[Economic Report of the President (2007)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-57.--Manufacturing and trade sales and inventories, 1967-2006
[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\
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................................................     540,573     837,183     1.52    242,002    378,900     1.57    147,261    196,914     1.31      151,310     261,369    1.67     168,261
1993................................................     567,580     864,197     1.50    251,708    379,829     1.51    154,018    204,842     1.30      161,854     279,526    1.68     179,858
1994................................................     610,253     927,507     1.46    269,843    400,087     1.44    164,575    221,978     1.29      175,835     305,442    1.66     194,638
1995................................................     655,097     986,349     1.48    289,973    425,032     1.44    179,915    238,392     1.29      185,209     322,925    1.72     204,677
1996................................................     687,350   1,005,672     1.46    299,766    430,679     1.43    190,362    241,078     1.27      197,222     333,915    1.67     217,463
1997................................................     723,879   1,046,857     1.42    319,558    443,768     1.37    198,154    258,496     1.26      206,167     344,593    1.64     227,670
1998................................................     742,837   1,078,775     1.43    324,984    449,216     1.38    202,260    272,292     1.32      215,592     357,267    1.62     238,278
1999................................................     786,634   1,139,249     1.40    335,991    463,744     1.35    216,597    290,418     1.30      234,046     385,087    1.59     257,797

2000................................................     834,325   1,198,691     1.41    350,715    481,847     1.35    234,546    309,809     1.29      249,063     407,035    1.59     274,518
2001................................................     822,982   1,141,227     1.43    335,242    447,881     1.39    232,096    298,380     1.32      255,644     394,966    1.58     282,131
2002................................................     827,925   1,158,450     1.38    330,437    439,473     1.32    236,294    302,478     1.26      261,194     416,499    1.55     288,845
2003................................................     849,990   1,147,101     1.35    331,010    406,816     1.27    246,857    308,017     1.23      272,123     432,268    1.56     301,264
2004................................................     919,420   1,234,297     1.30    354,934    434,863     1.19    274,710    338,232     1.18      289,776     461,202    1.56     320,812
2005................................................     984,511   1,287,998     1.28    378,737    452,049     1.18    295,843    362,084     1.19      309,932     473,865    1.50     342,985

2005:  Jan..........................................     955,622   1,244,547     1.30    370,898    440,532     1.19    286,021    342,184     1.20      298,703     461,831    1.55     330,643
Feb...........................................     954,464   1,250,290     1.31    366,998    442,953     1.21    295,899    344,060     1.20      301,567     463,277    1.54     333,908
Mar...........................................     962,516   1,254,693     1.30    373,656    445,178     1.19    286,566    344,946     1.20      302,294     464,569    1.54     334,358
Apr...........................................     970,233   1,259,077     1.30    372,619    445,674     1.20    290,603    348,130     1.20      307,011     465,273    1.52     339,841
May...........................................     972,103   1,260,158     1.30    376,001    444,876     1.18    290,366    348,632     1.20      305,736     466,650    1.53     338,488
June..........................................     977,862   1,259,431     1.29    374,870    444,891     1.19    291,648    350,654     1.20      311,344     463,886    1.49     344,293

July..........................................     987,959   1,254,982     1.27    375,769    447,555     1.19    294,591    350,968     1.19      317,599     456,459    1.44     350,635
Aug...........................................     994,942   1,259,475     1.27    384,246    446,434     1.16    298,211    352,472     1.18      312,485     460,569    1.47     345,648
Sept..........................................   1,001,221   1,266,275     1.26    383,109    446,221     1.16    305,146    355,220     1.16      312,966     464,834    1.49     346,437
Oct...........................................   1,009,800   1,272,910     1.26    385,959    449,332     1.16    309,534    356,974     1.15      314,307     466,604    1.48     348,095
Nov ..........................................   1,010,789   1,279,477     1.27    387,360    449,992     1.16    307,100    358,646     1.17      316,329     470,839    1.49     350,460
Dec...........................................   1,021,258   1,287,998     1.26    394,485    452,049     1.15    309,975    362,084     1.17      316,798     473,865    1.50     351,025

2006:  Jan..........................................   1,035,640   1,294,384     1.25    397,247    456,157     1.15    311,990    362,729     1.16      326,403     475,498    1.46     361,743
Feb...........................................   1,027,729   1,295,158     1.26    391,045    454,016     1.16    312,846    365,838     1.17      323,838     475,304    1.47     358,675
Mar...........................................   1,036,587   1,304,786     1.26    394,896    457,914     1.16    315,710    367,871     1.17      325,981     479,001    1.47     361,190
Apr...........................................   1,043,191   1,313,526     1.26    394,480    462,308     1.17    320,342    372,676     1.16      328,369     478,542    1.46     363,611
May...........................................   1,059,577   1,328,018     1.25    404,199    465,617     1.15    326,407    376,048     1.15      328,971     486,353    1.48     364,343
June..........................................   1,061,409   1,339,593     1.26    403,835    470,001     1.16    330,366    379,097     1.15      327,208     490,495    1.50     362,439

July..........................................   1,067,161   1,348,329     1.26    403,287    473,717     1.17    331,886    382,384     1.15      331,988     492,228    1.48     367,415
Aug...........................................   1,072,622   1,357,069     1.27    406,519    476,356     1.17    334,528    387,251     1.16      331,575     493,462    1.49     367,491
Sept..........................................   1,047,878   1,361,086     1.30    389,406    479,304     1.23    329,432    389,874     1.18      329,040     491,908    1.49     365,319
Oct...........................................   1,045,932   1,363,316     1.30    389,653    480,864     1.23    328,188    391,575     1.19      328,091     490,877    1.50     364,538
Nov p.........................................   1,051,382   1,368,239     1.30    390,010    481,944     1.24    331,317    396,654     1.20      330,055     489,641    1.48     366,633
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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 1967-81, ratio of December inventories to monthly average sales for the year. 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.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.