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Latest Monthly Wholesale Trade Report

The Annual Revision Report was released on March 31, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. The MWTS Revisions Notice [516KB] details changes made based on the results of the 2013 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey and the preliminary results of the 2012 Economic Census. A complete Annual Revision Report [2018KB] is available or each table is listed separately below.

Annual Revision of Monthly Wholesale Distributors: Sales and Inventories

Revised Sales and Inventories, except MSBOs¹, for 2014. Excel [36KB] PDF [466KB]
Revised Sales and Inventories, except MSBOs¹, Adjusted, through January 2015. Excel [290KB] PDF [1534KB]
Revised Sales and Inventories, except MSBOs¹, Not Adjusted, through January 2015. Excel [309KB] PDF [1218KB]
Revised Sampling Variability, except MSBOs¹. Excel [41KB] PDF [471KB]

¹ Manufacturers' Sales Branches and Offices

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Latest Annual Wholesale Trade Report

The 2013 Annual Wholesale Trade Report summary of changes PDF [29KB] provides comparability with previous surveys.

Annual Wholesale Trade Survey - 2013:

Sales U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [56kb]
E-Commerce Sales of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [59kb]
Inventories of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [56kb]
Purchases and Gross Margins of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs¹ Excel [53kb]
Total Operating Expenses of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [64kb]

Revised 2012 Detailed Operating Expenses, of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs¹ Excel [55kb]
Sales, Commissions and Operating Expenses of AGBRs² Excel [37kb]
Inventories Held Outside of the U.S. by U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [82kb]

Measures of Sampling Variability - 2013:

Sampling Variability for Sales of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [62kb]
Sampling Variability for E-Commerce Sales of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [62kb]
Sampling Variability for Inventories of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [62kb]
Sampling Variability for Purchases and Gross Margins of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs¹ Excel [62kb]
Sampling Variability for Total Operating Expenses of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [70kb]
Sampling Variability of Revised 2012 Detailed Operating Expenses of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs¹ Excel [61kb]
Sampling Variability for Sales and Commissions for AGBRs² Excel [37kb]
Sampling Variability for Inventories Held Outside of the U.S. by U.S. Merchant Wholesalers Excel [95kb]

¹ Manufacturers' Sales Branches and Offices
² Agents, Brokers, and Electronic Markets

Announcements

Notice of Revision: Monthly Wholesale sales, inventories, and inventories/sales ratios were 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 were released on our website on March 31, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. EDT.

Webinar: To learn more about this release and the other indicators the U.S. Census Bureau publishes, join us for the Investigating Economic Indicators Webinar Series.

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.

API: The U.S. Census Bureau updated its Application Programming Interface with monthly and quarterly economic indicators. The API allows developers to combine Census Bureau statistics with other data sets to create tools for research on a variety of topics.

Mobile App: To receive the latest updates on the nation's key economic indicators, download the America's Economy app for Apple and Android smartphones and tablets.

Release Schedule

The Upcoming Release Dates are below:

Monthly (February 2015) releases April 9, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. EST. Click here to access the 2014/2015 Release Schedule PDF [60 kb].
Annual (2013) was released on February 27, 2015.
Annual (2014) is schedule for release on February 26, 2016.

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