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Release Date:
October 10, 2012

For the Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey, all current month estimates are preliminary estimates and will be superseded in following months by revised estimates.

For information on the reliability and use of the data, including important notes on estimation and sampling variance, seasonal adjustment, measures of sampling variability, and other information pertinent to this economic indicator, go to the Monthly Wholesale Trade Report [PDF], or refer to the Monthly and Annual Wholesale Trade website, which provides a link to more historical data for these reports.

Estimated measures of sampling variability for totals are expressed as coefficients of variation (CV). Standard errors (SE) are provided for month-to-month change and ratio estimates.

Estimated measures of sampling variability are based on data not adjusted for seasonal variation, and should be used when drawing inferences about both adjusted and not adjusted estimates.

The Y-axis may be truncated to prevent flattening of the lines or to present the complete range of data. In a future version of the visualization tool, the option to begin the Y-axis at the origin (0) will be available as applicable.

Source: Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories (Definitions)
42: Total Merchant Wholesalers, Except Manufacturers' Sales Branches and Offices: U.S. Total — Seasonally Adjusted Sales - Monthly [Millions of Dollars]
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Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1992 142,980 144,206 145,306 145,381 144,000 145,989 148,808 147,427 149,251 149,276 149,801 148,469
1993 153,497 152,528 149,841 153,239 156,085 152,751 154,732 154,879 155,380 155,866 156,094 152,929
1994 156,983 157,654 160,546 160,114 161,206 162,652 164,247 168,414 168,187 171,258 171,528 174,127
1995 175,771 177,369 175,256 178,210 178,565 180,181 180,081 181,324 182,123 182,966 184,854 186,968
1996 184,352 185,286 187,580 187,462 188,032 189,016 190,819 191,939 191,679 193,329 194,369 192,137
1997 194,379 199,102 197,622 196,608 197,677 197,465 197,978 197,328 200,474 199,698 199,693 199,039
1998 201,068 200,976 202,223 202,434 202,077 200,992 202,201 200,940 202,070 203,185 203,149 204,997
1999 204,181 206,856 209,359 210,145 214,770 216,526 217,499 218,978 220,899 223,817 226,182 227,783
2000 230,048 228,769 231,698 233,248 233,359 236,375 235,604 235,280 237,507 238,512 237,369 239,661
2001 238,932 237,676 233,834 233,382 234,265 229,909 231,369 232,103 231,851 227,529 227,789 227,254
2002 228,645 230,343 229,903 234,096 235,233 237,063 237,860 240,309 240,083 239,050 242,366 239,491
2003 244,049 244,463 246,964 242,074 241,132 244,952 247,388 247,101 248,629 252,698 254,517 256,887
2004 257,446 263,485 271,529 271,817 273,504 273,579 275,096 278,431 278,947 282,621 285,806 289,586
2005 291,752 293,021 291,876 296,513 295,000 296,279 299,635 303,990 309,784 315,389 310,371 315,032
2006 316,739 318,690 319,163 321,464 325,459 328,017 329,717 332,917 327,723 326,709 328,013 335,134
2007 329,987 335,471 338,798 343,991 346,959 347,414 345,418 348,707 352,967 356,648 364,262 361,519
2008 369,644 368,136 371,594 379,319 385,407 394,556 391,100 384,078 373,618 355,947 326,711 313,546
2009 303,793 307,019 295,975 297,636 300,286 303,299 306,855 309,842 311,756 314,528 323,648 324,983
2010 327,364 331,658 336,103 341,364 340,153 338,780 342,513 344,468 346,293 354,528 361,015 363,906
2011 376,856 374,427 385,965 388,422 387,450 390,895 391,887 397,050 395,783 398,145 398,316 404,636
2012 404,708 408,970 410,559 412,940 408,492 402,730 401,942 405,430 NA NA NA NA
Source: Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories (Definitions)
42: Total Merchant Wholesalers, Except Manufacturers' Sales Branches and Offices: U.S. Total — Not Seasonally Adjusted Sales - Monthly [Millions of Dollars]
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Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1992 138,830 132,921 150,672 146,927 141,749 150,869 150,768 147,079 152,030 158,307 145,676 151,302
1993 140,824 138,267 159,749 154,677 153,693 158,043 152,798 159,014 158,768 160,576 156,357 155,449
1994 143,826 143,069 171,413 157,193 163,090 168,454 157,254 177,898 172,066 176,341 171,870 172,425
1995 165,397 161,211 186,778 170,025 185,818 186,564 172,384 191,076 181,621 193,246 184,672 180,188
1996 178,477 176,150 189,303 189,906 195,454 185,356 193,212 196,149 190,873 209,454 189,016 190,993
1997 186,983 181,571 200,205 198,723 200,357 199,810 200,632 195,457 206,341 215,636 188,397 203,733
1998 187,750 183,337 211,184 204,583 198,874 210,701 204,982 199,128 207,425 212,915 196,656 209,585
1999 184,434 188,602 225,471 212,372 211,738 226,910 215,120 223,078 226,580 226,868 225,903 232,083
2000 208,053 218,632 248,659 222,637 243,460 247,509 226,260 246,918 236,862 248,451 236,370 230,743
2001 229,917 217,231 245,078 229,085 244,303 234,330 228,826 242,911 223,722 243,615 227,250 218,884
2002 220,173 210,596 234,089 237,757 244,150 234,015 241,943 245,497 237,792 255,957 235,200 238,359
2003 235,088 223,739 251,324 246,116 243,813 247,978 251,672 245,016 254,581 270,128 239,776 262,585
2004 241,829 243,698 292,893 277,008 268,331 286,163 271,952 284,489 284,818 285,740 285,504 293,978
2005 265,455 266,343 314,412 294,269 298,665 309,744 287,888 320,342 317,389 318,771 309,048 311,055
2006 296,628 288,192 341,605 309,949 339,559 344,482 317,360 351,476 327,270 340,822 325,861 321,005
2007 317,860 302,176 352,547 340,415 362,817 355,936 343,311 367,627 341,646 381,999 362,401 345,551
2008 357,227 345,074 374,686 387,143 393,339 403,469 400,657 384,054 383,198 379,314 305,731 317,883
2009 285,273 275,290 307,718 302,964 297,782 320,293 312,954 308,908 319,451 326,959 312,021 329,601
2010 299,417 297,448 359,964 348,835 337,917 357,010 340,666 354,056 352,836 357,257 358,994 367,927
2011 345,734 336,398 413,865 387,872 396,558 407,610 376,195 417,221 402,955 400,006 394,417 398,506
2012 381,845 382,933 429,747 412,547 431,708 409,934 396,689 424,546 NA NA NA NA
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Business & Industry | sssd.econ.data@census.gov |  Last Revised: September 20, 2012