| Sales. The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’
shipments for April, adjusted for seasonal and trading-day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $1,267.9
billion, down 0.1 percent (±0.2) from March 2013, but were up 1.5 percent (±1.1) from April 2012.
Inventories. Manufacturers’ and trade inventories, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $1,657.2 billion, up 0.3 percent (±0.1) from March 2013 and up 4.2 percent (±1.5) from April 2012. Inventories/Sales Ratio. The total business inventories/sales ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of April was 1.31. The April 2012 ratio was 1.27. Source: USDOC-Census |
13 June 2013
• U.S. Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales - April 2013
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