| Sales. The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’
shipments for March, adjusted for seasonal and trading-day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $1,269.6
billion, down 1.1 percent (±0.1) from February 2013 and up 1.8 percent (±0.3) from March 2012.
Inventories. Manufacturers’ and trade inventories, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $1,640.9 billion, virtually unchanged (±0.1) from February 2013 and up 4.5 percent (±0.5) from March 2012. Inventories/Sales Ratio. The total business inventories/sales ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of March was 1.29. The March 2012 ratio was 1.26. Source: USDOC-Census |
13 May 2013
• U.S. Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales - March 2013
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