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Release Date:
December 9, 2015

For the Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey, all current month estimates are preliminary estimates and will be superseded in following months by revised estimates.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 for the line charts may be truncated to prevent flattening of the lines or to present the complete range of data.

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]
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2010 340,946 346,096 350,646 356,423 355,471 354,862 359,214 361,489 363,297 371,696 375,291 378,191
2011 393,940 389,742 400,193 404,310 400,813 404,114 407,392 411,917 411,298 415,221 411,822 419,135
2012 423,849 427,857 429,309 435,096 428,442 422,064 422,721 426,339 436,445 429,564 437,698 438,647
2013 439,252 442,886 434,514 434,305 441,216 441,424 439,055 443,024 444,956 449,757 453,110 455,866
2014 448,019 451,007 460,125 463,651 467,411 467,600 469,153 467,528 466,332 465,376 465,997 461,666
2015 445,024 442,459 441,024 448,458 449,347 450,927 449,741 445,911 448,154 447,978 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]
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2010 311,642 310,061 375,965 364,222 353,080 373,434 357,064 370,217 369,361 374,564 375,334 383,485
2011 360,800 349,670 430,050 403,523 411,273 422,518 391,994 432,106 417,668 417,360 410,580 415,023
2012 399,348 400,017 449,647 434,231 452,608 430,002 418,011 445,542 417,231 457,590 437,822 423,109
2013 424,634 397,681 441,652 446,982 465,280 436,324 445,907 451,232 437,727 479,505 440,498 455,190
2014 431,276 404,220 463,657 474,044 478,615 473,802 476,250 462,251 474,909 497,111 440,086 474,887
2015 416,696 394,548 456,691 457,213 445,777 472,536 455,804 439,706 457,663 468,066 NA NA
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