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Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS)

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Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS)

The Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS) is conducted every year to provide detailed industry measures of sales, inventories, operational expenses and purchases for wholesale trade activities.

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Press Release
Census Bureau Announces New 2022 Annual Integrated Economic Survey
September 05, 2023
The U.S. Census Bureau this week announced the launch of the 2022 Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES).
Press Release
2021 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey
December 14, 2022
U.S. merchant wholesalers had sales of $9,671.3 billion in 2021, a 20.4% increase from $8,034.8 billion in 2020.
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Census Bureau Releases COVID-19 Economic Brief
July 28, 2022
Data show impact of pandemic on select economic sectors and state and local government tax revenue.

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Release Schedule
November 2023
This page provides dates for recent and upcoming Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS) releases.
Revision of Table Notice
March 17, 2022
Estimated Sales of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers: 1992 through 2020 (Table 1) that was released on December 15, 2021, was revised.
Release of 2019 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey Data
January 21, 2021
The 2019 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS) data was released on January 21, 2021.

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Annual Report for Wholesale Trade: 2021
December 14, 2022
View and download the 2021 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey tables.
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Annual Report for Wholesale Trade: 2020
December 15, 2021
View and download the 2020 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey tables.
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Annual Report for Wholesale Trade: 2019
January 21, 2021
View and download the 2019 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey tables.

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