[Economic Report of the President (2005)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-57.--Manufacturing and trade sales and inventories, 1965-2004
[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..................................................   541,227     840,242     1.53    242,002    379,183     1.57    144,302    193,056     1.31      154,923     268,003    1.67     171,875
1993..................................................   568,073     867,378     1.50    251,708    380,102     1.51    150,833    201,184     1.31      165,533     286,092    1.68     183,537
1994..................................................   610,669     930,681     1.47    269,843    400,335     1.44    161,133    218,119     1.29      179,693     312,227    1.66     198,496
1995..................................................   655,227     989,067     1.48    289,973    425,217     1.44    176,227    234,268     1.30      189,028     329,582    1.72     208,496
1996..................................................   687,472   1,008,623     1.46    299,766    430,816     1.43    186,649    237,186     1.28      201,058     340,621    1.67     221,299
1997..................................................   724,126   1,049,527     1.42    319,558    443,804     1.37    194,541    254,763     1.27      210,027     350,960    1.64     231,530
1998..................................................   743,702   1,081,988     1.44    324,984    449,231     1.39    198,319    267,689     1.32      220,399     365,068    1.62     243,119
1999..................................................   787,531   1,142,277     1.41    335,991    463,646     1.35    211,631    284,396     1.30      239,910     394,235    1.59     263,733

2000..................................................   835,194   1,200,666     1.41    350,715    481,396     1.35    228,630    301,618     1.29      255,849     417,652    1.59     281,385
2001..................................................   819,061   1,146,151     1.44    330,875    452,236     1.42    225,123    287,913     1.32      263,063     406,002    1.58     289,667
2002..................................................   822,013   1,163,690     1.40    324,313    444,188     1.37    228,524    288,990     1.25      269,177     430,512    1.56     296,965
2003..................................................   856,998   1,185,477     1.37    333,260    438,584     1.33    240,442    295,435     1.21      283,295     451,458    1.56     313,057

2003:  Jan............................................   841,137   1,165,801     1.39    329,665    444,220     1.35    235,248    288,572     1.23      276,224     433,009    1.57     304,711
Feb.............................................   834,035   1,172,125     1.41    325,591    446,088     1.37    235,557    289,251     1.23      272,887     436,786    1.60     301,347
Mar.............................................   846,826   1,175,129     1.39    330,764    445,180     1.35    237,727    290,483     1.22      278,335     439,466    1.58     307,262
Apr.............................................   835,212   1,176,553     1.41    322,608    445,207     1.38    233,464    290,534     1.24      279,140     440,812    1.58     308,132
May.............................................   834,777   1,172,888     1.41    323,920    444,049     1.37    232,952    289,247     1.24      277,905     439,592    1.58     307,397
June............................................   847,864   1,172,512     1.38    328,643    442,666     1.35    236,636    288,886     1.22      282,585     440,960    1.56     312,329

July............................................   861,215   1,172,316     1.36    337,248    440,767     1.31    238,762    289,037     1.21      285,205     442,512    1.55     315,123
Aug.............................................   861,750   1,166,882     1.35    331,676    439,632     1.33    239,756    288,848     1.20      290,318     438,402    1.51     320,843
Sept............................................   866,568   1,172,959     1.35    337,598    438,294     1.30    241,798    290,808     1.20      287,172     443,857    1.55     317,017
Oct.............................................   872,916   1,176,942     1.35    339,825    438,680     1.29    246,703    292,068     1.18      286,388     446,194    1.56     317,127
Nov ............................................   881,130   1,181,672     1.34    341,454    438,126     1.28    248,767    292,968     1.18      290,909     450,578    1.55     321,973
Dec.............................................   890,488   1,185,477     1.33    348,485    438,584     1.26    251,526    295,435     1.17      290,477     451,458    1.55     321,470

2004:  Jan............................................   894,394   1,187,402     1.33    348,477    440,029     1.26    253,664    296,016     1.17      292,253     451,357    1.54     323,918
Feb.............................................   902,285   1,197,124     1.33    348,157    442,798     1.27    259,109    299,712     1.16      295,019     454,614    1.54     326,996
Mar.............................................   931,224   1,205,977     1.30    362,925    444,579     1.22    266,509    301,311     1.13      301,790     460,087    1.52     333,818
Apr.............................................   930,732   1,214,579     1.30    362,569    446,699     1.23    269,017    301,989     1.12      299,146     465,891    1.56     331,131
May.............................................   938,211   1,222,744     1.30    364,705    449,946     1.23    269,823    306,229     1.13      303,683     466,569    1.54     335,920
June............................................   940,345   1,236,066     1.31    368,804    454,310     1.23    270,235    309,744     1.15      301,306     472,012    1.57     333,543

July............................................   948,939   1,248,260     1.32    372,105    458,681     1.23    272,479    314,354     1.15      304,355     475,225    1.56     336,944
Aug.............................................   954,299   1,257,121     1.32    375,537    461,975     1.23    275,213    317,681     1.15      303,549     477,465    1.57     336,059
Sept............................................   957,635   1,257,095     1.31    371,479    462,377     1.24    277,498    319,510     1.15      308,658     475,208    1.54     341,461
Oct.............................................   971,108   1,262,619     1.30    377,457    466,386     1.24    281,832    323,091     1.15      311,819     473,142    1.52     345,033
Nov p...........................................   974,728   1,274,898     1.31    379,029    469,679     1.24    283,672    326,756     1.15      312,027     478,463    1.53     345,259
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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 ratios are 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).
Data include semiconductors.

Note.--Earlier data are not strictly comparable with data beginning 1967 for wholesale and retail trade.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.