TOTAL WHOLESALE TRADE

Wholesale trade, SIC Major Groups 50 and 51 in the 1987 SIC manual, includes
establishments primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to
industrial, commercial, institutional, farm, or professional business users;
or to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers in buying merchandise
for or selling merchandise to such persons or companies.

In addition to being classified by SIC groups, each wholesale establishment 
was classified for the census by type of operation according to the ownership
of the business, ownership of the goods sold, or character of the principal 
transactions.  See OPTYPE for these type of operation groupings.