 1.59 1.64 1.55 1.59 1.66 1.72 1.73 (X)
1993.. 1.68 1.77 1.50 1.62 1.62 1.55 1.77 1.64 1.66 1.71 1.78 1.86 (X)
1994.. 1.82 1.76 1.46 1.63 1.53 1.54 1.75 1.47 1.52 1.56 1.67 1.79 (X)
1995.. 1.68 1.73 1.50 1.67 1.58 1.59 1.81 1.55 1.60 1.52 1.61 1.78 (X)
1996.. 1.59 1.59 1.58 1.51 1.43 1.56 1.62 1.52 1.60 1.47 1.64 1.77 (X)
1997.. 1.64 1.72 1.66 1.57 1.63 1.61 1.67 1.64 1.56 1.48 1.72 1.72 (X)
1998.. 1.75 1.80 1.59 1.67 1.76 1.65 1.75 1.81 1.74 1.75 1.96 1.99 (X)
1999.. 1.94 1.89 1.60 1.72 1.82 1.69 1.80 1.71 1.72 1.66 1.71 1.77 (X)
2000.. 1.72 1.70 1.55 1.82 1.68 1.66 1.89 1.65 1.78 1.69 1.77 1.92 (X)
2001.. 1.76 1.81 1.64(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4216 Electrical Goods
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 8,159 8,157 8,036 8,015 7,875 8,035 8,227 8,099 8,035 8,104 8,533 8,632 (X)
1993.. 8,833 8,989 8,949 9,371 9,532 9,634 10,048 10,198 10,403 10,541 10,568 10,576 (X)
1994.. 10,598 10,625 11,216 11,253 11,939 11,742 11,643 12,013 12,113 12,569 12,621 12,845 (X)
1995.. 13,405 13,567 13,310 13,680 13,899 13,845 13,897 14,199 14,510 14,437 14,665 14,733 (X)
1996.. 14,588 14,364 14,658 14,288 13,974 14,241 14,154 14,068 14,342 14,350 14,337 13,640 (X)
1997.. 14,556 14,837 14,927 15,044 15,245 15,227 15,642 15,649 15,516 15,053 15,201 15,386 (X)
1998.. 15,234 15,422 15,656 15,614 15,786 15,534 15,560 15,394 15,470 15,799 15,623 15,587 (X)
1999.. 15,758 16,375 16,612 16,707 16,825 17,082 17,279 17,439 17,576 17,940 18,572 19,083 (X)
2000.. 19,471 19,404 19,460 19,763 19,946 20,404 20,163 20,407 20,309 20,003 20,039 20,119 (X)
2001.. 19,941 19,465 19,407(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 7,702 7,570 8,173 7,783 7,387 8,252 8,309 8,261 8,734 8,939 8,567 8,503 98,180
1993.. 7,932 8,189 9,379 9,109 8,941 9,875 9,917 10,647 11,319 11,310 10,906 10,428 117,952
1994.. 9,517 9,679 11,766 10,668 11,497 12,036 11,166 12,878 13,239 13,499 12,924 12,395 141,264
1995.. 12,292 12,332 14,082 12,558 13,774 14,247 13,341 15,150 15,497 15,895 14,914 13,834 167,916
1996.. 13,713 13,617 14,819 13,831 13,876 13,913 14,338 14,659 15,246 16,172 14,194 13,149 171,527
1997.. 13,610 13,472 15,181 14,502 14,803 15,334 15,861 15,852 16,943 16,920 14,563 15,294 182,335
1998.. 13,909 14,003 16,314 15,036 14,934 16,140 15,840 15,610 16,800 17,284 15,342 15,509 186,721
1999.. 14,025 14,836 17,758 16,106 15,933 17,765 17,210 18,137 19,035 19,070 18,795 19,045 207,715
2000.. 17,388 18,317 20,666 18,044 19,906 21,261 19,538 21,795 21,507 21,763 20,239 19,113 239,537
2001.. 18,824 17,577 20,047(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 56,448
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 14,166 14,062 14,026 14,278 14,111 14,193 14,263 14,231 14,300 14,951 14,737 15,018 (X)
1993.. 14,948 14,973 15,406 15,200 15,396 15,512 15,506 15,723 15,967 16,168 16,096 15,904 (X)
1994.. 16,085 16,470 16,351 16,602 16,996 17,085 17,559 17,693 17,972 17,940 17,862 18,714 (X)
1995.. 18,839 19,166 19,472 19,698 20,017 20,516 20,692 21,214 21,458 21,749 22,125 22,319 (X)
1996.. 22,745 22,592 22,545 22,847 22,925 22,062 22,039 21,786 21,497 21,650 21,862 21,630 (X)
1997.. 21,930 21,922 22,348 22,068 22,070 22,417 22,266 22,383 22,325 22,093 21,783 21,949 (X)
1998.. 21,868 22,146 22,657 22,985 23,186 23,288 23,116 23,285 23,525 23,370 23,435 23,624 (X)
1999.. 23,680 23,978 23,832 23,647 23,965 24,066 24,640 24,703 25,044 25,423 25,985 26,460 (X)
2000.. 26,495 26,706 27,020 27,081 27,376 27,879 28,302 28,638 29,019 29,702 29,964 29,865 (X)
2001.. 30,230 29,889 30,038(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 14,067 13,978 13,647 14,107 14,111 14,349 14,691 14,629 14,443 14,876 14,604 14,793 (X)
1993.. 14,858 14,883 14,990 15,033 15,396 15,683 15,971 16,163 16,111 16,071 15,935 15,650 (X)
1994.. 16,005 16,388 15,926 16,436 17,013 17,290 18,086 18,188 18,116 17,796 17,683 18,377 (X)
1995.. 18,782 19,109 18,985 19,540 20,037 20,762 21,292 21,808 21,608 21,510 21,882 21,895 (X)
1996.. 22,700 22,547 22,026 22,664 22,948 22,349 22,634 22,374 21,647 21,390 21,643 21,241 (X)
1997.. 21,908 21,900 21,879 21,891 22,048 22,664 22,867 22,943 22,459 21,828 21,631 21,620 (X)
1998.. 21,868 22,124 22,204 22,755 23,116 23,498 23,717 23,821 23,666 23,183 23,341 23,341 (X)
1999.. 23,704 23,930 23,355 23,316 23,821 24,234 25,256 25,222 25,219 25,321 25,959 26,248 (X)
2000.. 26,548 26,653 26,426 26,621 27,157 27,991 28,981 29,211 29,251 29,672 30,024 29,686 (X)
2001.. 30,321 29,799 29,347(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.74 1.72 1.75 1.78 1.79 1.77 1.73 1.76 1.78 1.84 1.73 1.74 (X)
1993.. 1.69 1.67 1.72 1.62 1.62 1.61 1.54 1.54 1.53 1.53 1.52 1.50 (X)
1994.. 1.52 1.55 1.46 1.48 1.42 1.46 1.51 1.47 1.48 1.43 1.42 1.46 (X)
1995.. 1.41 1.41 1.46 1.44 1.44 1.48 1.49 1.49 1.48 1.51 1.51 1.51 (X)
1996.. 1.56 1.57 1.54 1.60 1.64 1.55 1.56 1.55 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.59 (X)
1997.. 1.51 1.48 1.50 1.47 1.45 1.47 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.47 1.43 1.43 (X)
1998.. 1.44 1.44 1.45 1.47 1.47 1.50 1.49 1.51 1.52 1.48 1.50 1.52 (X)
1999.. 1.50 1.46 1.43 1.42 1.42 1.41 1.43 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.40 1.39 (X)
2000.. 1.36 1.38 1.39 1.37 1.37 1.37 1.40 1.40 1.43 1.48 1.50 1.48 (X)
2001.. 1.52 1.54 1.55(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.83 1.85 1.67 1.81 1.91 1.74 1.77 1.77 1.65 1.66 1.70 1.74 (X)
1993.. 1.87 1.82 1.60 1.65 1.72 1.59 1.61 1.52 1.42 1.42 1.46 1.50 (X)
1994.. 1.68 1.69 1.35 1.54 1.48 1.44 1.62 1.41 1.37 1.32 1.37 1.48 (X)
1995.. 1.53 1.55 1.35 1.56 1.45 1.46 1.60 1.44 1.39 1.35 1.47 1.58 (X)
1996.. 1.66 1.66 1.49 1.64 1.65 1.61 1.58 1.53 1.42 1.32 1.52 1.62 (X)
1997.. 1.61 1.63 1.44 1.51 1.49 1.48 1.44 1.45 1.33 1.29 1.49 1.41 (X)
1998.. 1.57 1.58 1.36 1.51 1.55 1.46 1.50 1.53 1.41 1.34 1.52 1.50 (X)
1999.. 1.69 1.61 1.32 1.45 1.50 1.36 1.47 1.39 1.32 1.33 1.38 1.38 (X)
2000.. 1.53 1.46 1.28 1.48 1.36 1.32 1.48 1.34 1.36 1.36 1.48 1.55 (X)
2001.. 1.61 1.70 1.46(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4217 Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 3,412 3,408 3,362 3,554 3,435 3,469 3,470 3,378 3,413 3,412 3,468 3,456 (X)
1993.. 3,466 3,491 3,433 3,475 3,591 3,533 3,575 3,689 3,608 3,705 3,705 3,730 (X)
1994.. 3,803 3,926 4,043 4,039 4,031 4,048 3,973 4,182 4,252 4,246 4,294 4,444 (X)
1995.. 4,298 4,273 4,282 4,266 4,270 4,325 4,347 4,365 4,416 4,333 4,358 4,575 (X)
1996.. 4,357 4,318 4,404 4,351 4,372 4,499 4,433 4,517 4,762 4,714 4,701 4,666 (X)
1997.. 4,637 4,664 4,692 4,832 4,712 4,705 4,836 4,749 4,832 4,896 4,868 4,897 (X)
1998.. 5,060 5,029 4,896 4,935 5,006 5,074 5,074 5,019 4,989 5,004 5,147 5,218 (X)
1999.. 5,243 5,240 5,333 5,278 5,311 5,262 5,266 5,336 5,268 5,245 5,311 5,338 (X)
2000.. 5,460 5,483 5,573 5,522 5,563 5,492 5,339 5,436 5,426 5,485 5,402 5,418 (X)
2001.. 5,407 5,445 5,403(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 3,078 3,009 3,231 3,465 3,380 3,823 3,748 3,500 3,659 3,743 3,440 3,269 41,345
1993.. 2,974 3,044 3,371 3,430 3,512 3,872 3,768 3,973 3,832 3,964 3,805 3,514 43,059
1994.. 3,248 3,412 3,978 3,873 4,100 4,404 4,084 4,588 4,571 4,522 4,367 4,071 49,218
1995.. 3,825 3,709 4,218 3,972 4,432 4,784 4,456 4,758 4,593 4,792 4,367 4,072 51,978
1996.. 3,969 3,899 4,144 4,351 4,529 4,697 4,841 4,765 4,919 5,284 4,598 4,279 54,275
1997.. 4,229 4,053 4,415 4,818 4,802 5,096 5,291 4,858 5,132 5,430 4,576 4,554 57,254
1998.. 4,524 4,385 4,823 4,896 5,021 5,713 5,536 5,094 5,208 5,379 4,957 4,816 60,352
1999.. 4,593 4,601 5,386 5,320 5,353 5,888 5,598 5,630 5,400 5,465 5,269 4,895 63,398
2000.. 4,767 5,088 5,629 5,246 6,003 6,162 5,488 5,849 5,442 5,896 5,240 4,714 65,524
2001.. 5,023 4,813 5,349(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 15,185
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 6,732 6,752 6,717 6,800 6,865 6,811 6,891 6,887 6,749 6,708 6,596 6,526 (X)
1993.. 6,688 6,641 6,655 6,645 6,535 6,574 6,564 6,589 6,634 6,764 6,902 6,891 (X)
1994.. 6,954 7,087 7,120 7,195 7,384 7,482 7,623 7,772 7,879 7,840 7,861 8,038 (X)
1995.. 7,959 7,978 8,213 8,046 8,067 8,062 8,003 8,027 8,135 8,315 8,274 8,231 (X)
1996.. 8,244 8,268 8,290 8,306 8,355 8,342 8,516 8,523 8,492 8,660 8,661 8,795 (X)
1997.. 8,807 8,831 8,612 8,876 8,890 8,876 8,767 8,831 8,957 8,921 8,967 8,978 (X)
1998.. 9,155 9,454 9,373 9,544 9,570 9,688 9,636 9,754 9,715 9,735 9,755 9,822 (X)
1999.. 9,935 9,856 9,888 9,837 9,846 9,851 9,946 9,807 9,896 9,940 10,076 10,043 (X)
2000.. 10,073 10,284 10,272 10,468 10,521 10,683 10,712 10,843 10,762 10,799 10,764 10,870 (X)
2001.. 10,830 10,749 10,738(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 6,624 6,759 6,764 6,868 7,009 6,763 6,919 6,970 6,789 6,668 6,484 6,441 (X)
1993.. 6,574 6,641 6,708 6,711 6,672 6,528 6,597 6,661 6,667 6,723 6,785 6,801 (X)
1994.. 6,829 7,080 7,191 7,274 7,546 7,452 7,653 7,842 7,911 7,785 7,727 7,925 (X)
1995.. 7,808 7,962 8,312 8,143 8,253 8,062 8,027 8,083 8,151 8,240 8,125 8,108 (X)
1996.. 8,087 8,235 8,406 8,431 8,547 8,392 8,550 8,566 8,492 8,565 8,514 8,654 (X)
1997.. 8,640 8,796 8,724 9,027 9,094 8,974 8,811 8,866 8,921 8,796 8,806 8,825 (X)
1998.. 8,981 9,416 9,476 9,725 9,781 9,843 9,713 9,793 9,657 9,579 9,579 9,645 (X)
1999.. 9,746 9,817 9,957 10,034 10,053 10,058 10,055 9,856 9,827 9,761 9,895 9,872 (X)
2000.. 9,882 10,243 10,313 10,677 10,731 10,929 10,851 10,908 10,676 10,594 10,581 10,685 (X)
2001.. 10,613 10,706 10,738(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.97 1.98 2.00 1.91 2.00 1.96 1.99 2.04 1.98 1.97 1.90 1.89 (X)
1993.. 1.93 1.90 1.94 1.91 1.82 1.86 1.84 1.79 1.84 1.83 1.86 1.85 (X)
1994.. 1.83 1.81 1.76 1.78 1.83 1.85 1.92 1.86 1.85 1.85 1.83 1.81 (X)
1995.. 1.85 1.87 1.92 1.89 1.89 1.86 1.84 1.84 1.84 1.92 1.90 1.80 (X)
1996.. 1.89 1.91 1.88 1.91 1.91 1.85 1.92 1.89 1.78 1.84 1.84 1.88 (X)
1997.. 1.90 1.89 1.84 1.84 1.89 1.89 1.81 1.86 1.85 1.82 1.84 1.83 (X)
1998.. 1.81 1.88 1.91 1.93 1.91 1.91 1.90 1.94 1.95 1.95 1.90 1.88 (X)
1999.. 1.89 1.88 1.85 1.86 1.85 1.87 1.89 1.84 1.88 1.90 1.90 1.88 (X)
2000.. 1.84 1.88 1.84 1.90 1.89 1.95 2.01 1.99 1.98 1.97 1.99 2.01 (X)
2001.. 2.00 1.97 1.99(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 2.15 2.25 2.09 1.98 2.07 1.77 1.85 1.99 1.86 1.78 1.88 1.97 (X)
1993.. 2.21 2.18 1.99 1.96 1.90 1.69 1.75 1.68 1.74 1.70 1.78 1.94 (X)
1994.. 2.10 2.08 1.81 1.88 1.84 1.69 1.87 1.71 1.73 1.72 1.77 1.95 (X)
1995.. 2.04 2.15 1.97 2.05 1.86 1.69 1.80 1.70 1.77 1.72 1.86 1.99 (X)
1996.. 2.04 2.11 2.03 1.94 1.89 1.79 1.77 1.80 1.73 1.62 1.85 2.02 (X)
1997.. 2.04 2.17 1.98 1.87 1.89 1.76 1.67 1.83 1.74 1.62 1.92 1.94 (X)
1998.. 1.99 2.15 1.96 1.99 1.95 1.72 1.75 1.92 1.85 1.78 1.93 2.00 (X)
1999.. 2.12 2.13 1.85 1.89 1.88 1.71 1.80 1.75 1.82 1.79 1.88 2.02 (X)
2000.. 2.07 2.01 1.83 2.04 1.79 1.77 1.98 1.86 1.96 1.80 2.02 2.27 (X)
2001.. 2.11 2.22 2.01(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4218 Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 11,285 11,577 12,255 12,285 11,965 12,360 12,061 12,367 12,667 12,934 12,682 12,538 (X)
1993.. 13,247 13,114 13,145 13,454 13,737 13,579 13,812 13,556 13,498 13,536 13,528 13,544 (X)
1994.. 13,815 13,855 13,880 13,876 14,128 14,577 14,674 15,013 15,149 15,121 15,170 15,480 (X)
1995.. 15,313 15,722 15,539 15,317 15,717 15,522 15,924 16,303 16,118 16,147 16,694 17,500 (X)
1996.. 16,759 16,644 17,103 17,173 16,924 16,721 16,707 16,779 17,123 17,639 18,105 17,984 (X)
1997.. 17,669 18,584 17,915 18,265 18,287 18,692 19,041 18,737 18,952 19,452 19,034 19,354 (X)
1998.. 20,152 20,367 20,186 20,556 20,526 20,315 20,153 20,006 20,218 19,657 20,166 20,103 (X)
1999.. 19,909 19,866 20,359 20,118 20,338 20,427 20,381 20,655 20,506 20,490 20,510 20,949 (X)
2000.. 21,018 20,634 20,923 21,061 21,251 21,718 21,714 21,824 21,959 22,027 22,241 21,857 (X)
2001.. 21,919 22,430 22,262(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 10,732 10,570 13,309 12,752 11,881 13,361 12,001 12,243 12,756 13,568 11,655 12,714 147,542
1993.. 11,869 11,829 14,657 14,127 13,764 14,380 13,494 13,922 13,511 13,604 13,055 13,612 161,824
1994.. 12,461 12,539 15,435 14,084 14,735 15,335 13,779 15,764 15,255 15,287 14,427 15,310 174,411
1995.. 14,333 14,307 17,093 15,041 16,849 16,469 15,096 16,988 15,667 16,890 15,859 16,660 191,252
1996.. 16,038 15,945 17,719 18,324 17,956 16,571 16,907 16,947 16,609 18,786 16,838 17,948 206,588
1997.. 16,662 16,986 18,721 19,196 19,073 19,271 19,212 18,081 19,255 20,444 17,131 19,818 223,850
1998.. 18,620 18,595 21,861 21,502 20,567 22,042 20,153 19,446 20,198 20,247 18,795 20,505 242,531
1999.. 17,639 18,138 22,578 21,245 20,541 21,877 20,035 20,862 20,424 20,224 20,018 21,117 244,698
2000.. 18,727 19,850 22,890 20,724 22,887 23,434 20,672 22,632 21,410 22,732 21,218 20,764 257,940
2001.. 20,801 20,456 23,909(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 65,166
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 25,986 25,831 26,254 26,456 26,172 26,857 26,956 27,236 27,109 26,690 27,374 27,680 (X)
1993.. 27,784 27,857 27,785 27,810 27,761 27,960 27,673 27,657 27,807 27,738 27,932 28,017 (X)
1994.. 28,150 28,691 28,579 28,666 29,256 29,139 29,682 30,215 30,524 30,827 31,382 31,256 (X)
1995.. 31,507 31,940 32,141 32,718 32,796 33,216 33,664 33,864 34,177 35,066 35,013 35,366 (X)
1996.. 35,942 36,038 36,256 36,172 36,017 36,345 36,688 36,841 37,677 37,209 36,980 37,185 (X)
1997.. 37,530 37,592 38,027 38,520 39,082 39,841 38,623 38,658 39,332 39,978 40,589 41,498 (X)
1998.. 41,471 42,161 42,483 42,635 43,434 43,805 44,445 44,831 45,578 46,294 46,542 47,504 (X)
1999.. 47,930 48,245 48,616 48,952 48,571 48,808 49,112 48,894 48,814 48,697 48,899 48,507 (X)
2000.. 48,320 48,513 48,899 49,054 49,415 49,744 49,352 49,812 49,706 49,138 49,330 48,922 (X)
2001.. 49,604 49,769 49,784(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 25,830 25,857 26,359 26,853 26,486 26,884 27,145 27,427 26,675 26,557 27,265 27,237 (X)
1993.. 27,590 27,885 27,896 28,255 28,094 27,988 27,894 27,823 27,362 27,599 27,792 27,569 (X)
1994.. 27,925 28,720 28,693 29,125 29,636 29,197 29,949 30,336 30,066 30,704 31,162 30,787 (X)
1995.. 31,192 31,940 32,302 33,241 33,288 33,282 34,034 33,966 33,664 34,926 34,698 34,871 (X)
1996.. 35,511 36,002 36,437 36,823 36,629 36,490 37,165 36,878 37,112 37,023 36,573 36,702 (X)
1997.. 36,967 37,442 38,255 39,213 39,785 40,120 39,202 38,697 38,781 39,738 40,021 40,959 (X)
1998.. 40,766 41,908 42,738 43,488 44,303 44,243 45,201 44,921 44,985 45,924 45,797 46,839 (X)
1999.. 46,971 47,859 48,956 49,931 49,591 49,443 49,996 49,041 48,228 48,210 48,117 47,731 (X)
2000.. 47,257 48,076 49,192 50,084 50,453 50,540 50,290 50,011 49,159 48,597 48,541 48,041 (X)
2001.. 48,463 49,271 50,083(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 2.30 2.23 2.14 2.15 2.19 2.17 2.23 2.20 2.14 2.06 2.16 2.21 (X)
1993.. 2.10 2.12 2.11 2.07 2.02 2.06 2.00 2.04 2.06 2.05 2.06 2.07 (X)
1994.. 2.04 2.07 2.06 2.07 2.07 2.00 2.02 2.01 2.01 2.04 2.07 2.02 (X)
1995.. 2.06 2.03 2.07 2.14 2.09 2.14 2.11 2.08 2.12 2.17 2.10 2.02 (X)
1996.. 2.14 2.17 2.12 2.11 2.13 2.17 2.20 2.20 2.20 2.11 2.04 2.07 (X)
1997.. 2.12 2.02 2.12 2.11 2.14 2.13 2.03 2.06 2.08 2.06 2.13 2.14 (X)
1998.. 2.06 2.07 2.10 2.07 2.12 2.16 2.21 2.24 2.25 2.36 2.31 2.36 (X)
1999.. 2.41 2.43 2.39 2.43 2.39 2.39 2.41 2.37 2.38 2.38 2.38 2.32 (X)
2000.. 2.30 2.35 2.34 2.33 2.33 2.29 2.27 2.28 2.26 2.23 2.22 2.24 (X)
2001.. 2.26 2.22 2.24(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 2.41 2.45 1.98 2.11 2.23 2.01 2.26 2.24 2.09 1.96 2.34 2.14 (X)
1993.. 2.32 2.36 1.90 2.00 2.04 1.95 2.07 2.00 2.03 2.03 2.13 2.03 (X)
1994.. 2.24 2.29 1.86 2.07 2.01 1.90 2.17 1.92 1.97 2.01 2.16 2.01 (X)
1995.. 2.18 2.23 1.89 2.21 1.98 2.02 2.25 2.00 2.15 2.07 2.19 2.09 (X)
1996.. 2.21 2.26 2.06 2.01 2.04 2.20 2.20 2.18 2.23 1.97 2.17 2.04 (X)
1997.. 2.22 2.20 2.04 2.04 2.09 2.08 2.04 2.14 2.01 1.94 2.34 2.07 (X)
1998.. 2.19 2.25 1.95 2.02 2.15 2.01 2.24 2.31 2.23 2.27 2.44 2.28 (X)
1999.. 2.66 2.64 2.17 2.35 2.41 2.26 2.50 2.35 2.36 2.38 2.40 2.26 (X)
2000.. 2.52 2.42 2.15 2.42 2.20 2.16 2.43 2.21 2.30 2.14 2.29 2.31 (X)
2001.. 2.33 2.41 2.09(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4219 Miscellaneous Durable Goods
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 8,403 8,931 8,896 8,847 8,639 9,397 10,157 9,307 9,484 9,442 9,653 9,789 (X)
1993.. 10,441 9,565 9,745 9,724 9,955 9,709 10,307 9,973 9,562 9,735 9,939 10,176 (X)
1994.. 10,334 10,247 10,428 10,817 10,711 10,800 10,977 11,588 11,779 12,137 11,991 11,931 (X)
1995.. 12,611 13,224 12,198 12,498 12,364 12,748 12,057 12,444 12,359 12,390 12,580 12,852 (X)
1996.. 11,674 11,734 12,105 11,694 12,455 12,224 12,235 12,448 12,740 12,821 12,563 12,926 (X)
1997.. 12,871 13,165 13,017 13,139 12,878 12,265 13,020 13,077 13,359 12,927 13,230 12,963 (X)
1998.. 12,826 12,763 12,945 12,910 12,260 12,410 12,552 11,970 11,492 12,058 11,736 12,036 (X)
1999.. 12,473 12,783 12,642 12,607 13,021 13,151 13,191 13,322 13,764 13,724 14,072 14,461 (X)
2000.. 14,563 14,627 14,828 14,912 15,390 14,762 14,904 14,524 14,366 14,409 14,467 14,233 (X)
2001.. 14,293 14,165 13,978(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 7,588 7,949 8,976 8,378 8,034 9,585 9,680 9,791 10,157 10,811 10,512 10,083 111,544
1993.. 8,958 8,379 9,998 9,189 9,368 9,835 9,596 10,751 10,346 10,845 11,032 10,410 118,707
1994.. 8,929 8,966 10,783 9,887 10,390 11,016 9,912 12,642 12,816 13,630 13,154 11,907 134,032
1995.. 11,148 11,584 12,601 11,311 12,216 12,977 10,984 13,527 13,076 14,286 13,788 12,402 149,900
1996.. 10,472 10,866 11,984 11,191 12,318 11,857 11,672 13,008 13,746 15,000 13,191 12,887 148,192
1997.. 11,494 11,677 13,108 12,535 12,505 12,277 12,590 13,116 14,735 14,931 13,561 13,106 155,635
1998.. 11,236 11,423 13,463 12,471 11,610 12,683 12,188 11,982 12,526 13,517 12,323 12,229 147,651
1999.. 10,664 11,492 13,401 12,216 12,474 13,322 12,637 13,615 15,030 14,891 15,043 14,591 159,376
2000.. 12,641 13,779 15,673 13,779 15,421 15,057 14,025 15,120 15,070 16,153 15,465 13,678 175,861
2001.. 12,992 12,805 14,439(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 40,236
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 11,797 12,013 12,340 11,477 11,876 12,591 12,117 12,502 12,503 12,498 12,588 12,607 (X)
1993.. 12,733 12,863 12,849 13,104 13,291 13,377 13,582 13,970 14,114 14,109 14,408 14,508 (X)
1994.. 14,482 14,452 14,428 14,403 14,948 14,738 14,955 14,823 14,324 14,973 15,044 15,153 (X)
1995.. 15,308 15,415 15,825 15,875 15,916 15,986 16,028 15,591 15,765 15,895 16,007 15,848 (X)
1996.. 15,986 15,749 15,806 16,123 15,775 15,924 16,022 16,077 16,018 16,397 15,904 15,947 (X)
1997.. 15,899 15,950 16,367 15,841 15,438 16,045 16,080 16,397 16,503 16,170 16,594 17,193 (X)
1998.. 17,164 17,408 17,256 17,293 17,462 17,485 17,414 17,932 18,380 18,589 18,554 18,495 (X)
1999.. 18,656 18,663 19,168 18,904 18,879 18,815 18,606 18,905 19,200 19,497 20,063 20,196 (X)
2000.. 20,707 21,345 21,659 21,926 22,212 22,813 23,026 23,012 22,491 22,705 22,933 23,180 (X)
2001.. 23,619 23,126 23,006(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 11,490 11,677 11,686 11,270 12,007 12,591 12,602 13,002 12,903 12,785 12,638 12,279 (X)
1993.. 12,415 12,490 12,181 12,894 13,424 13,377 14,125 14,501 14,552 14,448 14,437 14,131 (X)
1994.. 14,178 14,047 13,721 14,201 15,083 14,723 15,538 15,327 14,739 15,347 15,029 14,759 (X)
1995.. 15,048 15,014 15,113 15,669 16,027 15,954 16,605 16,043 16,191 16,324 15,943 15,452 (X)
1996.. 15,778 15,387 15,174 15,930 15,870 15,876 16,519 16,479 16,434 16,856 15,809 15,548 (X)
1997.. 15,740 15,679 15,794 15,667 15,484 15,997 16,482 16,774 16,916 16,607 16,461 16,763 (X)
1998.. 17,044 17,182 16,721 17,103 17,497 17,450 17,762 18,327 18,821 19,035 18,406 18,051 (X)
1999.. 18,544 18,476 18,593 18,677 18,917 18,815 18,960 19,340 19,642 19,906 19,923 19,711 (X)
2000.. 20,583 21,153 21,031 21,663 22,256 22,836 23,463 23,564 22,963 23,114 22,795 22,624 (X)
2001.. 23,477 22,895 22,339(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.40 1.35 1.39 1.30 1.37 1.34 1.19 1.34 1.32 1.32 1.30 1.29 (X)
1993.. 1.22 1.34 1.32 1.35 1.34 1.38 1.32 1.40 1.48 1.45 1.45 1.43 (X)
1994.. 1.40 1.41 1.38 1.33 1.40 1.36 1.36 1.28 1.22 1.23 1.25 1.27 (X)
1995.. 1.21 1.17 1.30 1.27 1.29 1.25 1.33 1.25 1.28 1.28 1.27 1.23 (X)
1996.. 1.37 1.34 1.31 1.38 1.27 1.30 1.31 1.29 1.26 1.28 1.27 1.23 (X)
1997.. 1.24 1.21 1.26 1.21 1.20 1.31 1.24 1.25 1.24 1.25 1.25 1.33 (X)
1998.. 1.34 1.36 1.33 1.34 1.42 1.41 1.39 1.50 1.60 1.54 1.58 1.54 (X)
1999.. 1.50 1.46 1.52 1.50 1.45 1.43 1.41 1.42 1.39 1.42 1.43 1.40 (X)
2000.. 1.42 1.46 1.46 1.47 1.44 1.55 1.54 1.58 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.63 (X)
2001.. 1.65 1.63 1.65(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.51 1.47 1.30 1.35 1.49 1.31 1.30 1.33 1.27 1.18 1.20 1.22 (X)
1993.. 1.39 1.49 1.22 1.40 1.43 1.36 1.47 1.35 1.41 1.33 1.31 1.36 (X)
1994.. 1.59 1.57 1.27 1.44 1.45 1.34 1.57 1.21 1.15 1.13 1.14 1.24 (X)
1995.. 1.35 1.30 1.20 1.39 1.31 1.23 1.51 1.19 1.24 1.14 1.16 1.25 (X)
1996.. 1.51 1.42 1.27 1.42 1.29 1.34 1.42 1.27 1.20 1.12 1.20 1.21 (X)
1997.. 1.37 1.34 1.20 1.25 1.24 1.30 1.31 1.28 1.15 1.11 1.21 1.28 (X)
1998.. 1.52 1.50 1.24 1.37 1.51 1.38 1.46 1.53 1.50 1.41 1.49 1.48 (X)
1999.. 1.74 1.61 1.39 1.53 1.52 1.41 1.50 1.42 1.31 1.34 1.32 1.35 (X)
2000.. 1.63 1.54 1.34 1.57 1.44 1.52 1.67 1.56 1.52 1.43 1.47 1.65 (X)
2001.. 1.81 1.79 1.55(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
Nondurable Goods - Total
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 74,737 73,901 74,353 73,715 73,611 73,669 75,872 74,891 76,302 75,878 74,805 74,198 (X)
1993.. 76,022 74,961 74,363 75,344 76,883 74,816 74,374 74,955 75,325 75,128 75,487 73,273 (X)
1994.. 75,159 75,246 76,680 75,781 76,062 76,996 77,416 78,688 78,515 79,564 79,819 80,899 (X)
1995.. 81,885 82,432 81,625 83,371 82,993 84,570 84,759 84,961 84,871 85,651 86,175 86,715 (X)
1996.. 87,024 87,244 88,051 89,070 88,859 89,171 91,951 92,605 90,873 91,946 91,492 91,196 (X)
1997.. 92,841 93,895 93,867 91,756 92,771 91,868 91,332 92,240 92,621 92,455 91,810 92,514 (X)
1998.. 92,374 92,222 92,497 92,214 92,630 91,597 92,549 91,744 92,917 93,698 93,962 94,958 (X)
1999.. 93,148 93,264 95,574 96,104 98,170 99,043 99,173 100,950 101,314 102,177 104,150 103,857 (X)
2000.. 105,169 106,199 108,507 108,498 108,417 110,957 110,867 110,541 111,998 112,252 112,034 115,455 (X)
2001.. 115,310 114,680 113,068(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 73,860 68,899 76,380 75,006 73,430 75,176 76,987 74,226 76,289 79,327 72,986 76,250 898,816
1993.. 71,290 68,615 78,632 76,267 77,031 76,582 73,733 76,006 75,642 76,350 75,615 75,148 900,911
1994.. 70,670 69,034 81,073 74,967 77,765 79,063 74,391 82,205 78,320 80,986 80,100 80,871 929,445
1995.. 78,823 75,853 86,098 80,566 87,481 86,381 81,633 88,538 82,579 89,028 86,631 84,312 1,007,923
1996.. 86,411 83,969 88,018 90,619 93,534 86,825 92,970 93,426 88,343 98,399 89,508 91,145 1,083,167
1997.. 91,715 86,736 94,349 93,377 95,267 91,820 92,587 90,498 92,793 98,748 87,620 95,208 1,110,718
1998.. 88,735 85,147 95,238 93,990 92,534 94,419 93,504 90,178 93,328 97,345 91,724 97,927 1,114,069
1999.. 86,618 85,889 101,480 97,228 98,507 102,465 97,689 101,253 101,985 102,934 104,503 106,897 1,187,448
2000.. 98,196 102,079 114,835 104,473 114,621 114,586 106,395 114,280 109,337 116,068 112,686 112,908 1,320,464
2001.. 113,880 105,681 116,610(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 336,171
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 71,469 72,091 73,001 72,472 71,849 73,397 73,349 72,837 72,902 73,154 73,707 74,269 (X)
1993.. 75,072 74,653 74,936 75,480 75,662 75,906 75,699 76,473 76,931 75,770 76,583 76,911 (X)
1994.. 76,728 77,427 77,379 76,926 77,735 77,334 77,268 78,242 78,961 79,437 80,318 80,968 (X)
1995.. 81,963 82,021 82,989 84,292 84,385 84,987 86,531 86,823 87,174 86,471 85,685 85,467 (X)
1996.. 86,076 86,046 86,129 88,728 89,069 88,494 88,085 87,114 84,725 85,575 85,226 85,203 (X)
1997.. 86,704 86,574 86,466 86,300 86,343 87,066 87,761 88,352 88,543 89,924 91,200 91,254 (X)
1998.. 90,705 91,482 91,315 90,912 92,186 92,623 92,757 93,231 93,970 93,483 94,686 94,240 (X)
1999.. 94,217 95,317 95,532 96,675 96,365 96,033 97,399 98,689 98,877 99,678 100,151 100,556 (X)
2000.. 102,105 102,417 103,511 104,071 105,435 105,962 106,280 107,153 107,911 108,472 109,278 110,230 (X)
2001.. 109,008 109,447 110,521(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 75,607 74,797 74,252 72,629 69,559 70,876 70,582 68,652 69,871 74,706 76,301 77,065 (X)
1993.. 79,268 77,176 76,075 75,762 73,260 73,150 72,608 71,776 73,658 77,402 79,380 79,951 (X)
1994.. 81,344 80,212 78,569 77,273 75,130 74,395 74,327 73,714 75,629 81,346 83,212 84,183 (X)
1995.. 86,858 84,807 84,190 84,624 81,560 81,621 82,848 81,111 83,048 88,887 89,198 89,174 (X)
1996.. 91,652 89,216 87,593 89,052 85,649 84,330 84,202 81,750 81,474 88,098 88,412 88,347 (X)
1997.. 91,511 89,161 87,681 86,481 83,324 83,571 84,290 83,586 85,420 92,661 94,896 94,718 (X)
1998.. 95,571 93,861 92,523 90,953 89,145 89,053 89,321 88,601 90,821 96,406 98,445 97,893 (X)
1999.. 99,062 97,683 96,836 96,612 92,918 92,120 93,555 93,642 95,606 102,905 104,230 104,416 (X)
2000.. 107,112 104,817 104,977 103,972 101,577 101,469 101,943 101,885 104,499 111,778 113,737 114,603 (X)
2001.. 114,317 112,032 112,028(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 0.96 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 1.00 0.97 0.97 0.96 0.96 0.99 1.00 (X)
1993.. 0.99 1.00 1.01 1.00 0.98 1.01 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.01 1.01 1.05 (X)
1994.. 1.02 1.03 1.01 1.02 1.02 1.00 1.00 0.99 1.01 1.00 1.01 1.00 (X)
1995.. 1.00 1.00 1.02 1.01 1.02 1.00 1.02 1.02 1.03 1.01 0.99 0.99 (X)
1996.. 0.99 0.99 0.98 1.00 1.00 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 0.95 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.97 0.99 0.99 (X)
1998.. 0.98 0.99 0.99 0.99 1.00 1.01 1.00 1.02 1.01 1.00 1.01 0.99 (X)
1999.. 1.01 1.02 1.00 1.01 0.98 0.97 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.96 0.97 (X)
2000.. 0.97 0.96 0.95 0.96 0.97 0.95 0.96 0.97 0.96 0.97 0.98 0.95 (X)
2001.. 0.95 0.95 0.98(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.02 1.09 0.97 0.97 0.95 0.94 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.94 1.05 1.01 (X)
1993.. 1.11 1.12 0.97 0.99 0.95 0.96 0.98 0.94 0.97 1.01 1.05 1.06 (X)
1994.. 1.15 1.16 0.97 1.03 0.97 0.94 1.00 0.90 0.97 1.00 1.04 1.04 (X)
1995.. 1.10 1.12 0.98 1.05 0.93 0.94 1.01 0.92 1.01 1.00 1.03 1.06 (X)
1996.. 1.06 1.06 1.00 0.98 0.92 0.97 0.91 0.88 0.92 0.90 0.99 0.97 (X)
1997.. 1.00 1.03 0.93 0.93 0.87 0.91 0.91 0.92 0.92 0.94 1.08 0.99 (X)
1998.. 1.08 1.10 0.97 0.97 0.96 0.94 0.96 0.98 0.97 0.99 1.07 1.00 (X)
1999.. 1.14 1.14 0.95 0.99 0.94 0.90 0.96 0.92 0.94 1.00 1.00 0.98 (X)
2000.. 1.09 1.03 0.91 1.00 0.89 0.89 0.96 0.89 0.96 0.96 1.01 1.02 (X)
2001.. 1.00 1.06 0.96(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4221 Paper and Paper Products
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 4,046 3,979 4,015 3,998 3,970 3,918 4,151 3,935 3,908 3,977 3,983 4,078 (X)
1993.. 4,046 4,111 4,080 4,113 4,142 4,166 4,151 4,142 4,224 4,264 4,395 4,347 (X)
1994.. 4,412 4,371 4,435 4,489 4,528 4,566 4,597 4,694 4,715 4,793 4,760 5,202 (X)
1995.. 5,322 5,406 5,445 5,444 5,543 5,662 5,778 5,573 5,604 5,373 5,498 5,538 (X)
1996.. 5,356 5,440 5,410 5,403 5,421 5,351 5,452 5,428 5,313 5,339 5,316 5,419 (X)
1997.. 5,501 5,700 5,487 5,567 5,363 5,341 5,417 5,519 5,632 5,589 5,701 5,632 (X)
1998.. 5,675 5,674 5,799 5,801 5,823 5,902 5,801 5,816 5,858 5,874 5,844 6,082 (X)
1999.. 5,933 6,047 5,788 6,083 6,236 6,295 6,343 6,366 6,424 6,492 6,540 6,407 (X)
2000.. 6,549 6,515 6,624 6,523 6,618 6,562 6,600 6,611 6,557 6,537 6,574 6,752 (X)
2001.. 6,599 6,561 6,490(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 4,151 3,657 4,103 4,010 3,823 4,036 4,209 3,931 3,998 4,295 3,899 4,017 48,129
1993.. 3,908 3,741 4,309 4,101 3,960 4,341 4,051 4,287 4,313 4,516 4,399 4,286 50,212
1994.. 4,209 3,986 4,674 4,359 4,456 4,726 4,413 5,060 4,833 5,033 4,765 4,921 55,435
1995.. 5,194 4,963 5,788 5,145 5,604 5,826 5,524 6,030 5,654 5,781 5,432 5,128 66,069
1996.. 5,361 5,184 5,480 5,419 5,454 5,185 5,550 5,705 5,398 5,878 5,087 5,143 64,844
1997.. 5,484 5,244 5,558 5,650 5,191 5,314 5,455 5,685 5,908 6,165 5,336 5,502 66,492
1998.. 5,448 5,203 6,072 5,818 5,555 6,044 5,842 5,938 6,204 6,238 5,657 5,918 69,937
1999.. 5,607 5,533 6,234 6,034 5,949 6,522 6,159 6,697 6,752 6,765 6,527 6,260 75,039
2000.. 6,169 6,209 7,081 6,099 6,757 6,733 6,277 7,160 6,682 6,988 6,567 6,259 78,981
2001.. 6,645 5,997 6,633(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 19,275
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 3,996 4,086 4,182 4,202 4,237 4,328 4,339 4,376 4,491 4,513 4,471 4,412 (X)
1993.. 4,393 4,337 4,380 4,396 4,420 4,419 4,399 4,448 4,431 4,413 4,311 4,555 (X)
1994.. 4,596 4,598 4,547 4,533 4,544 4,496 4,586 4,555 4,541 4,591 4,692 4,737 (X)
1995.. 4,811 4,954 4,994 5,092 5,076 5,148 5,160 5,190 5,182 5,247 5,160 5,191 (X)
1996.. 5,161 5,074 5,082 5,083 5,086 5,142 5,065 5,068 5,264 5,133 5,008 5,123 (X)
1997.. 5,217 5,247 5,235 5,264 5,353 5,220 5,496 5,689 5,619 5,619 5,654 5,741 (X)
1998.. 5,518 5,843 5,903 5,897 5,889 5,867 5,838 5,827 5,776 5,654 5,764 5,786 (X)
1999.. 5,744 5,783 5,853 5,893 5,919 5,969 6,026 6,068 6,105 6,126 6,191 6,000 (X)
2000.. 6,260 6,256 6,434 6,510 6,627 6,633 6,657 6,733 6,749 6,892 6,909 6,895 (X)
2001.. 6,781 6,896 6,764(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 4,164 4,070 4,257 4,273 4,123 4,319 4,309 4,240 4,437 4,486 4,440 4,491 (X)
1993.. 4,578 4,328 4,446 4,475 4,301 4,406 4,381 4,319 4,365 4,391 4,277 4,637 (X)
1994.. 4,789 4,598 4,592 4,624 4,430 4,483 4,581 4,432 4,459 4,577 4,645 4,808 (X)
1995.. 4,999 4,959 5,024 5,194 4,964 5,143 5,165 5,065 5,094 5,247 5,093 5,253 (X)
1996.. 5,336 5,074 5,107 5,180 5,000 5,147 5,070 4,962 5,201 5,133 4,943 5,169 (X)
1997.. 5,342 5,231 5,261 5,359 5,294 5,215 5,507 5,598 5,580 5,597 5,597 5,793 (X)
1998.. 5,595 5,796 5,944 6,003 5,860 5,844 5,850 5,763 5,741 5,626 5,741 5,844 (X)
1999.. 5,767 5,725 5,888 5,999 5,913 5,927 6,032 6,019 6,062 6,114 6,203 6,066 (X)
2000.. 6,254 6,181 6,460 6,614 6,627 6,580 6,657 6,686 6,695 6,913 6,950 6,971 (X)
2001.. 6,767 6,827 6,757(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 0.99 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.07 1.10 1.05 1.11 1.15 1.13 1.12 1.08 (X)
1993.. 1.09 1.05 1.07 1.07 1.07 1.06 1.06 1.07 1.05 1.03 0.98 1.05 (X)
1994.. 1.04 1.05 1.03 1.01 1.00 0.98 1.00 0.97 0.96 0.96 0.99 0.91 (X)
1995.. 0.90 0.92 0.92 0.94 0.92 0.91 0.89 0.93 0.92 0.98 0.94 0.94 (X)
1996.. 0.96 0.93 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.96 0.93 0.93 0.99 0.96 0.94 0.95 (X)
1997.. 0.95 0.92 0.95 0.95 1.00 0.98 1.01 1.03 1.00 1.01 0.99 1.02 (X)
1998.. 0.97 1.03 1.02 1.02 1.01 0.99 1.01 1.00 0.99 0.96 0.99 0.95 (X)
1999.. 0.97 0.96 1.01 0.97 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.94 0.95 0.94 (X)
2000.. 0.96 0.96 0.97 1.00 1.00 1.01 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.05 1.05 1.02 (X)
2001.. 1.03 1.05 1.04(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.00 1.11 1.04 1.07 1.08 1.07 1.02 1.08 1.11 1.04 1.14 1.12 (X)
1993.. 1.17 1.16 1.03 1.09 1.09 1.01 1.08 1.01 1.01 0.97 0.97 1.08 (X)
1994.. 1.14 1.15 0.98 1.06 0.99 0.95 1.04 0.88 0.92 0.91 0.97 0.98 (X)
1995.. 0.96 1.00 0.87 1.01 0.89 0.88 0.94 0.84 0.90 0.91 0.94 1.02 (X)
1996.. 1.00 0.98 0.93 0.96 0.92 0.99 0.91 0.87 0.96 0.87 0.97 1.01 (X)
1997.. 0.97 1.00 0.95 0.95 1.02 0.98 1.01 0.98 0.94 0.91 1.05 1.05 (X)
1998.. 1.03 1.11 0.98 1.03 1.05 0.97 1.00 0.97 0.93 0.90 1.01 0.99 (X)
1999.. 1.03 1.03 0.94 0.99 0.99 0.91 0.98 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.95 0.97 (X)
2000.. 1.01 1.00 0.91 1.08 0.98 0.98 1.06 0.93 1.00 0.99 1.06 1.11 (X)
2001.. 1.02 1.14 1.02(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4222 Drugs and Druggists’ Sundries
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 5,491 5,473 5,515 5,444 5,518 5,653 5,616 5,562 5,512 5,661 5,585 5,735 (X)
1993.. 5,731 5,745 5,663 5,649 5,667 5,682 5,592 5,692 5,780 5,875 5,946 5,929 (X)
1994.. 6,149 5,857 6,047 6,675 6,298 6,301 6,522 6,498 6,496 6,750 6,546 6,492 (X)
1995.. 6,503 6,680 6,808 7,042 6,831 6,919 6,933 7,081 7,139 7,188 7,356 7,451 (X)
1996.. 7,443 7,383 7,414 7,603 7,654 7,718 7,804 7,898 8,181 8,253 8,261 8,267 (X)
1997.. 8,338 8,501 8,674 8,719 8,812 8,909 9,065 9,185 9,180 9,204 9,312 9,455 (X)
1998.. 9,856 10,152 10,298 9,974 10,034 10,022 10,307 10,393 10,560 10,807 10,834 11,220 (X)
1999.. 11,231 11,533 11,678 11,935 12,058 12,234 12,245 12,355 12,382 12,420 12,824 13,188 (X)
2000.. 12,515 12,896 13,378 13,341 13,618 13,901 13,909 14,100 14,257 14,377 14,536 14,748 (X)
2001.. 15,006 15,118 15,054(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 5,897 5,112 5,620 5,406 5,170 5,693 5,616 5,217 5,622 6,040 5,540 6,136 67,069
1993.. 5,725 5,343 5,929 5,649 5,299 5,710 5,385 5,624 5,867 6,045 6,136 6,285 68,997
1994.. 6,118 5,435 6,374 6,401 6,210 6,282 6,072 6,602 6,645 6,892 6,729 6,615 76,375
1995.. 6,802 6,186 7,128 6,570 6,927 6,912 6,455 7,251 6,996 7,677 7,496 7,332 83,732
1996.. 7,979 7,169 7,266 7,717 7,754 7,147 7,859 7,724 8,083 9,021 8,046 8,556 94,321
1997.. 8,905 7,855 8,527 8,850 8,618 8,597 9,192 8,680 9,428 9,894 8,763 10,070 107,379
1998.. 10,132 9,380 10,700 10,074 9,502 10,112 10,348 9,790 10,792 11,110 10,574 12,050 124,564
1999.. 11,164 10,668 12,495 12,102 11,419 12,356 11,841 12,244 12,543 12,283 13,016 14,085 146,216
2000.. 12,402 12,599 14,274 12,541 13,958 14,068 12,963 14,438 13,829 14,880 14,638 14,704 165,294
2001.. 16,056 13,999 15,475(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 45,530
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 8,346 8,482 8,470 8,499 8,402 8,753 8,748 8,749 8,889 9,023 8,762 9,283 (X)
1993.. 9,736 9,520 9,640 9,517 9,518 9,538 9,661 9,804 9,966 9,823 10,017 10,290 (X)
1994.. 10,192 10,082 9,940 10,022 10,191 10,093 10,282 10,279 10,237 10,608 10,729 10,716 (X)
1995.. 10,774 10,524 10,981 11,146 11,298 11,290 11,063 11,048 11,083 10,832 10,633 10,436 (X)
1996.. 10,498 10,653 10,617 10,878 10,724 10,797 11,069 11,088 10,680 11,373 11,593 11,833 (X)
1997.. 12,069 11,861 12,124 11,870 12,119 12,356 12,506 12,996 13,130 12,837 13,321 13,465 (X)
1998.. 13,723 14,188 14,396 14,542 14,974 14,608 14,643 14,723 14,764 14,904 15,260 15,448 (X)
1999.. 15,680 15,918 16,102 16,809 17,288 17,542 17,803 17,962 18,033 18,537 18,524 18,666 (X)
2000.. 18,960 19,056 19,435 19,429 19,538 20,145 20,434 20,415 21,161 21,407 21,770 22,767 (X)
2001.. 22,153 21,897 22,962(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 9,039 8,821 8,419 8,431 7,873 8,394 8,599 8,338 8,773 9,203 8,867 9,682 (X)
1993.. 10,534 9,882 9,573 9,450 8,928 9,156 9,506 9,363 9,846 10,019 10,127 10,702 (X)
1994.. 11,018 10,415 9,870 9,972 9,580 9,699 10,128 9,858 10,124 10,820 10,826 11,091 (X)
1995.. 11,614 10,808 10,926 11,124 10,654 10,861 10,930 10,650 10,950 11,049 10,707 10,728 (X)
1996.. 11,285 10,866 10,585 10,889 10,156 10,430 10,947 10,744 10,552 11,600 11,651 12,093 (X)
1997.. 12,926 12,027 12,112 11,929 11,501 11,998 12,406 12,606 12,946 13,094 13,361 13,721 (X)
1998.. 14,656 14,302 14,439 14,644 14,240 14,243 14,555 14,296 14,543 15,202 15,291 15,726 (X)
1999.. 16,684 15,982 16,199 16,943 16,458 17,156 17,714 17,405 17,726 18,926 18,561 19,039 (X)
2000.. 20,136 19,056 19,571 19,604 18,620 19,742 20,352 19,741 20,780 21,878 21,814 23,291 (X)
2001.. 23,504 21,831 23,123(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.52 1.55 1.54 1.56 1.52 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.61 1.59 1.57 1.62 (X)
1993.. 1.70 1.66 1.70 1.68 1.68 1.68 1.73 1.72 1.72 1.67 1.68 1.74 (X)
1994.. 1.66 1.72 1.64 1.50 1.62 1.60 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.57 1.64 1.65 (X)
1995.. 1.66 1.58 1.61 1.58 1.65 1.63 1.60 1.56 1.55 1.51 1.45 1.40 (X)
1996.. 1.41 1.44 1.43 1.43 1.40 1.40 1.42 1.40 1.31 1.38 1.40 1.43 (X)
1997.. 1.45 1.40 1.40 1.36 1.38 1.39 1.38 1.41 1.43 1.39 1.43 1.42 (X)
1998.. 1.39 1.40 1.40 1.46 1.49 1.46 1.42 1.42 1.40 1.38 1.41 1.38 (X)
1999.. 1.40 1.38 1.38 1.41 1.43 1.43 1.45 1.45 1.46 1.49 1.44 1.42 (X)
2000.. 1.51 1.48 1.45 1.46 1.43 1.45 1.47 1.45 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.54 (X)
2001.. 1.48 1.45 1.53(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.53 1.73 1.50 1.56 1.52 1.47 1.53 1.60 1.56 1.52 1.60 1.58 (X)
1993.. 1.84 1.85 1.61 1.67 1.68 1.60 1.77 1.66 1.68 1.66 1.65 1.70 (X)
1994.. 1.80 1.92 1.55 1.56 1.54 1.54 1.67 1.49 1.52 1.57 1.61 1.68 (X)
1995.. 1.71 1.75 1.53 1.69 1.54 1.57 1.69 1.47 1.57 1.44 1.43 1.46 (X)
1996.. 1.41 1.52 1.46 1.41 1.31 1.46 1.39 1.39 1.31 1.29 1.45 1.41 (X)
1997.. 1.45 1.53 1.42 1.35 1.33 1.40 1.35 1.45 1.37 1.32 1.52 1.36 (X)
1998.. 1.45 1.52 1.35 1.45 1.50 1.41 1.41 1.46 1.35 1.37 1.45 1.31 (X)
1999.. 1.49 1.50 1.30 1.40 1.44 1.39 1.50 1.42 1.41 1.54 1.43 1.35 (X)
2000.. 1.62 1.51 1.37 1.56 1.33 1.40 1.57 1.37 1.50 1.47 1.49 1.58 (X)
2001.. 1.46 1.56 1.49(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4223 Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 5,278 5,215 5,105 4,860 5,084 4,769 5,229 5,443 5,180 5,456 5,330 5,401 (X)
1993.. 5,378 5,151 5,060 5,437 5,504 5,416 5,415 5,647 5,860 5,778 5,982 4,994 (X)
1994.. 5,795 5,896 6,071 5,869 5,635 5,786 5,546 5,650 5,612 5,579 5,655 5,569 (X)
1995.. 5,523 5,644 5,450 5,498 5,650 5,658 5,720 5,659 5,656 5,795 5,740 5,781 (X)
1996.. 5,185 5,302 5,863 5,952 5,991 6,242 6,374 6,201 6,491 6,453 6,323 6,676 (X)
1997.. 6,969 7,075 6,870 7,108 6,971 6,851 7,204 7,107 7,135 6,942 7,018 7,228 (X)
1998.. 7,432 7,415 7,332 7,075 6,943 6,922 6,914 6,974 6,565 7,098 6,807 6,716 (X)
1999.. 6,895 6,808 7,432 7,066 7,209 7,079 7,012 7,090 7,110 7,145 7,471 7,438 (X)
2000.. 7,423 7,667 7,878 7,899 8,188 8,031 7,851 7,814 7,850 7,803 7,803 7,879 (X)
2001.. 7,634 7,515 7,350(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 4,982 5,236 5,570 4,525 4,098 4,745 5,360 6,096 5,941 6,356 5,159 4,591 62,659
1993.. 4,776 5,084 5,672 4,969 4,431 5,530 5,415 6,494 6,721 6,523 5,922 4,145 65,682
1994.. 5,129 5,849 6,969 5,241 4,700 5,907 5,446 6,616 6,319 6,221 5,672 4,455 68,524
1995.. 5,059 5,655 6,158 4,915 4,865 5,664 5,663 6,711 6,165 6,606 5,677 4,457 67,595
1996.. 4,915 5,647 6,268 5,571 5,224 5,992 6,756 6,902 7,043 7,679 5,861 5,254 73,112
1997.. 6,669 7,224 7,372 6,873 5,953 6,618 7,838 7,619 7,920 8,046 6,393 5,833 84,358
1998.. 6,927 7,600 8,161 6,891 5,846 6,867 7,356 7,406 7,419 7,929 6,235 5,554 84,191
1999.. 6,247 6,978 8,562 6,769 6,113 7,199 7,180 7,742 7,999 7,752 7,060 6,047 85,648
2000.. 6,688 8,242 9,115 7,275 7,435 8,023 7,749 8,978 8,345 8,700 7,592 6,067 94,209
2001.. 7,268 7,658 8,254(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 23,180
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 9,587 9,771 10,202 10,099 10,096 10,353 10,313 10,069 10,121 10,172 10,144 10,312 (X)
1993.. 10,257 10,116 10,155 10,033 10,647 10,847 10,620 10,711 11,359 11,016 10,944 11,031 (X)
1994.. 10,812 10,832 10,921 10,542 10,662 10,538 10,844 11,266 11,341 11,455 11,665 11,796 (X)
1995.. 12,169 12,275 12,240 12,319 12,130 12,062 12,193 12,125 11,916 11,753 11,640 11,416 (X)
1996.. 11,382 11,588 11,342 11,728 11,741 11,684 11,618 11,397 11,485 11,299 10,991 11,796 (X)
1997.. 12,048 12,201 12,359 12,415 12,563 12,790 12,856 12,844 12,824 13,412 13,391 13,314 (X)
1998.. 13,341 13,069 13,140 13,219 13,214 13,312 13,256 13,454 13,339 13,410 13,429 13,341 (X)
1999.. 12,847 13,402 12,891 12,627 12,532 12,245 12,250 12,229 12,034 12,109 12,198 12,250 (X)
2000.. 12,533 12,440 12,406 12,618 12,824 12,532 12,645 12,579 12,677 12,563 12,418 12,224 (X)
2001.. 12,319 12,572 12,697(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 9,894 9,683 10,039 9,533 9,642 10,601 10,581 10,301 10,374 10,152 9,830 10,590 (X)
1993.. 10,585 10,045 9,962 9,501 10,189 11,096 10,907 10,947 11,632 10,961 10,594 11,296 (X)
1994.. 11,190 10,810 10,659 10,025 10,246 10,759 11,148 11,514 11,590 11,363 11,292 12,020 (X)
1995.. 12,631 12,300 11,897 11,765 11,705 12,291 12,547 12,392 12,142 11,624 11,268 11,576 (X)
1996.. 11,860 11,658 10,979 11,259 11,377 11,871 11,967 11,648 11,669 11,163 10,650 11,914 (X)
1997.. 12,578 12,286 11,926 11,968 12,224 12,982 13,242 13,127 12,991 13,238 12,976 13,434 (X)
1998.. 13,941 13,160 12,667 12,756 12,910 13,498 13,654 13,737 13,486 13,262 12,999 13,448 (X)
1999.. 13,412 13,496 12,440 12,185 12,269 12,404 12,617 12,510 12,178 11,988 11,783 12,336 (X)
2000.. 13,047 12,527 11,997 12,164 12,580 12,682 13,037 12,893 12,829 12,437 11,971 12,285 (X)
2001.. 12,787 12,673 12,278(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.82 1.87 2.00 2.08 1.99 2.17 1.97 1.85 1.95 1.86 1.90 1.91 (X)
1993.. 1.91 1.96 2.01 1.85 1.93 2.00 1.96 1.90 1.94 1.91 1.83 2.21 (X)
1994.. 1.87 1.84 1.80 1.80 1.89 1.82 1.96 1.99 2.02 2.05 2.06 2.12 (X)
1995.. 2.20 2.17 2.25 2.24 2.15 2.13 2.13 2.14 2.11 2.03 2.03 1.97 (X)
1996.. 2.20 2.19 1.93 1.97 1.96 1.87 1.82 1.84 1.77 1.75 1.74 1.77 (X)
1997.. 1.73 1.72 1.80 1.75 1.80 1.87 1.78 1.81 1.80 1.93 1.91 1.84 (X)
1998.. 1.80 1.76 1.79 1.87 1.90 1.92 1.92 1.93 2.03 1.89 1.97 1.99 (X)
1999.. 1.86 1.97 1.73 1.79 1.74 1.73 1.75 1.72 1.69 1.69 1.63 1.65 (X)
2000.. 1.69 1.62 1.57 1.60 1.57 1.56 1.61 1.61 1.61 1.61 1.59 1.55 (X)
2001.. 1.61 1.67 1.73(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.99 1.85 1.80 2.11 2.35 2.23 1.97 1.69 1.75 1.60 1.91 2.31 (X)
1993.. 2.22 1.98 1.76 1.91 2.30 2.01 2.01 1.69 1.73 1.68 1.79 2.73 (X)
1994.. 2.18 1.85 1.53 1.91 2.18 1.82 2.05 1.74 1.83 1.83 1.99 2.70 (X)
1995.. 2.50 2.18 1.93 2.39 2.41 2.17 2.22 1.85 1.97 1.76 1.98 2.60 (X)
1996.. 2.41 2.06 1.75 2.02 2.18 1.98 1.77 1.69 1.66 1.45 1.82 2.27 (X)
1997.. 1.89 1.70 1.62 1.74 2.05 1.96 1.69 1.72 1.64 1.65 2.03 2.30 (X)
1998.. 2.01 1.73 1.55 1.85 2.21 1.97 1.86 1.85 1.82 1.67 2.08 2.42 (X)
1999.. 2.15 1.93 1.45 1.80 2.01 1.72 1.76 1.62 1.52 1.55 1.67 2.04 (X)
2000.. 1.95 1.52 1.32 1.67 1.69 1.58 1.68 1.44 1.54 1.43 1.58 2.02 (X)
2001.. 1.76 1.65 1.49(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4224 Groceries and Related Products
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 22,849 23,062 23,047 22,925 22,511 22,342 23,035 22,690 22,942 22,752 22,763 23,010 (X)
1993.. 24,373 23,494 23,491 23,920 23,945 23,956 23,801 23,503 23,523 23,309 23,431 23,159 (X)
1994.. 23,311 23,560 23,753 23,563 23,766 23,918 23,950 24,347 24,599 24,653 25,291 25,292 (X)
1995.. 25,414 24,873 24,995 25,459 25,670 25,642 25,648 25,846 26,300 26,720 26,365 26,644 (X)
1996.. 26,572 26,400 26,180 26,081 26,010 25,573 27,037 26,904 26,347 26,951 26,642 26,126 (X)
1997.. 27,331 27,504 28,323 27,445 27,777 27,864 27,498 27,357 27,297 26,985 27,322 27,477 (X)
1998.. 27,654 28,434 28,356 28,456 28,490 28,780 29,108 28,843 28,997 29,089 29,104 29,006 (X)
1999.. 28,876 28,978 29,538 29,526 30,089 29,578 29,818 30,497 30,918 30,966 31,378 31,301 (X)
2000.. 31,372 31,473 31,483 32,026 32,114 32,399 32,579 32,378 32,408 32,706 32,855 33,892 (X)
2001.. 33,333 33,475 33,765(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 22,506 21,494 23,277 23,154 22,804 22,632 23,703 22,645 22,942 23,412 22,513 23,746 274,828
1993.. 23,057 21,215 24,407 23,896 24,520 24,267 24,182 23,597 23,688 23,356 23,642 23,877 283,704
1994.. 22,309 21,275 24,632 23,186 24,455 24,492 23,591 25,223 24,451 25,023 25,493 25,773 289,903
1995.. 24,397 22,485 25,870 24,466 27,185 26,078 25,545 26,828 25,748 27,281 26,787 26,378 309,048
1996.. 26,173 24,948 26,023 25,872 27,493 25,266 27,848 27,577 25,583 28,325 26,456 26,257 317,821
1997.. 26,702 24,891 28,521 27,171 29,027 27,920 28,378 27,302 27,024 28,280 26,584 28,411 330,211
1998.. 26,548 25,733 28,753 28,428 28,946 29,471 30,039 29,103 28,678 30,078 28,726 29,934 344,437
1999.. 26,797 26,225 30,897 29,231 30,962 30,288 30,474 30,863 30,794 31,059 31,660 32,240 361,490
2000.. 29,333 29,459 32,868 30,777 34,233 33,079 32,677 33,673 31,565 33,295 33,414 33,519 387,892
2001.. 32,233 30,194 34,812(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 97,239
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 17,155 17,296 17,445 17,719 17,844 17,998 17,992 17,923 17,698 17,597 17,940 17,958 (X)
1993.. 17,878 18,052 17,879 18,343 17,941 17,417 17,168 17,270 17,153 17,269 17,521 17,529 (X)
1994.. 17,337 17,539 17,857 17,283 17,257 17,633 17,007 17,437 17,680 17,748 17,703 17,891 (X)
1995.. 17,990 17,679 17,844 18,166 18,103 18,135 18,468 18,316 18,698 18,597 18,318 18,345 (X)
1996.. 18,503 18,423 18,721 18,789 18,662 18,713 18,988 19,068 18,796 18,589 18,264 18,231 (X)
1997.. 18,293 18,177 18,204 17,979 18,185 18,342 18,280 18,208 18,202 18,832 18,975 19,047 (X)
1998.. 19,278 19,504 19,018 19,474 19,686 19,602 19,597 19,647 19,485 19,264 19,352 19,218 (X)
1999.. 19,364 19,754 20,025 20,508 20,370 20,053 20,629 20,881 20,863 21,004 21,382 21,495 (X)
2000.. 21,432 21,512 21,503 21,467 21,349 21,359 21,355 21,580 21,754 21,831 22,249 21,992 (X)
2001.. 21,885 21,808 21,815(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 17,258 16,967 17,079 17,542 17,683 17,836 17,632 17,206 17,769 18,389 18,711 18,515 (X)
1993.. 18,003 17,673 17,504 18,160 17,744 17,243 16,859 16,614 17,239 18,081 18,257 18,020 (X)
1994.. 17,441 17,118 17,500 17,093 17,050 17,457 16,752 16,827 17,804 18,635 18,393 18,302 (X)
1995.. 18,080 17,219 17,523 17,930 17,868 17,954 18,265 17,767 18,848 19,564 18,977 18,657 (X)
1996.. 18,559 17,926 18,421 18,526 18,438 18,507 18,836 18,572 18,946 19,574 18,921 18,432 (X)
1997.. 18,293 17,704 17,949 17,727 17,985 18,122 18,152 17,807 18,311 19,792 19,696 19,218 (X)
1998.. 19,239 19,055 18,790 19,201 19,509 19,347 19,421 19,254 19,543 20,208 20,165 19,410 (X)
1999.. 19,287 19,339 19,785 20,241 20,207 19,752 20,361 20,463 20,905 22,012 22,387 21,753 (X)
2000.. 21,325 21,082 21,223 21,209 21,157 20,996 21,035 21,127 21,776 22,857 23,361 22,322 (X)
2001.. 21,797 21,372 21,510(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 0.75 0.75 0.76 0.77 0.79 0.81 0.78 0.79 0.77 0.77 0.79 0.78 (X)
1993.. 0.73 0.77 0.76 0.77 0.75 0.73 0.72 0.73 0.73 0.74 0.75 0.76 (X)
1994.. 0.74 0.74 0.75 0.73 0.73 0.74 0.71 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.70 0.71 (X)
1995.. 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.72 0.71 0.71 0.70 0.69 0.69 (X)
1996.. 0.70 0.70 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.73 0.70 0.71 0.71 0.69 0.69 0.70 (X)
1997.. 0.67 0.66 0.64 0.66 0.65 0.66 0.66 0.67 0.67 0.70 0.69 0.69 (X)
1998.. 0.70 0.69 0.67 0.68 0.69 0.68 0.67 0.68 0.67 0.66 0.66 0.66 (X)
1999.. 0.67 0.68 0.68 0.69 0.68 0.68 0.69 0.68 0.67 0.68 0.68 0.69 (X)
2000.. 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.67 0.66 0.66 0.66 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.68 0.65 (X)
2001.. 0.66 0.65 0.65(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 0.77 0.79 0.73 0.76 0.78 0.79 0.74 0.76 0.77 0.79 0.83 0.78 (X)
1993.. 0.78 0.83 0.72 0.76 0.72 0.71 0.70 0.70 0.73 0.77 0.77 0.75 (X)
1994.. 0.78 0.80 0.71 0.74 0.70 0.71 0.71 0.67 0.73 0.74 0.72 0.71 (X)
1995.. 0.74 0.77 0.68 0.73 0.66 0.69 0.72 0.66 0.73 0.72 0.71 0.71 (X)
1996.. 0.71 0.72 0.71 0.72 0.67 0.73 0.68 0.67 0.74 0.69 0.72 0.70 (X)
1997.. 0.69 0.71 0.63 0.65 0.62 0.65 0.64 0.65 0.68 0.70 0.74 0.68 (X)
1998.. 0.72 0.74 0.65 0.68 0.67 0.66 0.65 0.66 0.68 0.67 0.70 0.65 (X)
1999.. 0.72 0.74 0.64 0.69 0.65 0.65 0.67 0.66 0.68 0.71 0.71 0.67 (X)
2000.. 0.73 0.72 0.65 0.69 0.62 0.63 0.64 0.63 0.69 0.69 0.70 0.67 (X)
2001.. 0.68 0.71 0.62(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4225 Farm Product Raw Materials
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 8,633 8,600 8,810 8,558 8,659 8,487 9,030 9,024 9,894 8,916 8,793 8,583 (X)
1993.. 8,399 8,372 8,204 8,322 8,800 8,028 7,952 8,006 7,859 7,883 7,836 8,380 (X)
1994.. 7,838 7,683 8,003 7,993 8,477 8,359 8,316 8,344 8,180 8,648 8,463 8,860 (X)
1995.. 9,478 9,744 9,658 9,875 9,450 10,070 9,968 10,235 10,337 10,330 10,598 10,034 (X)
1996.. 11,002 11,106 11,606 11,398 11,033 11,587 12,113 12,562 11,470 10,878 11,172 10,976 (X)
1997.. 10,483 10,789 10,070 10,458 10,458 10,106 9,697 10,028 10,585 11,663 10,241 10,159 (X)
1998.. 10,145 9,263 9,100 8,816 8,869 8,556 8,668 8,718 8,707 8,882 8,868 9,179 (X)
1999.. 8,392 8,578 8,462 8,146 8,649 8,765 8,469 8,331 8,513 8,583 8,639 8,112 (X)
2000.. 8,336 8,469 8,753 8,968 8,778 9,070 9,025 8,960 8,833 8,968 8,871 9,420 (X)
2001.. 9,454 9,685 9,718(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 9,557 8,308 9,576 8,455 8,460 8,037 8,515 8,365 9,290 9,397 8,617 9,647 106,224
1993.. 8,802 7,987 9,270 8,106 8,606 7,667 7,252 7,694 7,254 8,088 8,095 9,218 98,039
1994.. 8,285 7,376 8,939 7,633 8,562 7,841 7,343 8,277 7,509 8,933 8,912 9,480 99,090
1995.. 10,445 9,393 10,460 9,154 9,856 9,325 8,782 9,989 9,417 11,146 11,085 10,536 119,588
1996.. 12,586 11,139 11,710 11,273 11,132 10,324 11,410 11,469 10,587 12,249 11,518 12,128 137,525
1997.. 11,594 10,401 10,140 10,343 10,197 9,267 9,038 8,835 10,320 12,969 10,425 11,723 125,252
1998.. 10,744 8,911 9,464 8,507 8,443 8,282 7,862 7,672 8,594 9,655 9,294 10,565 107,993
1999.. 8,577 8,201 9,131 7,739 8,338 8,607 7,444 7,606 8,198 9,141 9,442 9,142 101,566
2000.. 8,519 8,571 9,217 8,170 9,182 8,662 7,789 8,449 8,179 10,026 9,510 9,966 106,240
2001.. 10,418 9,259 9,980(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 29,657
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 8,966 9,085 9,111 8,886 8,815 8,525 8,216 8,125 8,312 8,190 8,074 8,136 (X)
1993.. 8,425 8,445 8,483 8,760 8,862 9,228 9,640 9,632 8,874 8,609 9,292 9,310 (X)
1994.. 9,466 9,672 9,639 9,759 9,952 9,484 9,110 9,054 9,308 9,116 9,648 9,988 (X)
1995.. 9,963 9,978 10,198 9,911 10,165 10,567 11,759 12,547 12,260 11,780 11,929 11,958 (X)
1996.. 12,133 11,998 12,128 12,909 13,503 13,107 11,916 11,288 9,651 9,738 9,669 9,527 (X)
1997.. 9,654 9,934 9,828 10,029 9,855 9,858 10,285 9,839 9,556 10,423 11,023 10,115 (X)
1998.. 9,776 9,566 9,318 8,607 8,615 9,224 9,313 9,530 10,116 10,132 10,281 10,136 (X)
1999.. 9,933 9,851 9,991 10,300 10,222 10,038 10,101 10,839 10,780 10,566 10,119 9,942 (X)
2000.. 10,328 10,281 10,814 11,049 11,366 11,043 10,835 10,886 10,796 10,497 10,753 11,036 (X)
2001.. 10,811 10,925 10,681(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 11,727 11,438 10,368 9,055 7,704 6,607 6,154 5,582 5,910 8,600 9,721 10,007 (X)
1993.. 11,028 10,598 9,628 8,918 7,710 7,161 7,211 6,617 6,336 9,117 11,243 11,470 (X)
1994.. 12,410 12,080 10,873 9,905 8,569 7,350 6,814 6,211 6,683 9,836 11,800 12,355 (X)
1995.. 13,032 12,353 11,391 9,990 8,640 8,168 8,737 8,582 8,925 13,040 14,792 14,876 (X)
1996.. 15,785 14,673 13,414 12,870 11,275 10,066 8,806 7,755 7,180 11,111 12,135 11,871 (X)
1997.. 12,454 11,960 10,772 9,919 8,150 7,551 7,508 6,799 7,282 12,174 13,966 12,603 (X)
1998.. 12,504 11,355 10,129 8,461 7,099 7,038 6,752 6,652 7,850 12,027 13,067 12,609 (X)
1999.. 12,605 11,565 10,810 10,084 8,454 7,659 7,283 7,631 8,473 12,573 12,882 12,368 (X)
2000.. 13,034 11,988 11,679 10,795 9,445 8,415 7,801 7,751 8,561 12,449 13,656 13,696 (X)
2001.. 13,611 12,695 11,535(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.04 1.06 1.03 1.04 1.02 1.00 0.91 0.90 0.84 0.92 0.92 0.95 (X)
1993.. 1.00 1.01 1.03 1.05 1.01 1.15 1.21 1.20 1.13 1.09 1.19 1.11 (X)
1994.. 1.21 1.26 1.20 1.22 1.17 1.13 1.10 1.09 1.14 1.05 1.14 1.13 (X)
1995.. 1.05 1.02 1.06 1.00 1.08 1.05 1.18 1.23 1.19 1.14 1.13 1.19 (X)
1996.. 1.10 1.08 1.04 1.13 1.22 1.13 0.98 0.90 0.84 0.90 0.87 0.87 (X)
1997.. 0.92 0.92 0.98 0.96 0.94 0.98 1.06 0.98 0.90 0.89 1.08 1.00 (X)
1998.. 0.96 1.03 1.02 0.98 0.97 1.08 1.07 1.09 1.16 1.14 1.16 1.10 (X)
1999.. 1.18 1.15 1.18 1.26 1.18 1.15 1.19 1.30 1.27 1.23 1.17 1.23 (X)
2000.. 1.24 1.21 1.24 1.23 1.29 1.22 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.17 1.21 1.17 (X)
2001.. 1.14 1.13 1.10(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.23 1.38 1.08 1.07 0.91 0.82 0.72 0.67 0.64 0.92 1.13 1.04 (X)
1993.. 1.25 1.33 1.04 1.10 0.90 0.93 0.99 0.86 0.87 1.13 1.39 1.24 (X)
1994.. 1.50 1.64 1.22 1.30 1.00 0.94 0.93 0.75 0.89 1.10 1.32 1.30 (X)
1995.. 1.25 1.32 1.09 1.09 0.88 0.88 0.99 0.86 0.95 1.17 1.33 1.41 (X)
1996.. 1.25 1.32 1.15 1.14 1.01 0.98 0.77 0.68 0.68 0.91 1.05 0.98 (X)
1997.. 1.07 1.15 1.06 0.96 0.80 0.81 0.83 0.77 0.71 0.94 1.34 1.08 (X)
1998.. 1.16 1.27 1.07 0.99 0.84 0.85 0.86 0.87 0.91 1.25 1.41 1.19 (X)
1999.. 1.47 1.41 1.18 1.30 1.01 0.89 0.98 1.00 1.03 1.38 1.36 1.35 (X)
2000.. 1.53 1.40 1.27 1.32 1.03 0.97 1.00 0.92 1.05 1.24 1.44 1.37 (X)
2001.. 1.31 1.37 1.16(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4226 Chemicals and Allied Products
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 3,138 3,147 3,197 3,140 3,230 3,312 3,358 3,354 3,348 3,338 3,120 3,346 (X)
1993.. 3,343 3,466 3,370 3,346 3,318 3,300 3,263 3,244 3,347 3,255 3,316 3,315 (X)
1994.. 3,340 3,349 3,438 3,442 3,520 3,533 3,597 3,755 3,740 3,812 3,873 3,959 (X)
1995.. 4,072 4,153 4,074 4,206 4,179 4,196 4,190 4,145 4,141 4,273 4,365 4,384 (X)
1996.. 4,280 4,297 4,394 4,494 4,532 4,463 4,473 4,515 4,509 4,495 4,455 4,447 (X)
1997.. 4,485 4,562 4,632 4,634 4,616 4,750 4,792 4,734 4,788 4,716 4,640 4,656 (X)
1998.. 4,747 4,718 4,554 4,569 4,601 4,483 4,530 4,575 4,509 4,638 4,643 4,531 (X)
1999.. 4,568 4,335 4,530 4,477 4,548 4,674 4,651 4,655 4,632 4,689 4,782 4,829 (X)
2000.. 4,869 4,679 4,998 4,999 4,930 5,017 5,049 5,052 5,118 5,103 5,003 5,152 (X)
2001.. 5,040 5,168 5,085(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 3,116 3,012 3,376 3,218 3,340 3,564 3,368 3,331 3,408 3,328 2,920 3,189 39,170
1993.. 3,129 3,251 3,680 3,426 3,414 3,584 3,191 3,325 3,367 3,154 3,240 3,126 39,887
1994.. 3,106 3,138 3,754 3,463 3,738 3,794 3,414 3,988 3,744 3,694 3,819 3,638 43,290
1995.. 3,909 3,891 4,375 4,101 4,597 4,486 3,964 4,431 4,046 4,307 4,256 3,902 50,265
1996.. 4,263 4,198 4,425 4,642 4,935 4,530 4,554 4,664 4,320 4,756 4,237 4,065 53,589
1997.. 4,449 4,275 4,618 4,810 4,870 4,916 4,926 4,748 4,774 4,975 4,264 4,423 56,048
1998.. 4,590 4,421 4,677 4,665 4,670 4,860 4,634 4,570 4,536 4,791 4,327 4,332 55,073
1999.. 4,280 4,058 4,820 4,535 4,571 5,118 4,646 4,813 4,613 4,703 4,643 4,588 55,388
2000.. 4,538 4,609 5,288 4,784 5,290 5,428 4,867 5,446 4,975 5,261 4,843 4,637 59,966
2001.. 5,025 4,817 5,248(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 15,090
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 3,506 3,578 3,687 3,759 3,687 3,790 3,878 3,786 3,623 3,637 3,803 3,720 (X)
1993.. 3,848 3,858 3,925 3,901 4,019 4,038 4,092 4,137 4,231 4,263 4,177 4,178 (X)
1994.. 4,155 4,129 4,087 4,130 4,202 4,160 4,230 4,278 4,364 4,416 4,455 4,533 (X)
1995.. 4,649 4,767 4,767 4,831 4,899 4,978 4,951 4,908 5,094 4,896 4,853 4,991 (X)
1996.. 4,907 5,027 5,060 5,150 4,984 4,964 4,934 5,107 5,070 5,217 5,473 5,257 (X)
1997.. 5,310 5,321 5,364 5,298 5,165 5,500 5,532 5,527 5,516 5,538 5,600 5,497 (X)
1998.. 5,533 5,401 5,366 5,536 5,689 5,470 5,641 5,597 5,719 5,680 5,755 5,738 (X)
1999.. 5,816 5,823 5,685 5,677 5,646 5,590 5,661 5,559 5,613 5,647 5,639 5,789 (X)
2000.. 5,761 5,830 5,881 5,887 5,868 5,912 5,872 5,876 5,807 5,775 5,709 5,694 (X)
2001.. 5,627 5,567 5,649(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 3,439 3,621 3,757 3,778 3,761 3,858 3,851 3,873 3,561 3,535 3,757 3,668 (X)
1993.. 3,779 3,908 4,003 3,924 4,095 4,103 4,059 4,224 4,155 4,148 4,123 4,128 (X)
1994.. 4,089 4,195 4,169 4,151 4,278 4,218 4,196 4,351 4,285 4,306 4,397 4,497 (X)
1995.. 4,593 4,843 4,858 4,855 4,982 5,028 4,916 4,967 4,997 4,783 4,795 4,971 (X)
1996.. 4,878 5,107 5,146 5,171 5,054 4,994 4,919 5,138 4,974 5,102 5,418 5,262 (X)
1997.. 5,294 5,395 5,444 5,330 5,222 5,517 5,538 5,538 5,406 5,411 5,555 5,519 (X)
1998.. 5,539 5,455 5,441 5,564 5,735 5,475 5,680 5,597 5,605 5,549 5,715 5,772 (X)
1999.. 5,828 5,858 5,753 5,711 5,691 5,596 5,723 5,559 5,506 5,511 5,600 5,824 (X)
2000.. 5,767 5,847 5,946 5,922 5,915 5,924 5,954 5,882 5,702 5,636 5,658 5,728 (X)
2001.. 5,621 5,578 5,717(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.12 1.14 1.15 1.20 1.14 1.14 1.15 1.13 1.08 1.09 1.22 1.11 (X)
1993.. 1.15 1.11 1.16 1.17 1.21 1.22 1.25 1.28 1.26 1.31 1.26 1.26 (X)
1994.. 1.24 1.23 1.19 1.20 1.19 1.18 1.18 1.14 1.17 1.16 1.15 1.14 (X)
1995.. 1.14 1.15 1.17 1.15 1.17 1.19 1.18 1.18 1.23 1.15 1.11 1.14 (X)
1996.. 1.15 1.17 1.15 1.15 1.10 1.11 1.10 1.13 1.12 1.16 1.23 1.18 (X)
1997.. 1.18 1.17 1.16 1.14 1.12 1.16 1.15 1.17 1.15 1.17 1.21 1.18 (X)
1998.. 1.17 1.14 1.18 1.21 1.24 1.22 1.25 1.22 1.27 1.22 1.24 1.27 (X)
1999.. 1.27 1.34 1.25 1.27 1.24 1.20 1.22 1.19 1.21 1.20 1.18 1.20 (X)
2000.. 1.18 1.25 1.18 1.18 1.19 1.18 1.16 1.16 1.13 1.13 1.14 1.11 (X)
2001.. 1.12 1.08 1.11(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.10 1.20 1.11 1.17 1.13 1.08 1.14 1.16 1.04 1.06 1.29 1.15 (X)
1993.. 1.21 1.20 1.09 1.15 1.20 1.14 1.27 1.27 1.23 1.32 1.27 1.32 (X)
1994.. 1.32 1.34 1.11 1.20 1.14 1.11 1.23 1.09 1.14 1.17 1.15 1.24 (X)
1995.. 1.17 1.24 1.11 1.18 1.08 1.12 1.24 1.12 1.24 1.11 1.13 1.27 (X)
1996.. 1.14 1.22 1.16 1.11 1.02 1.10 1.08 1.10 1.15 1.07 1.28 1.29 (X)
1997.. 1.19 1.26 1.18 1.11 1.07 1.12 1.12 1.17 1.13 1.09 1.30 1.25 (X)
1998.. 1.21 1.23 1.16 1.19 1.23 1.13 1.23 1.22 1.24 1.16 1.32 1.33 (X)
1999.. 1.36 1.44 1.19 1.26 1.25 1.09 1.23 1.15 1.19 1.17 1.21 1.27 (X)
2000.. 1.27 1.27 1.12 1.24 1.12 1.09 1.22 1.08 1.15 1.07 1.17 1.24 (X)
2001.. 1.12 1.16 1.09(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4227 Petroleum and Petroleum Products
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 11,111 10,835 11,040 11,093 11,287 11,899 11,977 11,595 11,718 12,121 11,449 11,087 (X)
1993.. 10,707 10,919 11,019 10,926 11,225 10,509 10,321 10,569 10,733 10,872 10,498 9,313 (X)
1994.. 10,555 10,526 10,599 9,524 9,903 10,383 10,685 11,191 10,613 10,623 10,617 10,552 (X)
1995.. 10,559 10,683 10,185 10,765 10,859 10,835 10,661 10,739 10,373 10,075 10,323 10,678 (X)
1996.. 11,089 11,307 11,585 11,745 11,819 11,553 11,628 11,746 11,974 12,763 12,712 12,964 (X)
1997.. 13,304 12,683 12,460 11,093 11,479 11,373 11,232 11,889 11,100 10,842 11,169 10,887 (X)
1998.. 10,119 9,868 9,870 9,905 9,994 9,897 9,864 9,233 9,539 9,563 9,451 9,191 (X)
1999.. 9,290 8,820 10,019 10,719 11,053 11,246 11,593 12,203 12,046 11,877 12,106 12,226 (X)
2000.. 13,009 13,741 14,027 13,755 13,350 14,690 14,611 14,270 15,195 15,082 14,833 15,488 (X)
2001.. 15,842 14,763 13,984(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 11,322 10,217 11,139 11,193 11,310 11,887 12,205 11,479 11,566 12,630 11,254 11,331 137,533
1993.. 10,439 10,231 11,394 11,297 11,113 10,404 10,156 10,738 10,497 11,133 10,529 9,797 127,728
1994.. 10,186 9,905 10,747 9,676 10,101 10,175 10,300 11,672 10,560 10,676 10,596 10,805 125,399
1995.. 10,527 10,074 10,582 10,453 11,348 10,824 10,117 10,965 10,072 10,387 10,302 10,827 126,478
1996.. 11,344 10,990 11,411 12,109 12,481 10,767 11,628 11,934 11,555 13,197 12,737 13,340 143,493
1997.. 13,716 11,947 12,036 11,315 11,743 11,089 11,086 11,865 11,000 11,525 10,700 11,486 139,508
1998.. 10,068 9,296 9,742 9,964 10,074 9,897 10,032 9,085 9,463 9,850 9,404 9,522 116,397
1999.. 9,076 8,308 10,119 10,923 10,954 11,224 11,465 12,325 11,962 12,115 12,263 12,996 133,730
2000.. 12,515 13,439 14,251 12,985 13,924 14,940 14,056 14,584 15,149 15,580 14,774 15,689 171,886
2001.. 16,095 13,951 13,774(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 43,820
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 4,014 3,958 3,970 3,865 3,861 3,997 3,963 3,924 4,011 4,088 4,103 4,076 (X)
1993.. 4,236 4,144 4,088 4,102 4,077 4,101 4,043 4,165 4,132 4,102 4,022 3,662 (X)
1994.. 3,850 3,992 3,969 3,997 4,059 4,142 4,298 4,322 4,337 4,324 4,424 4,357 (X)
1995.. 4,324 4,386 4,458 4,538 4,615 4,568 4,533 4,393 4,342 4,214 4,195 4,248 (X)
1996.. 4,298 4,320 4,374 4,372 4,201 4,134 4,187 4,382 4,287 4,488 4,536 4,683 (X)
1997.. 4,588 4,524 4,351 4,246 4,241 4,060 4,023 3,978 4,049 4,099 4,066 4,145 (X)
1998.. 4,051 3,862 3,877 3,925 4,044 3,931 3,855 3,773 3,938 3,766 3,610 3,558 (X)
1999.. 3,642 3,697 3,733 3,774 3,730 3,871 3,963 3,866 3,958 3,909 3,952 3,870 (X)
2000.. 4,017 4,122 4,211 4,122 4,039 4,293 4,213 4,366 4,225 4,271 4,573 4,616 (X)
2001.. 4,338 4,388 4,341(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 3,934 3,847 3,795 3,761 3,795 3,953 4,011 4,061 4,127 4,235 4,197 4,117 (X)
1993.. 4,156 4,032 3,916 4,008 4,016 4,044 4,079 4,302 4,239 4,246 4,110 3,710 (X)
1994.. 3,781 3,892 3,814 3,929 4,018 4,051 4,311 4,443 4,428 4,471 4,517 4,453 (X)
1995.. 4,263 4,281 4,293 4,484 4,597 4,431 4,515 4,481 4,416 4,361 4,287 4,375 (X)
1996.. 4,255 4,221 4,221 4,337 4,201 3,993 4,149 4,430 4,356 4,645 4,640 4,838 (X)
1997.. 4,560 4,420 4,216 4,212 4,233 3,922 3,971 3,994 4,110 4,242 4,176 4,286 (X)
1998.. 4,035 3,777 3,761 3,882 4,016 3,817 3,801 3,781 4,005 3,898 3,729 3,672 (X)
1999.. 3,624 3,619 3,625 3,717 3,685 3,778 3,911 3,881 4,029 4,042 4,102 3,982 (X)
2000.. 3,981 4,035 4,089 4,048 3,966 4,211 4,175 4,397 4,310 4,403 4,760 4,736 (X)
2001.. 4,286 4,300 4,219(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 0.36 0.37 0.36 0.35 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.36 0.37 (X)
1993.. 0.40 0.38 0.37 0.38 0.36 0.39 0.39 0.39 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.39 (X)
1994.. 0.36 0.38 0.37 0.42 0.41 0.40 0.40 0.39 0.41 0.41 0.42 0.41 (X)
1995.. 0.41 0.41 0.44 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.41 0.40 (X)
1996.. 0.39 0.38 0.38 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.36 0.37 0.36 0.35 0.36 0.36 (X)
1997.. 0.34 0.36 0.35 0.38 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.33 0.36 0.38 0.36 0.38 (X)
1998.. 0.40 0.39 0.39 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.39 0.41 0.41 0.39 0.38 0.39 (X)
1999.. 0.39 0.42 0.37 0.35 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.32 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.32 (X)
2000.. 0.31 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.29 0.29 0.31 0.28 0.28 0.31 0.30 (X)
2001.. 0.27 0.30 0.31(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 0.35 0.38 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.33 0.35 0.36 0.34 0.37 0.36 (X)
1993.. 0.40 0.39 0.34 0.35 0.36 0.39 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.38 0.39 0.38 (X)
1994.. 0.37 0.39 0.35 0.41 0.40 0.40 0.42 0.38 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.41 (X)
1995.. 0.40 0.42 0.41 0.43 0.41 0.41 0.45 0.41 0.44 0.42 0.42 0.40 (X)
1996.. 0.38 0.38 0.37 0.36 0.34 0.37 0.36 0.37 0.38 0.35 0.36 0.36 (X)
1997.. 0.33 0.37 0.35 0.37 0.36 0.35 0.36 0.34 0.37 0.37 0.39 0.37 (X)
1998.. 0.40 0.41 0.39 0.39 0.40 0.39 0.38 0.42 0.42 0.40 0.40 0.39 (X)
1999.. 0.40 0.44 0.36 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.31 0.34 0.33 0.33 0.31 (X)
2000.. 0.32 0.30 0.29 0.31 0.28 0.28 0.30 0.30 0.28 0.28 0.32 0.30 (X)
2001.. 0.27 0.31 0.31(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4228 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 4,302 4,323 4,199 4,397 4,159 4,091 4,109 4,116 4,093 4,095 4,169 4,169 (X)
1993.. 4,124 4,107 4,168 4,254 4,290 4,163 4,274 4,253 4,312 4,296 4,221 4,233 (X)
1994.. 4,218 4,237 4,343 4,357 4,264 4,392 4,381 4,290 4,348 4,357 4,417 4,411 (X)
1995.. 4,434 4,350 4,181 4,276 4,298 4,413 4,340 4,440 4,398 4,482 4,463 4,519 (X)
1996.. 4,630 4,675 4,558 4,642 4,668 4,686 4,683 4,709 4,604 4,581 4,704 4,642 (X)
1997.. 4,622 4,722 4,805 4,603 4,842 4,807 4,880 4,945 4,990 4,892 4,885 5,178 (X)
1998.. 4,852 4,942 5,076 5,057 5,126 4,967 5,140 5,098 5,423 5,292 5,296 5,324 (X)
1999.. 5,417 5,431 5,410 5,484 5,529 5,532 5,551 5,666 5,689 5,817 5,860 5,778 (X)
2000.. 5,793 5,801 5,908 5,905 5,904 6,041 5,987 5,996 6,053 6,077 6,024 6,178 (X)
2001.. 6,220 6,262 6,023(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 3,459 3,458 4,002 4,564 4,221 4,529 4,466 4,137 4,126 4,259 4,240 4,936 50,397
1993.. 3,031 3,261 4,160 4,377 4,307 4,696 4,458 4,457 4,364 4,236 4,500 4,974 50,821
1994.. 3,075 3,377 4,443 4,261 4,460 4,985 4,324 4,719 4,374 4,248 4,784 4,971 52,021
1995.. 3,370 3,484 4,269 3,994 4,715 4,974 4,223 5,000 4,235 4,554 4,851 4,826 52,495
1996.. 3,699 3,983 4,262 4,619 5,219 4,836 4,941 5,062 4,365 5,012 4,850 5,097 55,945
1997.. 3,758 3,825 4,454 4,635 5,210 5,057 5,231 5,034 4,970 5,342 4,831 5,965 58,312
1998.. 3,799 4,023 4,903 5,097 5,244 5,454 5,443 5,113 5,521 5,588 5,349 6,288 61,822
1999.. 4,030 4,432 5,475 5,479 5,584 6,174 5,623 5,893 5,837 5,864 6,200 6,801 67,392
2000.. 4,275 4,995 6,062 5,403 6,494 6,730 5,676 6,668 5,908 6,332 6,512 6,647 71,702
2001.. 5,026 5,141 5,915(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 16,082
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 4,507 4,434 4,599 4,387 4,374 4,459 4,452 4,457 4,329 4,336 4,394 4,268 (X)
1993.. 4,280 4,272 4,348 4,333 4,237 4,236 4,159 4,092 4,241 4,284 4,257 4,410 (X)
1994.. 4,397 4,468 4,367 4,469 4,545 4,454 4,468 4,462 4,460 4,511 4,496 4,510 (X)
1995.. 4,557 4,568 4,511 4,493 4,610 4,516 4,655 4,744 4,750 4,669 4,673 4,644 (X)
1996.. 4,637 4,665 4,774 4,883 4,869 4,933 5,039 4,897 4,963 5,120 5,118 4,984 (X)
1997.. 5,012 4,884 4,662 4,917 4,767 4,985 4,924 4,961 5,099 5,010 5,069 5,390 (X)
1998.. 5,314 5,439 5,625 5,423 5,466 5,665 5,585 5,740 5,794 5,841 5,981 5,702 (X)
1999.. 5,828 6,016 6,189 6,090 6,316 6,135 6,211 6,189 6,058 6,045 6,002 6,102 (X)
2000.. 6,249 6,291 6,174 6,364 6,517 6,367 6,365 6,440 6,456 6,510 6,547 6,709 (X)
2001.. 6,724 6,636 6,703(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 4,282 4,288 4,466 4,426 4,308 4,405 4,501 4,457 4,463 4,752 4,702 3,939 (X)
1993.. 4,057 4,122 4,222 4,372 4,169 4,185 4,213 4,092 4,381 4,700 4,559 4,066 (X)
1994.. 4,155 4,298 4,245 4,505 4,463 4,414 4,539 4,458 4,629 4,949 4,811 4,167 (X)
1995.. 4,284 4,381 4,398 4,520 4,513 4,502 4,739 4,739 4,949 5,113 4,995 4,286 (X)
1996.. 4,336 4,464 4,679 4,898 4,757 4,948 5,140 4,897 5,186 5,576 5,451 4,600 (X)
1997.. 4,666 4,674 4,601 4,927 4,662 5,035 5,022 4,966 5,323 5,426 5,383 4,964 (X)
1998.. 4,942 5,211 5,580 5,439 5,357 5,744 5,691 5,746 6,032 6,291 6,316 5,257 (X)
1999.. 5,432 5,775 6,158 6,120 6,215 6,221 6,310 6,195 6,282 6,492 6,326 5,620 (X)
2000.. 5,843 6,058 6,143 6,409 6,445 6,443 6,460 6,446 6,675 6,985 6,887 6,179 (X)
2001.. 6,307 6,404 6,656(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.05 1.03 1.10 1.00 1.05 1.09 1.08 1.08 1.06 1.06 1.05 1.02 (X)
1993.. 1.04 1.04 1.04 1.02 0.99 1.02 0.97 0.96 0.98 1.00 1.01 1.04 (X)
1994.. 1.04 1.05 1.01 1.03 1.07 1.01 1.02 1.04 1.03 1.04 1.02 1.02 (X)
1995.. 1.03 1.05 1.08 1.05 1.07 1.02 1.07 1.07 1.08 1.04 1.05 1.03 (X)
1996.. 1.00 1.00 1.05 1.05 1.04 1.05 1.08 1.04 1.08 1.12 1.09 1.07 (X)
1997.. 1.08 1.03 0.97 1.07 0.98 1.04 1.01 1.00 1.02 1.02 1.04 1.04 (X)
1998.. 1.10 1.10 1.11 1.07 1.07 1.14 1.09 1.13 1.07 1.10 1.13 1.07 (X)
1999.. 1.08 1.11 1.14 1.11 1.14 1.11 1.12 1.09 1.06 1.04 1.02 1.06 (X)
2000.. 1.08 1.08 1.05 1.08 1.10 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.07 1.07 1.09 1.09 (X)
2001.. 1.08 1.06 1.11(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.24 1.24 1.12 0.97 1.02 0.97 1.01 1.08 1.08 1.12 1.11 0.80 (X)
1993.. 1.34 1.26 1.01 1.00 0.97 0.89 0.95 0.92 1.00 1.11 1.01 0.82 (X)
1994.. 1.35 1.27 0.96 1.06 1.00 0.89 1.05 0.94 1.06 1.17 1.01 0.84 (X)
1995.. 1.27 1.26 1.03 1.13 0.96 0.91 1.12 0.95 1.17 1.12 1.03 0.89 (X)
1996.. 1.17 1.12 1.10 1.06 0.91 1.02 1.04 0.97 1.19 1.11 1.12 0.90 (X)
1997.. 1.24 1.22 1.03 1.06 0.89 1.00 0.96 0.99 1.07 1.02 1.11 0.83 (X)
1998.. 1.30 1.30 1.14 1.07 1.02 1.05 1.05 1.12 1.09 1.13 1.18 0.84 (X)
1999.. 1.35 1.30 1.12 1.12 1.11 1.01 1.12 1.05 1.08 1.11 1.02 0.83 (X)
2000.. 1.37 1.21 1.01 1.19 0.99 0.96 1.14 0.97 1.13 1.10 1.06 0.93 (X)
2001.. 1.25 1.25 1.13(p) (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 1992 Through March 2001
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
NAICS 4229 Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 9,889 9,267 9,425 9,300 9,193 9,198 9,367 9,172 9,707 9,562 9,613 8,789 (X)
1993.. 9,921 9,596 9,308 9,377 9,992 9,596 9,605 9,899 9,687 9,596 9,862 9,603 (X)
1994.. 9,541 9,767 9,991 9,869 9,671 9,758 9,822 9,919 10,212 10,349 10,197 10,562 (X)
1995.. 10,580 10,899 10,829 10,806 10,513 11,175 11,521 11,243 10,923 11,415 11,467 11,686 (X)
1996.. 11,467 11,334 11,041 11,752 11,731 11,998 12,387 12,642 11,984 12,233 11,907 11,679 (X)
1997.. 11,808 12,359 12,546 12,129 12,453 11,867 11,547 11,476 11,914 11,622 11,522 11,842 (X)
1998.. 11,894 11,756 12,112 12,561 12,750 12,068 12,217 12,094 12,759 12,455 13,115 13,709 (X)
1999.. 12,546 12,734 12,717 12,668 12,799 13,640 13,491 13,787 13,600 14,188 14,550 14,578 (X)
2000.. 15,303 14,958 15,458 15,082 14,917 15,246 15,256 15,360 15,727 15,599 15,535 15,946 (X)
2001.. 16,182 16,133 15,599(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 8,870 8,405 9,717 10,481 10,204 10,053 9,545 9,025 9,396 9,610 8,844 8,657 112,807
1993.. 8,423 8,502 9,811 10,446 11,381 10,383 9,643 9,790 9,571 9,299 9,152 9,440 115,841
1994.. 8,253 8,693 10,541 10,747 11,083 10,861 9,488 10,048 9,885 10,266 9,330 10,213 119,408
1995.. 9,120 9,722 11,468 11,768 12,384 12,292 11,360 11,333 10,246 11,289 10,745 10,926 132,653
1996.. 10,091 10,711 11,173 13,397 13,842 12,778 12,424 12,389 11,409 12,282 10,716 11,305 142,517
1997.. 10,438 11,074 13,123 13,730 14,458 13,042 11,443 10,730 11,449 11,552 10,324 11,795 143,158
1998.. 10,479 10,580 12,766 14,546 14,254 13,432 11,948 11,501 12,121 12,106 12,158 13,764 149,655
1999.. 10,840 11,486 13,747 14,416 14,617 14,977 12,857 13,070 13,287 13,252 13,692 14,738 160,979
2000.. 13,757 13,956 16,679 16,439 17,348 16,923 14,341 14,884 14,705 15,006 14,836 15,420 184,294
2001.. 15,114 14,665 16,519(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 46,298
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 11,392 11,401 11,335 11,056 10,533 11,194 11,448 11,428 11,428 11,598 12,016 12,104 (X)
1993.. 12,019 11,909 12,038 12,095 11,941 12,082 11,917 12,214 12,544 11,991 12,042 11,946 (X)
1994.. 11,923 12,115 12,052 12,191 12,323 12,334 12,443 12,589 12,693 12,668 12,506 12,440 (X)
1995.. 12,726 12,890 12,996 13,796 13,489 13,723 13,749 13,552 13,849 14,483 14,284 14,238 (X)
1996.. 14,557 14,298 14,031 14,936 15,299 15,020 15,269 14,819 14,529 14,618 14,574 13,769 (X)
1997.. 14,513 14,425 14,339 14,282 14,095 13,955 13,859 14,310 14,548 14,154 14,101 14,540 (X)
1998.. 14,171 14,610 14,672 14,289 14,609 14,944 15,029 14,940 15,039 14,832 15,254 15,313 (X)
1999.. 15,363 15,073 15,063 14,997 14,342 14,590 14,755 15,096 15,433 15,735 16,144 16,442 (X)
2000.. 16,565 16,629 16,653 16,625 17,307 17,678 17,904 18,278 18,286 18,726 18,350 18,297 (X)
2001.. 18,370 18,758 18,909(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1992.. 11,870 12,062 12,072 11,830 10,670 10,903 10,944 10,594 10,457 11,354 12,076 12,056 (X)
1993.. 12,548 12,588 12,821 12,954 12,108 11,756 11,393 11,298 11,465 11,739 12,090 11,922 (X)
1994.. 12,471 12,806 12,847 13,069 12,496 11,964 11,858 11,620 11,627 12,389 12,531 12,490 (X)
1995.. 13,362 13,663 13,880 14,762 13,637 13,243 13,034 12,468 12,727 14,106 14,284 14,452 (X)
1996.. 15,358 15,227 15,041 15,922 15,391 14,374 14,368 13,604 13,410 14,194 14,603 14,168 (X)
1997.. 15,398 15,464 15,400 15,110 14,053 13,229 12,944 13,151 13,471 13,687 14,186 15,180 (X)
1998.. 15,120 15,750 15,772 15,003 14,419 14,047 13,917 13,775 14,016 14,343 15,422 16,155 (X)
1999.. 16,423 16,324 16,178 15,612 14,026 13,627 13,604 13,979 14,445 15,247 16,386 17,428 (X)
2000.. 17,725 18,043 17,869 17,207 16,822 16,476 16,472 16,962 17,171 18,220 18,680 19,395 (X)
2001.. 19,637 20,352 20,233(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.15 1.23 1.20 1.19 1.15 1.22 1.22 1.25 1.18 1.21 1.25 1.38 (X)
1993.. 1.21 1.24 1.29 1.29 1.20 1.26 1.24 1.23 1.29 1.25 1.22 1.24 (X)
1994.. 1.25 1.24 1.21 1.24 1.27 1.26 1.27 1.27 1.24 1.22 1.23 1.18 (X)
1995.. 1.20 1.18 1.20 1.28 1.28 1.23 1.19 1.21 1.27 1.27 1.25 1.22 (X)
1996.. 1.27 1.26 1.27 1.27 1.30 1.25 1.23 1.17 1.21 1.19 1.22 1.18 (X)
1997.. 1.23 1.17 1.14 1.18 1.13 1.18 1.20 1.25 1.22 1.22 1.22 1.23 (X)
1998.. 1.19 1.24 1.21 1.14 1.15 1.24 1.23 1.24 1.18 1.19 1.16 1.12 (X)
1999.. 1.22 1.18 1.18 1.18 1.12 1.07 1.09 1.09 1.13 1.11 1.11 1.13 (X)
2000.. 1.08 1.11 1.08 1.10 1.16 1.16 1.17 1.19 1.16 1.20 1.18 1.15 (X)
2001.. 1.14 1.16 1.21(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1992.. 1.34 1.44 1.24 1.13 1.05 1.08 1.15 1.17 1.11 1.18 1.37 1.39 (X)
1993.. 1.49 1.48 1.31 1.24 1.06 1.13 1.18 1.15 1.20 1.26 1.32 1.26 (X)
1994.. 1.51 1.47 1.22 1.22 1.13 1.10 1.25 1.16 1.18 1.21 1.34 1.22 (X)
1995.. 1.47 1.41 1.21 1.25 1.10 1.08 1.15 1.10 1.24 1.25 1.33 1.32 (X)
1996.. 1.52 1.42 1.35 1.19 1.11 1.12 1.16 1.10 1.18 1.16 1.36 1.25 (X)
1997.. 1.48 1.40 1.17 1.10 0.97 1.01 1.13 1.23 1.18 1.18 1.37 1.29 (X)
1998.. 1.44 1.49 1.24 1.03 1.01 1.05 1.16 1.20 1.16 1.18 1.27 1.17 (X)
1999.. 1.52 1.42 1.18 1.08 0.96 0.91 1.06 1.07 1.09 1.15 1.20 1.18 (X)
2000.. 1.29 1.29 1.07 1.05 0.97 0.97 1.15 1.14 1.17 1.21 1.26 1.26 (X)
2001.. 1.30 1.39 1.22(p) (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: 1992 through 1999
NAICS
Code Kind of Business 1992 1993 1994
Purchases, Total ....................................... 1,402,702 1,452,336 1,550,128
421 Durable goods............................................ 642,566 702,993 781,162
4211 Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies....... 122,553 124,965 133,543
4212 Furniture and Home Furnishings........................... 19,117 20,959 22,234
4213 Lumber & Other Construction Materials.................... 36,941 41,936 46,372
4214 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies....... 96,108 116,637 128,761
42143 Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software. (NA) (NA) (NA)
4215 Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum....................... 62,234 63,354 72,493
4216 Electrical Goods......................................... 74,722 90,364 108,916
4217 Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies 30,459 31,443 36,530
4218 Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies....................... 109,859 119,288 129,812
4219 Miscellaneous Durable Goods.............................. 90,573 94,047 102,501
422 Nondurable goods........................................ 760,136 749,343 768,966
4221 Paper and Paper Products................................. 36,801 37,684 42,349
4222 Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................ 61,685 62,154 67,291
4223 Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................ 45,020 47,497 49,516
4224 Groceries and Related Products........................... 231,804 237,149 242,121
4225 Farm Product Raw Materials............................... 99,335 89,447 89,283
4226 Chemicals and Allied Products............................ 29,504 30,553 33,522
4227 Petroleum and Petroleum Products......................... 126,077 115,156 112,371
4228 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............ 37,957 38,635 40,041
4229 Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods........................... 91,953 91,068 92,472
Gross Margin, Total.................................... (NA) 365,969 400,430
421 Durable goods........................................... (NA) 211,515 235,719
4211 Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies....... (NA) 27,256 30,056
4212 Furniture and Home Furnishings........................... (NA) 8,973 9,216
4213 Lumber & Other Construction Materials.................... (NA) 9,601 9,991
4214 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies....... (NA) 39,778 39,485
42143 Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software. (NA) (NA) (NA)
4215 Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum....................... (NA) 16,106 18,108
4216 Electrical Goods......................................... (NA) 28,445 35,075
4217 Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (NA) 11,976 13,812
4218 Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies....................... (NA) 42,868 47,817
4219 Miscellaneous Durable Goods.............................. (NA) 26,512 32,159
422 Nondurable goods........................................ (NA) 154,454 164,711
4221 Paper and Paper Products................................. (NA) 12,674 13,257
4222 Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................ (NA) 7,863 9,473
4223 Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................ (NA) 18,891 19,732
4224 Groceries and Related Products........................... (NA) 46,060 48,064
4225 Farm Product Raw Materials............................... (NA) 10,055 10,692
4226 Chemicals and Allied Products............................ (NA) 9,794 10,137
4227 Petroleum and Petroleum Products......................... (NA) 12,165 13,771
4228 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............ (NA) 12,313 12,081
4229 Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods........................... (NA) 24,639 27,504
Gross Margin/Sales Ratio, Total........................ (NA) 20.22 20.71
421 Durable goods........................................... (NA) 23.27 23.47
4211 Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies....... (NA) 17.87 18.40
4212 Furniture and Home Furnishings........................... (NA) 30.05 29.45
4213 Lumber & Other Construction Materials.................... (NA) 18.71 17.84
4214 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies....... (NA) 25.63 23.87
42143 Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software. (NA) (NA) (NA)
4215 Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum....................... (NA) 20.48 20.32
4216 Electrical Goods......................................... (NA) 24.12 24.83
4217 Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (NA) 27.81 28.06
4218 Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies....................... (NA) 26.49 27.42
4219 Miscellaneous Durable Goods.............................. (NA) 22.33 23.99
422 Nondurable goods........................................ (NA) 17.14 17.72
4221 Paper and Paper Products................................. (NA) 25.24 23.91
4222 Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................ (NA) 11.40 12.40
4223 Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................ (NA) 28.76 28.80
4224 Groceries and Related Products........................... (NA) 16.24 16.58
4225 Farm Product Raw Materials............................... (NA) 10.26 10.79
4226 Chemicals and Allied Products............................ (NA) 24.55 23.42
4227 Petroleum and Petroleum Products......................... (NA) 9.52 10.98
4228 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............ (NA) 24.23 23.22
4229 Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods........................... (NA) 21.27 23.03
Table 2. Estimated Annual Purchases, Gross Margins and Gross Margin/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers by Kind of Business: 1992 through 1999
NAICS
Code Kind of Business 1995 1996 1997
Purchases, Total ....................................... 1,682,512 1,781,071 1,868,433
421 Durable goods............................................ 852,528 887,404 947,357
4211 Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies....... 130,215 131,815 132,075
4212 Furniture and Home Furnishings........................... 24,342 25,452 27,477
4213 Lumber & Other Construction Materials.................... 45,275 48,135 50,344
4214 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies....... 155,593 170,091 185,626
42143 Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software. (NA) (NA) 119,010
4215 Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum....................... 75,148 75,430 81,175
4216 Electrical Goods......................................... 128,526 131,253 141,998
4217 Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies 38,435 40,295 42,910
4218 Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies....................... 142,662 153,809 166,476
4219 Miscellaneous Durable Goods.............................. 112,332 111,124 119,276
422 Nondurable goods........................................ 829,984 893,667 921,076
4221 Paper and Paper Products................................. 51,713 50,696 52,104
4222 Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................ 73,989 83,077 94,211
4223 Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................ 48,373 51,813 59,064
4224 Groceries and Related Products........................... 255,140 261,969 274,316
4225 Farm Product Raw Materials............................... 106,174 122,385 115,613
4226 Chemicals and Allied Products............................ 38,525 40,613 42,414
4227 Petroleum and Petroleum Products......................... 113,687 129,671 125,891
4228 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............ 39,863 42,447 44,319
4229 Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods........................... 102,520 110,996 113,144
Gross Margin, Total.................................... 448,723 460,745 483,703
421 Durable goods........................................... 265,793 272,072 287,690
4211 Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies....... 33,051 33,384 35,379
4212 Furniture and Home Furnishings........................... 10,619 11,140 11,653
4213 Lumber & Other Construction Materials.................... 9,793 11,212 11,366
4214 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies....... 45,153 50,876 54,620
42143 Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software. (NA) (NA) (NA)
4215 Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum....................... 19,608 19,540 20,236
4216 Electrical Goods......................................... 42,908 39,620 40,716
4217 Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies 13,726 14,526 14,515
4218 Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies....................... 52,674 54,610 61,631
4219 Miscellaneous Durable Goods.............................. 38,261 37,164 37,574
422 Nondurable goods........................................ 182,930 188,673 196,013
4221 Paper and Paper Products................................. 14,801 14,064 15,012
4222 Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................ 9,380 12,609 14,796
4223 Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................ 18,778 21,637 26,814
4224 Groceries and Related Products........................... 54,263 55,627 56,681
4225 Farm Product Raw Materials............................... 15,935 12,135 10,371
4226 Chemicals and Allied Products............................ 12,214 13,267 13,891
4227 Petroleum and Petroleum Products......................... 12,713 14,285 13,065
4228 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............ 12,751 13,812 14,357
4229 Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods........................... 32,095 31,237 31,026
Gross Margin/Sales Ratio, Total........................ 21.22 20.57 20.72
421 Durable goods........................................... 24.01 23.52 23.51
4211 Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies....... 20.30 20.15 21.23
4212 Furniture and Home Furnishings........................... 30.61 30.49 29.88
4213 Lumber & Other Construction Materials.................... 17.75 18.97 18.54
4214 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies....... 22.81 23.10 23.03
42143 Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software. (NA) (NA) (NA)
4215 Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum....................... 20.60 20.69 20.12
4216 Electrical Goods......................................... 25.55 23.10 22.33
4217 Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies 26.41 26.76 25.35
4218 Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies....................... 27.54 26.43 27.53
4219 Miscellaneous Durable Goods.............................. 25.52 25.08 24.14
422 Nondurable goods........................................ 18.15 17.42 17.65
4221 Paper and Paper Products................................. 22.40 21.69 22.58
4222 Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................ 11.20 13.37 13.78
4223 Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................ 27.78 29.59 31.79
4224 Groceries and Related Products........................... 17.56 17.50 17.17
4225 Farm Product Raw Materials............................... 13.32 8.82 8.28
4226 Chemicals and Allied Products............................ 24.30 24.76 24.78
4227 Petroleum and Petroleum Products......................... 10.05 9.96 9.37
4228 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............ 24.29 24.69 24.62
4229 Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods........................... 24.19 21.92 21.67
Table 2. Estimated Annual Purchases, Gross Margins and Gross Margin/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers by Kind of Business: 1992 through 1999
NAICS
Code Kind of Business 1998 1999
Purchases, Total ....................................... 1,900,727 2,021,914
421 Durable goods............................................ 980,764 1,046,671
4211 Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies....... 136,842 155,952
4212 Furniture and Home Furnishings........................... 28,836 29,972
4213 Lumber & Other Construction Materials.................... 52,232 58,853
4214 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies....... 199,492 213,502
42143 Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software. 127,470 136,738
4215 Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum....................... 79,257 76,431
4216 Electrical Goods......................................... 145,602 161,498
4217 Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies 45,301 47,676
4218 Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies....................... 179,814 180,575
4219 Miscellaneous Durable Goods.............................. 113,388 122,212
422 Nondurable goods........................................ 919,963 975,243
4221 Paper and Paper Products................................. 54,795 58,607
4222 Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................ 108,830 127,842
4223 Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................ 59,192 59,353
4224 Groceries and Related Products........................... 287,350 299,340
4225 Farm Product Raw Materials............................... 99,987 93,765
4226 Chemicals and Allied Products............................ 41,309 41,233
4227 Petroleum and Petroleum Products......................... 104,401 119,923
4228 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............ 46,582 50,343
4229 Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods........................... 117,517 124,837
Gross Margin, Total.................................... 492,010 533,721
421 Durable goods........................................... 294,729 314,993
4211 Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies....... 36,975 42,356
4212 Furniture and Home Furnishings........................... 11,783 12,896
4213 Lumber & Other Construction Materials.................... 11,193 13,138
4214 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies....... 53,313 59,561
42143 Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software. 22,206 24,660
4215 Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum....................... 18,606 18,130
4216 Electrical Goods......................................... 42,840 49,124
4217 Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies 15,871 15,949
4218 Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies....................... 68,597 65,015
4219 Miscellaneous Durable Goods.............................. 35,551 38,824
422 Nondurable goods........................................ 197,281 218,728
4221 Paper and Paper Products................................. 15,193 16,654
4222 Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................ 17,739 21,687
4223 Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................ 25,013 25,183
4224 Groceries and Related Products........................... 57,279 64,493
4225 Farm Product Raw Materials............................... 8,012 7,560
4226 Chemicals and Allied Products............................ 14,017 14,207
4227 Petroleum and Petroleum Products......................... 11,382 14,117
4228 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............ 15,533 17,412
4229 Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods........................... 33,113 37,415
Gross Margin/Sales Ratio, Total........................ 20.67 21.02
421 Durable goods........................................... 23.28 23.30
4211 Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies....... 21.34 21.67
4212 Furniture and Home Furnishings........................... 29.15 30.29
4213 Lumber & Other Construction Materials.................... 17.58 18.43
4214 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies....... 20.98 21.88
42143 Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software. 14.73 15.29
4215 Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum....................... 19.16 19.08
4216 Electrical Goods......................................... 22.94 23.65
4217 Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies 26.30 25.16
4218 Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies....................... 28.28 26.57
4219 Miscellaneous Durable Goods.............................. 24.08 24.36
422 Nondurable goods........................................ 17.71 18.42
4221 Paper and Paper Products................................. 21.72 22.19
4222 Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................ 14.24 14.83
4223 Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................ 29.71 29.40
4224 Groceries and Related Products........................... 16.63 17.84
4225 Farm Product Raw Materials............................... 7.42 7.44
4226 Chemicals and Allied Products............................ 25.45 25.65
4227 Petroleum and Petroleum Products......................... 9.78 10.56
4228 Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............ 25.13 25.84
4229 Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods........................... 22.13 23.24
(NA) = NOT APPLICABLE
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Released: June 1, 2001
Source: U. S. Census Bureau
Service Sector Statistics Division
