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 1989 Through May 1999
Released 10:00 A.M. EDT.,
Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total :January 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
Merchant Wholesalers, total
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 142,403 142,242 142,278 144,400 144,632 143,492 141,751 144,377 143,830 145,055 146,156 147,453 (X)
1990.. 147,699 149,160 149,398 147,921 149,549 149,797 147,732 152,678 150,426 150,321 149,523 149,004 (X)
1991.. 146,689 146,408 145,615 147,286 148,707 148,508 149,136 148,688 149,746 149,753 149,889 149,075 (X)
1992.. 150,643 150,390 151,987 152,432 150,558 152,517 156,922 153,656 156,107 156,076 156,095 156,753 (X)
1993.. 161,389 160,219 157,311 160,980 162,329 160,312 161,547 161,879 162,354 162,910 162,609 161,350 (X)
1994.. 163,804 165,233 168,635 167,699 168,367 170,676 171,453 176,824 176,027 178,199 179,685 182,274 (X)
1995.. 183,833 185,230 183,820 185,688 186,906 188,772 186,860 190,101 190,050 190,760 192,886 195,152 (X)
1996.. 193,316 192,945 195,015 195,754 197,145 197,040 199,510 200,368 199,641 202,293 202,744 200,426 (X)
1997.. 204,254 207,557 204,996 205,892 205,864 206,602 206,627 205,694 208,966 208,956 207,263 208,111 (X)
1998.. 209,635 209,112 210,555 211,441 210,436 211,135 211,930 209,144 211,964 211,366 212,367 215,550 (X)
1999.. 213,597 216,138 219,595 219,921 223,217(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 134,103 129,413 150,846 139,335 150,596 148,104 135,510 151,344 142,923 153,595 147,699 141,655 1,725,123
1990.. 142,441 135,261 154,886 145,995 155,720 151,111 145,342 159,445 146,100 163,525 150,470 143,776 1,794,072
1991.. 141,500 132,539 146,534 149,509 154,023 145,811 150,765 152,678 149,294 162,978 146,976 147,066 1,779,673
1992.. 144,658 138,739 157,396 153,786 148,522 158,114 158,010 154,216 159,380 165,975 152,661 158,341 1,849,798
1993.. 147,441 144,928 167,183 162,087 161,051 165,550 160,002 166,492 166,186 167,949 163,435 162,371 1,934,675
1994.. 150,316 149,793 179,415 164,744 170,910 176,486 164,802 186,294 180,066 184,307 179,504 180,210 2,066,847
1995.. 172,627 168,331 195,118 177,813 194,362 195,069 180,311 199,662 189,587 201,469 192,401 187,923 2,254,673
1996.. 186,047 183,825 197,394 198,468 204,299 193,740 201,849 204,862 199,109 218,284 196,992 199,150 2,384,019
1997.. 195,131 189,546 209,043 207,746 209,447 208,772 209,357 203,910 214,933 224,322 195,878 211,964 2,480,049
1998.. 195,743 191,126 220,251 213,811 208,002 220,052 214,065 208,102 216,827 222,269 205,584 219,176 2,535,008
1999.. 193,060 197,392 235,563 222,461 221,751(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,070,227
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 179,848 180,492 180,359 181,588 182,842 184,538 185,183 184,756 185,046 186,869 187,783 187,009 (X)
1990.. 186,879 187,340 188,437 190,173 192,330 191,644 192,692 193,394 194,838 194,779 195,968 195,775 (X)
1991.. 198,499 198,525 197,493 196,187 195,648 195,280 196,090 196,334 195,947 196,925 197,744 200,376 (X)
1992.. 199,748 200,522 201,053 200,823 200,015 203,975 203,651 204,350 204,344 205,064 207,293 208,244 (X)
1993.. 209,222 208,704 210,115 211,183 211,055 211,713 211,987 214,239 214,674 214,042 215,521 216,974 (X)
1994.. 217,207 218,957 217,829 218,988 222,916 222,791 225,051 226,477 228,058 231,167 233,268 235,413 (X)
1995.. 237,694 239,721 242,390 245,128 246,090 247,884 250,361 250,762 251,878 253,145 253,286 253,565 (X)
1996.. 254,994 254,442 254,119 258,113 258,029 257,041 257,407 256,716 255,036 255,818 256,152 255,871 (X)
1997.. 258,316 258,249 259,631 260,020 261,155 265,759 264,610 265,874 269,025 269,667 271,728 273,885 (X)
1998.. 273,523 276,503 278,013 277,163 278,837 279,060 278,768 281,915 284,832 284,496 286,145 287,484 (X)
1999.. 286,698 288,638 289,360 289,636 290,667(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 181,953 182,327 182,058 183,169 181,872 183,255 183,680 180,672 182,626 188,311 188,647 187,897 (X)
1990.. 189,351 189,457 190,119 191,730 191,296 189,850 190,795 188,967 191,839 196,229 197,288 196,881 (X)
1991.. 201,747 201,341 199,342 197,771 194,585 192,853 193,910 191,462 192,240 198,488 199,498 201,777 (X)
1992.. 203,586 203,575 202,742 202,245 198,851 201,256 201,669 199,776 200,753 206,467 209,031 209,675 (X)
1993.. 213,483 211,852 211,550 212,737 209,763 208,510 209,951 209,237 210,598 215,493 217,588 218,419 (X)
1994.. 221,954 222,311 219,119 220,621 221,395 219,363 223,577 221,854 223,610 232,786 235,356 236,710 (X)
1995.. 242,657 243,155 243,524 247,024 244,591 244,093 248,543 245,125 246,230 255,059 255,999 254,921 (X)
1996.. 260,515 258,374 255,583 260,154 256,007 252,736 255,533 251,499 250,008 257,664 258,273 256,490 (X)
1997.. 262,962 261,559 261,074 262,057 259,661 262,348 263,339 261,136 263,799 271,617 274,186 274,517 (X)
1998.. 278,169 279,657 279,740 279,198 277,406 275,757 277,765 277,278 279,244 286,558 288,222 287,997 (X)
1999.. 291,370 291,882 291,319 291,668 288,889(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.26 1.27 1.27 1.26 1.26 1.29 1.31 1.28 1.29 1.29 1.28 1.27 (X)
1990.. 1.27 1.26 1.26 1.29 1.29 1.28 1.30 1.27 1.30 1.30 1.31 1.31 (X)
1991.. 1.35 1.36 1.36 1.33 1.32 1.31 1.31 1.32 1.31 1.31 1.32 1.34 (X)
1992.. 1.33 1.33 1.32 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.30 1.33 1.31 1.31 1.33 1.33 (X)
1993.. 1.30 1.30 1.34 1.31 1.30 1.32 1.31 1.32 1.32 1.31 1.33 1.34 (X)
1994.. 1.33 1.33 1.29 1.31 1.32 1.31 1.31 1.28 1.30 1.30 1.30 1.29 (X)
1995.. 1.29 1.29 1.32 1.32 1.32 1.31 1.34 1.32 1.33 1.33 1.31 1.30 (X)
1996.. 1.32 1.32 1.30 1.32 1.31 1.30 1.29 1.28 1.28 1.26 1.26 1.28 (X)
1997.. 1.26 1.24 1.27 1.26 1.27 1.29 1.28 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.31 1.32 (X)
1998.. 1.30 1.32 1.32 1.31 1.33 1.32 1.32 1.35 1.34 1.35 1.35 1.33 (X)
1999.. 1.34 1.34 1.32 1.32 1.30(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.36 1.41 1.21 1.31 1.21 1.24 1.36 1.19 1.28 1.23 1.28 1.33 (X)
1990.. 1.33 1.40 1.23 1.31 1.23 1.26 1.31 1.19 1.31 1.20 1.31 1.37 (X)
1991.. 1.43 1.52 1.36 1.32 1.26 1.32 1.29 1.25 1.29 1.22 1.36 1.37 (X)
1992.. 1.41 1.47 1.29 1.32 1.34 1.27 1.28 1.30 1.26 1.24 1.37 1.32 (X)
1993.. 1.45 1.46 1.27 1.31 1.30 1.26 1.31 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.33 1.35 (X)
1994.. 1.48 1.48 1.22 1.34 1.30 1.24 1.36 1.19 1.24 1.26 1.31 1.31 (X)
1995.. 1.41 1.44 1.25 1.39 1.26 1.25 1.38 1.23 1.30 1.27 1.33 1.36 (X)
1996.. 1.40 1.41 1.29 1.31 1.25 1.30 1.27 1.23 1.26 1.18 1.31 1.29 (X)
1997.. 1.35 1.38 1.25 1.26 1.24 1.26 1.26 1.28 1.23 1.21 1.40 1.30 (X)
1998.. 1.42 1.46 1.27 1.31 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(p) (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 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 50 Durable goods, total
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 71,153 70,635 70,261 70,683 71,458 69,936 70,044 71,939 70,805 71,734 73,307 71,325 (X)
1990.. 73,592 74,408 74,787 73,342 74,923 74,480 72,931 74,461 72,870 71,962 70,964 72,199 (X)
1991.. 70,516 70,547 70,627 70,610 71,088 71,469 72,000 71,928 73,280 73,220 72,774 71,664 (X)
1992.. 72,692 73,408 74,312 74,950 73,132 75,459 77,128 75,676 75,993 76,726 78,104 78,523 (X)
1993.. 81,118 81,252 79,007 81,485 81,803 81,583 83,893 83,645 83,674 84,250 84,039 84,396 (X)
1994.. 85,266 86,157 88,001 87,826 88,499 89,872 90,171 94,307 93,601 94,938 95,756 97,523 (X)
1995.. 97,858 98,562 97,934 97,961 99,694 99,797 98,180 100,869 100,752 100,759 102,406 103,951 (X)
1996.. 101,900 101,577 102,661 102,215 103,610 103,062 102,810 103,508 104,135 105,277 106,278 104,701 (X)
1997.. 106,325 108,738 106,755 108,890 108,659 109,755 110,726 108,986 111,483 111,410 110,560 110,907 (X)
1998.. 112,602 112,224 113,400 114,414 112,993 114,077 114,485 113,303 112,979 112,441 112,597 114,522 (X)
1999.. 114,452 117,213 118,233 118,111 119,943(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 64,832 63,338 74,173 69,158 74,188 73,355 66,994 75,711 71,669 77,317 73,226 67,589 851,550
1990.. 68,706 66,730 77,763 73,069 77,701 76,327 71,834 77,987 71,947 79,437 70,878 68,388 880,767
1991.. 66,092 63,317 71,631 72,365 73,121 71,102 72,499 74,252 74,385 80,695 70,857 69,822 860,138
1992.. 67,992 67,032 77,792 75,422 71,706 79,399 77,356 76,309 79,257 82,576 75,868 78,208 908,917
1993.. 72,514 72,833 84,712 82,030 80,162 85,271 82,792 86,854 86,968 88,078 84,335 83,733 990,282
1994.. 76,339 77,361 94,409 85,990 89,215 93,465 86,741 99,992 97,784 99,334 95,594 95,259 1,091,483
1995.. 89,977 88,641 104,747 93,121 102,422 104,278 94,509 106,643 102,899 108,151 101,617 99,301 1,196,306
1996.. 95,494 95,646 105,102 103,147 105,853 102,400 104,214 106,618 106,251 115,068 103,074 103,211 1,246,078
1997.. 98,665 98,207 109,672 109,310 109,029 112,191 112,281 108,833 117,451 120,852 104,074 111,862 1,312,427
1998.. 102,395 101,585 120,001 114,593 110,314 120,596 115,715 113,002 118,172 119,632 108,648 115,336 1,359,989
1999.. 101,027 106,109 127,911 119,046 117,248(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 571,341
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 117,694 118,655 118,305 119,648 120,881 121,685 122,939 121,743 121,832 122,816 123,517 122,237 (X)
1990.. 122,976 123,590 123,300 124,036 125,206 124,642 125,060 125,752 126,763 125,929 126,390 126,413 (X)
1991.. 128,558 128,845 127,891 126,931 125,736 125,162 125,523 125,355 124,279 123,907 124,967 127,342 (X)
1992.. 126,340 126,624 126,395 126,572 126,785 129,109 128,458 129,584 129,887 129,975 131,150 131,458 (X)
1993.. 131,325 131,452 132,627 133,038 133,054 133,297 133,702 135,057 135,372 135,675 136,112 137,042 (X)
1994.. 137,250 138,349 137,412 138,866 142,150 142,435 144,658 145,168 146,309 148,534 149,485 150,928 (X)
1995.. 152,238 154,136 155,829 157,028 158,159 159,202 160,083 160,203 160,913 162,259 163,172 163,474 (X)
1996.. 164,493 164,108 163,720 164,970 164,437 164,170 165,050 165,433 165,939 165,657 166,442 166,185 (X)
1997.. 167,292 167,400 168,848 169,656 170,836 174,939 173,180 173,326 175,648 175,116 175,953 177,746 (X)
1998.. 178,685 180,803 182,230 182,385 182,755 182,433 182,189 184,028 185,366 186,129 186,525 187,734 (X)
1999.. 187,929 188,922 189,309 188,637 189,782(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 117,161 118,598 118,946 121,173 121,869 121,866 123,773 121,010 121,271 122,699 122,313 120,701 (X)
1990.. 122,813 123,882 123,974 125,652 126,252 124,605 125,867 125,098 125,963 125,554 125,263 124,839 (X)
1991.. 128,689 129,475 128,501 128,470 126,758 124,827 126,214 124,893 123,502 123,508 124,002 125,921 (X)
1992.. 126,538 127,197 126,759 127,899 127,769 128,718 129,313 129,345 129,083 129,559 130,234 130,044 (X)
1993.. 131,476 131,981 132,748 134,281 134,038 132,915 134,873 135,034 134,559 135,369 135,293 135,473 (X)
1994.. 137,252 138,692 137,288 139,987 143,136 142,155 146,258 145,402 145,388 148,250 148,526 149,016 (X)
1995.. 152,085 154,470 155,494 158,279 159,333 159,066 162,069 160,647 159,948 161,937 162,076 161,110 (X)
1996.. 164,077 164,427 163,409 166,263 165,751 164,287 167,173 166,010 164,974 165,228 165,098 163,621 (X)
1997.. 166,761 167,657 168,757 171,108 172,303 175,196 175,369 173,889 174,636 174,576 174,409 174,967 (X)
1998.. 178,008 181,013 182,419 183,936 184,391 182,801 184,468 184,761 184,305 185,559 184,640 184,769 (X)
1999.. 187,058 189,116 189,560 190,271 191,613(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.65 1.68 1.68 1.69 1.69 1.74 1.76 1.69 1.72 1.71 1.68 1.71 (X)
1990.. 1.67 1.66 1.65 1.69 1.67 1.67 1.71 1.69 1.74 1.75 1.78 1.75 (X)
1991.. 1.82 1.83 1.81 1.80 1.77 1.75 1.74 1.74 1.70 1.69 1.72 1.78 (X)
1992.. 1.74 1.72 1.70 1.69 1.73 1.71 1.67 1.71 1.71 1.69 1.68 1.67 (X)
1993.. 1.62 1.62 1.68 1.63 1.63 1.63 1.59 1.61 1.62 1.61 1.62 1.62 (X)
1994.. 1.61 1.61 1.56 1.58 1.61 1.58 1.60 1.54 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.55 (X)
1995.. 1.56 1.56 1.59 1.60 1.59 1.60 1.63 1.59 1.60 1.61 1.59 1.57 (X)
1996.. 1.61 1.62 1.59 1.61 1.59 1.59 1.61 1.60 1.59 1.57 1.57 1.59 (X)
1997.. 1.57 1.54 1.58 1.56 1.57 1.59 1.56 1.59 1.58 1.57 1.59 1.60 (X)
1998.. 1.59 1.61 1.61 1.59 1.62 1.60 1.59 1.62 1.64 1.66 1.66 1.64 (X)
1999.. 1.64 1.61 1.60 1.60 1.58(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.81 1.87 1.60 1.75 1.64 1.66 1.85 1.60 1.69 1.59 1.67 1.79 (X)
1990.. 1.79 1.86 1.59 1.72 1.62 1.63 1.75 1.60 1.75 1.58 1.77 1.83 (X)
1991.. 1.95 2.04 1.79 1.78 1.73 1.76 1.74 1.68 1.66 1.53 1.75 1.80 (X)
1992.. 1.86 1.90 1.63 1.70 1.78 1.62 1.67 1.70 1.63 1.57 1.72 1.66 (X)
1993.. 1.81 1.81 1.57 1.64 1.67 1.56 1.63 1.55 1.55 1.54 1.60 1.62 (X)
1994.. 1.80 1.79 1.45 1.63 1.60 1.52 1.69 1.45 1.49 1.49 1.55 1.56 (X)
1995.. 1.69 1.74 1.48 1.70 1.56 1.53 1.71 1.51 1.55 1.50 1.59 1.62 (X)
1996.. 1.72 1.72 1.55 1.61 1.57 1.60 1.60 1.56 1.55 1.44 1.60 1.59 (X)
1997.. 1.69 1.71 1.54 1.57 1.58 1.56 1.56 1.60 1.49 1.44 1.68 1.56 (X)
1998.. 1.74 1.78 1.52 1.61 1.67 1.52 1.59 1.64 1.56 1.55 1.70 1.60 (X)
1999.. 1.85 1.78 1.48 1.60 1.63(p) (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 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 501 Motor vehicles and automotive parts and supplies
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 14,657 14,508 14,398 14,331 13,845 13,730 13,461 14,077 13,866 13,982 13,761 13,112 (X)
1990.. 14,619 14,920 15,293 13,652 14,527 14,757 14,202 14,931 14,441 13,961 14,388 14,164 (X)
1991.. 13,843 13,717 13,685 13,511 13,714 13,454 14,002 13,959 14,279 14,477 14,168 13,672 (X)
1992.. 13,590 13,763 14,149 13,829 13,983 14,440 14,393 14,047 14,376 14,482 14,615 14,640 (X)
1993.. 14,880 14,599 13,685 14,708 15,008 14,259 14,968 14,716 14,980 14,909 14,338 14,241 (X)
1994.. 15,076 15,632 15,553 15,586 15,225 15,419 15,792 16,802 15,562 15,744 16,204 16,070 (X)
1995.. 15,550 15,354 15,440 15,699 16,192 16,122 15,488 15,931 15,738 15,492 15,861 16,277 (X)
1996.. 16,385 16,134 16,288 16,096 15,727 15,892 16,006 15,837 15,781 15,946 16,066 16,355 (X)
1997.. 16,352 16,361 16,269 16,091 16,430 16,825 16,328 15,754 16,571 16,788 16,329 15,309 (X)
1998.. 16,354 16,077 16,730 16,812 16,762 16,561 17,049 17,282 17,353 16,949 17,415 17,499 (X)
1999.. 17,381 18,697 18,026 18,565 18,572(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 13,323 13,275 15,377 14,546 14,371 14,307 12,896 14,499 12,979 15,156 13,871 12,692 167,292
1990.. 13,508 13,697 16,363 13,884 15,326 14,875 14,017 15,200 13,300 15,483 14,532 13,498 173,683
1991.. 12,874 12,592 14,356 14,214 14,221 13,171 14,226 14,071 13,422 16,113 13,984 13,385 166,629
1992.. 12,408 12,882 15,337 14,341 13,983 14,844 14,652 13,710 14,146 15,583 14,191 14,772 170,849
1993.. 12,990 13,300 15,190 15,267 15,038 14,715 15,163 14,745 14,591 15,401 14,467 14,227 175,094
1994.. 13,116 14,194 17,450 15,851 15,804 15,882 15,539 17,138 15,173 16,059 16,253 15,958 188,417
1995.. 13,964 13,941 17,107 15,621 17,163 16,783 15,147 16,377 14,998 16,096 15,734 15,789 188,720
1996.. 14,992 15,343 17,347 16,901 16,576 15,924 16,390 15,837 14,866 16,935 15,616 16,339 193,066
1997.. 14,831 14,921 17,327 16,928 17,071 17,128 16,851 15,266 16,273 17,476 15,480 15,630 195,182
1998.. 14,637 14,710 18,353 17,535 16,896 17,588 17,305 16,694 17,075 17,441 16,684 18,006 202,924
1999.. 15,087 17,145 20,189 19,419 18,646(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 90,486
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 22,024 22,042 22,303 22,651 23,281 23,653 23,542 23,073 22,835 23,108 22,758 21,862 (X)
1990.. 22,773 23,074 22,817 23,343 23,294 22,690 22,928 23,472 23,603 23,239 23,424 23,650 (X)
1991.. 24,784 25,136 24,509 23,834 23,505 23,364 23,366 23,456 22,809 22,535 23,262 24,310 (X)
1992.. 23,006 23,293 23,335 23,123 23,081 23,393 23,240 23,225 23,992 24,404 24,441 24,366 (X)
1993.. 23,945 23,790 24,161 24,108 23,834 23,368 23,584 24,055 23,773 23,767 23,576 24,278 (X)
1994.. 23,817 23,608 23,006 23,494 23,649 23,941 24,247 23,845 24,286 24,867 24,885 24,817 (X)
1995.. 25,313 25,840 25,796 26,380 26,809 26,458 26,270 26,171 25,992 25,649 25,777 25,676 (X)
1996.. 25,730 26,009 24,986 26,099 25,902 25,980 26,278 26,050 25,328 25,809 26,199 25,325 (X)
1997.. 25,872 25,333 25,852 25,361 25,871 26,862 26,739 26,855 27,061 26,532 26,299 26,446 (X)
1998.. 26,567 26,898 27,669 26,468 25,857 25,349 25,003 25,441 25,733 26,224 25,874 26,979 (X)
1999.. 26,560 26,681 27,224 27,211 27,583(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 22,046 22,659 22,861 22,991 23,444 23,251 22,883 22,173 22,721 22,831 22,986 21,971 (X)
1990.. 22,955 23,882 23,479 23,787 23,457 22,123 22,263 22,557 23,343 22,960 23,729 23,603 (X)
1991.. 25,106 26,141 25,195 24,382 23,646 22,640 22,665 22,518 22,490 22,332 23,634 24,213 (X)
1992.. 23,397 24,271 23,895 23,678 23,219 22,644 22,589 22,319 23,560 24,233 24,881 24,195 (X)
1993.. 24,376 24,813 24,596 24,687 23,977 22,644 23,042 23,117 23,321 23,696 24,048 23,962 (X)
1994.. 24,198 24,576 23,282 23,987 23,815 23,342 23,859 22,987 23,800 24,842 25,333 24,321 (X)
1995.. 25,693 26,899 25,977 26,908 27,023 25,955 26,007 25,307 25,472 25,649 26,138 24,983 (X)
1996.. 26,090 27,075 25,186 26,569 26,135 25,616 26,094 25,295 24,847 25,783 26,409 24,515 (X)
1997.. 26,234 26,372 26,136 25,792 26,104 26,540 26,552 26,130 26,574 26,505 26,430 25,547 (X)
1998.. 26,912 27,974 28,084 26,865 26,064 25,070 24,828 24,805 25,270 26,198 25,952 26,062 (X)
1999.. 26,932 27,722 27,687 27,619 27,776(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.50 1.52 1.55 1.58 1.68 1.72 1.75 1.64 1.65 1.65 1.65 1.67 (X)
1990.. 1.56 1.55 1.49 1.71 1.60 1.54 1.61 1.57 1.63 1.66 1.63 1.67 (X)
1991.. 1.79 1.83 1.79 1.76 1.71 1.74 1.67 1.68 1.60 1.56 1.64 1.78 (X)
1992.. 1.69 1.69 1.65 1.67 1.65 1.62 1.61 1.65 1.67 1.69 1.67 1.66 (X)
1993.. 1.61 1.63 1.77 1.64 1.59 1.64 1.58 1.63 1.59 1.59 1.64 1.70 (X)
1994.. 1.58 1.51 1.48 1.51 1.55 1.55 1.54 1.42 1.56 1.58 1.54 1.54 (X)
1995.. 1.63 1.68 1.67 1.68 1.66 1.64 1.70 1.64 1.65 1.66 1.63 1.58 (X)
1996.. 1.57 1.61 1.53 1.62 1.65 1.63 1.64 1.64 1.60 1.62 1.63 1.55 (X)
1997.. 1.58 1.55 1.59 1.58 1.57 1.60 1.64 1.70 1.63 1.58 1.61 1.73 (X)
1998.. 1.62 1.67 1.65 1.57 1.54 1.53 1.47 1.47 1.48 1.55 1.49 1.54 (X)
1999.. 1.53 1.43 1.51 1.47 1.49(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.65 1.71 1.49 1.58 1.63 1.63 1.77 1.53 1.75 1.51 1.66 1.73 (X)
1990.. 1.70 1.74 1.43 1.71 1.53 1.49 1.59 1.48 1.76 1.48 1.63 1.75 (X)
1991.. 1.95 2.08 1.76 1.72 1.66 1.72 1.59 1.60 1.68 1.39 1.69 1.81 (X)
1992.. 1.89 1.88 1.56 1.65 1.66 1.53 1.54 1.63 1.67 1.56 1.75 1.64 (X)
1993.. 1.88 1.87 1.62 1.62 1.59 1.54 1.52 1.57 1.60 1.54 1.66 1.68 (X)
1994.. 1.84 1.73 1.33 1.51 1.51 1.47 1.54 1.34 1.57 1.55 1.56 1.52 (X)
1995.. 1.84 1.93 1.52 1.72 1.57 1.55 1.72 1.55 1.70 1.59 1.66 1.58 (X)
1996.. 1.74 1.76 1.45 1.57 1.58 1.61 1.59 1.60 1.67 1.52 1.69 1.50 (X)
1997.. 1.77 1.77 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.55 1.58 1.71 1.63 1.52 1.71 1.63 (X)
1998.. 1.84 1.90 1.53 1.53 1.54 1.43 1.43 1.49 1.48 1.50 1.56 1.45 (X)
1999.. 1.79 1.62 1.37 1.42 1.49(p) (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 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 502 Furniture and home furnishings
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 2,658 2,642 2,641 2,644 2,657 2,518 2,654 2,732 2,783 2,623 2,708 2,660 (X)
1990.. 2,589 2,661 2,573 2,653 2,796 3,118 3,138 2,918 2,959 2,930 2,792 2,727 (X)
1991.. 2,889 2,697 2,828 2,769 2,799 2,492 2,563 2,723 2,682 2,679 2,670 2,542 (X)
1992.. 2,692 2,734 2,801 2,774 2,711 2,765 2,659 2,657 2,714 2,704 2,927 2,985 (X)
1993.. 2,911 2,911 2,832 2,928 2,988 2,974 2,958 2,963 2,896 2,951 2,794 2,834 (X)
1994.. 2,854 2,929 2,922 2,922 2,851 2,918 3,072 3,170 3,200 3,317 3,242 3,376 (X)
1995.. 3,365 3,356 3,557 3,436 3,499 3,369 3,395 3,417 3,366 3,348 3,423 3,449 (X)
1996.. 3,331 3,415 3,425 3,479 3,639 3,697 3,672 3,605 3,651 3,639 3,811 3,754 (X)
1997.. 3,800 4,018 3,756 3,852 3,735 3,728 3,812 3,772 4,069 4,036 3,892 4,007 (X)
1998.. 4,095 3,939 4,012 3,972 3,950 4,074 4,008 4,062 3,952 3,877 3,965 3,898 (X)
1999.. 3,958 4,052 4,033 4,004 4,056(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 2,371 2,341 2,667 2,496 2,657 2,576 2,516 2,989 3,003 2,961 2,860 2,423 31,860
1990.. 2,353 2,342 2,565 2,584 2,846 3,074 3,078 3,183 3,098 3,346 2,976 2,482 33,927
1991.. 2,638 2,363 2,732 2,775 2,858 2,427 2,525 2,911 2,907 3,067 2,694 2,402 32,299
1992.. 2,442 2,403 2,863 2,785 2,638 2,859 2,616 2,761 2,926 3,012 3,003 2,892 33,200
1993.. 2,486 2,550 2,951 2,984 2,946 3,007 2,846 3,164 3,128 3,155 2,934 2,780 34,931
1994.. 2,457 2,575 3,094 2,843 2,917 2,973 2,842 3,382 3,469 3,572 3,346 3,298 36,768
1995.. 2,998 2,963 3,756 3,278 3,590 3,463 3,188 3,649 3,457 3,716 3,598 3,277 40,933
1996.. 3,001 3,203 3,418 3,531 3,737 3,545 3,599 3,735 3,834 4,094 3,861 3,743 43,301
1997.. 3,450 3,560 3,786 3,825 3,750 3,735 3,778 3,749 4,370 4,496 3,892 4,031 46,422
1998.. 3,665 3,498 4,177 3,996 3,808 4,188 3,956 4,062 4,161 4,226 4,143 3,956 47,836
1999.. 3,420 3,606 4,227 4,068 3,934(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 19,255
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 4,594 4,609 4,588 4,513 4,597 4,609 4,682 4,689 4,729 4,757 4,676 4,660 (X)
1990.. 4,302 4,269 4,601 4,600 4,573 4,785 4,795 4,506 4,691 4,704 4,648 4,648 (X)
1991.. 4,797 4,777 4,765 4,651 4,566 4,517 4,438 4,539 4,564 4,382 4,474 4,588 (X)
1992.. 4,519 4,591 4,557 4,830 4,716 4,656 4,673 4,632 4,612 4,673 4,806 4,849 (X)
1993.. 4,802 4,823 4,889 4,877 4,929 4,920 4,843 4,861 4,857 4,953 4,978 4,958 (X)
1994.. 5,005 4,999 4,984 5,053 5,024 4,952 4,995 5,054 5,118 5,181 5,135 5,178 (X)
1995.. 5,220 5,319 5,380 5,435 5,490 5,785 5,702 5,684 5,597 5,570 5,592 5,537 (X)
1996.. 5,465 5,593 5,636 5,521 5,585 5,646 5,660 5,653 5,678 5,641 5,657 5,642 (X)
1997.. 5,644 5,513 5,396 5,678 5,745 5,632 5,581 5,691 5,748 5,771 5,794 5,828 (X)
1998.. 5,886 5,853 5,754 5,916 5,944 5,968 6,050 6,017 6,013 6,220 5,989 5,999 (X)
1999.. 5,967 6,028 5,973 5,925 5,936(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 4,580 4,558 4,565 4,477 4,620 4,683 4,776 4,769 4,857 4,724 4,517 4,562 (X)
1990.. 4,272 4,231 4,596 4,559 4,605 4,885 4,881 4,574 4,804 4,666 4,499 4,560 (X)
1991.. 4,749 4,739 4,775 4,614 4,607 4,612 4,500 4,603 4,655 4,338 4,349 4,515 (X)
1992.. 4,469 4,559 4,575 4,791 4,773 4,744 4,724 4,701 4,700 4,622 4,700 4,776 (X)
1993.. 4,735 4,784 4,899 4,833 4,988 4,999 4,891 4,948 4,949 4,908 4,898 4,879 (X)
1994.. 4,925 4,944 4,984 4,992 5,079 5,021 5,050 5,170 5,231 5,155 5,079 5,085 (X)
1995.. 5,131 5,234 5,358 5,348 5,528 5,866 5,788 5,849 5,748 5,559 5,547 5,421 (X)
1996.. 5,367 5,487 5,591 5,411 5,596 5,725 5,762 5,845 5,865 5,641 5,617 5,512 (X)
1997.. 5,542 5,397 5,331 5,542 5,739 5,716 5,698 5,902 5,955 5,777 5,753 5,694 (X)
1998.. 5,780 5,718 5,668 5,762 5,932 6,063 6,183 6,246 6,241 6,226 5,953 5,861 (X)
1999.. 5,860 5,883 5,877 5,771 5,924(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.73 1.74 1.74 1.71 1.73 1.83 1.76 1.72 1.70 1.81 1.73 1.75 (X)
1990.. 1.66 1.60 1.79 1.73 1.64 1.53 1.53 1.54 1.59 1.61 1.66 1.70 (X)
1991.. 1.66 1.77 1.68 1.68 1.63 1.81 1.73 1.67 1.70 1.64 1.68 1.80 (X)
1992.. 1.68 1.68 1.63 1.74 1.74 1.68 1.76 1.74 1.70 1.73 1.64 1.62 (X)
1993.. 1.65 1.66 1.73 1.67 1.65 1.65 1.64 1.64 1.68 1.68 1.78 1.75 (X)
1994.. 1.75 1.71 1.71 1.73 1.76 1.70 1.63 1.59 1.60 1.56 1.58 1.53 (X)
1995.. 1.55 1.58 1.51 1.58 1.57 1.72 1.68 1.66 1.66 1.66 1.63 1.61 (X)
1996.. 1.64 1.64 1.65 1.59 1.53 1.53 1.54 1.57 1.56 1.55 1.48 1.50 (X)
1997.. 1.49 1.37 1.44 1.47 1.54 1.51 1.46 1.51 1.41 1.43 1.49 1.45 (X)
1998.. 1.44 1.49 1.43 1.49 1.50 1.46 1.51 1.48 1.52 1.60 1.51 1.54 (X)
1999.. 1.51 1.49 1.48 1.48 1.46(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.93 1.95 1.71 1.79 1.74 1.82 1.90 1.60 1.62 1.60 1.58 1.88 (X)
1990.. 1.82 1.81 1.79 1.76 1.62 1.59 1.59 1.44 1.55 1.39 1.51 1.84 (X)
1991.. 1.80 2.01 1.75 1.66 1.61 1.90 1.78 1.58 1.60 1.41 1.61 1.88 (X)
1992.. 1.83 1.90 1.60 1.72 1.81 1.66 1.81 1.70 1.61 1.53 1.57 1.65 (X)
1993.. 1.90 1.88 1.66 1.62 1.69 1.66 1.72 1.56 1.58 1.56 1.67 1.76 (X)
1994.. 2.00 1.92 1.61 1.76 1.74 1.69 1.78 1.53 1.51 1.44 1.52 1.54 (X)
1995.. 1.71 1.77 1.43 1.63 1.54 1.69 1.82 1.60 1.66 1.50 1.54 1.65 (X)
1996.. 1.79 1.71 1.64 1.53 1.50 1.61 1.60 1.56 1.53 1.38 1.45 1.47 (X)
1997.. 1.61 1.52 1.41 1.45 1.53 1.53 1.51 1.57 1.36 1.28 1.48 1.41 (X)
1998.. 1.58 1.63 1.36 1.44 1.56 1.45 1.56 1.54 1.50 1.47 1.44 1.48 (X)
1999.. 1.71 1.63 1.39 1.42 1.51(p) (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 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 503 Lumber and other construction material
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 5,409 5,180 5,131 5,168 5,170 5,131 5,255 5,315 5,330 5,471 5,370 4,996 (X)
1990.. 5,562 5,564 5,584 5,460 5,448 5,554 5,429 5,389 5,186 4,993 4,958 4,472 (X)
1991.. 4,579 4,717 4,602 4,778 4,879 5,050 4,929 4,912 4,926 4,985 5,040 4,819 (X)
1992.. 5,120 5,262 5,227 5,242 5,288 5,184 5,211 5,277 5,404 5,431 5,444 5,586 (X)
1993.. 5,851 6,519 5,904 5,926 5,749 5,673 5,741 5,876 5,969 6,000 6,367 6,673 (X)
1994.. 6,255 6,232 6,444 6,366 6,570 6,551 6,695 6,663 6,711 6,768 6,843 7,340 (X)
1995.. 6,851 6,776 6,723 6,585 6,609 6,534 6,271 6,578 6,520 6,645 6,553 6,694 (X)
1996.. 6,645 6,745 6,887 6,801 7,088 7,183 7,062 7,316 7,380 7,363 7,428 7,250 (X)
1997.. 7,343 7,586 7,449 7,647 7,457 7,598 7,580 7,483 7,478 7,405 7,206 7,466 (X)
1998.. 7,596 7,427 7,369 7,519 7,453 7,513 7,817 7,660 7,671 7,783 7,862 8,036 (X)
1999.. 7,958 8,148 8,376 8,450 8,627(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 4,495 4,087 4,977 5,080 5,630 5,819 5,607 6,118 5,660 6,100 5,080 4,117 62,770
1990.. 4,783 4,446 5,344 5,515 5,927 6,170 5,929 6,170 5,269 5,692 4,705 3,658 63,608
1991.. 3,938 3,830 4,340 5,012 5,323 5,378 5,516 5,457 5,108 5,598 4,717 4,067 58,284
1992.. 4,424 4,404 5,133 5,431 5,489 5,837 5,717 5,694 5,809 5,882 5,085 4,860 63,765
1993.. 4,815 5,417 6,075 6,098 5,967 6,348 6,074 6,534 6,327 6,330 6,214 5,819 72,018
1994.. 5,167 5,210 6,618 6,391 7,010 7,193 6,882 7,682 7,093 7,140 6,720 6,254 79,360
1995.. 5,844 5,678 6,884 6,341 7,270 7,148 6,447 7,558 6,768 7,236 6,356 5,583 79,113
1996.. 5,848 5,875 6,646 6,964 7,690 7,463 7,789 8,179 7,587 8,254 7,042 6,242 85,579
1997.. 6,366 6,372 7,136 7,853 7,852 8,130 8,338 8,179 7,987 8,279 6,565 6,660 89,717
1998.. 6,373 6,246 7,251 7,654 7,639 8,369 8,591 8,365 8,223 8,452 7,351 7,112 91,626
1999.. 6,502 6,861 8,518 8,611 8,825(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 39,317
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 5,865 5,890 5,990 5,974 6,055 6,016 6,094 5,961 6,035 6,080 6,036 6,089 (X)
1990.. 6,177 6,114 6,096 6,190 6,068 6,135 6,126 6,068 5,985 6,096 5,928 5,956 (X)
1991.. 5,957 5,704 5,630 5,625 5,438 5,635 5,591 5,648 5,764 5,724 5,671 5,843 (X)
1992.. 5,816 5,791 5,828 5,895 5,966 5,954 6,040 6,112 6,106 6,162 6,334 6,249 (X)
1993.. 6,558 6,653 6,814 6,795 6,748 6,657 6,615 6,650 6,616 6,648 6,553 6,632 (X)
1994.. 6,623 6,665 6,704 6,543 6,804 6,952 6,990 7,049 7,015 7,087 7,253 7,219 (X)
1995.. 7,193 7,394 7,306 7,126 7,169 6,996 6,848 6,899 7,085 7,018 7,162 7,205 (X)
1996.. 7,201 7,230 7,239 7,179 7,261 7,390 7,403 7,557 7,807 7,645 7,623 7,674 (X)
1997.. 7,645 7,840 7,918 8,111 8,246 8,403 8,472 8,564 8,539 8,428 8,482 8,374 (X)
1998.. 8,446 8,413 8,339 8,464 8,355 8,309 8,392 8,562 8,172 8,217 8,151 8,040 (X)
1999.. 8,188 8,177 8,387 8,530 8,707(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 5,865 5,784 6,146 6,291 6,134 6,215 6,307 5,812 5,920 5,977 5,632 5,949 (X)
1990.. 6,226 6,016 6,273 6,537 6,165 6,319 6,304 5,910 5,853 5,974 5,513 5,849 (X)
1991.. 6,023 5,636 5,816 5,940 5,536 5,781 5,708 5,512 5,620 5,587 5,291 5,755 (X)
1992.. 5,874 5,750 6,049 6,202 6,091 6,097 6,125 5,984 5,959 5,977 5,941 6,168 (X)
1993.. 6,591 6,646 7,100 7,101 6,896 6,810 6,668 6,537 6,470 6,415 6,212 6,539 (X)
1994.. 6,610 6,692 6,992 6,785 6,967 7,112 7,032 6,964 6,896 6,811 6,934 7,096 (X)
1995.. 7,128 7,446 7,598 7,354 7,334 7,171 6,896 6,858 6,993 6,737 6,897 7,039 (X)
1996.. 7,093 7,273 7,485 7,380 7,435 7,597 7,477 7,549 7,752 7,339 7,371 7,459 (X)
1997.. 7,500 7,864 8,140 8,322 8,452 8,655 8,591 8,590 8,505 8,099 8,219 8,098 (X)
1998.. 8,269 8,413 8,539 8,693 8,572 8,567 8,526 8,613 8,156 7,905 7,898 7,759 (X)
1999.. 8,008 8,161 8,563 8,769 8,942(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.08 1.14 1.17 1.16 1.17 1.17 1.16 1.12 1.13 1.11 1.12 1.22 (X)
1990.. 1.11 1.10 1.09 1.13 1.11 1.10 1.13 1.13 1.15 1.22 1.20 1.33 (X)
1991.. 1.30 1.21 1.22 1.18 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.15 1.17 1.15 1.13 1.21 (X)
1992.. 1.14 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.15 1.16 1.16 1.13 1.13 1.16 1.12 (X)
1993.. 1.12 1.02 1.15 1.15 1.17 1.17 1.15 1.13 1.11 1.11 1.03 0.99 (X)
1994.. 1.06 1.07 1.04 1.03 1.04 1.06 1.04 1.06 1.05 1.05 1.06 0.98 (X)
1995.. 1.05 1.09 1.09 1.08 1.08 1.07 1.09 1.05 1.09 1.06 1.09 1.08 (X)
1996.. 1.08 1.07 1.05 1.06 1.02 1.03 1.05 1.03 1.06 1.04 1.03 1.06 (X)
1997.. 1.04 1.03 1.06 1.06 1.11 1.11 1.12 1.14 1.14 1.14 1.18 1.12 (X)
1998.. 1.11 1.13 1.13 1.13 1.12 1.11 1.07 1.12 1.07 1.06 1.04 1.00 (X)
1999.. 1.03 1.00 1.00 1.01 1.01(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.30 1.42 1.23 1.24 1.09 1.07 1.12 0.95 1.05 0.98 1.11 1.44 (X)
1990.. 1.30 1.35 1.17 1.19 1.04 1.02 1.06 0.96 1.11 1.05 1.17 1.60 (X)
1991.. 1.53 1.47 1.34 1.19 1.04 1.07 1.03 1.01 1.10 1.00 1.12 1.42 (X)
1992.. 1.33 1.31 1.18 1.14 1.11 1.04 1.07 1.05 1.03 1.02 1.17 1.27 (X)
1993.. 1.37 1.23 1.17 1.16 1.16 1.07 1.10 1.00 1.02 1.01 1.00 1.12 (X)
1994.. 1.28 1.28 1.06 1.06 0.99 0.99 1.02 0.91 0.97 0.95 1.03 1.13 (X)
1995.. 1.22 1.31 1.10 1.16 1.01 1.00 1.07 0.91 1.03 0.93 1.09 1.26 (X)
1996.. 1.21 1.24 1.13 1.06 0.97 1.02 0.96 0.92 1.02 0.89 1.05 1.19 (X)
1997.. 1.18 1.23 1.14 1.06 1.08 1.06 1.03 1.05 1.06 0.98 1.25 1.22 (X)
1998.. 1.30 1.35 1.18 1.14 1.12 1.02 0.99 1.03 0.99 0.94 1.07 1.09 (X)
1999.. 1.23 1.19 1.01 1.02 1.01(p) (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 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 504 Professional and commercial equipment and supplies
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 8,542 8,678 8,722 8,971 8,941 9,076 9,128 9,428 9,381 9,525 9,580 9,723 (X)
1990.. 9,529 9,579 9,816 9,674 9,800 9,517 9,299 9,403 9,435 9,154 9,159 9,906 (X)
1991.. 9,359 9,504 9,813 9,630 9,798 10,375 10,653 10,642 11,203 11,233 10,923 10,931 (X)
1992.. 11,129 11,025 10,996 12,227 11,330 11,312 12,025 11,528 11,390 11,842 12,146 12,305 (X)
1993.. 13,067 13,703 12,808 13,402 12,887 13,259 13,522 13,636 13,620 13,994 13,820 13,506 (X)
1994.. 13,824 13,598 13,911 13,694 13,600 13,682 13,968 14,420 14,438 14,695 15,064 15,701 (X)
1995.. 16,131 16,057 16,259 16,197 16,855 16,921 16,941 17,115 17,361 17,659 17,635 17,977 (X)
1996.. 17,785 18,155 18,293 18,293 19,001 18,697 18,796 18,917 18,810 18,744 19,216 18,681 (X)
1997.. 18,878 19,549 19,200 19,738 19,693 20,079 20,059 19,666 20,435 20,375 20,637 21,001 (X)
1998.. 20,942 21,032 21,393 21,658 20,893 21,569 21,496 21,647 21,492 21,378 20,566 21,649 (X)
1999.. 21,177 21,421 22,060 21,762 22,477(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 7,953 7,906 9,359 8,226 8,834 9,521 8,571 9,918 10,010 9,820 9,513 9,995 109,626
1990.. 9,215 8,650 10,317 9,065 9,535 9,755 8,908 9,930 9,765 9,804 9,067 10,164 114,175
1991.. 9,088 8,554 10,058 9,322 9,524 10,188 10,568 11,004 11,875 11,997 10,552 11,379 124,109
1992.. 11,040 10,132 11,513 11,799 10,378 11,719 11,977 11,574 12,301 12,564 11,539 13,093 139,629
1993.. 12,427 12,346 13,884 12,973 11,817 13,657 13,197 13,895 14,642 14,442 13,488 14,492 161,260
1994.. 13,160 12,293 14,954 13,023 12,730 14,134 13,270 15,141 15,521 15,165 14,642 16,517 170,550
1995.. 15,486 14,548 17,690 14,853 16,400 17,632 16,111 17,748 18,333 18,418 17,106 18,480 202,805
1996.. 17,412 17,120 19,006 17,744 18,583 18,547 18,796 19,276 19,713 19,944 18,313 19,634 224,088
1997.. 18,217 17,731 20,045 19,087 18,925 20,601 19,899 19,430 22,070 21,760 18,883 22,870 239,518
1998.. 19,560 19,097 22,762 21,008 19,556 22,842 21,539 21,366 23,147 22,297 19,332 23,359 255,865
1999.. 19,144 19,450 24,310 21,240 21,061(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 105,205
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 13,361 13,648 13,545 13,754 13,671 13,782 13,889 13,754 14,026 14,216 14,586 14,790 (X)
1990.. 14,854 14,967 15,021 15,338 15,504 15,328 15,266 15,464 15,541 15,511 15,690 15,752 (X)
1991.. 15,707 16,007 16,293 15,948 16,458 16,507 16,654 17,069 16,402 16,461 16,400 16,824 (X)
1992.. 16,853 16,769 16,146 16,279 16,430 16,953 16,671 17,051 17,141 16,740 17,089 17,043 (X)
1993.. 17,016 17,034 17,307 17,399 17,351 17,453 17,681 17,827 17,946 18,052 18,091 18,133 (X)
1994.. 18,653 18,719 18,685 19,165 19,773 19,433 19,849 19,682 19,907 20,650 20,584 20,883 (X)
1995.. 21,046 21,377 21,768 21,780 21,841 22,184 22,773 22,720 22,746 23,182 23,458 23,615 (X)
1996.. 23,560 23,316 23,672 23,468 23,306 23,439 23,168 23,731 24,222 23,334 23,874 24,204 (X)
1997.. 24,056 24,305 24,200 24,927 25,143 26,155 26,179 25,600 26,771 27,147 27,057 27,127 (X)
1998.. 27,733 27,893 28,139 28,397 28,118 27,339 27,116 26,942 26,811 26,452 26,418 25,770 (X)
1999.. 25,553 26,275 25,679 24,985 25,268(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 13,374 13,457 13,491 13,960 13,698 13,810 14,056 13,699 13,914 14,344 14,484 14,672 (X)
1990.. 14,943 14,832 14,961 15,522 15,535 15,328 15,449 15,402 15,370 15,542 15,596 15,705 (X)
1991.. 15,880 15,911 16,228 16,060 16,524 16,474 16,870 17,018 16,189 16,445 16,318 16,841 (X)
1992.. 17,089 16,668 16,098 16,312 16,463 16,868 16,938 17,017 16,884 16,723 17,021 17,094 (X)
1993.. 17,288 16,915 17,255 17,399 17,351 17,313 17,999 17,809 17,659 18,088 18,073 18,206 (X)
1994.. 18,951 18,551 18,648 19,184 19,694 19,239 20,226 19,662 19,569 20,753 20,605 20,967 (X)
1995.. 21,383 21,142 21,703 21,867 21,732 21,918 23,160 22,697 22,359 23,344 23,552 23,686 (X)
1996.. 23,843 23,060 23,625 23,609 23,189 23,134 23,539 23,707 23,810 23,521 24,041 24,228 (X)
1997.. 24,297 24,038 24,176 25,101 25,042 25,815 26,545 25,574 26,343 27,337 27,301 27,127 (X)
1998.. 27,927 27,614 28,139 28,596 28,034 27,011 27,441 26,942 26,409 26,584 26,682 25,744 (X)
1999.. 25,706 26,012 25,653 25,160 25,217(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.56 1.57 1.55 1.53 1.53 1.52 1.52 1.46 1.50 1.49 1.52 1.52 (X)
1990.. 1.56 1.56 1.53 1.59 1.58 1.61 1.64 1.64 1.65 1.69 1.71 1.59 (X)
1991.. 1.68 1.68 1.66 1.66 1.68 1.59 1.56 1.60 1.46 1.47 1.50 1.54 (X)
1992.. 1.51 1.52 1.47 1.33 1.45 1.50 1.39 1.48 1.50 1.41 1.41 1.39 (X)
1993.. 1.30 1.24 1.35 1.30 1.35 1.32 1.31 1.31 1.32 1.29 1.31 1.34 (X)
1994.. 1.35 1.38 1.34 1.40 1.45 1.42 1.42 1.36 1.38 1.41 1.37 1.33 (X)
1995.. 1.30 1.33 1.34 1.34 1.30 1.31 1.34 1.33 1.31 1.31 1.33 1.31 (X)
1996.. 1.32 1.28 1.29 1.28 1.23 1.25 1.23 1.25 1.29 1.24 1.24 1.30 (X)
1997.. 1.27 1.24 1.26 1.26 1.28 1.30 1.31 1.30 1.31 1.33 1.31 1.29 (X)
1998.. 1.32 1.33 1.32 1.31 1.35 1.27 1.26 1.24 1.25 1.24 1.28 1.19 (X)
1999.. 1.21 1.23 1.16 1.15 1.12(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.68 1.70 1.44 1.70 1.55 1.45 1.64 1.38 1.39 1.46 1.52 1.47 (X)
1990.. 1.62 1.71 1.45 1.71 1.63 1.57 1.73 1.55 1.57 1.59 1.72 1.55 (X)
1991.. 1.75 1.86 1.61 1.72 1.73 1.62 1.60 1.55 1.36 1.37 1.55 1.48 (X)
1992.. 1.55 1.65 1.40 1.38 1.59 1.44 1.41 1.47 1.37 1.33 1.48 1.31 (X)
1993.. 1.39 1.37 1.24 1.34 1.47 1.27 1.36 1.28 1.21 1.25 1.34 1.26 (X)
1994.. 1.44 1.51 1.25 1.47 1.55 1.36 1.52 1.30 1.26 1.37 1.41 1.27 (X)
1995.. 1.38 1.45 1.23 1.47 1.33 1.24 1.44 1.28 1.22 1.27 1.38 1.28 (X)
1996.. 1.37 1.35 1.24 1.33 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.23 1.21 1.18 1.31 1.23 (X)
1997.. 1.33 1.36 1.21 1.32 1.32 1.25 1.33 1.32 1.19 1.26 1.45 1.19 (X)
1998.. 1.43 1.45 1.24 1.36 1.43 1.18 1.27 1.26 1.14 1.19 1.38 1.10 (X)
1999.. 1.34 1.34 1.06 1.18 1.20(p) (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 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 505 Metals & minerals, except petroleum
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 6,925 6,584 6,810 6,802 6,983 6,835 6,552 6,878 5,878 6,622 7,002 6,125 (X)
1990.. 6,313 6,386 6,196 6,424 7,038 6,697 6,371 6,464 6,412 6,456 6,404 6,603 (X)
1991.. 6,255 6,420 6,263 6,466 6,145 6,299 6,312 6,243 6,300 6,552 6,445 6,385 (X)
1992.. 6,418 6,369 6,431 6,217 6,358 6,241 6,575 6,567 6,353 6,040 6,537 6,528 (X)
1993.. 6,706 6,445 6,447 6,572 6,669 6,667 6,669 6,473 6,540 6,368 6,427 6,612 (X)
1994.. 6,588 6,911 7,067 7,032 7,381 7,492 7,404 7,729 7,895 7,852 7,787 7,914 (X)
1995.. 8,078 7,971 8,004 8,027 7,846 7,796 7,808 7,813 7,875 7,921 8,018 7,837 (X)
1996.. 7,830 7,814 7,331 7,793 8,140 7,648 7,731 7,876 7,590 7,856 8,114 7,985 (X)
1997.. 8,113 8,250 7,730 8,351 8,278 8,432 8,434 8,355 8,464 8,570 8,469 8,535 (X)
1998.. 8,205 8,183 8,198 8,106 8,131 8,080 8,181 7,927 7,927 7,769 7,747 7,714 (X)
1999.. 7,891 7,833 7,640 7,625 7,568(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 6,724 6,031 7,559 6,693 7,360 7,293 6,002 7,387 5,913 6,953 6,568 5,537 80,020
1990.. 6,237 5,805 6,704 6,443 7,348 7,072 6,052 6,826 6,374 6,953 5,975 5,956 77,745
1991.. 6,192 5,836 6,570 6,686 6,409 6,519 6,154 6,474 6,331 7,070 5,884 5,919 76,044
1992.. 6,302 5,936 6,907 6,385 6,383 6,771 6,397 6,652 6,582 6,312 5,929 6,189 76,745
1993.. 6,324 5,929 7,118 6,730 6,682 7,207 6,376 6,738 6,710 6,470 6,035 6,202 78,521
1994.. 6,226 6,393 7,844 7,081 7,602 7,957 6,930 8,216 8,077 7,938 7,374 7,265 88,903
1995.. 7,860 7,429 8,836 7,907 8,254 8,209 7,285 8,290 7,907 8,222 7,561 7,038 94,798
1996.. 7,807 7,634 7,756 8,097 8,449 7,686 7,607 8,073 7,575 8,374 7,538 7,362 93,958
1997.. 8,032 7,788 8,163 8,710 8,377 8,584 8,341 8,363 8,701 9,058 7,724 8,057 99,898
1998.. 7,975 7,749 8,878 8,382 8,017 8,476 8,042 7,911 8,173 8,049 7,212 7,297 96,161
1999.. 7,496 7,426 8,465 7,861 7,439(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 38,687
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 10,623 10,723 10,858 10,831 10,568 10,946 11,257 10,862 10,950 10,901 11,040 10,916 (X)
1990.. 10,760 10,528 10,404 10,251 10,465 10,187 10,556 10,598 10,594 10,582 10,654 10,689 (X)
1991.. 10,705 10,769 10,635 10,724 10,501 10,253 10,264 10,179 10,157 10,188 10,213 10,037 (X)
1992.. 10,254 10,436 10,375 10,282 10,262 10,316 10,082 10,117 10,148 10,127 9,996 10,001 (X)
1993.. 9,936 9,964 10,042 10,190 10,177 10,415 10,506 10,531 10,579 10,558 10,493 10,753 (X)
1994.. 10,604 10,680 10,756 10,738 10,994 11,383 11,266 11,470 11,687 11,815 12,005 12,109 (X)
1995.. 12,334 12,207 12,362 12,361 12,318 12,214 12,267 12,187 12,062 11,958 11,822 11,713 (X)
1996.. 11,593 11,476 11,470 11,398 11,418 11,284 11,445 11,574 11,550 11,814 11,988 12,178 (X)
1997.. 12,318 12,635 12,674 12,824 12,829 13,016 12,960 12,956 12,974 12,877 12,902 12,971 (X)
1998.. 13,081 13,149 13,161 13,197 13,272 13,262 13,187 13,567 13,675 13,697 13,882 13,725 (X)
1999.. 13,785 13,358 12,839 12,868 12,904(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 10,772 10,637 10,880 10,983 10,674 11,220 11,460 10,580 10,742 10,792 10,764 10,992 (X)
1990.. 10,889 10,454 10,435 10,395 10,549 10,421 10,725 10,344 10,414 10,476 10,388 10,775 (X)
1991.. 10,823 10,704 10,667 10,874 10,554 10,468 10,418 9,975 10,025 10,086 9,937 10,127 (X)
1992.. 10,357 10,373 10,417 10,426 10,293 10,502 10,223 9,955 10,047 10,026 9,696 10,101 (X)
1993.. 10,035 9,894 10,092 10,322 10,187 10,571 10,643 10,415 10,484 10,442 10,157 10,871 (X)
1994.. 10,710 10,605 10,831 10,878 10,994 11,531 11,412 11,401 11,582 11,661 11,621 12,242 (X)
1995.. 12,457 12,146 12,473 12,497 12,330 12,324 12,426 12,150 11,941 11,767 11,456 11,842 (X)
1996.. 11,709 11,442 11,585 11,501 11,441 11,340 11,594 11,574 11,423 11,590 11,640 12,312 (X)
1997.. 12,441 12,635 12,813 12,914 12,880 13,055 13,116 12,969 12,818 12,619 12,554 13,101 (X)
1998.. 13,199 13,188 13,306 13,263 13,352 13,289 13,345 13,581 13,511 13,409 13,507 13,876 (X)
1999.. 13,895 13,411 12,980 12,932 12,981(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.53 1.63 1.59 1.59 1.51 1.60 1.72 1.58 1.86 1.65 1.58 1.78 (X)
1990.. 1.70 1.65 1.68 1.60 1.49 1.52 1.66 1.64 1.65 1.64 1.66 1.62 (X)
1991.. 1.71 1.68 1.70 1.66 1.71 1.63 1.63 1.63 1.61 1.55 1.58 1.57 (X)
1992.. 1.60 1.64 1.61 1.65 1.61 1.65 1.53 1.54 1.60 1.68 1.53 1.53 (X)
1993.. 1.48 1.55 1.56 1.55 1.53 1.56 1.58 1.63 1.62 1.66 1.63 1.63 (X)
1994.. 1.61 1.55 1.52 1.53 1.49 1.52 1.52 1.48 1.48 1.50 1.54 1.53 (X)
1995.. 1.53 1.53 1.54 1.54 1.57 1.57 1.57 1.56 1.53 1.51 1.47 1.49 (X)
1996.. 1.48 1.47 1.56 1.46 1.40 1.48 1.48 1.47 1.52 1.50 1.48 1.53 (X)
1997.. 1.52 1.53 1.64 1.54 1.55 1.54 1.54 1.55 1.53 1.50 1.52 1.52 (X)
1998.. 1.59 1.61 1.61 1.63 1.63 1.64 1.61 1.71 1.73 1.76 1.79 1.78 (X)
1999.. 1.75 1.71 1.68 1.69 1.71(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.60 1.76 1.44 1.64 1.45 1.54 1.91 1.43 1.82 1.55 1.64 1.99 (X)
1990.. 1.75 1.80 1.56 1.61 1.44 1.47 1.77 1.52 1.63 1.51 1.74 1.81 (X)
1991.. 1.75 1.83 1.62 1.63 1.65 1.61 1.69 1.54 1.58 1.43 1.69 1.71 (X)
1992.. 1.64 1.75 1.51 1.63 1.61 1.55 1.60 1.50 1.53 1.59 1.64 1.63 (X)
1993.. 1.59 1.67 1.42 1.53 1.52 1.47 1.67 1.55 1.56 1.61 1.68 1.75 (X)
1994.. 1.72 1.66 1.38 1.54 1.45 1.45 1.65 1.39 1.43 1.47 1.58 1.69 (X)
1995.. 1.58 1.63 1.41 1.58 1.49 1.50 1.71 1.47 1.51 1.43 1.52 1.68 (X)
1996.. 1.50 1.50 1.49 1.42 1.35 1.48 1.52 1.43 1.51 1.38 1.54 1.67 (X)
1997.. 1.55 1.62 1.57 1.48 1.54 1.52 1.57 1.55 1.47 1.39 1.63 1.63 (X)
1998.. 1.66 1.70 1.50 1.58 1.67 1.57 1.66 1.72 1.65 1.67 1.87 1.90 (X)
1999.. 1.85 1.81 1.53 1.65 1.74(p) (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 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 506 Electrical goods
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 9,231 9,099 9,039 9,272 9,774 9,259 9,384 9,621 9,601 9,600 9,750 9,991 (X)
1990.. 9,967 9,944 10,032 9,884 9,868 9,686 9,607 9,590 9,605 9,617 9,382 9,310 (X)
1991.. 9,488 9,399 9,400 9,402 9,568 9,527 9,457 9,286 9,528 9,425 9,379 9,347 (X)
1992.. 9,616 9,664 9,478 9,510 9,118 9,543 9,666 9,584 9,471 9,549 9,861 10,013 (X)
1993.. 10,149 10,415 10,477 10,970 10,950 11,295 11,680 11,931 12,235 12,302 12,384 12,407 (X)
1994.. 12,282 12,340 13,068 13,140 13,612 13,693 13,221 14,020 14,056 14,552 14,589 14,904 (X)
1995.. 15,349 15,611 15,430 15,675 15,939 16,025 15,702 16,363 16,741 16,522 16,882 16,807 (X)
1996.. 16,770 16,426 16,682 16,325 15,932 16,170 15,962 16,066 16,161 16,361 16,335 15,328 (X)
1997.. 16,495 16,724 16,779 16,899 17,170 17,145 17,457 17,554 17,446 17,060 17,123 17,542 (X)
1998.. 17,317 17,436 17,565 17,704 17,782 17,807 17,656 17,471 17,479 17,997 17,742 17,892 (X)
1999.. 17,874 18,523 18,792 18,865 18,994(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 8,557 8,280 9,410 8,651 9,715 9,379 8,990 10,208 9,870 10,598 10,237 9,511 113,406
1990.. 9,489 9,059 10,152 9,449 9,848 9,589 9,492 10,127 9,768 10,810 9,757 8,817 116,357
1991.. 9,042 8,581 9,344 9,167 9,539 9,260 9,533 9,574 10,004 10,584 9,463 9,067 113,158
1992.. 9,126 8,968 9,677 9,206 8,726 9,734 9,782 9,699 10,229 10,437 9,960 9,843 115,387
1993.. 9,205 9,519 10,917 10,619 10,435 11,532 11,587 12,444 13,226 13,212 12,731 12,159 137,586
1994.. 11,078 11,254 13,669 12,378 13,326 13,939 12,917 14,889 15,293 15,585 14,910 14,293 163,531
1995.. 14,167 14,206 16,217 14,452 15,843 16,378 15,325 17,394 17,779 18,224 17,085 15,832 192,902
1996.. 15,680 15,555 16,916 15,770 15,805 15,830 16,297 16,644 17,292 18,324 16,057 14,853 195,023
1997.. 15,357 15,185 17,098 16,324 16,655 17,248 17,841 17,835 19,069 19,056 16,421 17,261 205,350
1998.. 15,724 15,849 18,478 17,049 16,946 18,323 17,991 17,733 19,087 19,635 17,423 17,606 211,844
1999.. 15,908 16,819 20,126 18,242 18,101(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 89,196
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 14,385 14,774 14,894 15,004 15,250 15,283 15,618 15,528 15,531 15,534 15,672 15,533 (X)
1990.. 15,578 15,555 15,533 15,680 15,718 15,788 15,865 15,908 15,910 15,751 16,149 15,950 (X)
1991.. 16,351 16,298 16,243 16,342 16,127 16,021 15,854 15,860 15,681 15,853 15,799 16,242 (X)
1992.. 16,431 16,286 16,183 16,451 16,366 16,532 16,638 16,640 16,748 17,171 17,088 17,335 (X)
1993.. 17,205 17,221 17,706 17,439 17,723 17,915 17,911 18,186 18,474 18,469 18,485 18,215 (X)
1994.. 18,375 18,805 18,654 18,932 19,427 19,556 20,106 20,249 20,555 20,403 20,385 21,302 (X)
1995.. 21,432 21,791 22,082 22,348 22,698 23,273 23,482 24,061 24,323 24,615 25,052 25,282 (X)
1996.. 25,743 25,522 25,368 25,687 25,729 24,763 24,742 24,437 24,138 24,339 24,580 24,324 (X)
1997.. 24,616 24,539 24,896 24,516 24,425 24,843 24,753 24,816 24,803 24,649 24,359 24,551 (X)
1998.. 24,354 24,583 25,018 25,298 25,389 25,574 25,532 25,663 26,049 26,081 26,228 26,464 (X)
1999.. 26,405 26,593 26,343 26,053 26,547(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 14,126 14,656 14,730 15,019 15,311 15,329 15,946 15,730 15,484 15,643 15,562 15,409 (X)
1990.. 15,391 15,477 15,316 15,711 15,781 15,867 16,214 16,147 15,815 15,846 16,004 15,775 (X)
1991.. 16,237 16,249 15,967 16,342 16,159 16,101 16,219 16,114 15,603 15,932 15,641 16,047 (X)
1992.. 16,365 16,253 15,859 16,385 16,382 16,648 17,037 16,956 16,731 17,223 16,900 17,110 (X)
1993.. 17,171 17,187 17,299 17,334 17,741 18,058 18,377 18,586 18,511 18,451 18,282 17,942 (X)
1994.. 18,338 18,767 18,225 18,799 19,446 19,752 20,649 20,755 20,658 20,281 20,140 20,919 (X)
1995.. 21,368 21,726 21,574 22,192 22,743 23,552 24,139 24,711 24,469 24,344 24,751 24,751 (X)
1996.. 25,640 25,445 24,835 25,533 25,832 25,134 25,435 25,121 24,283 23,974 24,236 23,765 (X)
1997.. 24,493 24,465 24,423 24,418 24,572 25,240 25,446 25,511 24,952 24,230 23,994 23,962 (X)
1998.. 24,232 24,509 24,593 25,197 25,592 26,009 26,247 26,356 26,179 25,638 25,808 25,802 (X)
1999.. 26,247 26,540 25,948 25,949 26,786(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.56 1.62 1.65 1.62 1.56 1.65 1.66 1.61 1.62 1.62 1.61 1.55 (X)
1990.. 1.56 1.56 1.55 1.59 1.59 1.63 1.65 1.66 1.66 1.64 1.72 1.71 (X)
1991.. 1.72 1.73 1.73 1.74 1.69 1.68 1.68 1.71 1.65 1.68 1.68 1.74 (X)
1992.. 1.71 1.69 1.71 1.73 1.79 1.73 1.72 1.74 1.77 1.80 1.73 1.73 (X)
1993.. 1.70 1.65 1.69 1.59 1.62 1.59 1.53 1.52 1.51 1.50 1.49 1.47 (X)
1994.. 1.50 1.52 1.43 1.44 1.43 1.43 1.52 1.44 1.46 1.40 1.40 1.43 (X)
1995.. 1.40 1.40 1.43 1.43 1.42 1.45 1.50 1.47 1.45 1.49 1.48 1.50 (X)
1996.. 1.54 1.55 1.52 1.57 1.61 1.53 1.55 1.52 1.49 1.49 1.50 1.59 (X)
1997.. 1.49 1.47 1.48 1.45 1.42 1.45 1.42 1.41 1.42 1.44 1.42 1.40 (X)
1998.. 1.41 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.47 1.49 1.45 1.48 1.48 (X)
1999.. 1.48 1.44 1.40 1.38 1.40(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.65 1.77 1.57 1.74 1.58 1.63 1.77 1.54 1.57 1.48 1.52 1.62 (X)
1990.. 1.62 1.71 1.51 1.66 1.60 1.65 1.71 1.59 1.62 1.47 1.64 1.79 (X)
1991.. 1.80 1.89 1.71 1.78 1.69 1.74 1.70 1.68 1.56 1.51 1.65 1.77 (X)
1992.. 1.79 1.81 1.64 1.78 1.88 1.71 1.74 1.75 1.64 1.65 1.70 1.74 (X)
1993.. 1.87 1.81 1.58 1.63 1.70 1.57 1.59 1.49 1.40 1.40 1.44 1.48 (X)
1994.. 1.66 1.67 1.33 1.52 1.46 1.42 1.60 1.39 1.35 1.30 1.35 1.46 (X)
1995.. 1.51 1.53 1.33 1.54 1.44 1.44 1.58 1.42 1.38 1.34 1.45 1.56 (X)
1996.. 1.64 1.64 1.47 1.62 1.63 1.59 1.56 1.51 1.40 1.31 1.51 1.60 (X)
1997.. 1.59 1.61 1.43 1.50 1.48 1.46 1.43 1.43 1.31 1.27 1.46 1.39 (X)
1998.. 1.54 1.55 1.33 1.48 1.51 1.42 1.46 1.49 1.37 1.31 1.48 1.47 (X)
1999.. 1.65 1.58 1.29 1.42 1.48(p) (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 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 507 Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 4,086 4,020 3,876 4,110 4,202 3,943 3,951 4,076 4,050 4,143 4,196 4,228 (X)
1990.. 4,327 4,419 4,574 4,356 4,444 4,470 4,469 4,343 4,329 4,264 4,166 4,463 (X)
1991.. 4,148 4,075 4,163 4,140 4,148 4,130 4,089 4,150 4,211 4,215 4,198 4,207 (X)
1992.. 4,291 4,346 4,241 4,466 4,337 4,477 4,496 4,384 4,452 4,411 4,526 4,437 (X)
1993.. 4,410 4,495 4,386 4,432 4,600 4,534 4,617 4,786 4,664 4,754 4,809 4,767 (X)
1994.. 4,876 5,047 5,193 5,158 5,198 5,228 5,110 5,436 5,492 5,480 5,538 5,677 (X)
1995.. 5,551 5,514 5,543 5,478 5,544 5,621 5,620 5,663 5,642 5,607 5,634 5,820 (X)
1996.. 5,641 5,598 5,686 5,681 5,690 5,819 5,761 5,861 6,088 6,084 6,068 5,997 (X)
1997.. 6,030 6,082 6,144 6,313 6,191 6,159 6,293 6,145 6,152 6,284 6,222 6,262 (X)
1998.. 6,533 6,518 6,408 6,417 6,517 6,590 6,522 6,440 6,174 6,293 6,518 6,583 (X)
1999.. 6,702 6,792 6,991 6,873 6,995(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 3,747 3,481 3,841 3,995 4,421 4,294 4,002 4,418 4,034 4,570 4,162 3,831 48,796
1990.. 4,020 3,831 4,478 4,286 4,680 4,769 4,701 4,660 4,238 4,784 4,162 4,012 52,621
1991.. 3,837 3,545 3,967 4,190 4,343 4,275 4,396 4,370 4,262 4,729 4,114 3,917 49,945
1992.. 3,922 3,842 4,131 4,435 4,333 4,902 4,815 4,502 4,710 4,821 4,435 4,215 53,063
1993.. 3,832 3,920 4,338 4,414 4,517 4,978 4,843 5,107 4,925 5,096 4,891 4,519 55,380
1994.. 4,179 4,391 5,120 4,988 5,281 5,672 5,263 5,914 5,893 5,831 5,632 5,251 63,415
1995.. 4,935 4,786 5,443 5,127 5,721 6,177 5,755 6,144 5,930 6,190 5,640 5,261 67,109
1996.. 5,128 5,038 5,356 5,624 5,855 6,075 6,262 6,166 6,368 6,844 5,959 5,547 70,222
1997.. 5,487 5,261 5,732 6,256 6,234 6,615 6,866 6,299 6,650 7,032 5,917 5,880 74,229
1998.. 5,834 5,645 6,203 6,289 6,445 7,328 7,096 6,524 6,668 6,885 6,342 6,162 77,421
1999.. 5,878 5,889 6,893 6,811 6,862(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 32,333
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 7,583 7,458 7,466 7,648 7,764 7,813 7,935 8,089 8,109 8,338 8,296 8,188 (X)
1990.. 8,229 8,235 8,302 8,283 8,354 8,598 8,348 8,190 8,189 8,180 8,323 8,467 (X)
1991.. 8,396 8,397 8,411 8,338 8,172 8,313 8,264 8,184 8,310 8,320 8,354 8,446 (X)
1992.. 8,431 8,530 8,517 8,679 8,889 8,821 8,956 9,163 8,977 8,921 8,868 8,840 (X)
1993.. 9,025 8,972 8,982 8,969 8,850 8,868 8,866 8,988 8,998 9,158 9,345 9,332 (X)
1994.. 9,400 9,592 9,648 9,740 10,017 10,132 10,336 10,581 10,697 10,634 10,653 10,905 (X)
1995.. 10,790 10,807 11,171 10,913 10,955 10,949 10,871 10,927 11,055 11,302 11,234 11,180 (X)
1996.. 11,198 11,200 11,309 11,300 11,357 11,364 11,625 11,604 11,563 11,796 11,811 11,970 (X)
1997.. 11,989 11,988 11,764 12,089 12,110 12,142 12,008 12,049 12,212 12,162 12,255 12,245 (X)
1998.. 12,472 12,852 12,790 13,007 13,028 13,303 13,218 13,310 13,214 13,238 13,317 13,378 (X)
1999.. 13,454 13,288 13,310 13,247 13,206(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 7,477 7,451 7,585 7,786 7,865 7,805 8,046 8,089 8,093 8,396 8,105 7,983 (X)
1990.. 8,130 8,235 8,410 8,424 8,463 8,572 8,465 8,182 8,181 8,221 8,148 8,272 (X)
1991.. 8,295 8,405 8,504 8,471 8,303 8,280 8,371 8,184 8,310 8,320 8,187 8,286 (X)
1992.. 8,321 8,547 8,611 8,801 9,040 8,786 9,046 9,172 8,995 8,894 8,708 8,707 (X)
1993.. 8,890 8,981 9,072 9,077 9,027 8,833 8,928 9,015 9,025 9,103 9,186 9,211 (X)
1994.. 9,250 9,592 9,744 9,857 10,227 10,102 10,377 10,634 10,729 10,560 10,483 10,752 (X)
1995.. 10,596 10,807 11,283 11,055 11,207 10,949 10,904 10,982 11,077 11,200 11,043 11,023 (X)
1996.. 10,996 11,200 11,433 11,470 11,630 11,421 11,637 11,662 11,563 11,666 11,598 11,790 (X)
1997.. 11,773 11,988 11,893 12,307 12,401 12,239 12,020 12,097 12,175 12,004 12,022 12,049 (X)
1998.. 12,260 12,852 12,931 13,267 13,341 13,423 13,244 13,350 13,161 13,053 13,051 13,137 (X)
1999.. 13,239 13,301 13,456 13,525 13,523(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.86 1.86 1.93 1.86 1.85 1.98 2.01 1.98 2.00 2.01 1.98 1.94 (X)
1990.. 1.90 1.86 1.82 1.90 1.88 1.92 1.87 1.89 1.89 1.92 2.00 1.90 (X)
1991.. 2.02 2.06 2.02 2.01 1.97 2.01 2.02 1.97 1.97 1.97 1.99 2.01 (X)
1992.. 1.96 1.96 2.01 1.94 2.05 1.97 1.99 2.09 2.02 2.02 1.96 1.99 (X)
1993.. 2.05 2.00 2.05 2.02 1.92 1.96 1.92 1.88 1.93 1.93 1.94 1.96 (X)
1994.. 1.93 1.90 1.86 1.89 1.93 1.94 2.02 1.95 1.95 1.94 1.92 1.92 (X)
1995.. 1.94 1.96 2.02 1.99 1.98 1.95 1.93 1.93 1.96 2.02 1.99 1.92 (X)
1996.. 1.99 2.00 1.99 1.99 2.00 1.95 2.02 1.98 1.90 1.94 1.95 2.00 (X)
1997.. 1.99 1.97 1.91 1.91 1.96 1.97 1.91 1.96 1.99 1.94 1.97 1.96 (X)
1998.. 1.91 1.97 2.00 2.03 2.00 2.02 2.03 2.07 2.14 2.10 2.04 2.03 (X)
1999.. 2.01 1.96 1.90 1.93 1.89(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 2.00 2.14 1.97 1.95 1.78 1.82 2.01 1.83 2.01 1.84 1.95 2.08 (X)
1990.. 2.02 2.15 1.88 1.97 1.81 1.80 1.80 1.76 1.93 1.72 1.96 2.06 (X)
1991.. 2.16 2.37 2.14 2.02 1.91 1.94 1.90 1.87 1.95 1.76 1.99 2.12 (X)
1992.. 2.12 2.22 2.08 1.98 2.09 1.79 1.88 2.04 1.91 1.84 1.96 2.07 (X)
1993.. 2.32 2.29 2.09 2.06 2.00 1.77 1.84 1.77 1.83 1.79 1.88 2.04 (X)
1994.. 2.21 2.18 1.90 1.98 1.94 1.78 1.97 1.80 1.82 1.81 1.86 2.05 (X)
1995.. 2.15 2.26 2.07 2.16 1.96 1.77 1.89 1.79 1.87 1.81 1.96 2.10 (X)
1996.. 2.14 2.22 2.13 2.04 1.99 1.88 1.86 1.89 1.82 1.70 1.95 2.13 (X)
1997.. 2.15 2.28 2.07 1.97 1.99 1.85 1.75 1.92 1.83 1.71 2.03 2.05 (X)
1998.. 2.10 2.28 2.08 2.11 2.07 1.83 1.87 2.05 1.97 1.90 2.06 2.13 (X)
1999.. 2.25 2.26 1.95 1.99 1.97(p) (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 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 508 Machinery, equipment, and supplies
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 12,079 12,569 12,129 12,301 12,376 12,232 12,273 12,535 12,473 12,563 13,014 12,640 (X)
1990.. 12,968 13,131 13,140 13,367 13,444 13,344 13,111 13,048 13,242 13,052 12,354 12,788 (X)
1991.. 12,259 12,467 12,389 12,412 12,343 12,441 12,215 12,096 12,168 11,780 11,865 11,986 (X)
1992.. 12,005 11,866 12,522 12,253 12,049 12,375 12,219 12,476 12,554 13,010 12,716 12,710 (X)
1993.. 13,459 13,116 13,128 13,342 13,696 13,631 13,991 13,740 13,620 13,754 13,741 13,826 (X)
1994.. 14,019 13,920 14,043 13,823 14,120 14,629 14,712 15,075 15,205 15,142 15,282 15,590 (X)
1995.. 15,392 15,700 15,597 15,327 15,700 15,545 15,877 16,450 16,167 16,143 16,753 17,501 (X)
1996.. 16,771 16,599 17,070 17,041 16,945 16,773 16,668 16,818 17,054 17,684 17,982 17,841 (X)
1997.. 17,649 18,376 17,743 18,154 18,189 18,625 19,103 18,706 18,877 19,353 18,942 19,162 (X)
1998.. 20,011 20,073 19,995 20,382 20,375 20,399 20,177 19,979 20,360 19,511 19,932 20,110 (X)
1999.. 19,805 19,668 20,265 19,976 20,166(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 10,883 11,362 13,160 12,670 13,329 12,831 11,696 12,861 12,660 13,241 12,129 11,743 148,565
1990.. 12,008 11,884 14,125 14,223 14,331 13,811 12,849 13,374 12,845 14,148 11,600 11,957 157,155
1991.. 11,303 11,258 12,847 13,715 13,071 12,453 12,276 12,229 12,253 12,616 10,773 11,662 146,456
1992.. 11,069 10,857 13,637 13,013 12,073 13,538 12,109 12,314 12,793 13,569 11,610 12,634 149,216
1993.. 11,844 11,844 14,703 14,209 13,874 14,517 13,641 14,084 13,674 13,768 13,205 13,757 163,120
1994.. 12,575 12,639 15,546 14,169 14,812 15,404 13,829 15,814 15,296 15,324 14,457 15,341 175,206
1995.. 14,361 14,334 17,126 15,066 16,878 16,493 15,115 17,009 15,682 16,902 15,865 16,661 191,492
1996.. 16,033 15,935 17,702 18,302 17,928 16,538 16,868 16,902 16,559 18,727 16,777 17,877 206,148
1997.. 16,590 16,906 18,630 19,098 18,971 19,165 19,103 17,976 19,141 20,321 17,029 19,699 222,629
1998.. 18,510 18,487 21,735 21,381 20,456 21,929 20,056 19,360 20,116 20,174 18,736 20,452 241,392
1999.. 17,607 18,114 22,555 21,235 20,529(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 100,040
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 29,286 29,371 28,684 29,447 29,832 29,951 30,267 30,152 29,890 29,875 30,214 30,031 (X)
1990.. 30,104 30,147 30,180 30,402 31,153 31,079 31,328 31,622 32,008 31,836 31,765 31,511 (X)
1991.. 32,126 31,999 31,455 31,324 30,653 30,137 30,705 29,777 29,849 29,677 29,344 29,665 (X)
1992.. 29,568 29,239 29,714 29,702 29,195 29,924 29,790 30,002 29,573 29,049 29,790 29,932 (X)
1993.. 29,852 29,891 29,893 29,883 29,819 30,084 29,736 29,709 29,830 29,748 30,068 30,119 (X)
1994.. 30,163 30,705 30,606 30,693 31,346 31,275 31,785 32,349 32,704 32,953 33,604 33,460 (X)
1995.. 33,686 34,073 34,313 34,920 35,029 35,504 36,008 36,143 36,503 37,368 37,341 37,708 (X)
1996.. 38,312 38,324 38,583 38,521 38,381 38,758 39,152 39,187 40,106 39,475 39,298 39,467 (X)
1997.. 39,782 39,799 40,329 40,842 41,507 42,431 41,121 41,066 41,772 42,235 42,954 43,816 (X)
1998.. 43,736 44,504 44,883 45,126 46,055 46,673 47,300 47,564 48,400 48,708 49,157 49,964 (X)
1999.. 50,364 50,756 51,307 51,770 51,459(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 29,257 29,459 28,741 29,889 30,250 29,921 30,509 30,273 29,531 29,845 29,942 29,280 (X)
1990.. 30,104 30,268 30,210 30,858 31,620 31,048 31,610 31,780 31,624 31,709 31,479 30,755 (X)
1991.. 32,094 32,127 31,518 31,794 31,113 30,077 30,951 29,985 29,491 29,529 29,080 29,012 (X)
1992.. 29,479 29,356 29,773 30,177 29,604 29,894 30,028 30,182 29,189 28,904 29,522 29,333 (X)
1993.. 29,703 30,011 30,013 30,391 30,207 30,084 29,974 29,887 29,383 29,629 29,827 29,577 (X)
1994.. 29,952 30,797 30,759 31,215 31,753 31,275 32,071 32,478 32,181 32,854 33,335 32,925 (X)
1995.. 33,349 34,141 34,519 35,514 35,554 35,540 36,332 36,251 35,919 37,256 37,005 37,180 (X)
1996.. 37,852 38,362 38,815 39,214 38,995 38,836 39,544 39,226 39,464 39,357 38,866 38,993 (X)
1997.. 39,265 39,759 40,611 41,618 42,213 42,558 41,573 41,025 41,104 42,108 42,396 43,378 (X)
1998.. 43,167 44,370 45,242 46,029 46,884 46,813 47,820 47,516 47,577 48,562 48,420 49,514 (X)
1999.. 49,659 50,604 51,769 52,805 52,437(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 2.42 2.34 2.36 2.39 2.41 2.45 2.47 2.41 2.40 2.38 2.32 2.38 (X)
1990.. 2.32 2.30 2.30 2.27 2.32 2.33 2.39 2.42 2.42 2.44 2.57 2.46 (X)
1991.. 2.62 2.57 2.54 2.52 2.48 2.42 2.51 2.46 2.45 2.52 2.47 2.47 (X)
1992.. 2.46 2.46 2.37 2.42 2.42 2.42 2.44 2.40 2.36 2.23 2.34 2.35 (X)
1993.. 2.22 2.28 2.28 2.24 2.18 2.21 2.13 2.16 2.19 2.16 2.19 2.18 (X)
1994.. 2.15 2.21 2.18 2.22 2.22 2.14 2.16 2.15 2.15 2.18 2.20 2.15 (X)
1995.. 2.19 2.17 2.20 2.28 2.23 2.28 2.27 2.20 2.26 2.31 2.23 2.15 (X)
1996.. 2.28 2.31 2.26 2.26 2.27 2.31 2.35 2.33 2.35 2.23 2.19 2.21 (X)
1997.. 2.25 2.17 2.27 2.25 2.28 2.28 2.15 2.20 2.21 2.18 2.27 2.29 (X)
1998.. 2.19 2.22 2.24 2.21 2.26 2.29 2.34 2.38 2.38 2.50 2.47 2.48 (X)
1999.. 2.54 2.58 2.53 2.59 2.55(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 2.69 2.59 2.18 2.36 2.27 2.33 2.61 2.35 2.33 2.25 2.47 2.49 (X)
1990.. 2.51 2.55 2.14 2.17 2.21 2.25 2.46 2.38 2.46 2.24 2.71 2.57 (X)
1991.. 2.84 2.85 2.45 2.32 2.38 2.42 2.52 2.45 2.41 2.34 2.70 2.49 (X)
1992.. 2.66 2.70 2.18 2.32 2.45 2.21 2.48 2.45 2.28 2.13 2.54 2.32 (X)
1993.. 2.51 2.53 2.04 2.14 2.18 2.07 2.20 2.12 2.15 2.15 2.26 2.15 (X)
1994.. 2.38 2.44 1.98 2.20 2.14 2.03 2.32 2.05 2.10 2.14 2.31 2.15 (X)
1995.. 2.32 2.38 2.02 2.36 2.11 2.15 2.40 2.13 2.29 2.20 2.33 2.23 (X)
1996.. 2.36 2.41 2.19 2.14 2.18 2.35 2.34 2.32 2.38 2.10 2.32 2.18 (X)
1997.. 2.37 2.35 2.18 2.18 2.23 2.22 2.18 2.28 2.15 2.07 2.49 2.20 (X)
1998.. 2.33 2.40 2.08 2.15 2.29 2.13 2.38 2.45 2.37 2.41 2.58 2.42 (X)
1999.. 2.82 2.79 2.30 2.49 2.55(p) (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 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 509 Miscellaneous durable goods
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 7,566 7,355 7,515 7,084 7,510 7,212 7,386 7,277 7,443 7,205 7,926 7,850 (X)
1990.. 7,718 7,804 7,579 7,872 7,558 7,337 7,305 8,375 7,261 7,535 7,361 7,766 (X)
1991.. 7,696 7,551 7,484 7,502 7,694 7,701 7,780 7,917 7,983 7,874 8,086 7,775 (X)
1992.. 7,831 8,379 8,467 8,432 7,958 9,122 9,884 9,156 9,279 9,257 9,332 9,319 (X)
1993.. 9,685 9,049 9,340 9,205 9,256 9,291 9,747 9,524 9,150 9,218 9,359 9,530 (X)
1994.. 9,492 9,548 9,800 10,105 9,942 10,260 10,197 10,992 11,042 11,388 11,207 10,951 (X)
1995.. 11,591 12,223 11,381 11,537 11,510 11,864 11,078 11,539 11,342 11,422 11,647 11,589 (X)
1996.. 10,742 10,691 10,999 10,706 11,448 11,183 11,152 11,212 11,620 11,600 11,258 11,510 (X)
1997.. 11,665 11,792 11,685 11,845 11,516 11,164 11,660 11,551 11,991 11,539 11,740 11,623 (X)
1998.. 11,549 11,539 11,730 11,844 11,130 11,484 11,579 10,835 10,571 10,884 10,850 11,141 (X)
1999.. 11,706 12,079 12,050 11,991 12,488(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 6,779 6,575 7,823 6,801 7,871 7,335 6,714 7,313 7,540 7,918 8,806 7,740 89,215
1990.. 7,093 7,016 7,715 7,620 7,860 7,212 6,808 8,517 7,290 8,417 8,104 7,844 91,496
1991.. 7,180 6,758 7,417 7,284 7,833 7,431 7,305 8,162 8,223 8,921 8,676 8,024 93,214
1992.. 7,259 7,608 8,594 8,027 7,703 9,195 9,291 9,403 9,761 10,396 10,116 9,710 107,063
1993.. 8,591 8,008 9,536 8,736 8,886 9,310 9,065 10,143 9,745 10,204 10,370 9,778 112,372
1994.. 8,381 8,412 10,114 9,266 9,733 10,311 9,269 11,816 11,969 12,720 12,260 11,082 125,333
1995.. 10,362 10,756 11,688 10,476 11,303 11,995 10,136 12,474 12,045 13,147 12,672 11,380 138,434
1996.. 9,593 9,943 10,955 10,214 11,230 10,792 10,606 11,806 12,457 13,572 11,911 11,614 134,693
1997.. 10,335 10,483 11,755 11,229 11,194 10,985 11,264 11,736 13,190 13,374 12,163 11,774 139,482
1998.. 10,117 10,304 12,164 11,299 10,551 11,553 11,139 10,987 11,522 12,473 11,425 11,386 134,920
1999.. 9,985 10,799 12,628 11,559 11,851(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 56,822
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 9,973 10,140 9,977 9,826 9,863 9,632 9,655 9,635 9,727 10,007 10,239 10,168 (X)
1990.. 10,199 10,701 10,346 9,949 10,077 10,052 9,848 9,924 10,242 10,030 9,809 9,790 (X)
1991.. 9,735 9,758 9,950 10,145 10,316 10,415 10,387 10,643 10,743 10,767 11,450 11,387 (X)
1992.. 11,462 11,689 11,740 11,331 11,880 12,560 12,368 12,642 12,590 12,728 12,738 12,843 (X)
1993.. 12,986 13,104 12,833 13,378 13,623 13,617 13,960 14,250 14,299 14,322 14,523 14,622 (X)
1994.. 14,610 14,576 14,369 14,508 15,116 14,811 15,084 14,889 14,340 14,944 14,981 15,055 (X)
1995.. 15,224 15,328 15,651 15,765 15,850 15,839 15,862 15,411 15,550 15,597 15,734 15,558 (X)
1996.. 15,691 15,438 15,457 15,797 15,498 15,546 15,577 15,640 15,547 15,804 15,412 15,401 (X)
1997.. 15,370 15,448 15,819 15,308 14,960 15,455 15,367 15,729 15,768 15,315 15,851 16,388 (X)
1998.. 16,410 16,658 16,477 16,512 16,737 16,656 16,391 16,962 17,299 17,292 17,509 17,415 (X)
1999.. 17,653 17,766 18,247 18,048 18,172(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 9,664 9,937 9,947 9,777 9,873 9,632 9,790 9,885 10,009 10,147 10,321 9,883 (X)
1990.. 9,903 10,487 10,294 9,859 10,077 10,042 9,956 10,202 10,559 10,160 9,907 9,545 (X)
1991.. 9,482 9,563 9,831 9,993 10,316 10,394 10,512 10,984 11,119 10,939 11,565 11,125 (X)
1992.. 11,187 11,420 11,482 11,127 11,904 12,535 12,603 13,059 13,018 12,957 12,865 12,560 (X)
1993.. 12,687 12,750 12,422 13,137 13,664 13,603 14,351 14,720 14,757 14,637 14,610 14,286 (X)
1994.. 14,318 14,168 13,823 14,290 15,161 14,781 15,582 15,351 14,742 15,333 14,996 14,709 (X)
1995.. 14,980 14,929 15,009 15,544 15,882 15,791 16,417 15,842 15,970 16,081 15,687 15,185 (X)
1996.. 15,487 15,083 14,854 15,576 15,498 15,484 16,091 16,031 15,967 16,357 15,320 15,047 (X)
1997.. 15,216 15,139 15,234 15,094 14,900 15,378 15,828 16,091 16,210 15,897 15,740 16,011 (X)
1998.. 16,262 16,375 15,917 16,264 16,620 16,556 16,834 17,352 17,801 17,984 17,369 17,014 (X)
1999.. 17,512 17,482 17,627 17,741 18,027(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.32 1.38 1.33 1.39 1.31 1.34 1.31 1.32 1.31 1.39 1.29 1.30 (X)
1990.. 1.32 1.37 1.37 1.26 1.33 1.37 1.35 1.18 1.41 1.33 1.33 1.26 (X)
1991.. 1.26 1.29 1.33 1.35 1.34 1.35 1.34 1.34 1.35 1.37 1.42 1.46 (X)
1992.. 1.46 1.40 1.39 1.34 1.49 1.38 1.25 1.38 1.36 1.37 1.36 1.38 (X)
1993.. 1.34 1.45 1.37 1.45 1.47 1.47 1.43 1.50 1.56 1.55 1.55 1.53 (X)
1994.. 1.54 1.53 1.47 1.44 1.52 1.44 1.48 1.35 1.30 1.31 1.34 1.37 (X)
1995.. 1.31 1.25 1.38 1.37 1.38 1.34 1.43 1.34 1.37 1.37 1.35 1.34 (X)
1996.. 1.46 1.44 1.41 1.48 1.35 1.39 1.40 1.39 1.34 1.36 1.37 1.34 (X)
1997.. 1.32 1.31 1.35 1.29 1.30 1.38 1.32 1.36 1.31 1.33 1.35 1.41 (X)
1998.. 1.42 1.44 1.40 1.39 1.50 1.45 1.42 1.57 1.64 1.59 1.61 1.56 (X)
1999.. 1.51 1.47 1.51 1.51 1.46(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.43 1.51 1.27 1.44 1.25 1.31 1.46 1.35 1.33 1.28 1.17 1.28 (X)
1990.. 1.40 1.49 1.33 1.29 1.28 1.39 1.46 1.20 1.45 1.21 1.22 1.22 (X)
1991.. 1.32 1.42 1.33 1.37 1.32 1.40 1.44 1.35 1.35 1.23 1.33 1.39 (X)
1992.. 1.54 1.50 1.34 1.39 1.55 1.36 1.36 1.39 1.33 1.25 1.27 1.29 (X)
1993.. 1.48 1.59 1.30 1.50 1.54 1.46 1.58 1.45 1.51 1.43 1.41 1.46 (X)
1994.. 1.71 1.68 1.37 1.54 1.56 1.43 1.68 1.30 1.23 1.21 1.22 1.33 (X)
1995.. 1.45 1.39 1.28 1.48 1.41 1.32 1.62 1.27 1.33 1.22 1.24 1.33 (X)
1996.. 1.61 1.52 1.36 1.52 1.38 1.43 1.52 1.36 1.28 1.21 1.29 1.30 (X)
1997.. 1.47 1.44 1.30 1.34 1.33 1.40 1.41 1.37 1.23 1.19 1.29 1.36 (X)
1998.. 1.61 1.59 1.31 1.44 1.58 1.43 1.51 1.58 1.54 1.44 1.52 1.49 (X)
1999.. 1.75 1.62 1.40 1.53 1.52(p) (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 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 51 Nondurable goods, total
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 71,250 71,607 72,017 73,717 73,174 73,556 71,707 72,438 73,025 73,321 72,849 76,128 (X)
1990.. 74,107 74,752 74,611 74,579 74,626 75,317 74,801 78,217 77,556 78,359 78,559 76,805 (X)
1991.. 76,173 75,861 74,988 76,676 77,619 77,039 77,136 76,760 76,466 76,533 77,115 77,411 (X)
1992.. 77,951 76,982 77,675 77,482 77,426 77,058 79,794 77,980 80,114 79,350 77,991 78,230 (X)
1993.. 80,271 78,967 78,304 79,495 80,526 78,729 77,654 78,234 78,680 78,660 78,570 76,954 (X)
1994.. 78,538 79,076 80,634 79,873 79,868 80,804 81,282 82,517 82,426 83,261 83,929 84,751 (X)
1995.. 85,975 86,668 85,886 87,727 87,212 88,975 88,680 89,232 89,298 90,001 90,480 91,201 (X)
1996.. 91,416 91,368 92,354 93,539 93,535 93,978 96,700 96,860 95,506 97,016 96,466 95,725 (X)
1997.. 97,929 98,819 98,241 97,002 97,205 96,847 95,901 96,708 97,483 97,546 96,703 97,204 (X)
1998.. 97,033 96,888 97,155 97,027 97,443 97,058 97,445 95,841 98,985 98,925 99,770 101,028 (X)
1999.. 99,145 98,925 101,362 101,810 103,274(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 69,271 66,075 76,673 70,177 76,408 74,749 68,516 75,633 71,254 76,278 74,473 74,066 873,573
1990.. 73,735 68,531 77,123 72,926 78,019 74,784 73,508 81,458 74,153 84,088 79,592 75,388 913,305
1991.. 75,408 69,222 74,903 77,144 80,902 74,709 78,266 78,426 74,909 82,283 76,119 77,244 919,535
1992.. 76,666 71,707 79,604 78,364 76,816 78,715 80,654 77,907 80,123 83,399 76,793 80,133 940,881
1993.. 74,927 72,095 82,471 80,057 80,889 80,279 77,210 79,638 79,218 79,871 79,100 78,638 944,393
1994.. 73,977 72,432 85,006 78,754 81,695 83,021 78,061 86,302 82,282 84,973 83,910 84,951 975,364
1995.. 82,650 79,690 90,371 84,692 91,940 90,791 85,802 93,019 86,688 93,318 90,784 88,622 1,058,367
1996.. 90,553 88,179 92,292 95,321 98,446 91,340 97,635 98,244 92,858 103,216 93,918 95,939 1,137,941
1997.. 96,466 91,339 99,371 98,436 100,418 96,581 97,076 95,077 97,482 103,470 91,804 100,102 1,167,622
1998.. 93,348 89,541 100,250 99,218 97,688 99,456 98,350 95,100 98,655 102,637 96,936 103,840 1,175,019
1999.. 92,033 91,283 107,652 103,415 104,503(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 498,886
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 62,154 61,837 62,054 61,940 61,961 62,853 62,244 63,013 63,214 64,053 64,266 64,772 (X)
1990.. 63,903 63,750 65,137 66,137 67,124 67,002 67,632 67,642 68,075 68,850 69,578 69,362 (X)
1991.. 69,941 69,680 69,602 69,256 69,912 70,118 70,567 70,979 71,668 73,018 72,777 73,034 (X)
1992.. 73,408 73,898 74,658 74,251 73,230 74,866 75,193 74,766 74,457 75,089 76,143 76,786 (X)
1993.. 77,897 77,252 77,488 78,145 78,001 78,416 78,285 79,182 79,302 78,367 79,409 79,932 (X)
1994.. 79,957 80,608 80,417 80,122 80,766 80,356 80,393 81,309 81,749 82,633 83,783 84,485 (X)
1995.. 85,456 85,585 86,561 88,100 87,931 88,682 90,278 90,559 90,965 90,886 90,114 90,091 (X)
1996.. 90,501 90,334 90,399 93,143 93,592 92,871 92,357 91,283 89,097 90,161 89,710 89,686 (X)
1997.. 91,024 90,849 90,783 90,364 90,319 90,820 91,430 92,548 93,377 94,551 95,775 96,139 (X)
1998.. 94,838 95,700 95,783 94,778 96,082 96,627 96,579 97,887 99,466 98,367 99,620 99,750 (X)
1999.. 98,769 99,716 100,051 100,999 100,885(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 64,792 63,729 63,112 61,996 60,003 61,389 59,907 59,662 61,355 65,612 66,334 67,196 (X)
1990.. 66,538 65,575 66,145 66,078 65,044 65,245 64,928 63,869 65,876 70,675 72,025 72,042 (X)
1991.. 73,058 71,866 70,841 69,301 67,827 68,026 67,696 66,569 68,738 74,980 75,496 75,856 (X)
1992.. 77,048 76,378 75,983 74,346 71,082 72,538 72,356 70,431 71,670 76,908 78,797 79,631 (X)
1993.. 82,007 79,871 78,802 78,456 75,725 75,595 75,078 74,203 76,039 80,124 82,295 82,946 (X)
1994.. 84,702 83,619 81,831 80,634 78,259 77,208 77,319 76,452 78,222 84,536 86,830 87,694 (X)
1995.. 90,572 88,685 88,030 88,745 85,258 85,027 86,474 84,478 86,282 93,122 93,923 93,811 (X)
1996.. 96,438 93,947 92,174 93,891 90,256 88,449 88,360 85,489 85,034 92,436 93,175 92,869 (X)
1997.. 96,201 93,902 92,317 90,949 87,358 87,152 87,970 87,247 89,163 97,041 99,777 99,550 (X)
1998.. 100,161 98,644 97,321 95,262 93,015 92,956 93,297 92,517 94,939 100,999 103,582 103,228 (X)
1999.. 104,312 102,766 101,759 101,397 97,276(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 0.87 0.86 0.86 0.84 0.85 0.85 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.88 0.85 (X)
1990.. 0.86 0.85 0.87 0.89 0.90 0.89 0.90 0.86 0.88 0.88 0.89 0.90 (X)
1991.. 0.92 0.92 0.93 0.90 0.90 0.91 0.91 0.92 0.94 0.95 0.94 0.94 (X)
1992.. 0.94 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.95 0.97 0.94 0.96 0.93 0.95 0.98 0.98 (X)
1993.. 0.97 0.98 0.99 0.98 0.97 1.00 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.00 1.01 1.04 (X)
1994.. 1.02 1.02 1.00 1.00 1.01 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 1.00 1.00 (X)
1995.. 0.99 0.99 1.01 1.00 1.01 1.00 1.02 1.01 1.02 1.01 1.00 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 0.94 (X)
1997.. 0.93 0.92 0.92 0.93 0.93 0.94 0.95 0.96 0.96 0.97 0.99 0.99 (X)
1998.. 0.98 0.99 0.99 0.98 0.99 1.00 0.99 1.02 1.00 0.99 1.00 0.99 (X)
1999.. 1.00 1.01 0.99 0.99 0.98(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 0.94 0.96 0.82 0.88 0.79 0.82 0.87 0.79 0.86 0.86 0.89 0.91 (X)
1990.. 0.90 0.96 0.86 0.91 0.83 0.87 0.88 0.78 0.89 0.84 0.90 0.96 (X)
1991.. 0.97 1.04 0.95 0.90 0.84 0.91 0.86 0.85 0.92 0.91 0.99 0.98 (X)
1992.. 1.00 1.07 0.95 0.95 0.93 0.92 0.90 0.90 0.89 0.92 1.03 0.99 (X)
1993.. 1.09 1.11 0.96 0.98 0.94 0.94 0.97 0.93 0.96 1.00 1.04 1.05 (X)
1994.. 1.14 1.15 0.96 1.02 0.96 0.93 0.99 0.89 0.95 0.99 1.03 1.03 (X)
1995.. 1.10 1.11 0.97 1.05 0.93 0.94 1.01 0.91 1.00 1.00 1.03 1.06 (X)
1996.. 1.06 1.07 1.00 0.98 0.92 0.97 0.91 0.87 0.92 0.90 0.99 0.97 (X)
1997.. 1.00 1.03 0.93 0.92 0.87 0.90 0.91 0.92 0.91 0.94 1.09 0.99 (X)
1998.. 1.07 1.10 0.97 0.96 0.95 0.93 0.95 0.97 0.96 0.98 1.07 0.99 (X)
1999.. 1.13 1.13 0.95 0.98 0.93(p) (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 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 511 Paper and paper products
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 4,045 4,137 4,151 4,287 4,211 4,224 4,224 4,225 4,296 4,259 4,274 4,313 (X)
1990.. 4,230 4,210 4,317 4,227 4,322 4,231 4,436 4,369 4,369 4,329 4,295 4,216 (X)
1991.. 4,403 4,279 4,055 4,255 4,216 4,280 4,427 4,417 4,440 4,502 4,395 4,441 (X)
1992.. 4,502 4,414 4,462 4,546 4,567 4,508 4,707 4,493 4,484 4,615 4,650 4,699 (X)
1993.. 4,683 4,756 4,733 4,800 4,854 4,905 4,774 4,815 4,950 5,045 5,179 5,091 (X)
1994.. 5,174 5,149 5,227 5,323 5,423 5,500 5,475 5,671 5,691 5,833 5,753 6,180 (X)
1995.. 6,304 6,434 6,510 6,502 6,694 6,844 6,936 6,818 6,832 6,583 6,684 6,673 (X)
1996.. 6,426 6,536 6,565 6,544 6,662 6,563 6,737 6,739 6,621 6,698 6,664 6,787 (X)
1997.. 6,949 7,106 6,968 7,039 6,751 6,773 6,811 7,056 7,157 7,204 7,202 7,113 (X)
1998.. 7,225 7,148 7,474 7,350 7,450 7,553 7,458 7,517 7,763 7,767 7,791 7,894 (X)
1999.. 7,897 7,871 7,709 7,860 8,119(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 4,017 3,814 4,408 4,021 4,118 4,296 4,025 4,563 4,270 4,600 4,321 4,093 50,546
1990.. 4,319 3,861 4,446 4,075 4,240 4,172 4,405 4,653 4,242 4,818 4,321 4,005 51,557
1991.. 4,504 3,907 4,071 4,217 4,165 4,092 4,524 4,567 4,418 4,993 4,316 4,348 52,122
1992.. 4,628 4,092 4,574 4,482 4,325 4,567 4,792 4,520 4,610 4,947 4,538 4,727 54,802
1993.. 4,585 4,366 4,974 4,733 4,592 5,008 4,702 5,012 5,039 5,252 5,179 5,137 58,579
1994.. 5,034 4,773 5,488 5,131 5,298 5,561 5,256 6,085 5,828 5,979 5,759 6,069 66,261
1995.. 6,329 6,009 6,855 6,086 6,707 6,899 6,582 7,336 6,873 6,925 6,590 6,426 79,617
1996.. 6,632 6,386 6,604 6,492 6,622 6,241 6,757 7,062 6,687 7,194 6,404 6,706 79,787
1997.. 7,164 6,715 6,982 7,032 6,494 6,577 6,797 7,261 7,479 7,730 6,691 7,213 84,135
1998.. 7,239 6,776 7,736 7,299 7,003 7,530 7,428 7,690 8,174 8,093 7,417 7,981 90,366
1999.. 7,763 7,470 8,195 7,829 7,567(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 38,824
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 4,432 4,387 4,381 4,432 4,491 4,489 4,579 4,541 4,541 4,585 4,494 4,512 (X)
1990.. 4,491 4,496 4,539 4,551 4,605 4,658 4,732 4,767 4,849 4,971 4,908 4,939 (X)
1991.. 5,026 4,979 4,860 4,777 4,995 4,919 4,956 5,191 5,071 5,055 5,180 5,204 (X)
1992.. 5,085 5,136 5,313 5,285 5,282 5,469 5,417 5,494 5,617 5,599 5,580 5,574 (X)
1993.. 5,628 5,515 5,641 5,661 5,696 5,802 5,773 5,897 5,846 5,900 5,722 6,205 (X)
1994.. 6,455 6,398 6,323 6,354 6,383 6,351 6,501 6,427 6,285 6,544 6,744 6,792 (X)
1995.. 6,976 7,179 7,239 7,543 7,511 7,581 7,692 7,684 7,543 7,925 7,895 7,921 (X)
1996.. 7,897 7,820 7,852 7,952 8,020 8,097 8,006 7,945 8,053 8,140 8,024 8,108 (X)
1997.. 8,211 8,271 8,322 8,269 8,441 8,338 8,636 8,916 8,839 9,012 9,118 9,077 (X)
1998.. 8,817 9,246 9,380 9,283 9,246 9,391 9,366 9,436 9,418 9,205 9,367 9,466 (X)
1999.. 9,331 9,406 9,422 9,621 9,693(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 4,552 4,413 4,434 4,467 4,397 4,431 4,593 4,446 4,455 4,663 4,503 4,553 (X)
1990.. 4,612 4,500 4,580 4,583 4,499 4,588 4,737 4,648 4,776 5,065 4,952 5,008 (X)
1991.. 5,157 4,964 4,894 4,815 4,870 4,845 4,951 5,046 5,005 5,136 5,253 5,298 (X)
1992.. 5,212 5,110 5,334 5,338 5,155 5,387 5,406 5,329 5,538 5,666 5,680 5,697 (X)
1993.. 5,763 5,482 5,658 5,735 5,565 5,715 5,761 5,702 5,758 5,947 5,836 6,348 (X)
1994.. 6,610 6,372 6,342 6,449 6,249 6,249 6,501 6,215 6,172 6,583 6,886 6,955 (X)
1995.. 7,136 7,165 7,261 7,656 7,361 7,437 7,700 7,446 7,400 7,965 8,061 8,103 (X)
1996.. 8,071 7,820 7,876 8,063 7,876 7,919 8,014 7,723 7,892 8,181 8,201 8,303 (X)
1997.. 8,375 8,263 8,347 8,368 8,289 8,146 8,645 8,693 8,671 9,057 9,319 9,304 (X)
1998.. 8,976 9,228 9,418 9,376 9,089 9,175 9,366 9,219 9,239 9,260 9,573 9,712 (X)
1999.. 9,499 9,387 9,469 9,698 9,519(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.10 1.06 1.06 1.03 1.07 1.06 1.08 1.07 1.06 1.08 1.05 1.05 (X)
1990.. 1.06 1.07 1.05 1.08 1.07 1.10 1.07 1.09 1.11 1.15 1.14 1.17 (X)
1991.. 1.14 1.16 1.20 1.12 1.18 1.15 1.12 1.18 1.14 1.12 1.18 1.17 (X)
1992.. 1.13 1.16 1.19 1.16 1.16 1.21 1.15 1.22 1.25 1.21 1.20 1.19 (X)
1993.. 1.20 1.16 1.19 1.18 1.17 1.18 1.21 1.22 1.18 1.17 1.10 1.22 (X)
1994.. 1.25 1.24 1.21 1.19 1.18 1.15 1.19 1.13 1.10 1.12 1.17 1.10 (X)
1995.. 1.11 1.12 1.11 1.16 1.12 1.11 1.11 1.13 1.10 1.20 1.18 1.19 (X)
1996.. 1.23 1.20 1.20 1.22 1.20 1.23 1.19 1.18 1.22 1.22 1.20 1.19 (X)
1997.. 1.18 1.16 1.19 1.17 1.25 1.23 1.27 1.26 1.24 1.25 1.27 1.28 (X)
1998.. 1.22 1.29 1.26 1.26 1.24 1.24 1.26 1.26 1.21 1.19 1.20 1.20 (X)
1999.. 1.18 1.20 1.22 1.22 1.19(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.13 1.16 1.01 1.11 1.07 1.03 1.14 0.97 1.04 1.01 1.04 1.11 (X)
1990.. 1.07 1.17 1.03 1.12 1.06 1.10 1.08 1.00 1.13 1.05 1.15 1.25 (X)
1991.. 1.14 1.27 1.20 1.14 1.17 1.18 1.09 1.10 1.13 1.03 1.22 1.22 (X)
1992.. 1.13 1.25 1.17 1.19 1.19 1.18 1.13 1.18 1.20 1.15 1.25 1.21 (X)
1993.. 1.26 1.26 1.14 1.21 1.21 1.14 1.23 1.14 1.14 1.13 1.13 1.24 (X)
1994.. 1.31 1.34 1.16 1.26 1.18 1.12 1.24 1.02 1.06 1.10 1.20 1.15 (X)
1995.. 1.13 1.19 1.06 1.26 1.10 1.08 1.17 1.01 1.08 1.15 1.22 1.26 (X)
1996.. 1.22 1.22 1.19 1.24 1.19 1.27 1.19 1.09 1.18 1.14 1.28 1.24 (X)
1997.. 1.17 1.23 1.20 1.19 1.28 1.24 1.27 1.20 1.16 1.17 1.39 1.29 (X)
1998.. 1.24 1.36 1.22 1.28 1.30 1.22 1.26 1.20 1.13 1.14 1.29 1.22 (X)
1999.. 1.22 1.26 1.16 1.24 1.26(p) (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 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 512 Drugs, drug proprietaries and druggists sundries
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 3,592 3,549 3,607 3,633 3,668 3,671 3,733 3,789 3,890 3,963 4,114 4,119 (X)
1990.. 4,184 4,197 4,246 4,301 4,207 4,258 4,313 4,464 4,337 4,361 4,367 4,340 (X)
1991.. 4,447 4,570 4,647 4,856 4,937 4,846 5,135 5,112 5,167 5,232 5,196 5,353 (X)
1992.. 5,379 5,379 5,392 5,291 5,480 5,609 5,635 5,555 5,584 5,790 5,769 5,915 (X)
1993.. 5,844 5,868 5,721 5,622 5,642 5,669 5,553 5,636 5,747 5,814 5,926 5,906 (X)
1994.. 6,053 5,868 6,054 6,589 6,289 6,311 6,523 6,516 6,546 6,693 6,584 6,497 (X)
1995.. 6,468 6,706 6,843 6,959 6,835 6,956 6,889 7,113 7,143 7,117 7,374 7,432 (X)
1996.. 7,405 7,389 7,390 7,528 7,707 7,719 7,796 7,907 8,139 8,220 8,267 8,238 (X)
1997.. 8,364 8,452 8,581 8,677 8,814 8,920 9,084 9,169 9,128 9,162 9,299 9,459 (X)
1998.. 9,841 10,063 10,237 9,964 10,025 10,115 10,362 10,323 10,524 10,679 10,811 11,313 (X)
1999.. 11,199 11,451 11,670 11,975 12,182(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 3,696 3,304 3,805 3,408 3,760 3,671 3,513 3,891 3,847 4,185 4,106 4,024 45,210
1990.. 4,456 3,907 4,280 4,228 4,270 4,096 4,261 4,522 4,133 4,771 4,367 4,292 51,583
1991.. 4,772 4,241 4,526 4,958 4,932 4,531 5,197 4,994 5,105 5,781 5,014 5,562 59,613
1992.. 5,729 4,997 5,516 5,333 5,129 5,671 5,624 5,255 5,690 6,143 5,671 6,311 67,069
1993.. 5,844 5,416 5,984 5,673 5,298 5,692 5,353 5,580 5,816 5,988 6,080 6,231 68,955
1994.. 6,077 5,410 6,351 6,385 6,201 6,279 6,073 6,607 6,651 6,900 6,735 6,620 76,289
1995.. 6,804 6,183 7,124 6,562 6,917 6,900 6,441 7,234 6,979 7,658 7,477 7,313 83,592
1996.. 7,960 7,153 7,250 7,701 7,738 7,132 7,843 7,709 8,066 9,001 8,027 8,535 94,115
1997.. 8,883 7,835 8,504 8,825 8,594 8,572 9,166 8,656 9,402 9,867 8,741 10,045 107,090
1998.. 10,107 9,359 10,677 10,054 9,484 10,095 10,331 9,776 10,777 11,096 10,562 12,037 124,355
1999.. 11,154 10,661 12,487 12,095 11,585(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 57,982
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 5,327 5,360 5,332 5,407 5,414 5,519 5,544 5,730 5,853 5,811 5,730 5,923 (X)
1990.. 5,864 5,945 6,164 6,206 6,229 6,204 6,185 6,197 6,295 6,442 6,566 6,460 (X)
1991.. 6,626 6,648 6,596 6,693 7,078 7,360 7,424 7,531 7,541 7,660 7,759 7,724 (X)
1992.. 8,053 8,175 8,171 8,166 8,044 8,364 8,454 8,411 8,570 8,717 8,548 9,027 (X)
1993.. 9,351 9,167 9,292 9,154 9,135 9,144 9,310 9,427 9,614 9,475 9,719 9,983 (X)
1994.. 9,784 9,704 9,565 9,654 9,797 9,701 9,895 9,890 9,858 10,246 10,373 10,359 (X)
1995.. 10,346 10,124 10,562 10,731 10,854 10,868 10,650 10,634 10,667 10,467 10,244 10,053 (X)
1996.. 10,074 10,231 10,206 10,467 10,296 10,409 10,660 10,678 10,274 11,005 11,150 11,370 (X)
1997.. 11,565 11,362 11,648 11,426 11,605 11,944 12,074 12,496 12,612 12,428 12,808 12,932 (X)
1998.. 13,134 13,579 13,890 14,064 14,424 14,281 14,271 14,296 14,324 14,634 14,871 15,042 (X)
1999.. 15,148 15,361 15,715 16,396 16,940(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 5,647 5,553 5,321 5,515 5,176 5,342 5,394 5,518 5,794 5,916 5,633 6,124 (X)
1990.. 6,274 6,171 6,133 6,280 5,918 6,018 6,037 5,955 6,226 6,552 6,487 6,686 (X)
1991.. 7,136 6,907 6,563 6,713 6,696 7,139 7,261 7,215 7,451 7,790 7,712 8,002 (X)
1992.. 8,721 8,510 8,122 8,133 7,594 8,096 8,293 8,041 8,459 8,874 8,548 9,334 (X)
1993.. 10,155 9,525 9,227 9,108 8,605 8,824 9,161 9,022 9,489 9,655 9,758 10,312 (X)
1994.. 10,616 10,034 9,508 9,606 9,229 9,342 9,756 9,494 9,750 10,420 10,425 10,680 (X)
1995.. 11,184 10,407 10,520 10,710 10,257 10,455 10,522 10,251 10,539 10,634 10,305 10,324 (X)
1996.. 10,860 10,456 10,186 10,477 9,771 10,034 10,532 10,336 10,151 11,159 11,206 11,632 (X)
1997.. 12,432 11,567 11,648 11,472 11,060 11,538 11,929 12,121 12,448 12,590 12,846 13,191 (X)
1998.. 14,106 13,783 13,932 14,148 13,775 13,795 14,114 13,881 14,138 14,795 14,901 15,343 (X)
1999.. 16,269 15,576 15,778 16,494 16,195(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Inventory/Sales ratios, Total
Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.48 1.51 1.48 1.49 1.48 1.50 1.49 1.51 1.50 1.47 1.39 1.44 (X)
1990.. 1.40 1.42 1.45 1.44 1.48 1.46 1.43 1.39 1.45 1.48 1.50 1.49 (X)
1991.. 1.49 1.45 1.42 1.38 1.43 1.52 1.45 1.47 1.46 1.46 1.49 1.44 (X)
1992.. 1.50 1.52 1.52 1.54 1.47 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.53 1.51 1.48 1.53 (X)
1993.. 1.60 1.56 1.62 1.63 1.62 1.61 1.68 1.67 1.67 1.63 1.64 1.69 (X)
1994.. 1.62 1.65 1.58 1.47 1.56 1.54 1.52 1.52 1.51 1.53 1.58 1.59 (X)
1995.. 1.60 1.51 1.54 1.54 1.59 1.56 1.55 1.50 1.49 1.47 1.39 1.35 (X)
1996.. 1.36 1.38 1.38 1.39 1.34 1.35 1.37 1.35 1.26 1.34 1.35 1.38 (X)
1997.. 1.38 1.34 1.36 1.32 1.32 1.34 1.33 1.36 1.38 1.36 1.38 1.37 (X)
1998.. 1.33 1.35 1.36 1.41 1.44 1.41 1.38 1.38 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.33 (X)
1999.. 1.35 1.34 1.35 1.37 1.39(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
1989.. 1.53 1.68 1.40 1.62 1.38 1.46 1.54 1.42 1.51 1.41 1.37 1.52 (X)
1990.. 1.41 1.58 1.43 1.49 1.39 1.47 1.42 1.32 1.51 1.37 1.49 1.56 (X)
1991.. 1.50 1.63 1.45 1.35 1.36 1.58 1.40 1.44 1.46 1.35 1.54 1.44 (X)
1992.. 1.52 1.70 1.47 1.53 1.48 1.43 1.47 1.53 1.49 1.44 1.51 1.48 (X)
1993.. 1.74 1.76 1.54 1.61 1.62 1.55 1.71 1.62 1.63 1.61 1.60 1.65 (X)
1994.. 1.75 1.85 1.50 1.50 1.49 1.49 1.61 1.44 1.47 1.51 1.55 1.61 (X)
1995.. 1.64 1.68 1.48 1.63 1.48 1.52 1.63 1.42 1.51 1.39 1.38 1.41 (X)
1996.. 1.36 1.46 1.40 1.36 1.26 1.41 1.34 1.34 1.26 1.24 1.40 1.36 (X)
1997.. 1.40 1.48 1.37 1.30 1.29 1.35 1.30 1.40 1.32 1.28 1.47 1.31 (X)
1998.. 1.40 1.47 1.30 1.41 1.45 1.37 1.37 1.42 1.31 1.33 1.41 1.27 (X)
1999.. 1.46 1.46 1.26 1.36 1.40(p) (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 1989 Through May 1999
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
SIC 513 Apparel, piece goods and notions
Sales
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 5,026 4,693 4,838 5,020 4,982 5,106 5,283 5,113 5,299 5,248 5,372 5,563 (X)
1990.. 5,226 5,489 5,528 5,515 5,235 5,677 5,549 5,566 5,051 5,168 5,273 5,562 (X)
1991.. 5,304 5,355 5,197 5,536 5,894 5,350 5,404 5,137 5,300 5,306 5,522 5,255 (X)
1992.. 5,697 5,607 5,667 5,266 5,509 5,092 5,542 5,841 5,771 5,963 5,696 5,895 (X)
1993.. 5,737 5,466 5,524 5,782 5,856 5,815 5,670 5,996 6,309 6,241 6,305 5,398 (X)
1994.. 6,099 6,204 6,448 6,222 5,902 6,106 5,827 5,985 5,874 5,853 5,947 5,835 (X)
1995.. 5,761 5,870 5,712 5,703 5,902 5,853 5,896 5,847 5,880 5,959 5,915 5,983 (X)
1996.. 5,403 5,385 6,051 6,079 6,181 6,391 6,538 6,281 6,642 6,556 6,467 6,756 (X)
1997.. 7,161 7,181 6,972 7,265 7,049 6,952 7,210 7,171 7,206 7,000 7,071 7,304 (X)
1998.. 7,429 7,437 7,399 7,147 7,129 7,017 6,947 7,042 6,770 7,184 7,110 7,018 (X)
1999.. 7,249 7,169 8,045 7,558 7,838(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X)
Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 4,714 4,735 5,157 4,337 4,329 5,341 5,426 6,360 5,431 5,962 5,458 4,183 61,433
1990.. 4,975 5,533 5,821 4,842 4,664 5,643 5,843 6,712 5,213 5,922 5,347 4,249 64,764
1991.. 5,230 5,371 5,322 5,038 5,057 5,254 5,712 6,057 5,560 6,325 5,373 4,183 64,482
1992.. 5,446 5,714 6,069 4,918 4,446 5,143 5,802 6,594 6,417 6,857 5,559 4,940 67,905
1993.. 5,135 5,461 6,087 5,325 4,743 5,914 5,783 6,931 7,167 6,946 6,299 4,399 70,190
1994.. 5,440 6,198 7,377 5,538 4,958 6,228 5,734 6,960 6,638 6,526 5,941 4,656 72,194
1995.. 5,283 5,899 6,415 5,110 5,052 5,876 5,867 6,946 6,374 6,823 5,856 4,589 70,090
1996.. 5,057 5,805 6,438 5,714 5,353 6,135 6,911 7,054 7,193 7,835 5,969 5,344 74,808
1997.. 6,781 7,339 7,481 6,967 6,027 6,695 7,924 7,694 7,991 8,113 6,435 5,865 85,312
1998.. 6,961 7,638 8,206 6,940 5,903 6,947 7,461 7,542 7,589 8,147 6,470 5,811 85,615
1999.. 6,575 7,384 9,099 7,256 6,513(p) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 36,827
Inventories
Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
1989.. 8,403 8,574 8,445 8,474 8,587 8,775 8,964 9,172 9,190 9,168 9,195 9,559 (X)
1990.. 9,437 9,469 9,745 10,126 10,144 10,074