[Economic Report of the President (2002)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-57.--Manufacturing and trade sales and inventories, 1965-2001
[Amounts in millions of dollars; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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Total manufacturing and  trade         Manufac-  turing            Merchant  wholesalers                Retail  trade            Retail
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Year  or  month
Sales\1\    Inven-    Ratio\3\  Sales\1\    Inven-   Ratio\3\  Sales\1\    Inven-   Ratio\3\     Sales       Inven-   Ratio\3\  services
tories\2\                      tories\2\                      tories\2\               \1\\4\    tories\2\              sales
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SIC: \5\
1965..................................................    80,283     120,929     1.51     40,995     68,207     1.66     15,611     18,317     1.17       23,677      34,405    1.45    ........
1966..................................................    87,187     136,824     1.57     44,870     77,986     1.74     16,987     20,765     1.22       25,330      38,073    1.50    ........
1967..................................................    90,820     145,681     1.60     46,486     84,646     1.82     19,576     25,786     1.32       24,757      35,249    1.42    ........
1968..................................................    98,685     156,611     1.59     50,229     90,560     1.80     21,012     27,166     1.29       27,445      38,885    1.42    ........
1969..................................................   105,690     170,400     1.61     53,501     98,145     1.83     22,818     29,800     1.31       29,371      42,455    1.45    ........

1970..................................................   108,221     178,594     1.65     52,805    101,599     1.92     24,167     33,354     1.38       31,249      43,641    1.40    ........
1971..................................................   116,895     188,991     1.62     55,906    102,567     1.83     26,492     36,568     1.38       34,497      49,856    1.45    ........
1972..................................................   131,081     203,227     1.55     63,027    108,121     1.72     29,866     40,297     1.35       38,189      54,809    1.44    ........
1973..................................................   153,677     234,406     1.53     72,931    124,499     1.71     38,115     46,918     1.23       42,631      62,989    1.48    ........
1974..................................................   177,912     287,144     1.61     84,790    157,625     1.86     47,982     58,667     1.22       45,141      70,852    1.57    ........
1975..................................................   182,198     288,992     1.59     86,589    159,708     1.84     46,634     57,774     1.24       48,975      71,510    1.46    ........
1976..................................................   204,150     318,345     1.56     98,797    174,636     1.77     50,698     64,622     1.27       54,655      79,087    1.45    ........
1977..................................................   229,513     350,706     1.53    113,201    188,378     1.66     56,136     73,179     1.30       60,176      89,149    1.48    ........
1978..................................................   260,320     400,931     1.54    126,905    211,691     1.67     66,413     86,934     1.31       67,002     102,306    1.53    ........
1979..................................................   297,701     452,640     1.52    143,936    242,157     1.68     79,051     99,679     1.26       74,713     110,804    1.48    ........

1980..................................................   327,233     508,924     1.56    154,391    265,215     1.72     93,099    122,631     1.32       79,743     121,078    1.52    ........
1981..................................................   355,822     545,786     1.53    168,129    283,413     1.69    101,180    129,654     1.28       86,514     132,719    1.53    ........
1982..................................................   347,625     573,908     1.67    163,351    311,852     1.95     95,211    127,428     1.36       89,062     134,628    1.49    ........
1983..................................................   369,286     590,287     1.56    172,547    312,379     1.78     99,225    130,075     1.28       97,514     147,833    1.44    ........
1984..................................................   410,124     649,780     1.53    190,682    339,516     1.73    112,199    142,452     1.23      107,243     167,812    1.49    ........
1985..................................................   422,583     664,039     1.56    194,538    334,749     1.73    113,459    147,409     1.28      114,586     181,881    1.52    ........
1986..................................................   430,419     662,738     1.55    194,657    322,654     1.68    114,960    153,574     1.32      120,803     186,510    1.56    ........
1987..................................................   457,735     709,848     1.50    206,326    338,109     1.59    122,968    163,903     1.29      128,442     207,836    1.55    ........
1988..................................................   497,157     767,222     1.49    224,619    369,374     1.57    134,521    178,801     1.30      138,017     219,047    1.54    ........
1989..................................................   527,039     815,455     1.52    236,698    391,212     1.63    143,760    187,009     1.28      146,581     237,234    1.58    ........

1990..................................................   545,909     840,594     1.52    242,686    405,073     1.65    149,506    195,833     1.29      153,718     239,688    1.56    ........
1991..................................................   542,815     834,609     1.53    239,847    390,950     1.65    148,306    200,448     1.33      154,661     243,211    1.54    ........
1992..................................................   567,176     842,809     1.48    250,394    382,510     1.54    154,150    208,302     1.32      162,632     251,997    1.52    ........
NAICS: \5\
1992..................................................   540,572     840,687     1.53    242,002    379,440     1.56    144,302    193,685     1.31      154,268     267,562    1.68     171,219
1993..................................................   567,377     867,961     1.51    251,708    380,316     1.51    150,833    201,883     1.31      164,837     285,762    1.69     182,841
1994..................................................   609,908     931,330     1.47    269,843    400,527     1.44    161,133    218,913     1.30      178,932     311,890    1.67     197,735
1995..................................................   654,435     990,100     1.48    289,973    425,337     1.44    176,227    235,197     1.30      188,235     329,566    1.73     207,704
1996..................................................   686,604   1,009,261     1.46    299,766    430,918     1.43    186,649    237,852     1.28      200,190     340,491    1.68     220,431
1997..................................................   723,212   1,049,901     1.42    319,558    443,818     1.37    194,541    255,242     1.27      209,112     350,841    1.65     230,616
1998..................................................   742,810   1,084,488     1.44    324,984    452,155     1.39    198,319    268,079     1.33      219,507     364,254    1.63     242,228
1999..................................................   787,127   1,138,602     1.41    336,940    462,474     1.35    211,607    284,317     1.30      238,580     391,811    1.59     262,435

2000..................................................   843,263   1,204,524     1.40    356,739    483,544     1.33    229,627    303,063     1.29      256,896     417,917    1.59     282,402

2000: Jan.............................................   832,014   1,144,069     1.38    356,366    463,921     1.30    224,690    287,223     1.28      250,958     392,925    1.57     275,864
Feb.............................................   827,320   1,151,253     1.39    347,801    467,023     1.34    224,587    288,784     1.29      254,932     395,446    1.55     279,909
Mar.............................................   842,713   1,156,137     1.37    356,849    467,143     1.31    227,890    291,519     1.28      257,974     397,475    1.54     283,285
Apr.............................................   838,660   1,163,495     1.39    355,386    470,673     1.32    228,662    293,882     1.29      254,612     398,940    1.57     279,961
May.............................................   844,417   1,170,699     1.39    359,570    470,778     1.31    229,670    295,735     1.29      255,177     404,186    1.58     280,447
June............................................   850,081   1,182,865     1.39    361,374    474,676     1.31    232,391    298,654     1.29      256,316     409,535    1.60     281,701

July............................................   847,570   1,184,979     1.40    358,736    477,179     1.33    231,472    299,582     1.29      257,362     408,218    1.59     283,035
Aug.............................................   847,083   1,193,488     1.41    358,110    478,477     1.34    231,472    301,315     1.30      257,501     413,696    1.61     282,905
Sept............................................   850,950   1,194,445     1.40    357,996    479,234     1.34    232,535    301,625     1.30      260,419     413,586    1.59     286,213
Oct.............................................   848,428   1,201,844     1.42    355,921    482,000     1.35    233,088    302,994     1.30      259,419     416,850    1.61     285,215
Nov.............................................   843,699   1,206,615     1.43    353,838    483,892     1.37    232,296    304,241     1.31      257,565     418,482    1.62     283,399
Dec.............................................   846,177   1,204,524     1.42    354,689    483,544     1.36    233,590    303,063     1.30      257,898     417,917    1.62     283,604

2001: Jan.............................................   843,035   1,206,745     1.43    347,550    485,307     1.40    233,960    302,222     1.29      261,525     419,216    1.60     288,054
Feb.............................................   843,032   1,203,367     1.43    347,983    484,353     1.39    233,080    301,541     1.29      261,969     417,473    1.59     288,245
Mar.............................................   837,800   1,198,530     1.43    347,486    480,579     1.38    229,619    301,822     1.31      260,695     416,129    1.60     287,102
Apr.............................................   833,698   1,196,694     1.44    339,031    479,659     1.41    229,959    302,102     1.31      264,708     414,933    1.57     291,116
May.............................................   841,208   1,194,840     1.42    347,267    476,712     1.37    228,919    303,004     1.32      265,022     415,124    1.57     291,691
June............................................   828,409   1,187,715     1.43    337,322    471,967     1.40    226,302    301,869     1.33      264,785     413,879    1.56     291,651

July............................................   831,772   1,181,701     1.42    338,546    468,378     1.38    227,918    299,032     1.31      265,308     414,291    1.56     292,228
Aug.............................................   832,273   1,179,117     1.42    337,443    464,933     1.38    229,004    298,320     1.30      265,826     415,864    1.56     292,869
Sept............................................   807,798   1,172,328     1.45    321,573    460,645     1.43    226,207    297,162     1.31      260,018     414,521    1.59     286,416
Oct.............................................   830,347   1,153,426     1.39    328,851    457,341     1.39    223,568    293,636     1.31      277,928     402,449    1.45     304,657
Nov ...........................................   818,971   1,141,990     1.39    326,970    453,111     1.39    223,568    290,402     1.30      268,433     398,477    1.48     295,423
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\1\ Annual data are averages of monthly not seasonally adjusted figures.
\2\ Seasonally adjusted, end of period. Inventories beginning January 1982 for manufacturing and December 1980 for wholesale and retail trade are not comparable with earlier periods.
\3\ Inventory/sales ratio. Annual data are: beginning 1982, averages of monthly ratios; for 1965-81, ratio of December inventories to monthly average sales for the year; and for earlier years,
weighted averages. Monthly data are ratio of inventories at end of month to sales for month.
\4\ Food services included on SIC basis and excluded on NAICS basis. See last column for retail and food services sales.
\5\ Effective in 2001, data classified based on North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Data on NAICS basis available beginning 1992. Earlier data based on Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC).

Note.--Earlier data are not strictly comparable with data beginning 1967 for wholesale and retail trade. Data beginning 1992 on NAICS basis not comparable with earlier data.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.