Monthly & Annual Wholesale Trade
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Latest Monthly Wholesale Trade Report
The November 2014 report was released on January 9, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.
Monthly Wholesale Time Series Tables through November 2014:
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Latest Annual Wholesale Trade Report
The 2012 Annual Wholesale Trade Report summary of changes PDF [29KB] provides comparability with previous surveys.
We identified two errors in the annual detailed operating expense tables (tables 5.1 and 5.1A) that were originally released on February 28, 2014. Corrected tables were uploaded to our website on March 20, 2014 at approximately 10:00 AM. Below is a summary of the errors that describes the industry levels and data items that were affected:
- An error in calculating total operating expenses for NAICS 4234 (Professional and Comercial Equipment and Supplies) led to the Detailed Operating Expenses, of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs (table 5.1) estimate for NAICS 4234 total operating expenses (column C) being different from the correct total operating expense estimate found in Total Operating Expenses of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers (table 5). This error also resulted in incorrect level estimates (shown in the "Amount" columns) for all detailed operating expenses for NAICS 4234. Note that the 'Percent of total' estimates for each of the detailed operating expenses are still accurate. As a result of these errors, the aggregate estimates for NAICS 42 and 423 for total and all detailed operating expenses were also incorrect.
- The coefficients of variation for total operating expenses released in Detailed Operating Expenses, of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs (table 5.1A ) were incorrect for all NAICS and did not match the correct values that were released in Total Operating Expenses of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers (table 5A).
- Sales and Inventories of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [40kb]
- Sales and Inventories of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs1 Excel [44kb]
- Sales and Inventories of MSBOs1 Excel [41kb]
- Purchases and Gross Margins of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs1 Excel [51kb]
- Total Operating Expenses of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [59kb]
- Detailed Operating Expenses, of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs Excel [55kb]
- Sales, Commissions and Operating Expenses of AGBRs2 Excel [36kb]
- Inventories Held Outside of the U.S. by U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [74kb]
- Total and E-Commerce Sales of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers: 2012 and 2011 Excel [54kb] Historical Excel [48kb]
- Total and E-Commerce Sales of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs1: 2012 and 2011 Excel [52kb] Historical Excel [48kb]
- Total and E-Commerce Sales of MSBOs1: 2012 and 2011 Excel [41kb] Historical Excel [47kb]
- Sales and Taxes of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [44kb]
- Sampling Variability for Sales and Inventories of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [43kb]
- Sampling Variability for Sales and Inventories of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs1 Excel [49kb]
- Sampling Variability for Sales and Inventories of MSBOs1 Excel [43kb]
- Sampling Variability for Purchases and Gross Margins of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs1 Excel [56kb]
- Sampling Variability for Total Operating Expenses of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [60kb]
- Sampling Variability of Detailed Operating Expenses of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs1 Excel [61kb]
- Sampling Variability for Sales and Commissions for AGBRs2 Excel [36kb]
- Sampling Variability for Inventories Held Outside of the U.S. by U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [79kb]
- Sampling Variability for Total and E-Commerce Sales of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [40kb]
- Sampling Variability for Total and E-Commerce Sales of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs1 Excel [58kb]
- Sampling Variability for Total and E-Commerce Sales of MSBOs1 Excel [235kb]
- Sampling Variability for Sales and Taxes of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [37kb]
1 Manufacturers' Sales Branches and Offices
2 Agents, Brokers, and Electronic Markets
Announcements
Intention to Revise: Monthly Wholesale sales, inventories, and inventories/sales ratios will be revised based on the results of the 2013 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey and the preliminary results of the 2012 Economic Census. Revised not adjusted and corresponding adjusted estimates are scheduled to be released on our website on March 31, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. EDT.
Now Available Online: Additional Historical Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey Releases and Time Series! The "Monthly Historic Releases" page now contains archived pdf releases from 1936 through 2001 and excel files of corresponding seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) based time series estimates from 1967 through 2001.
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Release Schedule
The Upcoming Release Dates are below:
- Monthly (December 2014) releases February 10, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. EST. Click here to access the 2014/2015 Release Schedule PDF [60 kb].
- Annual (2013) will be released on February 27, 2015.
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