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About the Surveys

The Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey (MWTS) and the Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS) work together to produce the most comprehensive data available on wholesale economic activity in the United States. More detailed descriptions of these programs can be found by choosing one of the links to the left.

Regular quality control and verification takes place between these two programs and the larger and more infrequent Economic Census of Wholesale Trade. MWTS estimates are benchmarked to AWTS estimates to ensure that data collection of each company is complete. AWTS estimates are then benchmarked to data maintained by the Economic Census of Wholesale Trade. This process of benchmarking wholesale data over all three programs ensures consistency in our estimates.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau  |  Monthly & Annual Wholesale Trade  |  Page Last Modified: September 23, 2008