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Annual Benchmark Report for Wholesale Trade

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A Detailed Summary for Wholesale Sales, Inventories, and Purchases for the <000001000>Period: January 1992 Through March 2001

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<000001000>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Merchant Wholesalers - Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..   140,555  141,037  142,205  142,469  141,139  143,070  146,114  144,479  146,259  146,181  146,552  145,554     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..   150,578  149,325  146,865  150,091  152,720  149,890  151,342  151,798  152,033  152,549  152,560  149,960     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..   153,649  154,307  157,063  156,658  157,825  159,359  160,764  165,445  164,606  167,360  167,970  170,352     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..   172,330  173,657  171,660  174,072  175,311  176,501  176,202  177,833  178,296  179,010  180,709  183,363     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..   181,238  181,252  183,420  183,939  184,791  184,697  187,520  188,509  187,728  189,367  190,478  188,901     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..   191,324  195,503  193,655  193,197  194,034  193,796  194,283  193,999  196,767  196,107  195,220  196,036     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..   197,261  197,372  198,550  198,766  198,148  197,261  198,672  197,162  197,836  198,376  198,598  200,738     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..   199,635  202,464  205,290  205,522  209,518  211,500  212,286  214,320  215,233  217,541  220,825  222,836     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..   224,690  224,587  227,890  228,356  228,935  231,425  230,744  231,065  231,965  231,866  231,623  233,590     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..   233,960  233,080  230,478(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<010100100><DATAROW>1992..   136,122  130,247  147,671  143,975  138,904  147,825  147,729  144,152  148,933  155,068  142,675  148,322  1,731,623
<010100100><DATAROW>1993..   138,122  135,456  156,575  151,526  150,551  154,825  149,582  155,649  155,383  157,105  153,004  152,212  1,809,990
<010100100><DATAROW>1994..   140,955  140,153  167,858  153,899  159,599  164,922  153,899  174,153  168,455  172,577  168,232  168,896  1,933,598
<010100100><DATAROW>1995..   162,088  157,940  182,972  166,562  181,967  182,702  168,809  187,091  177,824  189,196  180,895  176,674  2,114,720
<010100100><DATAROW>1996..   174,993  172,716  185,519  186,192  191,663  181,631  189,335  192,262  187,089  205,354  185,427  187,603  2,239,784
<010100100><DATAROW>1997..   183,724  178,387  196,672  195,113  196,698  196,145  196,895  191,839  202,506  211,516  184,931  200,069  2,334,495
<010100100><DATAROW>1998..   184,409  180,100  207,405  200,813  195,086  206,577  200,815  195,041  203,163  208,464  192,590  205,361  2,379,824
<010100100><DATAROW>1999..   180,589  184,439  220,303  207,436  206,892  221,407  209,793  217,631  221,208  221,587  220,907  227,095  2,539,287
<010100100><DATAROW>2000..   203,776  214,044  243,524  218,145  238,645  242,265  221,481  241,588  231,724  243,072  231,395  225,864  2,755,523
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..   224,706  212,467  240,212(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)    677,385
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<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..   185,504  186,503  187,793  187,018  186,299  189,885  188,958  189,573  190,299  190,477  192,139  193,685     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..   194,369  194,071  195,743  196,506  196,432  196,765  196,890  198,931  199,875  198,958  200,212  201,883     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..   201,856  203,549  202,925  203,641  207,265  206,940  208,863  210,367  212,084  214,886  216,640  218,913     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..   221,078  222,874  225,498  227,952  228,905  230,432  232,893  233,351  234,240  234,977  235,016  235,197     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..   236,670  236,372  236,207  239,924  239,743  238,898  239,276  239,014  236,929  237,648  237,860  237,852     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..   240,423  240,499  241,892  242,481  243,657  248,054  247,223  248,205  250,304  251,372  253,231  255,242     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..   255,788  258,453  259,947  259,621  261,578  261,239  261,280  264,016  265,599  265,954  267,148  268,079     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..   268,586  270,512  271,381  271,615  272,187  272,699  275,145  276,411  277,916  280,153  283,044  284,317     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..   287,223  288,784  291,519  293,790  295,880  298,562  298,934  300,533  300,721  301,573  302,662  303,063     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..   302,222  301,541  301,818(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..   189,575  189,398  188,458  187,838  184,822  187,222  187,466  185,672  186,724  192,015  194,295  194,978     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..   198,426  196,748  196,313  197,520  194,875  193,905  195,263  194,575  196,057  200,568  202,479  203,293     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..   206,321  206,391  203,510  204,755  205,534  203,957  207,700  206,284  208,140  216,674  218,771  220,253     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..   225,793  225,735  226,122  229,236  227,107  227,042  231,268  228,143  229,394  237,207  237,569  236,768     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..   241,958  239,641  237,219  241,340  237,427  234,842  237,500  234,061  232,895  239,872  240,004  238,800     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..   244,805  243,231  242,855  243,845  241,735  244,783  245,853  243,750  246,353  253,766  255,849  256,441     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..   260,073  260,987  260,976  260,926  259,670  258,099  260,106  259,722  261,684  268,550  269,769  269,354     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..   272,567  272,959  272,379  272,755  269,982  269,445  273,641  271,659  273,908  283,068  286,180  285,702     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..   291,293  291,311  292,312  294,763  293,210  294,852  297,198  295,670  296,682  304,687  306,414  304,857     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..   306,500  304,107  302,327(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
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<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.32     1.32     1.32     1.31     1.32     1.33     1.29     1.31     1.30     1.30     1.31     1.33     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.29     1.30     1.33     1.31     1.29     1.31     1.30     1.31     1.31     1.30     1.31     1.35     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.31     1.32     1.29     1.30     1.31     1.30     1.30     1.27     1.29     1.28     1.29     1.29     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.28     1.28     1.31     1.31     1.31     1.31     1.32     1.31     1.31     1.31     1.30     1.28     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.31     1.30     1.29     1.30     1.30     1.29     1.28     1.27     1.26     1.25     1.25     1.26     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.26     1.23     1.25     1.26     1.26     1.28     1.27     1.28     1.27     1.28     1.30     1.30     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.30     1.31     1.31     1.31     1.32     1.32     1.32     1.34     1.34     1.34     1.35     1.34     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.35     1.34     1.32     1.32     1.30     1.29     1.30     1.29     1.29     1.29     1.28     1.28     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.28     1.29     1.28     1.29     1.29     1.29     1.30     1.30     1.30     1.30     1.31     1.30     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.29     1.29     1.31(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.39     1.45     1.28     1.30     1.33     1.27     1.27     1.29     1.25     1.24     1.36     1.31     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.44     1.45     1.25     1.30     1.29     1.25     1.31     1.25     1.26     1.28     1.32     1.34     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.46     1.47     1.21     1.33     1.29     1.24     1.35     1.18     1.24     1.26     1.30     1.30     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.39     1.43     1.24     1.38     1.25     1.24     1.37     1.22     1.29     1.25     1.31     1.34     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.38     1.39     1.28     1.30     1.24     1.29     1.25     1.22     1.24     1.17     1.29     1.27     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.33     1.36     1.23     1.25     1.23     1.25     1.25     1.27     1.22     1.20     1.38     1.28     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.41     1.45     1.26     1.30     1.33     1.25     1.30     1.33     1.29     1.29     1.40     1.31     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.51     1.48     1.24     1.31     1.30     1.22     1.30     1.25     1.24     1.28     1.30     1.26     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.43     1.36     1.20     1.35     1.23     1.22     1.34     1.22     1.28     1.25     1.32     1.35     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.36     1.43     1.26(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
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<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Durable Goods - Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    65,818   67,136   67,852   68,754   67,528   69,401   70,242   69,588   69,957   70,303   71,747   71,356     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    74,556   74,364   72,502   74,747   75,837   75,074   76,968   76,843   76,708   77,421   77,073   76,687     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    78,490   79,061   80,383   80,877   81,763   82,363   83,348   86,757   86,091   87,796   88,151   89,453     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    90,445   91,225   90,035   90,701   92,318   91,931   91,443   92,872   93,425   93,359   94,534   96,648     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    94,214   94,008   95,369   94,869   95,932   95,526   95,569   95,904   96,855   97,421   98,986   97,705     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    98,483  101,608   99,788  101,441  101,263  101,928  102,951  101,759  104,146  103,652  103,410  103,522     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..   104,887  105,150  106,053  106,552  105,518  105,664  106,123  105,418  104,919  104,678  104,636  105,780     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..   106,487  109,200  109,716  109,418  111,348  112,457  113,113  113,370  113,919  115,364  116,675  118,979     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..   119,521  118,388  119,383  119,858  120,518  120,468  119,877  120,524  119,967  119,614  119,589  118,135     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..   118,650  118,400  117,410(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    62,262   61,348   71,291   68,969   65,474   72,649   70,742   69,926   72,644   75,741   69,689   72,072    832,807
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    66,832   66,841   77,943   75,259   73,520   78,243   75,849   79,643   79,741   80,755   77,389   77,064    909,079
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    70,285   71,119   86,785   78,932   81,834   85,859   79,508   91,948   90,135   91,591   88,132   88,025  1,004,153
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    83,265   82,087   96,874   85,996   94,486   96,321   87,176   98,553   95,245  100,168   94,264   92,362  1,106,797
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    88,582   88,747   97,501   95,573   98,129   94,806   96,365   98,836   98,746  106,955   95,919   96,458  1,156,617
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    92,009   91,651  102,323  101,736  101,431  104,325  104,308  101,341  109,713  112,768   97,311  104,861  1,223,777
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    95,674   94,953  112,167  106,823  102,552  112,158  107,311  104,863  109,835  111,119  100,866  107,434  1,265,755
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    93,971   98,550  118,823  110,208  108,385  118,942  112,104  116,378  119,223  118,653  116,404  120,198  1,351,839
<010100100><DATAROW>2000..   105,580  111,965  128,689  113,672  124,024  127,679  115,086  127,308  122,387  127,004  118,709  112,956  1,435,059
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..   110,826  106,786  123,602(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)    341,214
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<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..   114,035  114,412  114,792  114,546  114,450  116,488  115,609  116,736  117,397  117,323  118,432  119,416     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..   119,297  119,418  120,807  121,026  120,770  120,859  121,191  122,458  122,944  123,188  123,629  124,972     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..   125,128  126,122  125,546  126,715  129,530  129,606  131,595  132,125  133,123  135,449  136,322  137,945     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..   139,115  140,853  142,509  143,660  144,520  145,445  146,362  146,528  147,066  148,506  149,331  149,730     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..   150,594  150,326  150,078  151,196  150,674  150,404  151,191  151,900  152,204  152,073  152,634  152,649     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..   153,719  153,925  155,426  156,181  157,314  160,988  159,462  159,853  161,761  161,448  162,031  163,988     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..   165,083  166,971  168,632  168,709  169,392  168,616  168,523  170,785  171,629  172,471  172,462  173,839     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..   174,369  175,195  175,849  174,940  175,822  176,666  177,746  177,722  179,039  180,475  182,893  183,761     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..   185,118  186,367  188,008  189,719  190,445  192,600  192,654  193,380  192,810  193,101  193,384  192,833     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..   193,214  192,094  191,297(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..   113,968  114,601  114,206  115,209  115,263  116,346  116,884  117,020  116,853  117,309  117,994  117,913     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..   119,158  119,572  120,238  121,758  121,615  120,755  122,655  122,799  122,399  123,166  123,099  123,342     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..   124,977  126,179  124,941  127,482  130,404  129,562  133,373  132,570  132,511  135,328  135,559  136,070     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..   138,935  140,928  141,932  144,612  145,547  145,421  148,420  147,032  146,346  148,320  148,371  147,594     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..   150,306  150,425  149,626  152,288  151,778  150,512  153,298  152,311  151,421  151,774  151,592  150,453     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..   153,294  154,070  155,174  157,364  158,411  161,212  161,563  160,164  160,933  161,105  160,953  161,723     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..   164,502  167,126  168,453  169,973  170,525  169,046  170,785  171,121  170,863  172,144  171,324  171,461     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..   173,505  175,276  175,543  176,143  177,064  177,325  180,086  178,017  178,302  180,163  181,950  181,286     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..   184,181  186,494  187,335  190,791  191,633  193,383  195,255  193,785  192,183  192,909  192,677  190,254     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..   192,183  192,075  190,299(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
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<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.73     1.70     1.69     1.67     1.69     1.68     1.65     1.68     1.68     1.67     1.65     1.67     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.60     1.61     1.67     1.62     1.59     1.61     1.57     1.59     1.60     1.59     1.60     1.63     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.59     1.60     1.56     1.57     1.58     1.57     1.58     1.52     1.55     1.54     1.55     1.54     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.54     1.54     1.58     1.58     1.57     1.58     1.60     1.58     1.57     1.59     1.58     1.55     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.60     1.60     1.57     1.59     1.57     1.57     1.58     1.58     1.57     1.56     1.54     1.56     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.56     1.51     1.56     1.54     1.55     1.58     1.55     1.57     1.55     1.56     1.57     1.58     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.57     1.59     1.59     1.58     1.61     1.60     1.59     1.62     1.64     1.65     1.65     1.64     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.64     1.60     1.60     1.60     1.58     1.57     1.57     1.57     1.57     1.56     1.57     1.54     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.55     1.57     1.57     1.58     1.58     1.60     1.61     1.60     1.61     1.61     1.62     1.63     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.63     1.62     1.63(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.83     1.87     1.60     1.67     1.76     1.60     1.65     1.67     1.61     1.55     1.69     1.64     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.78     1.79     1.54     1.62     1.65     1.54     1.62     1.54     1.53     1.53     1.59     1.60     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.78     1.77     1.44     1.62     1.59     1.51     1.68     1.44     1.47     1.48     1.54     1.55     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.67     1.72     1.47     1.68     1.54     1.51     1.70     1.49     1.54     1.48     1.57     1.60     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.70     1.69     1.53     1.59     1.55     1.59     1.59     1.54     1.53     1.42     1.58     1.56     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.67     1.68     1.52     1.55     1.56     1.55     1.55     1.58     1.47     1.43     1.65     1.54     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.72     1.76     1.50     1.59     1.66     1.51     1.59     1.63     1.56     1.55     1.70     1.60     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.85     1.78     1.48     1.60     1.63     1.49     1.61     1.53     1.50     1.52     1.56     1.51     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.74     1.67     1.46     1.68     1.55     1.51     1.70     1.52     1.57     1.52     1.62     1.68     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.73     1.80     1.54(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><NONTABLE>NAICS  4211  Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    12,020   12,162   12,296   12,146   12,193   12,615   12,468   12,497   12,649   12,809   12,787   12,457     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    12,858   12,670   12,008   12,676   13,158   12,382   12,937   12,898   13,103   13,098   12,619   12,278     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    13,116   13,547   13,387   13,562   13,239   13,309   13,619   14,834   13,392   13,789   14,089   13,731     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    13,338   13,267   13,326   13,449   14,274   13,792   13,386   13,681   13,620   13,308   13,631   13,897     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    14,238   13,803   13,939   13,900   13,626   13,563   13,885   13,530   13,486   13,564   13,802   13,876     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    13,943   14,130   13,986   13,802   14,074   14,367   13,832   13,348   14,154   14,267   13,784   13,161     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    13,839   13,925   14,244   14,355   14,330   14,212   14,567   14,771   14,806   14,330   14,811   14,764     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    14,773   16,292   15,733   15,787   15,987   16,413   16,401   16,420   16,538   17,050   16,810   17,136     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    16,560   16,366   16,233   16,382   16,247   16,234   16,023   16,356   16,289   16,137   16,389   16,430     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    16,772   16,346   16,307(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    10,938   11,347   13,501   12,608   12,278   13,019   12,830   11,985   12,345   13,578   12,339   12,818    149,586
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    11,289   11,568   13,221   13,297   13,105   12,828   13,222   12,859   12,723   13,425   12,606   12,389    152,532
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    11,411   12,341   15,167   13,765   13,716   13,775   13,469   14,849   13,138   13,899   14,061   13,800    163,391
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    12,071   12,046   14,778   13,489   14,816   14,482   13,065   14,119   12,925   13,867   13,549   13,591    162,798
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    12,900   13,196   14,915   14,525   14,239   13,671   14,065   13,584   12,744   14,513   13,374   13,987    165,713
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    12,688   12,759   14,811   14,465   14,581   14,626   14,385   13,028   13,885   14,909   13,205   13,332    166,674
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    12,483   12,546   15,654   14,958   14,416   15,008   14,771   14,254   14,584   14,903   14,263   15,399    173,239
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    12,912   14,679   17,291   16,639   15,907   17,299   16,516   16,486   16,240   17,238   16,810   17,462    195,479
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    14,324   15,646   17,889   16,464   16,881   17,176   15,478   16,928   15,605   16,815   16,373   16,134    195,713
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    15,162   14,744   17,775(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     47,681
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    20,110   20,344   20,611   20,188   20,097   20,145   20,101   20,282   20,892   21,046   21,276   21,561     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    21,027   20,839   21,262   21,060   20,728   20,105   20,431   20,934   20,639   20,523   20,473   21,309     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    20,746   20,535   20,062   20,379   20,485   20,580   20,942   20,628   20,980   21,475   21,525   21,633     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    21,898   22,345   22,277   22,774   23,110   22,729   22,627   22,531   22,368   22,088   22,210   22,206     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    22,106   22,359   21,448   22,394   22,216   22,293   22,540   22,358   21,705   22,130   22,434   21,697     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    22,134   21,665   22,056   21,628   22,098   22,958   22,845   22,958   23,102   22,640   22,388   22,457     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    22,640   22,957   23,534   22,526   22,082   21,682   21,420   21,852   22,046   22,501   22,144   22,959     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    22,821   22,959   23,371   23,371   23,780   23,941   24,399   24,570   25,010   25,053   25,594   25,760     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    25,788   25,824   26,358   26,566   26,603   26,945   26,634   26,436   26,109   26,189   26,268   26,706     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    26,141   26,109   25,937(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    20,371   21,137   20,817   20,632   20,238   19,742   19,699   19,471   20,558   21,151   21,723   21,130     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    21,279   21,652   21,453   21,523   20,894   19,723   20,063   20,118   20,288   20,605   20,903   20,819     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    21,016   21,336   20,202   20,807   20,649   20,230   20,670   19,906   20,602   21,496   21,912   21,027     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    22,205   23,239   22,433   23,229   23,318   22,388   22,423   21,810   21,943   22,088   22,499   21,495     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    22,438   23,276   21,641   22,819   22,438   21,981   22,382   21,687   21,293   22,086   22,613   20,981     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    22,444   22,553   22,343   22,039   22,297   22,660   22,662   22,292   22,663   22,595   22,522   21,761     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    22,934   23,852   23,958   22,931   22,259   21,422   21,227   21,218   21,627   22,433   22,233   22,339     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    23,118   23,831   23,838   23,815   23,970   23,654   24,131   23,808   24,510   24,978   25,696   25,168     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    26,097   26,780   26,859   27,097   26,842   26,595   26,314   25,564   25,587   26,110   26,426   26,145     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    26,429   27,075   26,404(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.67     1.67     1.68     1.66     1.65     1.60     1.61     1.62     1.65     1.64     1.66     1.73     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.64     1.64     1.77     1.66     1.58     1.62     1.58     1.62     1.58     1.57     1.62     1.74     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.58     1.52     1.50     1.50     1.55     1.55     1.54     1.39     1.57     1.56     1.53     1.58     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.64     1.68     1.67     1.69     1.62     1.65     1.69     1.65     1.64     1.66     1.63     1.60     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.55     1.62     1.54     1.61     1.63     1.64     1.62     1.65     1.61     1.63     1.63     1.56     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.59     1.53     1.58     1.57     1.57     1.60     1.65     1.72     1.63     1.59     1.62     1.71     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.64     1.65     1.65     1.57     1.54     1.53     1.47     1.48     1.49     1.57     1.50     1.56     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.54     1.41     1.49     1.48     1.49     1.46     1.49     1.50     1.51     1.47     1.52     1.50     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.56     1.58     1.62     1.62     1.64     1.66     1.66     1.62     1.60     1.62     1.60     1.63     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.56     1.60     1.59(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.86     1.86     1.54     1.64     1.65     1.52     1.54     1.62     1.67     1.56     1.76     1.65     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.88     1.87     1.62     1.62     1.59     1.54     1.52     1.56     1.59     1.53     1.66     1.68     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.84     1.73     1.33     1.51     1.51     1.47     1.53     1.34     1.57     1.55     1.56     1.52     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.84     1.93     1.52     1.72     1.57     1.55     1.72     1.54     1.70     1.59     1.66     1.58     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.74     1.76     1.45     1.57     1.58     1.61     1.59     1.60     1.67     1.52     1.69     1.50     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.77     1.77     1.51     1.52     1.53     1.55     1.58     1.71     1.63     1.52     1.71     1.63     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.84     1.90     1.53     1.53     1.54     1.43     1.44     1.49     1.48     1.51     1.56     1.45     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.79     1.62     1.38     1.43     1.51     1.37     1.46     1.44     1.51     1.45     1.53     1.44     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.82     1.71     1.50     1.65     1.59     1.55     1.70     1.51     1.64     1.55     1.61     1.62     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.74     1.84     1.49(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4212  Furniture and Home Furnishings
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     2,329    2,326    2,331    2,372    2,343    2,396    2,306    2,313    2,365    2,331    2,542    2,465     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     2,495    2,478    2,358    2,505    2,572    2,557    2,551    2,555    2,503    2,522    2,399    2,363     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     2,437    2,489    2,462    2,484    2,441    2,501    2,615    2,689    2,740    2,818    2,764    2,850     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     2,861    2,845    2,996    2,921    2,956    2,870    2,884    2,894    2,839    2,833    2,919    2,916     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     2,808    2,908    2,880    2,933    3,076    3,120    3,077    3,029    3,087    3,069    3,209    3,171     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     3,211    3,374    3,158    3,224    3,146    3,120    3,201    3,132    3,417    3,385    3,292    3,374     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     3,468    3,308    3,379    3,352    3,322    3,410    3,376    3,380    3,344    3,292    3,413    3,373     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     3,395    3,465    3,448    3,445    3,480    3,510    3,705    3,590    3,536    3,659    3,626    3,680     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     3,774    3,853    3,861    3,864    3,914    3,948    3,899    3,941    3,926    3,864    3,868    3,757     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     3,861    3,828    3,836(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     2,105    2,070    2,464    2,396    2,268    2,456    2,246    2,368    2,509    2,580    2,572    2,477     28,511
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     2,128    2,183    2,525    2,553    2,521    2,572    2,434    2,703    2,673    2,694    2,505    2,372     29,863
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     2,096    2,195    2,637    2,422    2,483    2,531    2,419    2,877    2,951    3,035    2,844    2,802     31,292
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     2,546    2,515    3,188    2,781    3,045    2,936    2,702    3,091    2,927    3,147    3,045    2,773     34,696
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     2,538    2,707    2,889    2,983    3,156    2,992    3,037    3,150    3,232    3,450    3,251    3,152     36,537
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     2,903    2,993    3,183    3,214    3,149    3,136    3,172    3,148    3,670    3,774    3,269    3,387     38,998
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     3,080    2,941    3,514    3,365    3,209    3,533    3,342    3,437    3,525    3,585    3,522    3,370     40,423
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     2,923    3,087    3,624    3,493    3,386    3,580    3,594    3,795    3,759    3,853    3,829    3,647     42,570
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     3,283    3,591    4,046    3,675    4,000    4,098    3,696    4,241    4,040    4,258    4,027    3,509     46,464
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     3,517    3,411    3,932(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     10,860
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     4,016    4,061    4,028    4,233    4,100    4,074    4,069    4,004    3,999    4,000    4,076    4,151     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     4,118    4,129    4,193    4,172    4,194    4,206    4,130    4,139    4,147    4,202    4,209    4,226     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     4,272    4,261    4,247    4,305    4,274    4,208    4,238    4,287    4,344    4,388    4,344    4,391     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,433    4,507    4,565    4,605    4,651    4,894    4,823    4,806    4,725    4,687    4,718    4,670     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,621    4,728    4,766    4,660    4,715    4,752    4,757    4,753    4,776    4,705    4,756    4,736     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     4,749    4,639    4,557    4,774    4,833    4,717    4,655    4,765    4,819    4,775    4,854    4,871     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     4,940    4,921    4,873    4,985    5,022    5,011    5,050    5,063    5,092    5,166    5,079    5,077     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     5,053    5,119    5,118    5,034    5,055    5,130    5,173    5,132    5,195    5,344    5,238    5,387     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     5,413    5,484    5,553    5,634    5,699    5,760    5,854    5,913    5,794    5,843    5,932    5,879     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     5,955    5,931    5,936(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     3,952    4,020    4,020    4,199    4,170    4,131    4,102    4,068    4,055    3,976    4,031    4,085     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     4,048    4,088    4,185    4,126    4,257    4,265    4,171    4,218    4,218    4,181    4,171    4,154     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     4,191    4,206    4,239    4,245    4,317    4,267    4,289    4,390    4,440    4,375    4,309    4,312     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,349    4,435    4,538    4,527    4,679    4,963    4,895    4,945    4,857    4,696    4,685    4,577     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,529    4,629    4,714    4,562    4,715    4,823    4,852    4,919    4,934    4,743    4,723    4,632     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     4,654    4,532    4,475    4,650    4,814    4,792    4,776    4,946    4,988    4,837    4,815    4,764     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     4,841    4,793    4,756    4,840    4,987    5,101    5,207    5,265    5,265    5,259    5,033    4,960     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     4,957    4,976    4,970    4,878    5,015    5,222    5,359    5,348    5,361    5,467    5,191    5,258     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     5,310    5,325    5,370    5,448    5,648    5,869    6,088    6,173    5,962    5,989    5,873    5,738     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     5,842    5,759    5,734(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.72     1.75     1.73     1.78     1.75     1.70     1.76     1.73     1.69     1.72     1.60     1.68     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.65     1.67     1.78     1.67     1.63     1.64     1.62     1.62     1.66     1.67     1.75     1.79     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.75     1.71     1.73     1.73     1.75     1.68     1.62     1.59     1.59     1.56     1.57     1.54     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.55     1.58     1.52     1.58     1.57     1.71     1.67     1.66     1.66     1.65     1.62     1.60     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.65     1.63     1.65     1.59     1.53     1.52     1.55     1.57     1.55     1.53     1.48     1.49     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.48     1.37     1.44     1.48     1.54     1.51     1.45     1.52     1.41     1.41     1.47     1.44     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.42     1.49     1.44     1.49     1.51     1.47     1.50     1.50     1.52     1.57     1.49     1.51     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.49     1.48     1.48     1.46     1.45     1.46     1.40     1.43     1.47     1.46     1.44     1.46     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.43     1.42     1.44     1.46     1.46     1.46     1.50     1.50     1.48     1.51     1.53     1.56     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.54     1.55     1.55(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.88     1.94     1.63     1.75     1.84     1.68     1.83     1.72     1.62     1.54     1.57     1.65     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.90     1.87     1.66     1.62     1.69     1.66     1.71     1.56     1.58     1.55     1.67     1.75     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      2.00     1.92     1.61     1.75     1.74     1.69     1.77     1.53     1.50     1.44     1.52     1.54     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.71     1.76     1.42     1.63     1.54     1.69     1.81     1.60     1.66     1.49     1.54     1.65     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.78     1.71     1.63     1.53     1.49     1.61     1.60     1.56     1.53     1.37     1.45     1.47     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.60     1.51     1.41     1.45     1.53     1.53     1.51     1.57     1.36     1.28     1.47     1.41     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.57     1.63     1.35     1.44     1.55     1.44     1.56     1.53     1.49     1.47     1.43     1.47     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.70     1.61     1.37     1.40     1.48     1.46     1.49     1.41     1.43     1.42     1.36     1.44     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.62     1.48     1.33     1.48     1.41     1.43     1.65     1.46     1.48     1.41     1.46     1.64     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.66     1.69     1.46(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4213  Lumber & Other Construction Materials
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     3,630    3,736    3,726    3,816    3,826    3,862    3,821    3,835    3,917    3,858    3,855    3,772     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     4,151    4,595    4,183    4,229    4,148    4,147    4,161    4,225    4,259    4,270    4,495    4,483     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     4,451    4,388    4,541    4,526    4,688    4,661    4,822    4,710    4,694    4,793    4,809    4,943     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,818    4,738    4,667    4,650    4,631    4,525    4,453    4,570    4,541    4,646    4,544    4,555     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,602    4,661    4,794    4,716    4,866    4,996    4,919    5,026    5,114    5,067    5,106    4,933     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     4,947    5,187    5,104    5,229    5,054    5,164    5,168    5,149    5,128    5,059    4,997    5,121     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     5,163    5,140    5,093    5,206    5,193    5,182    5,393    5,425    5,383    5,447    5,516    5,557     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     5,470    5,626    5,706    5,771    5,937    6,047    6,104    5,967    6,097    6,072    6,221    6,150     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     6,335    6,114    6,202    6,055    6,023    5,992    5,829    5,828    5,786    5,861    5,814    5,839     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     5,963    6,050    6,010(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     3,220    3,194    3,715    3,919    3,952    4,194    4,100    4,077    4,156    4,205    3,635    3,474     45,841
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     3,441    3,869    4,338    4,352    4,256    4,524    4,327    4,652    4,502    4,501    4,414    4,129     51,305
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     3,663    3,690    4,686    4,521    4,955    5,080    4,856    5,416    4,994    5,023    4,722    4,389     55,995
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,095    3,975    4,816    4,431    5,076    4,986    4,493    5,265    4,709    5,032    4,417    3,876     55,171
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,059    4,074    4,607    4,824    5,323    5,161    5,381    5,644    5,227    5,680    4,835    4,277     59,092
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     4,353    4,352    4,869    5,355    5,352    5,541    5,685    5,582    5,456    5,666    4,507    4,583     61,301
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     4,399    4,323    5,027    5,315    5,312    5,825    5,981    5,826    5,727    5,883    5,108    4,935     63,661
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     4,502    4,743    5,883    5,938    6,056    6,821    6,568    6,599    6,420    6,303    5,997    5,467     71,297
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     5,188    5,417    6,419    5,807    6,625    6,759    6,010    6,661    5,936    6,236    5,581    4,852     71,491
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     5,265    5,124    6,058(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     16,447
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     4,432    4,330    4,360    4,619    4,501    4,535    4,625    4,624    4,642    4,733    4,710    4,784     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     4,976    4,989    5,109    5,271    5,079    5,035    5,005    5,006    4,987    5,032    4,869    5,021     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     4,970    4,968    5,000    4,985    5,086    5,202    5,221    5,261    5,236    5,291    5,367    5,403     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     5,351    5,486    5,415    5,349    5,302    5,174    5,055    5,092    5,220    5,175    5,266    5,319     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     5,307    5,308    5,310    5,298    5,317    5,408    5,396    5,521    5,698    5,576    5,566    5,616     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     5,585    5,712    5,757    5,898    5,975    6,082    6,104    6,188    6,173    6,085    6,159    6,076     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     6,121    6,091    6,021    6,101    6,017    5,985    6,004    6,186    5,907    5,933    5,936    5,867     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     5,938    5,944    6,060    6,151    6,255    6,269    6,417    6,472    6,552    6,626    6,570    6,607     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     6,751    6,796    6,847    6,831    6,818    6,836    6,751    6,700    6,678    6,671    6,702    6,732     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     6,665    6,633    6,601(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     4,463    4,369    4,595    4,711    4,627    4,630    4,653    4,545    4,526    4,539    4,512    4,684     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     5,001    5,039    5,380    5,376    5,216    5,146    5,035    4,931    4,877    4,831    4,674    4,916     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     4,965    5,023    5,245    5,085    5,218    5,322    5,258    5,203    5,147    5,079    5,168    5,284     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     5,303    5,535    5,642    5,456    5,435    5,309    5,100    5,067    5,163    4,968    5,082    5,181     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     5,217    5,345    5,496    5,415    5,450    5,565    5,472    5,521    5,664    5,359    5,377    5,436     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     5,462    5,723    5,918    6,045    6,136    6,277    6,226    6,219    6,154    5,854    5,937    5,845     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     5,968    6,073    6,165    6,278    6,191    6,188    6,160    6,223    5,895    5,713    5,710    5,609     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     5,790    5,902    6,193    6,342    6,455    6,501    6,610    6,511    6,526    6,387    6,301    6,303     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     6,589    6,742    6,998    7,050    7,050    7,089    6,967    6,727    6,638    6,431    6,414    6,422     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     6,512    6,580    6,759(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.22     1.16     1.17     1.21     1.18     1.17     1.21     1.21     1.19     1.23     1.22     1.27     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.20     1.09     1.22     1.25     1.22     1.21     1.20     1.18     1.17     1.18     1.08     1.12     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.12     1.13     1.10     1.10     1.08     1.12     1.08     1.12     1.12     1.10     1.12     1.09     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.11     1.16     1.16     1.15     1.14     1.14     1.14     1.11     1.15     1.11     1.16     1.17     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.15     1.14     1.11     1.12     1.09     1.08     1.10     1.10     1.11     1.10     1.09     1.14     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.13     1.10     1.13     1.13     1.18     1.18     1.18     1.20     1.20     1.20     1.23     1.19     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.19     1.19     1.18     1.17     1.16     1.15     1.11     1.14     1.10     1.09     1.08     1.06     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.09     1.06     1.06     1.07     1.05     1.04     1.05     1.08     1.07     1.09     1.06     1.07     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.07     1.11     1.10     1.13     1.13     1.14     1.16     1.15     1.15     1.14     1.15     1.15     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.12     1.10     1.10(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.39     1.37     1.24     1.20     1.17     1.10     1.13     1.11     1.09     1.08     1.24     1.35     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.45     1.30     1.24     1.24     1.23     1.14     1.16     1.06     1.08     1.07     1.06     1.19     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.36     1.36     1.12     1.12     1.05     1.05     1.08     0.96     1.03     1.01     1.09     1.20     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.29     1.39     1.17     1.23     1.07     1.06     1.14     0.96     1.10     0.99     1.15     1.34     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.29     1.31     1.19     1.12     1.02     1.08     1.02     0.98     1.08     0.94     1.11     1.27     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.25     1.32     1.22     1.13     1.15     1.13     1.10     1.11     1.13     1.03     1.32     1.28     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.36     1.40     1.23     1.18     1.17     1.06     1.03     1.07     1.03     0.97     1.12     1.14     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.29     1.24     1.05     1.07     1.07     0.95     1.01     0.99     1.02     1.01     1.05     1.15     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.27     1.24     1.09     1.21     1.06     1.05     1.16     1.01     1.12     1.03     1.15     1.32     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.24     1.28     1.12(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4214  Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    10,362   10,530   10,595   11,506   10,954   10,939   11,272   11,100   11,036   11,254   11,674   11,692     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    12,399   13,062   12,263   12,772   12,487   12,831   12,925   13,227   13,227   13,576   13,339   12,947     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    13,320   13,096   13,363   13,250   13,238   13,242   13,611   13,957   14,086   14,362   14,587   15,255     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    15,714   15,617   15,736   15,840   16,369   16,538   16,606   16,585   17,043   17,311   17,107   17,729     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    17,345   17,749   18,070   17,981   18,573   18,422   18,403   18,572   18,553   18,311   18,967   18,503     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    18,585   19,385   19,115   19,511   19,536   19,926   19,756   19,491   20,200   20,048   20,438   20,725     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    20,872   20,987   21,348   21,452   20,902   21,359   21,295   21,370   21,161   21,159   20,433   21,408     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    21,463   21,633   22,064   21,928   22,690   22,809   22,897   22,951   22,957   23,118   23,258   23,763     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    23,511   23,292   23,596   23,670   23,514   23,200   23,308   23,470   23,351   23,414   22,965   22,204     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    22,548   22,637   22,347(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    10,662    9,740   11,040   11,287    9,902   11,169   11,407   11,022   11,720   11,986   11,032   12,546    133,513
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    11,915   11,847   13,330   12,465   11,363   13,139   12,705   13,386   14,113   13,929   13,019   13,996    155,207
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    12,721   11,891   14,472   12,614   12,338   13,705   12,876   14,697   15,072   14,735   14,237   16,063    165,421
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    15,070   14,165   17,231   14,478   15,993   17,200   15,726   17,331   17,912   18,003   16,731   18,084    197,924
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    17,050   16,773   18,630   17,406   18,239   18,219   18,477   18,962   19,406   19,648   18,057   19,373    220,240
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    17,990   17,524   19,822   18,887   18,735   20,404   19,716   19,257   21,877   21,572   18,721   22,673    237,178
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    19,390   18,930   22,565   20,830   19,397   22,662   21,380   21,220   23,002   22,175   19,248   23,270    254,069
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    19,102   19,426   24,293   21,248   21,147   24,200   22,325   23,364   25,092   23,511   22,630   25,925    272,263
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    20,901   21,662   25,908   21,563   23,302   24,569   22,003   24,855   24,916   24,468   22,414   22,692    279,253
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    21,240   20,192   23,777(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     65,209
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    16,493   16,468   15,944   15,972   16,179   16,689   16,178   16,572   16,686   16,094   16,507   16,537     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    16,456   16,518   16,877   16,893   16,958   17,052   17,164   17,333   17,478   17,469   17,604   17,727     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    18,189   18,284   18,315   18,720   19,401   19,080   19,419   19,284   19,496   20,172   20,179   20,525     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    20,696   21,012   21,430   21,410   21,547   21,876   22,422   22,450   22,421   22,818   23,147   23,339     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    23,300   23,053   23,419   23,233   23,181   23,259   23,028   23,698   24,059   23,169   23,721   24,088     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    23,954   24,144   24,149   24,888   25,219   26,170   26,284   25,824   26,751   27,060   26,986   27,150     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    27,769   27,797   28,337   28,579   28,426   27,566   27,404   27,434   26,903   26,370   26,373   25,914     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    25,682   26,207   26,039   25,347   25,679   26,033   25,866   25,796   25,801   26,192   26,542   26,687     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    27,250   26,789   26,515   26,949   26,700   26,764   26,788   26,822   27,166   27,176   26,852   26,435     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    26,144   26,026   25,589(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    16,806   16,369   15,785   15,972   16,098   16,472   16,518   16,572   16,419   16,239   16,507   16,554     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    16,752   16,402   16,742   16,893   16,856   16,830   17,507   17,333   17,198   17,626   17,622   17,762     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    18,498   18,119   18,223   18,757   19,265   18,832   19,807   19,265   19,184   20,354   20,219   20,587     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    21,006   20,781   21,344   21,517   21,396   21,592   22,826   22,383   22,062   23,046   23,263   23,409     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    23,580   22,822   23,396   23,396   22,996   22,957   23,373   23,556   23,674   23,401   23,934   24,136     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    24,217   23,975   24,125   25,062   25,017   25,804   26,547   25,592   26,376   27,385   27,364   27,204     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    28,019   27,714   28,252   28,722   28,170   27,153   27,596   27,105   26,580   26,766   26,874   25,940     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    25,913   26,233   25,883   25,398   25,422   25,590   25,969   25,435   25,543   26,663   27,179   26,740     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    27,522   26,896   26,276   26,895   26,380   26,282   26,868   26,393   26,922   27,747   27,604   26,541     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    26,458   26,156   25,282(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.59     1.56     1.50     1.39     1.48     1.53     1.44     1.49     1.51     1.43     1.41     1.41     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.33     1.26     1.38     1.32     1.36     1.33     1.33     1.31     1.32     1.29     1.32     1.37     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.37     1.40     1.37     1.41     1.47     1.44     1.43     1.38     1.38     1.40     1.38     1.35     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.32     1.35     1.36     1.35     1.32     1.32     1.35     1.35     1.32     1.32     1.35     1.32     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.34     1.30     1.30     1.29     1.25     1.26     1.25     1.28     1.30     1.27     1.25     1.30     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.29     1.25     1.26     1.28     1.29     1.31     1.33     1.32     1.32     1.35     1.32     1.31     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.33     1.32     1.33     1.33     1.36     1.29     1.29     1.28     1.27     1.25     1.29     1.21     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.20     1.21     1.18     1.16     1.13     1.14     1.13     1.12     1.12     1.13     1.14     1.12     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.16     1.15     1.12     1.14     1.14     1.15     1.15     1.14     1.16     1.16     1.17     1.19     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.16     1.15     1.15(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.58     1.68     1.43     1.42     1.63     1.47     1.45     1.50     1.40     1.35     1.50     1.32     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.41     1.38     1.26     1.36     1.48     1.28     1.38     1.29     1.22     1.27     1.35     1.27     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.45     1.52     1.26     1.49     1.56     1.37     1.54     1.31     1.27     1.38     1.42     1.28     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.39     1.47     1.24     1.49     1.34     1.26     1.45     1.29     1.23     1.28     1.39     1.29     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.38     1.36     1.26     1.34     1.26     1.26     1.26     1.24     1.22     1.19     1.33     1.25     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.35     1.37     1.22     1.33     1.34     1.26     1.35     1.33     1.21     1.27     1.46     1.20     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.45     1.46     1.25     1.38     1.45     1.20     1.29     1.28     1.16     1.21     1.40     1.11     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.36     1.35     1.07     1.20     1.20     1.06     1.16     1.09     1.02     1.13     1.20     1.03     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.32     1.24     1.01     1.25     1.13     1.07     1.22     1.06     1.08     1.13     1.23     1.17     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.25     1.30     1.06(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  42143  Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110101000><DATAROW>1992..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1993..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1994..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1995..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1996..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    10,908   11,422   11,200   11,626   11,650   11,942   11,858   11,808   12,352   11,964   12,479   12,526     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    12,478   12,564   12,836   13,116   12,666   13,462   12,791   12,531   12,244   12,163   11,636   12,216     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    12,426   12,847   13,078   12,702   13,372   13,346   13,678   13,629   13,677   13,944   13,721   14,331     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    14,028   13,851   14,117   14,047   13,975   13,609   13,540   13,893   13,725   13,673   13,490   12,821     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    13,023   12,815   12,569(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110101000><DATAROW>1992..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)
<110101000><DATAROW>1993..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)
<110101000><DATAROW>1994..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)
<110101000><DATAROW>1995..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)
<110101000><DATAROW>1996..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    10,690   10,348   11,816   11,219   10,800   12,372   11,751   11,714   13,390   12,813   11,381   13,766    142,060
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    11,580   11,358   13,837   12,657   11,602   14,202   12,881   12,506   13,419   12,552   10,984   13,206    150,784
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    11,221   11,524   14,595   12,219   12,289   14,093   13,227   13,997   15,072   14,195   13,158   15,707    161,297
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    12,625   12,757   15,755   12,755   13,626   14,317   12,836   14,699   14,796   14,302   13,004   13,231    164,703
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    12,385   11,354   13,424(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     37,163
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110101000><DATAROW>1992..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1993..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1994..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1995..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1996..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    11,084   11,240   11,260   11,603   12,002   12,875   12,872   12,521   13,333   13,445   13,014   13,241     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    13,399   13,343   14,171   14,047   13,964   13,433   12,934   13,080   12,459   12,090   12,079   12,102     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    11,809   12,470   11,819   11,135   11,839   11,954   11,856   11,824   11,555   11,881   12,051   12,165     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    12,162   12,219   11,400   11,571   11,170   11,172   11,258   11,212   11,633   12,061   11,462   10,985     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    10,849   10,738   10,690(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110101000><DATAROW>1992..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1993..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1994..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1995..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1996..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    11,350   11,038   11,136   11,696   11,846   12,592   13,052   12,346   13,093   13,674   13,365   13,440     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    13,694   13,156   13,916   14,131   13,741   13,124   13,050   12,845   12,272   12,344   12,502   12,332     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    12,069   12,358   11,535   11,168   11,602   11,631   11,903   11,588   11,416   12,190   12,569   12,433     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    12,442   12,170   11,047   11,525   10,880   10,837   11,281   10,965   11,517   12,459   12,024   11,260     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    11,131   10,738   10,305(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110101000><DATAROW>1992..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1993..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1994..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1995..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1996..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.02     0.98     1.01     1.00     1.03     1.08     1.09     1.06     1.08     1.12     1.04     1.06     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.07     1.06     1.10     1.07     1.10     1.00     1.01     1.04     1.02     0.99     1.04     0.99     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      0.95     0.97     0.90     0.88     0.89     0.90     0.87     0.87     0.84     0.85     0.88     0.85     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      0.87     0.88     0.81     0.82     0.80     0.82     0.83     0.81     0.85     0.88     0.85     0.86     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      0.83     0.84     0.85(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110101000><DATAROW>1992..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1993..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1994..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1995..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>1996..      (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.06     1.07     0.94     1.04     1.10     1.02     1.11     1.05     0.98     1.07     1.17     0.98     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.18     1.16     1.01     1.12     1.18     0.92     1.01     1.03     0.91     0.98     1.14     0.93     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.08     1.07     0.79     0.91     0.94     0.83     0.90     0.83     0.76     0.86     0.96     0.79     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      0.99     0.95     0.70     0.90     0.80     0.76     0.88     0.75     0.78     0.87     0.92     0.85     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      0.90     0.95     0.77(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4215  Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     6,218    6,309    6,355    6,213    6,298    6,328    6,460    6,692    6,391    6,159    6,553    6,555     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     6,666    6,400    6,418    6,541    6,657    6,702    6,652    6,522    6,545    6,438    6,481    6,590     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     6,616    6,888    7,063    7,070    7,348    7,483    7,414    7,771    7,886    7,961    7,826    7,974     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     8,087    7,972    7,981    8,080    7,838    7,766    7,889    7,831    7,979    7,954    8,036    7,891     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     7,843    7,827    7,416    7,833    8,066    7,740    7,756    7,935    7,648    7,886    8,196    8,006     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     8,064    8,282    7,874    8,395    8,331    8,462    8,455    8,427    8,588    8,565    8,566    8,541     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     8,273    8,209    8,306    8,172    8,193    8,168    8,153    8,083    8,056    7,932    7,791    7,734     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     8,003    7,920    7,819    7,777    7,759    7,756    7,889    7,690    7,677    8,066    8,295    8,419     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     8,829    8,615    8,707    8,629    8,670    8,718    8,698    8,738    8,555    8,414    8,404    8,278     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     7,946    8,034    7,860(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     6,237    5,899    6,882    6,381    6,392    6,790    6,421    6,679    6,608    6,331    5,937    6,188     76,745
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     6,326    5,933    7,124    6,737    6,690    7,218    6,386    6,750    6,722    6,483    6,047    6,214     78,630
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     6,239    6,406    7,861    7,098    7,620    7,977    6,947    8,237    8,099    7,961    7,396    7,288     89,129
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     7,885    7,454    8,867    7,935    8,285    8,240    7,313    8,324    7,939    8,256    7,594    7,070     95,162
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     7,843    7,670    7,794    8,138    8,493    7,725    7,647    8,117    7,617    8,422    7,581    7,406     94,453
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     8,080    7,835    8,213    8,764    8,431    8,640    8,396    8,419    8,760    9,122    7,778    8,114    100,552
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     8,033    7,807    8,946    8,450    8,086    8,552    8,120    7,994    8,265    8,146    7,308    7,401     97,108
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     7,611    7,548    8,609    8,003    7,588    8,190    7,621    7,890    7,823    8,098    8,013    8,049     95,043
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     8,361    8,615    9,569    8,370    8,999    9,163    8,176    9,227    8,461    8,683    8,152    7,500    103,276
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     8,002    7,664    8,316(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     23,982
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    10,303   10,551   10,512   10,523   10,549   10,593   10,409   10,398   10,517   10,603   10,568   10,552     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    10,567   10,609   10,671   10,871   10,828   11,038   11,136   11,107   11,171   11,183   11,136   11,369     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    11,280   11,374   11,444   11,460   11,700   12,092   11,956   12,162   12,368   12,543   12,758   12,832     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    13,124   13,004   13,171   13,185   13,114   12,992   13,048   12,953   12,797   12,713   12,571   12,432     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    12,343   12,231   12,238   12,163   12,173   12,019   12,205   12,343   12,282   12,577   12,750   12,955     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    13,131   13,470   13,553   13,688   13,709   13,882   13,838   13,849   13,799   13,726   13,711   13,816     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    13,955   14,036   14,098   14,061   14,193   14,106   14,034   14,448   14,483   14,513   14,644   14,577     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    14,674   14,224   13,757   13,697   13,792   13,753   13,587   13,443   13,527   13,703   13,926   14,114     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    14,321   14,626   14,885   15,210   15,101   15,176   15,235   15,204   15,085   14,878   14,639   14,244     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    14,026   13,862   13,668(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    10,365   10,435   10,533   10,597   10,517   10,784   10,555   10,336   10,485   10,518   10,230   10,710     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    10,641   10,492   10,703   10,947   10,806   11,215   11,292   11,051   11,126   11,082   10,780   11,540     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    11,370   11,260   11,501   11,552   11,677   12,249   12,123   12,113   12,306   12,392   12,350   13,012     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    13,242   12,913   13,263   13,290   13,114   13,109   13,218   12,927   12,707   12,522   12,194   12,606     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    12,466   12,182   12,336   12,248   12,185   12,079   12,351   12,331   12,171   12,351   12,406   13,123     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    13,262   13,470   13,661   13,770   13,736   13,924   13,990   13,835   13,675   13,465   13,396   13,982     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    14,081   14,064   14,183   14,131   14,221   14,148   14,202   14,448   14,367   14,252   14,351   14,737     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    14,762   14,252   13,798   13,752   13,820   13,808   13,750   13,456   13,446   13,470   13,689   14,255     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    14,393   14,626   14,870   15,256   15,116   15,252   15,433   15,234   15,025   14,655   14,419   14,372     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    14,068   13,834   13,613(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.66     1.67     1.65     1.69     1.67     1.67     1.61     1.55     1.65     1.72     1.61     1.61     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.59     1.66     1.66     1.66     1.63     1.65     1.67     1.70     1.71     1.74     1.72     1.73     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.70     1.65     1.62     1.62     1.59     1.62     1.61     1.57     1.57     1.58     1.63     1.61     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.62     1.63     1.65     1.63     1.67     1.67     1.65     1.65     1.60     1.60     1.56     1.58     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.57     1.56     1.65     1.55     1.51     1.55     1.57     1.56     1.61     1.59     1.56     1.62     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.63     1.63     1.72     1.63     1.65     1.64     1.64     1.64     1.61     1.60     1.60     1.62     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.69     1.71     1.70     1.72     1.73     1.73     1.72     1.79     1.80     1.83     1.88     1.88     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.83     1.80     1.76     1.76     1.78     1.77     1.72     1.75     1.76     1.70     1.68     1.68     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.62     1.70     1.71     1.76     1.74     1.74     1.75     1.74     1.76     1.77     1.74     1.72     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.77     1.73     1.74(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.66     1.77     1.53     1.66     1.65     1.59     1.64     1.55     1.59     1.66     1.72     1.73     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.68     1.77     1.50     1.62     1.62     1.55     1.77     1.64     1.66     1.71     1.78     1.86     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.82     1.76     1.46     1.63     1.53     1.54     1.75     1.47     1.52     1.56     1.67     1.79     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.68     1.73     1.50     1.67     1.58     1.59     1.81     1.55     1.60     1.52     1.61     1.78     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.59     1.59     1.58     1.51     1.43     1.56     1.62     1.52     1.60     1.47     1.64     1.77     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.64     1.72     1.66     1.57     1.63     1.61     1.67     1.64     1.56     1.48     1.72     1.72     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.75     1.80     1.59     1.67     1.76     1.65     1.75     1.81     1.74     1.75     1.96     1.99     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.94     1.89     1.60     1.72     1.82     1.69     1.80     1.71     1.72     1.66     1.71     1.77     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.72     1.70     1.55     1.82     1.68     1.66     1.89     1.65     1.78     1.69     1.77     1.92     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.76     1.81     1.64(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4216  Electrical Goods
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     8,159    8,157    8,036    8,015    7,875    8,035    8,227    8,099    8,035    8,104    8,533    8,632     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     8,833    8,989    8,949    9,371    9,532    9,634   10,048   10,198   10,403   10,541   10,568   10,576     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    10,598   10,625   11,216   11,253   11,939   11,742   11,643   12,013   12,113   12,569   12,621   12,845     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    13,405   13,567   13,310   13,680   13,899   13,845   13,897   14,199   14,510   14,437   14,665   14,733     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    14,588   14,364   14,658   14,288   13,974   14,241   14,154   14,068   14,342   14,350   14,337   13,640     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    14,556   14,837   14,927   15,044   15,245   15,227   15,642   15,649   15,516   15,053   15,201   15,386     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    15,234   15,422   15,656   15,614   15,786   15,534   15,560   15,394   15,470   15,799   15,623   15,587     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    15,758   16,375   16,612   16,707   16,825   17,082   17,279   17,439   17,576   17,940   18,572   19,083     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    19,471   19,404   19,460   19,763   19,946   20,404   20,163   20,407   20,309   20,003   20,039   20,119     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    19,941   19,465   19,407(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     7,702    7,570    8,173    7,783    7,387    8,252    8,309    8,261    8,734    8,939    8,567    8,503     98,180
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     7,932    8,189    9,379    9,109    8,941    9,875    9,917   10,647   11,319   11,310   10,906   10,428    117,952
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     9,517    9,679   11,766   10,668   11,497   12,036   11,166   12,878   13,239   13,499   12,924   12,395    141,264
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    12,292   12,332   14,082   12,558   13,774   14,247   13,341   15,150   15,497   15,895   14,914   13,834    167,916
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    13,713   13,617   14,819   13,831   13,876   13,913   14,338   14,659   15,246   16,172   14,194   13,149    171,527
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    13,610   13,472   15,181   14,502   14,803   15,334   15,861   15,852   16,943   16,920   14,563   15,294    182,335
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    13,909   14,003   16,314   15,036   14,934   16,140   15,840   15,610   16,800   17,284   15,342   15,509    186,721
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    14,025   14,836   17,758   16,106   15,933   17,765   17,210   18,137   19,035   19,070   18,795   19,045    207,715
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    17,388   18,317   20,666   18,044   19,906   21,261   19,538   21,795   21,507   21,763   20,239   19,113    239,537
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    18,824   17,577   20,047(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     56,448
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    14,166   14,062   14,026   14,278   14,111   14,193   14,263   14,231   14,300   14,951   14,737   15,018     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    14,948   14,973   15,406   15,200   15,396   15,512   15,506   15,723   15,967   16,168   16,096   15,904     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    16,085   16,470   16,351   16,602   16,996   17,085   17,559   17,693   17,972   17,940   17,862   18,714     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    18,839   19,166   19,472   19,698   20,017   20,516   20,692   21,214   21,458   21,749   22,125   22,319     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    22,745   22,592   22,545   22,847   22,925   22,062   22,039   21,786   21,497   21,650   21,862   21,630     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    21,930   21,922   22,348   22,068   22,070   22,417   22,266   22,383   22,325   22,093   21,783   21,949     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    21,868   22,146   22,657   22,985   23,186   23,288   23,116   23,285   23,525   23,370   23,435   23,624     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    23,680   23,978   23,832   23,647   23,965   24,066   24,640   24,703   25,044   25,423   25,985   26,460     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    26,495   26,706   27,020   27,081   27,376   27,879   28,302   28,638   29,019   29,702   29,964   29,865     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    30,230   29,889   30,038(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    14,067   13,978   13,647   14,107   14,111   14,349   14,691   14,629   14,443   14,876   14,604   14,793     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    14,858   14,883   14,990   15,033   15,396   15,683   15,971   16,163   16,111   16,071   15,935   15,650     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    16,005   16,388   15,926   16,436   17,013   17,290   18,086   18,188   18,116   17,796   17,683   18,377     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    18,782   19,109   18,985   19,540   20,037   20,762   21,292   21,808   21,608   21,510   21,882   21,895     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    22,700   22,547   22,026   22,664   22,948   22,349   22,634   22,374   21,647   21,390   21,643   21,241     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    21,908   21,900   21,879   21,891   22,048   22,664   22,867   22,943   22,459   21,828   21,631   21,620     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    21,868   22,124   22,204   22,755   23,116   23,498   23,717   23,821   23,666   23,183   23,341   23,341     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    23,704   23,930   23,355   23,316   23,821   24,234   25,256   25,222   25,219   25,321   25,959   26,248     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    26,548   26,653   26,426   26,621   27,157   27,991   28,981   29,211   29,251   29,672   30,024   29,686     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    30,321   29,799   29,347(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.74     1.72     1.75     1.78     1.79     1.77     1.73     1.76     1.78     1.84     1.73     1.74     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.69     1.67     1.72     1.62     1.62     1.61     1.54     1.54     1.53     1.53     1.52     1.50     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.52     1.55     1.46     1.48     1.42     1.46     1.51     1.47     1.48     1.43     1.42     1.46     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.41     1.41     1.46     1.44     1.44     1.48     1.49     1.49     1.48     1.51     1.51     1.51     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.56     1.57     1.54     1.60     1.64     1.55     1.56     1.55     1.50     1.51     1.52     1.59     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.51     1.48     1.50     1.47     1.45     1.47     1.42     1.43     1.44     1.47     1.43     1.43     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.44     1.44     1.45     1.47     1.47     1.50     1.49     1.51     1.52     1.48     1.50     1.52     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.50     1.46     1.43     1.42     1.42     1.41     1.43     1.42     1.42     1.42     1.40     1.39     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.36     1.38     1.39     1.37     1.37     1.37     1.40     1.40     1.43     1.48     1.50     1.48     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.52     1.54     1.55(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.83     1.85     1.67     1.81     1.91     1.74     1.77     1.77     1.65     1.66     1.70     1.74     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.87     1.82     1.60     1.65     1.72     1.59     1.61     1.52     1.42     1.42     1.46     1.50     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.68     1.69     1.35     1.54     1.48     1.44     1.62     1.41     1.37     1.32     1.37     1.48     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.53     1.55     1.35     1.56     1.45     1.46     1.60     1.44     1.39     1.35     1.47     1.58     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.66     1.66     1.49     1.64     1.65     1.61     1.58     1.53     1.42     1.32     1.52     1.62     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.61     1.63     1.44     1.51     1.49     1.48     1.44     1.45     1.33     1.29     1.49     1.41     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.57     1.58     1.36     1.51     1.55     1.46     1.50     1.53     1.41     1.34     1.52     1.50     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.69     1.61     1.32     1.45     1.50     1.36     1.47     1.39     1.32     1.33     1.38     1.38     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.53     1.46     1.28     1.48     1.36     1.32     1.48     1.34     1.36     1.36     1.48     1.55     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.61     1.70     1.46(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4217  Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     3,412    3,408    3,362    3,554    3,435    3,469    3,470    3,378    3,413    3,412    3,468    3,456     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     3,466    3,491    3,433    3,475    3,591    3,533    3,575    3,689    3,608    3,705    3,705    3,730     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     3,803    3,926    4,043    4,039    4,031    4,048    3,973    4,182    4,252    4,246    4,294    4,444     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,298    4,273    4,282    4,266    4,270    4,325    4,347    4,365    4,416    4,333    4,358    4,575     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,357    4,318    4,404    4,351    4,372    4,499    4,433    4,517    4,762    4,714    4,701    4,666     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     4,637    4,664    4,692    4,832    4,712    4,705    4,836    4,749    4,832    4,896    4,868    4,897     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     5,060    5,029    4,896    4,935    5,006    5,074    5,074    5,019    4,989    5,004    5,147    5,218     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     5,243    5,240    5,333    5,278    5,311    5,262    5,266    5,336    5,268    5,245    5,311    5,338     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     5,460    5,483    5,573    5,522    5,563    5,492    5,339    5,436    5,426    5,485    5,402    5,418     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     5,407    5,445    5,403(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     3,078    3,009    3,231    3,465    3,380    3,823    3,748    3,500    3,659    3,743    3,440    3,269     41,345
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     2,974    3,044    3,371    3,430    3,512    3,872    3,768    3,973    3,832    3,964    3,805    3,514     43,059
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     3,248    3,412    3,978    3,873    4,100    4,404    4,084    4,588    4,571    4,522    4,367    4,071     49,218
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     3,825    3,709    4,218    3,972    4,432    4,784    4,456    4,758    4,593    4,792    4,367    4,072     51,978
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     3,969    3,899    4,144    4,351    4,529    4,697    4,841    4,765    4,919    5,284    4,598    4,279     54,275
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     4,229    4,053    4,415    4,818    4,802    5,096    5,291    4,858    5,132    5,430    4,576    4,554     57,254
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     4,524    4,385    4,823    4,896    5,021    5,713    5,536    5,094    5,208    5,379    4,957    4,816     60,352
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     4,593    4,601    5,386    5,320    5,353    5,888    5,598    5,630    5,400    5,465    5,269    4,895     63,398
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     4,767    5,088    5,629    5,246    6,003    6,162    5,488    5,849    5,442    5,896    5,240    4,714     65,524
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     5,023    4,813    5,349(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     15,185
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     6,732    6,752    6,717    6,800    6,865    6,811    6,891    6,887    6,749    6,708    6,596    6,526     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     6,688    6,641    6,655    6,645    6,535    6,574    6,564    6,589    6,634    6,764    6,902    6,891     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     6,954    7,087    7,120    7,195    7,384    7,482    7,623    7,772    7,879    7,840    7,861    8,038     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     7,959    7,978    8,213    8,046    8,067    8,062    8,003    8,027    8,135    8,315    8,274    8,231     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     8,244    8,268    8,290    8,306    8,355    8,342    8,516    8,523    8,492    8,660    8,661    8,795     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     8,807    8,831    8,612    8,876    8,890    8,876    8,767    8,831    8,957    8,921    8,967    8,978     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     9,155    9,454    9,373    9,544    9,570    9,688    9,636    9,754    9,715    9,735    9,755    9,822     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     9,935    9,856    9,888    9,837    9,846    9,851    9,946    9,807    9,896    9,940   10,076   10,043     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    10,073   10,284   10,272   10,468   10,521   10,683   10,712   10,843   10,762   10,799   10,764   10,870     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    10,830   10,749   10,738(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     6,624    6,759    6,764    6,868    7,009    6,763    6,919    6,970    6,789    6,668    6,484    6,441     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     6,574    6,641    6,708    6,711    6,672    6,528    6,597    6,661    6,667    6,723    6,785    6,801     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     6,829    7,080    7,191    7,274    7,546    7,452    7,653    7,842    7,911    7,785    7,727    7,925     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     7,808    7,962    8,312    8,143    8,253    8,062    8,027    8,083    8,151    8,240    8,125    8,108     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     8,087    8,235    8,406    8,431    8,547    8,392    8,550    8,566    8,492    8,565    8,514    8,654     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     8,640    8,796    8,724    9,027    9,094    8,974    8,811    8,866    8,921    8,796    8,806    8,825     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     8,981    9,416    9,476    9,725    9,781    9,843    9,713    9,793    9,657    9,579    9,579    9,645     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     9,746    9,817    9,957   10,034   10,053   10,058   10,055    9,856    9,827    9,761    9,895    9,872     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     9,882   10,243   10,313   10,677   10,731   10,929   10,851   10,908   10,676   10,594   10,581   10,685     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    10,613   10,706   10,738(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.97     1.98     2.00     1.91     2.00     1.96     1.99     2.04     1.98     1.97     1.90     1.89     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.93     1.90     1.94     1.91     1.82     1.86     1.84     1.79     1.84     1.83     1.86     1.85     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.83     1.81     1.76     1.78     1.83     1.85     1.92     1.86     1.85     1.85     1.83     1.81     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.85     1.87     1.92     1.89     1.89     1.86     1.84     1.84     1.84     1.92     1.90     1.80     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.89     1.91     1.88     1.91     1.91     1.85     1.92     1.89     1.78     1.84     1.84     1.88     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.90     1.89     1.84     1.84     1.89     1.89     1.81     1.86     1.85     1.82     1.84     1.83     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.81     1.88     1.91     1.93     1.91     1.91     1.90     1.94     1.95     1.95     1.90     1.88     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.89     1.88     1.85     1.86     1.85     1.87     1.89     1.84     1.88     1.90     1.90     1.88     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.84     1.88     1.84     1.90     1.89     1.95     2.01     1.99     1.98     1.97     1.99     2.01     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      2.00     1.97     1.99(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      2.15     2.25     2.09     1.98     2.07     1.77     1.85     1.99     1.86     1.78     1.88     1.97     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      2.21     2.18     1.99     1.96     1.90     1.69     1.75     1.68     1.74     1.70     1.78     1.94     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      2.10     2.08     1.81     1.88     1.84     1.69     1.87     1.71     1.73     1.72     1.77     1.95     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      2.04     2.15     1.97     2.05     1.86     1.69     1.80     1.70     1.77     1.72     1.86     1.99     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      2.04     2.11     2.03     1.94     1.89     1.79     1.77     1.80     1.73     1.62     1.85     2.02     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      2.04     2.17     1.98     1.87     1.89     1.76     1.67     1.83     1.74     1.62     1.92     1.94     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.99     2.15     1.96     1.99     1.95     1.72     1.75     1.92     1.85     1.78     1.93     2.00     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      2.12     2.13     1.85     1.89     1.88     1.71     1.80     1.75     1.82     1.79     1.88     2.02     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      2.07     2.01     1.83     2.04     1.79     1.77     1.98     1.86     1.96     1.80     2.02     2.27     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      2.11     2.22     2.01(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4218  Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    11,285   11,577   12,255   12,285   11,965   12,360   12,061   12,367   12,667   12,934   12,682   12,538     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    13,247   13,114   13,145   13,454   13,737   13,579   13,812   13,556   13,498   13,536   13,528   13,544     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    13,815   13,855   13,880   13,876   14,128   14,577   14,674   15,013   15,149   15,121   15,170   15,480     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    15,313   15,722   15,539   15,317   15,717   15,522   15,924   16,303   16,118   16,147   16,694   17,500     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    16,759   16,644   17,103   17,173   16,924   16,721   16,707   16,779   17,123   17,639   18,105   17,984     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    17,669   18,584   17,915   18,265   18,287   18,692   19,041   18,737   18,952   19,452   19,034   19,354     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    20,152   20,367   20,186   20,556   20,526   20,315   20,153   20,006   20,218   19,657   20,166   20,103     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    19,909   19,866   20,359   20,118   20,338   20,427   20,381   20,655   20,506   20,490   20,510   20,949     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    21,018   20,634   20,923   21,061   21,251   21,718   21,714   21,824   21,959   22,027   22,241   21,857     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    21,919   22,430   22,262(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    10,732   10,570   13,309   12,752   11,881   13,361   12,001   12,243   12,756   13,568   11,655   12,714    147,542
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    11,869   11,829   14,657   14,127   13,764   14,380   13,494   13,922   13,511   13,604   13,055   13,612    161,824
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    12,461   12,539   15,435   14,084   14,735   15,335   13,779   15,764   15,255   15,287   14,427   15,310    174,411
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    14,333   14,307   17,093   15,041   16,849   16,469   15,096   16,988   15,667   16,890   15,859   16,660    191,252
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    16,038   15,945   17,719   18,324   17,956   16,571   16,907   16,947   16,609   18,786   16,838   17,948    206,588
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    16,662   16,986   18,721   19,196   19,073   19,271   19,212   18,081   19,255   20,444   17,131   19,818    223,850
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    18,620   18,595   21,861   21,502   20,567   22,042   20,153   19,446   20,198   20,247   18,795   20,505    242,531
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    17,639   18,138   22,578   21,245   20,541   21,877   20,035   20,862   20,424   20,224   20,018   21,117    244,698
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    18,727   19,850   22,890   20,724   22,887   23,434   20,672   22,632   21,410   22,732   21,218   20,764    257,940
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    20,801   20,456   23,909(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     65,166
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    25,986   25,831   26,254   26,456   26,172   26,857   26,956   27,236   27,109   26,690   27,374   27,680     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    27,784   27,857   27,785   27,810   27,761   27,960   27,673   27,657   27,807   27,738   27,932   28,017     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    28,150   28,691   28,579   28,666   29,256   29,139   29,682   30,215   30,524   30,827   31,382   31,256     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    31,507   31,940   32,141   32,718   32,796   33,216   33,664   33,864   34,177   35,066   35,013   35,366     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    35,942   36,038   36,256   36,172   36,017   36,345   36,688   36,841   37,677   37,209   36,980   37,185     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    37,530   37,592   38,027   38,520   39,082   39,841   38,623   38,658   39,332   39,978   40,589   41,498     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    41,471   42,161   42,483   42,635   43,434   43,805   44,445   44,831   45,578   46,294   46,542   47,504     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    47,930   48,245   48,616   48,952   48,571   48,808   49,112   48,894   48,814   48,697   48,899   48,507     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    48,320   48,513   48,899   49,054   49,415   49,744   49,352   49,812   49,706   49,138   49,330   48,922     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    49,604   49,769   49,784(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    25,830   25,857   26,359   26,853   26,486   26,884   27,145   27,427   26,675   26,557   27,265   27,237     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    27,590   27,885   27,896   28,255   28,094   27,988   27,894   27,823   27,362   27,599   27,792   27,569     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    27,925   28,720   28,693   29,125   29,636   29,197   29,949   30,336   30,066   30,704   31,162   30,787     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    31,192   31,940   32,302   33,241   33,288   33,282   34,034   33,966   33,664   34,926   34,698   34,871     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    35,511   36,002   36,437   36,823   36,629   36,490   37,165   36,878   37,112   37,023   36,573   36,702     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    36,967   37,442   38,255   39,213   39,785   40,120   39,202   38,697   38,781   39,738   40,021   40,959     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    40,766   41,908   42,738   43,488   44,303   44,243   45,201   44,921   44,985   45,924   45,797   46,839     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    46,971   47,859   48,956   49,931   49,591   49,443   49,996   49,041   48,228   48,210   48,117   47,731     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    47,257   48,076   49,192   50,084   50,453   50,540   50,290   50,011   49,159   48,597   48,541   48,041     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    48,463   49,271   50,083(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      2.30     2.23     2.14     2.15     2.19     2.17     2.23     2.20     2.14     2.06     2.16     2.21     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      2.10     2.12     2.11     2.07     2.02     2.06     2.00     2.04     2.06     2.05     2.06     2.07     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      2.04     2.07     2.06     2.07     2.07     2.00     2.02     2.01     2.01     2.04     2.07     2.02     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      2.06     2.03     2.07     2.14     2.09     2.14     2.11     2.08     2.12     2.17     2.10     2.02     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      2.14     2.17     2.12     2.11     2.13     2.17     2.20     2.20     2.20     2.11     2.04     2.07     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      2.12     2.02     2.12     2.11     2.14     2.13     2.03     2.06     2.08     2.06     2.13     2.14     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      2.06     2.07     2.10     2.07     2.12     2.16     2.21     2.24     2.25     2.36     2.31     2.36     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      2.41     2.43     2.39     2.43     2.39     2.39     2.41     2.37     2.38     2.38     2.38     2.32     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      2.30     2.35     2.34     2.33     2.33     2.29     2.27     2.28     2.26     2.23     2.22     2.24     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      2.26     2.22     2.24(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      2.41     2.45     1.98     2.11     2.23     2.01     2.26     2.24     2.09     1.96     2.34     2.14     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      2.32     2.36     1.90     2.00     2.04     1.95     2.07     2.00     2.03     2.03     2.13     2.03     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      2.24     2.29     1.86     2.07     2.01     1.90     2.17     1.92     1.97     2.01     2.16     2.01     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      2.18     2.23     1.89     2.21     1.98     2.02     2.25     2.00     2.15     2.07     2.19     2.09     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      2.21     2.26     2.06     2.01     2.04     2.20     2.20     2.18     2.23     1.97     2.17     2.04     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      2.22     2.20     2.04     2.04     2.09     2.08     2.04     2.14     2.01     1.94     2.34     2.07     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      2.19     2.25     1.95     2.02     2.15     2.01     2.24     2.31     2.23     2.27     2.44     2.28     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      2.66     2.64     2.17     2.35     2.41     2.26     2.50     2.35     2.36     2.38     2.40     2.26     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      2.52     2.42     2.15     2.42     2.20     2.16     2.43     2.21     2.30     2.14     2.29     2.31     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      2.33     2.41     2.09(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4219  Miscellaneous Durable Goods
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     8,403    8,931    8,896    8,847    8,639    9,397   10,157    9,307    9,484    9,442    9,653    9,789     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    10,441    9,565    9,745    9,724    9,955    9,709   10,307    9,973    9,562    9,735    9,939   10,176     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    10,334   10,247   10,428   10,817   10,711   10,800   10,977   11,588   11,779   12,137   11,991   11,931     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    12,611   13,224   12,198   12,498   12,364   12,748   12,057   12,444   12,359   12,390   12,580   12,852     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    11,674   11,734   12,105   11,694   12,455   12,224   12,235   12,448   12,740   12,821   12,563   12,926     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    12,871   13,165   13,017   13,139   12,878   12,265   13,020   13,077   13,359   12,927   13,230   12,963     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    12,826   12,763   12,945   12,910   12,260   12,410   12,552   11,970   11,492   12,058   11,736   12,036     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    12,473   12,783   12,642   12,607   13,021   13,151   13,191   13,322   13,764   13,724   14,072   14,461     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    14,563   14,627   14,828   14,912   15,390   14,762   14,904   14,524   14,366   14,409   14,467   14,233     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    14,293   14,165   13,978(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     7,588    7,949    8,976    8,378    8,034    9,585    9,680    9,791   10,157   10,811   10,512   10,083    111,544
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     8,958    8,379    9,998    9,189    9,368    9,835    9,596   10,751   10,346   10,845   11,032   10,410    118,707
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     8,929    8,966   10,783    9,887   10,390   11,016    9,912   12,642   12,816   13,630   13,154   11,907    134,032
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    11,148   11,584   12,601   11,311   12,216   12,977   10,984   13,527   13,076   14,286   13,788   12,402    149,900
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    10,472   10,866   11,984   11,191   12,318   11,857   11,672   13,008   13,746   15,000   13,191   12,887    148,192
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    11,494   11,677   13,108   12,535   12,505   12,277   12,590   13,116   14,735   14,931   13,561   13,106    155,635
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    11,236   11,423   13,463   12,471   11,610   12,683   12,188   11,982   12,526   13,517   12,323   12,229    147,651
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    10,664   11,492   13,401   12,216   12,474   13,322   12,637   13,615   15,030   14,891   15,043   14,591    159,376
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    12,641   13,779   15,673   13,779   15,421   15,057   14,025   15,120   15,070   16,153   15,465   13,678    175,861
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    12,992   12,805   14,439(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     40,236
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    11,797   12,013   12,340   11,477   11,876   12,591   12,117   12,502   12,503   12,498   12,588   12,607     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    12,733   12,863   12,849   13,104   13,291   13,377   13,582   13,970   14,114   14,109   14,408   14,508     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    14,482   14,452   14,428   14,403   14,948   14,738   14,955   14,823   14,324   14,973   15,044   15,153     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    15,308   15,415   15,825   15,875   15,916   15,986   16,028   15,591   15,765   15,895   16,007   15,848     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    15,986   15,749   15,806   16,123   15,775   15,924   16,022   16,077   16,018   16,397   15,904   15,947     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    15,899   15,950   16,367   15,841   15,438   16,045   16,080   16,397   16,503   16,170   16,594   17,193     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    17,164   17,408   17,256   17,293   17,462   17,485   17,414   17,932   18,380   18,589   18,554   18,495     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    18,656   18,663   19,168   18,904   18,879   18,815   18,606   18,905   19,200   19,497   20,063   20,196     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    20,707   21,345   21,659   21,926   22,212   22,813   23,026   23,012   22,491   22,705   22,933   23,180     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    23,619   23,126   23,006(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    11,490   11,677   11,686   11,270   12,007   12,591   12,602   13,002   12,903   12,785   12,638   12,279     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    12,415   12,490   12,181   12,894   13,424   13,377   14,125   14,501   14,552   14,448   14,437   14,131     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    14,178   14,047   13,721   14,201   15,083   14,723   15,538   15,327   14,739   15,347   15,029   14,759     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    15,048   15,014   15,113   15,669   16,027   15,954   16,605   16,043   16,191   16,324   15,943   15,452     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    15,778   15,387   15,174   15,930   15,870   15,876   16,519   16,479   16,434   16,856   15,809   15,548     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    15,740   15,679   15,794   15,667   15,484   15,997   16,482   16,774   16,916   16,607   16,461   16,763     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    17,044   17,182   16,721   17,103   17,497   17,450   17,762   18,327   18,821   19,035   18,406   18,051     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    18,544   18,476   18,593   18,677   18,917   18,815   18,960   19,340   19,642   19,906   19,923   19,711     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    20,583   21,153   21,031   21,663   22,256   22,836   23,463   23,564   22,963   23,114   22,795   22,624     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    23,477   22,895   22,339(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.40     1.35     1.39     1.30     1.37     1.34     1.19     1.34     1.32     1.32     1.30     1.29     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.22     1.34     1.32     1.35     1.34     1.38     1.32     1.40     1.48     1.45     1.45     1.43     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.40     1.41     1.38     1.33     1.40     1.36     1.36     1.28     1.22     1.23     1.25     1.27     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.21     1.17     1.30     1.27     1.29     1.25     1.33     1.25     1.28     1.28     1.27     1.23     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.37     1.34     1.31     1.38     1.27     1.30     1.31     1.29     1.26     1.28     1.27     1.23     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.24     1.21     1.26     1.21     1.20     1.31     1.24     1.25     1.24     1.25     1.25     1.33     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.34     1.36     1.33     1.34     1.42     1.41     1.39     1.50     1.60     1.54     1.58     1.54     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.50     1.46     1.52     1.50     1.45     1.43     1.41     1.42     1.39     1.42     1.43     1.40     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.42     1.46     1.46     1.47     1.44     1.55     1.54     1.58     1.57     1.58     1.59     1.63     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.65     1.63     1.65(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.51     1.47     1.30     1.35     1.49     1.31     1.30     1.33     1.27     1.18     1.20     1.22     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.39     1.49     1.22     1.40     1.43     1.36     1.47     1.35     1.41     1.33     1.31     1.36     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.59     1.57     1.27     1.44     1.45     1.34     1.57     1.21     1.15     1.13     1.14     1.24     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.35     1.30     1.20     1.39     1.31     1.23     1.51     1.19     1.24     1.14     1.16     1.25     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.51     1.42     1.27     1.42     1.29     1.34     1.42     1.27     1.20     1.12     1.20     1.21     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.37     1.34     1.20     1.25     1.24     1.30     1.31     1.28     1.15     1.11     1.21     1.28     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.52     1.50     1.24     1.37     1.51     1.38     1.46     1.53     1.50     1.41     1.49     1.48     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.74     1.61     1.39     1.53     1.52     1.41     1.50     1.42     1.31     1.34     1.32     1.35     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.63     1.54     1.34     1.57     1.44     1.52     1.67     1.56     1.52     1.43     1.47     1.65     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.81     1.79     1.55(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Nondurable Goods - Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    74,737   73,901   74,353   73,715   73,611   73,669   75,872   74,891   76,302   75,878   74,805   74,198     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    76,022   74,961   74,363   75,344   76,883   74,816   74,374   74,955   75,325   75,128   75,487   73,273     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    75,159   75,246   76,680   75,781   76,062   76,996   77,416   78,688   78,515   79,564   79,819   80,899     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    81,885   82,432   81,625   83,371   82,993   84,570   84,759   84,961   84,871   85,651   86,175   86,715     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    87,024   87,244   88,051   89,070   88,859   89,171   91,951   92,605   90,873   91,946   91,492   91,196     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    92,841   93,895   93,867   91,756   92,771   91,868   91,332   92,240   92,621   92,455   91,810   92,514     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    92,374   92,222   92,497   92,214   92,630   91,597   92,549   91,744   92,917   93,698   93,962   94,958     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    93,148   93,264   95,574   96,104   98,170   99,043   99,173  100,950  101,314  102,177  104,150  103,857     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..   105,169  106,199  108,507  108,498  108,417  110,957  110,867  110,541  111,998  112,252  112,034  115,455     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..   115,310  114,680  113,068(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    73,860   68,899   76,380   75,006   73,430   75,176   76,987   74,226   76,289   79,327   72,986   76,250    898,816
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    71,290   68,615   78,632   76,267   77,031   76,582   73,733   76,006   75,642   76,350   75,615   75,148    900,911
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    70,670   69,034   81,073   74,967   77,765   79,063   74,391   82,205   78,320   80,986   80,100   80,871    929,445
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    78,823   75,853   86,098   80,566   87,481   86,381   81,633   88,538   82,579   89,028   86,631   84,312  1,007,923
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    86,411   83,969   88,018   90,619   93,534   86,825   92,970   93,426   88,343   98,399   89,508   91,145  1,083,167
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    91,715   86,736   94,349   93,377   95,267   91,820   92,587   90,498   92,793   98,748   87,620   95,208  1,110,718
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    88,735   85,147   95,238   93,990   92,534   94,419   93,504   90,178   93,328   97,345   91,724   97,927  1,114,069
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    86,618   85,889  101,480   97,228   98,507  102,465   97,689  101,253  101,985  102,934  104,503  106,897  1,187,448
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    98,196  102,079  114,835  104,473  114,621  114,586  106,395  114,280  109,337  116,068  112,686  112,908  1,320,464
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..   113,880  105,681  116,610(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)    336,171
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    71,469   72,091   73,001   72,472   71,849   73,397   73,349   72,837   72,902   73,154   73,707   74,269     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    75,072   74,653   74,936   75,480   75,662   75,906   75,699   76,473   76,931   75,770   76,583   76,911     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    76,728   77,427   77,379   76,926   77,735   77,334   77,268   78,242   78,961   79,437   80,318   80,968     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    81,963   82,021   82,989   84,292   84,385   84,987   86,531   86,823   87,174   86,471   85,685   85,467     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    86,076   86,046   86,129   88,728   89,069   88,494   88,085   87,114   84,725   85,575   85,226   85,203     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    86,704   86,574   86,466   86,300   86,343   87,066   87,761   88,352   88,543   89,924   91,200   91,254     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    90,705   91,482   91,315   90,912   92,186   92,623   92,757   93,231   93,970   93,483   94,686   94,240     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    94,217   95,317   95,532   96,675   96,365   96,033   97,399   98,689   98,877   99,678  100,151  100,556     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..   102,105  102,417  103,511  104,071  105,435  105,962  106,280  107,153  107,911  108,472  109,278  110,230     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..   109,008  109,447  110,521(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    75,607   74,797   74,252   72,629   69,559   70,876   70,582   68,652   69,871   74,706   76,301   77,065     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    79,268   77,176   76,075   75,762   73,260   73,150   72,608   71,776   73,658   77,402   79,380   79,951     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    81,344   80,212   78,569   77,273   75,130   74,395   74,327   73,714   75,629   81,346   83,212   84,183     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    86,858   84,807   84,190   84,624   81,560   81,621   82,848   81,111   83,048   88,887   89,198   89,174     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    91,652   89,216   87,593   89,052   85,649   84,330   84,202   81,750   81,474   88,098   88,412   88,347     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    91,511   89,161   87,681   86,481   83,324   83,571   84,290   83,586   85,420   92,661   94,896   94,718     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    95,571   93,861   92,523   90,953   89,145   89,053   89,321   88,601   90,821   96,406   98,445   97,893     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    99,062   97,683   96,836   96,612   92,918   92,120   93,555   93,642   95,606  102,905  104,230  104,416     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..   107,112  104,817  104,977  103,972  101,577  101,469  101,943  101,885  104,499  111,778  113,737  114,603     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..   114,317  112,032  112,028(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      0.96     0.98     0.98     0.98     0.98     1.00     0.97     0.97     0.96     0.96     0.99     1.00     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      0.99     1.00     1.01     1.00     0.98     1.01     1.02     1.02     1.02     1.01     1.01     1.05     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.02     1.03     1.01     1.02     1.02     1.00     1.00     0.99     1.01     1.00     1.01     1.00     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.00     1.00     1.02     1.01     1.02     1.00     1.02     1.02     1.03     1.01     0.99     0.99     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      0.99     0.99     0.98     1.00     1.00     0.99     0.96     0.94     0.93     0.93     0.93     0.93     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      0.93     0.92     0.92     0.94     0.93     0.95     0.96     0.96     0.96     0.97     0.99     0.99     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      0.98     0.99     0.99     0.99     1.00     1.01     1.00     1.02     1.01     1.00     1.01     0.99     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.01     1.02     1.00     1.01     0.98     0.97     0.98     0.98     0.98     0.98     0.96     0.97     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      0.97     0.96     0.95     0.96     0.97     0.95     0.96     0.97     0.96     0.97     0.98     0.95     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      0.95     0.95     0.98(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.02     1.09     0.97     0.97     0.95     0.94     0.92     0.92     0.92     0.94     1.05     1.01     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.11     1.12     0.97     0.99     0.95     0.96     0.98     0.94     0.97     1.01     1.05     1.06     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.15     1.16     0.97     1.03     0.97     0.94     1.00     0.90     0.97     1.00     1.04     1.04     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.10     1.12     0.98     1.05     0.93     0.94     1.01     0.92     1.01     1.00     1.03     1.06     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.06     1.06     1.00     0.98     0.92     0.97     0.91     0.88     0.92     0.90     0.99     0.97     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.00     1.03     0.93     0.93     0.87     0.91     0.91     0.92     0.92     0.94     1.08     0.99     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.08     1.10     0.97     0.97     0.96     0.94     0.96     0.98     0.97     0.99     1.07     1.00     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.14     1.14     0.95     0.99     0.94     0.90     0.96     0.92     0.94     1.00     1.00     0.98     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.09     1.03     0.91     1.00     0.89     0.89     0.96     0.89     0.96     0.96     1.01     1.02     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.00     1.06     0.96(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4221  Paper and Paper Products
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     4,046    3,979    4,015    3,998    3,970    3,918    4,151    3,935    3,908    3,977    3,983    4,078     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     4,046    4,111    4,080    4,113    4,142    4,166    4,151    4,142    4,224    4,264    4,395    4,347     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     4,412    4,371    4,435    4,489    4,528    4,566    4,597    4,694    4,715    4,793    4,760    5,202     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     5,322    5,406    5,445    5,444    5,543    5,662    5,778    5,573    5,604    5,373    5,498    5,538     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     5,356    5,440    5,410    5,403    5,421    5,351    5,452    5,428    5,313    5,339    5,316    5,419     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     5,501    5,700    5,487    5,567    5,363    5,341    5,417    5,519    5,632    5,589    5,701    5,632     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     5,675    5,674    5,799    5,801    5,823    5,902    5,801    5,816    5,858    5,874    5,844    6,082     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     5,933    6,047    5,788    6,083    6,236    6,295    6,343    6,366    6,424    6,492    6,540    6,407     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     6,549    6,515    6,624    6,523    6,618    6,562    6,600    6,611    6,557    6,537    6,574    6,752     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     6,599    6,561    6,490(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     4,151    3,657    4,103    4,010    3,823    4,036    4,209    3,931    3,998    4,295    3,899    4,017     48,129
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     3,908    3,741    4,309    4,101    3,960    4,341    4,051    4,287    4,313    4,516    4,399    4,286     50,212
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     4,209    3,986    4,674    4,359    4,456    4,726    4,413    5,060    4,833    5,033    4,765    4,921     55,435
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     5,194    4,963    5,788    5,145    5,604    5,826    5,524    6,030    5,654    5,781    5,432    5,128     66,069
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     5,361    5,184    5,480    5,419    5,454    5,185    5,550    5,705    5,398    5,878    5,087    5,143     64,844
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     5,484    5,244    5,558    5,650    5,191    5,314    5,455    5,685    5,908    6,165    5,336    5,502     66,492
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     5,448    5,203    6,072    5,818    5,555    6,044    5,842    5,938    6,204    6,238    5,657    5,918     69,937
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     5,607    5,533    6,234    6,034    5,949    6,522    6,159    6,697    6,752    6,765    6,527    6,260     75,039
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     6,169    6,209    7,081    6,099    6,757    6,733    6,277    7,160    6,682    6,988    6,567    6,259     78,981
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     6,645    5,997    6,633(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     19,275
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     3,996    4,086    4,182    4,202    4,237    4,328    4,339    4,376    4,491    4,513    4,471    4,412     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     4,393    4,337    4,380    4,396    4,420    4,419    4,399    4,448    4,431    4,413    4,311    4,555     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     4,596    4,598    4,547    4,533    4,544    4,496    4,586    4,555    4,541    4,591    4,692    4,737     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,811    4,954    4,994    5,092    5,076    5,148    5,160    5,190    5,182    5,247    5,160    5,191     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     5,161    5,074    5,082    5,083    5,086    5,142    5,065    5,068    5,264    5,133    5,008    5,123     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     5,217    5,247    5,235    5,264    5,353    5,220    5,496    5,689    5,619    5,619    5,654    5,741     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     5,518    5,843    5,903    5,897    5,889    5,867    5,838    5,827    5,776    5,654    5,764    5,786     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     5,744    5,783    5,853    5,893    5,919    5,969    6,026    6,068    6,105    6,126    6,191    6,000     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     6,260    6,256    6,434    6,510    6,627    6,633    6,657    6,733    6,749    6,892    6,909    6,895     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     6,781    6,896    6,764(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     4,164    4,070    4,257    4,273    4,123    4,319    4,309    4,240    4,437    4,486    4,440    4,491     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     4,578    4,328    4,446    4,475    4,301    4,406    4,381    4,319    4,365    4,391    4,277    4,637     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     4,789    4,598    4,592    4,624    4,430    4,483    4,581    4,432    4,459    4,577    4,645    4,808     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,999    4,959    5,024    5,194    4,964    5,143    5,165    5,065    5,094    5,247    5,093    5,253     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     5,336    5,074    5,107    5,180    5,000    5,147    5,070    4,962    5,201    5,133    4,943    5,169     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     5,342    5,231    5,261    5,359    5,294    5,215    5,507    5,598    5,580    5,597    5,597    5,793     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     5,595    5,796    5,944    6,003    5,860    5,844    5,850    5,763    5,741    5,626    5,741    5,844     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     5,767    5,725    5,888    5,999    5,913    5,927    6,032    6,019    6,062    6,114    6,203    6,066     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     6,254    6,181    6,460    6,614    6,627    6,580    6,657    6,686    6,695    6,913    6,950    6,971     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     6,767    6,827    6,757(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      0.99     1.03     1.04     1.05     1.07     1.10     1.05     1.11     1.15     1.13     1.12     1.08     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.09     1.05     1.07     1.07     1.07     1.06     1.06     1.07     1.05     1.03     0.98     1.05     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.04     1.05     1.03     1.01     1.00     0.98     1.00     0.97     0.96     0.96     0.99     0.91     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      0.90     0.92     0.92     0.94     0.92     0.91     0.89     0.93     0.92     0.98     0.94     0.94     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      0.96     0.93     0.94     0.94     0.94     0.96     0.93     0.93     0.99     0.96     0.94     0.95     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      0.95     0.92     0.95     0.95     1.00     0.98     1.01     1.03     1.00     1.01     0.99     1.02     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      0.97     1.03     1.02     1.02     1.01     0.99     1.01     1.00     0.99     0.96     0.99     0.95     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      0.97     0.96     1.01     0.97     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.94     0.95     0.94     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      0.96     0.96     0.97     1.00     1.00     1.01     1.01     1.02     1.03     1.05     1.05     1.02     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.03     1.05     1.04(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.00     1.11     1.04     1.07     1.08     1.07     1.02     1.08     1.11     1.04     1.14     1.12     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.17     1.16     1.03     1.09     1.09     1.01     1.08     1.01     1.01     0.97     0.97     1.08     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.14     1.15     0.98     1.06     0.99     0.95     1.04     0.88     0.92     0.91     0.97     0.98     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      0.96     1.00     0.87     1.01     0.89     0.88     0.94     0.84     0.90     0.91     0.94     1.02     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.00     0.98     0.93     0.96     0.92     0.99     0.91     0.87     0.96     0.87     0.97     1.01     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      0.97     1.00     0.95     0.95     1.02     0.98     1.01     0.98     0.94     0.91     1.05     1.05     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.03     1.11     0.98     1.03     1.05     0.97     1.00     0.97     0.93     0.90     1.01     0.99     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.03     1.03     0.94     0.99     0.99     0.91     0.98     0.90     0.90     0.90     0.95     0.97     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.01     1.00     0.91     1.08     0.98     0.98     1.06     0.93     1.00     0.99     1.06     1.11     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.02     1.14     1.02(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4222  Drugs and Druggists
<000001000><SUBHEADER> Sundries
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     5,491    5,473    5,515    5,444    5,518    5,653    5,616    5,562    5,512    5,661    5,585    5,735     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     5,731    5,745    5,663    5,649    5,667    5,682    5,592    5,692    5,780    5,875    5,946    5,929     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     6,149    5,857    6,047    6,675    6,298    6,301    6,522    6,498    6,496    6,750    6,546    6,492     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     6,503    6,680    6,808    7,042    6,831    6,919    6,933    7,081    7,139    7,188    7,356    7,451     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     7,443    7,383    7,414    7,603    7,654    7,718    7,804    7,898    8,181    8,253    8,261    8,267     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     8,338    8,501    8,674    8,719    8,812    8,909    9,065    9,185    9,180    9,204    9,312    9,455     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     9,856   10,152   10,298    9,974   10,034   10,022   10,307   10,393   10,560   10,807   10,834   11,220     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    11,231   11,533   11,678   11,935   12,058   12,234   12,245   12,355   12,382   12,420   12,824   13,188     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    12,515   12,896   13,378   13,341   13,618   13,901   13,909   14,100   14,257   14,377   14,536   14,748     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    15,006   15,118   15,054(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     5,897    5,112    5,620    5,406    5,170    5,693    5,616    5,217    5,622    6,040    5,540    6,136     67,069
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     5,725    5,343    5,929    5,649    5,299    5,710    5,385    5,624    5,867    6,045    6,136    6,285     68,997
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     6,118    5,435    6,374    6,401    6,210    6,282    6,072    6,602    6,645    6,892    6,729    6,615     76,375
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     6,802    6,186    7,128    6,570    6,927    6,912    6,455    7,251    6,996    7,677    7,496    7,332     83,732
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     7,979    7,169    7,266    7,717    7,754    7,147    7,859    7,724    8,083    9,021    8,046    8,556     94,321
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     8,905    7,855    8,527    8,850    8,618    8,597    9,192    8,680    9,428    9,894    8,763   10,070    107,379
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    10,132    9,380   10,700   10,074    9,502   10,112   10,348    9,790   10,792   11,110   10,574   12,050    124,564
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    11,164   10,668   12,495   12,102   11,419   12,356   11,841   12,244   12,543   12,283   13,016   14,085    146,216
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    12,402   12,599   14,274   12,541   13,958   14,068   12,963   14,438   13,829   14,880   14,638   14,704    165,294
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    16,056   13,999   15,475(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     45,530
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     8,346    8,482    8,470    8,499    8,402    8,753    8,748    8,749    8,889    9,023    8,762    9,283     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     9,736    9,520    9,640    9,517    9,518    9,538    9,661    9,804    9,966    9,823   10,017   10,290     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    10,192   10,082    9,940   10,022   10,191   10,093   10,282   10,279   10,237   10,608   10,729   10,716     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    10,774   10,524   10,981   11,146   11,298   11,290   11,063   11,048   11,083   10,832   10,633   10,436     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    10,498   10,653   10,617   10,878   10,724   10,797   11,069   11,088   10,680   11,373   11,593   11,833     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    12,069   11,861   12,124   11,870   12,119   12,356   12,506   12,996   13,130   12,837   13,321   13,465     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    13,723   14,188   14,396   14,542   14,974   14,608   14,643   14,723   14,764   14,904   15,260   15,448     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    15,680   15,918   16,102   16,809   17,288   17,542   17,803   17,962   18,033   18,537   18,524   18,666     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    18,960   19,056   19,435   19,429   19,538   20,145   20,434   20,415   21,161   21,407   21,770   22,767     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    22,153   21,897   22,962(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     9,039    8,821    8,419    8,431    7,873    8,394    8,599    8,338    8,773    9,203    8,867    9,682     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    10,534    9,882    9,573    9,450    8,928    9,156    9,506    9,363    9,846   10,019   10,127   10,702     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    11,018   10,415    9,870    9,972    9,580    9,699   10,128    9,858   10,124   10,820   10,826   11,091     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    11,614   10,808   10,926   11,124   10,654   10,861   10,930   10,650   10,950   11,049   10,707   10,728     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    11,285   10,866   10,585   10,889   10,156   10,430   10,947   10,744   10,552   11,600   11,651   12,093     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    12,926   12,027   12,112   11,929   11,501   11,998   12,406   12,606   12,946   13,094   13,361   13,721     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    14,656   14,302   14,439   14,644   14,240   14,243   14,555   14,296   14,543   15,202   15,291   15,726     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    16,684   15,982   16,199   16,943   16,458   17,156   17,714   17,405   17,726   18,926   18,561   19,039     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    20,136   19,056   19,571   19,604   18,620   19,742   20,352   19,741   20,780   21,878   21,814   23,291     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    23,504   21,831   23,123(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.52     1.55     1.54     1.56     1.52     1.55     1.56     1.57     1.61     1.59     1.57     1.62     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.70     1.66     1.70     1.68     1.68     1.68     1.73     1.72     1.72     1.67     1.68     1.74     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.66     1.72     1.64     1.50     1.62     1.60     1.58     1.58     1.58     1.57     1.64     1.65     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.66     1.58     1.61     1.58     1.65     1.63     1.60     1.56     1.55     1.51     1.45     1.40     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.41     1.44     1.43     1.43     1.40     1.40     1.42     1.40     1.31     1.38     1.40     1.43     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.45     1.40     1.40     1.36     1.38     1.39     1.38     1.41     1.43     1.39     1.43     1.42     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.39     1.40     1.40     1.46     1.49     1.46     1.42     1.42     1.40     1.38     1.41     1.38     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.40     1.38     1.38     1.41     1.43     1.43     1.45     1.45     1.46     1.49     1.44     1.42     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.51     1.48     1.45     1.46     1.43     1.45     1.47     1.45     1.48     1.49     1.50     1.54     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.48     1.45     1.53(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.53     1.73     1.50     1.56     1.52     1.47     1.53     1.60     1.56     1.52     1.60     1.58     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.84     1.85     1.61     1.67     1.68     1.60     1.77     1.66     1.68     1.66     1.65     1.70     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.80     1.92     1.55     1.56     1.54     1.54     1.67     1.49     1.52     1.57     1.61     1.68     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.71     1.75     1.53     1.69     1.54     1.57     1.69     1.47     1.57     1.44     1.43     1.46     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.41     1.52     1.46     1.41     1.31     1.46     1.39     1.39     1.31     1.29     1.45     1.41     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.45     1.53     1.42     1.35     1.33     1.40     1.35     1.45     1.37     1.32     1.52     1.36     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.45     1.52     1.35     1.45     1.50     1.41     1.41     1.46     1.35     1.37     1.45     1.31     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.49     1.50     1.30     1.40     1.44     1.39     1.50     1.42     1.41     1.54     1.43     1.35     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.62     1.51     1.37     1.56     1.33     1.40     1.57     1.37     1.50     1.47     1.49     1.58     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.46     1.56     1.49(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4223  Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     5,278    5,215    5,105    4,860    5,084    4,769    5,229    5,443    5,180    5,456    5,330    5,401     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     5,378    5,151    5,060    5,437    5,504    5,416    5,415    5,647    5,860    5,778    5,982    4,994     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     5,795    5,896    6,071    5,869    5,635    5,786    5,546    5,650    5,612    5,579    5,655    5,569     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     5,523    5,644    5,450    5,498    5,650    5,658    5,720    5,659    5,656    5,795    5,740    5,781     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     5,185    5,302    5,863    5,952    5,991    6,242    6,374    6,201    6,491    6,453    6,323    6,676     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     6,969    7,075    6,870    7,108    6,971    6,851    7,204    7,107    7,135    6,942    7,018    7,228     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     7,432    7,415    7,332    7,075    6,943    6,922    6,914    6,974    6,565    7,098    6,807    6,716     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     6,895    6,808    7,432    7,066    7,209    7,079    7,012    7,090    7,110    7,145    7,471    7,438     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     7,423    7,667    7,878    7,899    8,188    8,031    7,851    7,814    7,850    7,803    7,803    7,879     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     7,634    7,515    7,350(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     4,982    5,236    5,570    4,525    4,098    4,745    5,360    6,096    5,941    6,356    5,159    4,591     62,659
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     4,776    5,084    5,672    4,969    4,431    5,530    5,415    6,494    6,721    6,523    5,922    4,145     65,682
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     5,129    5,849    6,969    5,241    4,700    5,907    5,446    6,616    6,319    6,221    5,672    4,455     68,524
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     5,059    5,655    6,158    4,915    4,865    5,664    5,663    6,711    6,165    6,606    5,677    4,457     67,595
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,915    5,647    6,268    5,571    5,224    5,992    6,756    6,902    7,043    7,679    5,861    5,254     73,112
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     6,669    7,224    7,372    6,873    5,953    6,618    7,838    7,619    7,920    8,046    6,393    5,833     84,358
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     6,927    7,600    8,161    6,891    5,846    6,867    7,356    7,406    7,419    7,929    6,235    5,554     84,191
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     6,247    6,978    8,562    6,769    6,113    7,199    7,180    7,742    7,999    7,752    7,060    6,047     85,648
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     6,688    8,242    9,115    7,275    7,435    8,023    7,749    8,978    8,345    8,700    7,592    6,067     94,209
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     7,268    7,658    8,254(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     23,180
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     9,587    9,771   10,202   10,099   10,096   10,353   10,313   10,069   10,121   10,172   10,144   10,312     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    10,257   10,116   10,155   10,033   10,647   10,847   10,620   10,711   11,359   11,016   10,944   11,031     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    10,812   10,832   10,921   10,542   10,662   10,538   10,844   11,266   11,341   11,455   11,665   11,796     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    12,169   12,275   12,240   12,319   12,130   12,062   12,193   12,125   11,916   11,753   11,640   11,416     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    11,382   11,588   11,342   11,728   11,741   11,684   11,618   11,397   11,485   11,299   10,991   11,796     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    12,048   12,201   12,359   12,415   12,563   12,790   12,856   12,844   12,824   13,412   13,391   13,314     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    13,341   13,069   13,140   13,219   13,214   13,312   13,256   13,454   13,339   13,410   13,429   13,341     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    12,847   13,402   12,891   12,627   12,532   12,245   12,250   12,229   12,034   12,109   12,198   12,250     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    12,533   12,440   12,406   12,618   12,824   12,532   12,645   12,579   12,677   12,563   12,418   12,224     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    12,319   12,572   12,697(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     9,894    9,683   10,039    9,533    9,642   10,601   10,581   10,301   10,374   10,152    9,830   10,590     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    10,585   10,045    9,962    9,501   10,189   11,096   10,907   10,947   11,632   10,961   10,594   11,296     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    11,190   10,810   10,659   10,025   10,246   10,759   11,148   11,514   11,590   11,363   11,292   12,020     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    12,631   12,300   11,897   11,765   11,705   12,291   12,547   12,392   12,142   11,624   11,268   11,576     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    11,860   11,658   10,979   11,259   11,377   11,871   11,967   11,648   11,669   11,163   10,650   11,914     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    12,578   12,286   11,926   11,968   12,224   12,982   13,242   13,127   12,991   13,238   12,976   13,434     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    13,941   13,160   12,667   12,756   12,910   13,498   13,654   13,737   13,486   13,262   12,999   13,448     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    13,412   13,496   12,440   12,185   12,269   12,404   12,617   12,510   12,178   11,988   11,783   12,336     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    13,047   12,527   11,997   12,164   12,580   12,682   13,037   12,893   12,829   12,437   11,971   12,285     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    12,787   12,673   12,278(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.82     1.87     2.00     2.08     1.99     2.17     1.97     1.85     1.95     1.86     1.90     1.91     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.91     1.96     2.01     1.85     1.93     2.00     1.96     1.90     1.94     1.91     1.83     2.21     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.87     1.84     1.80     1.80     1.89     1.82     1.96     1.99     2.02     2.05     2.06     2.12     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      2.20     2.17     2.25     2.24     2.15     2.13     2.13     2.14     2.11     2.03     2.03     1.97     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      2.20     2.19     1.93     1.97     1.96     1.87     1.82     1.84     1.77     1.75     1.74     1.77     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.73     1.72     1.80     1.75     1.80     1.87     1.78     1.81     1.80     1.93     1.91     1.84     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.80     1.76     1.79     1.87     1.90     1.92     1.92     1.93     2.03     1.89     1.97     1.99     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.86     1.97     1.73     1.79     1.74     1.73     1.75     1.72     1.69     1.69     1.63     1.65     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.69     1.62     1.57     1.60     1.57     1.56     1.61     1.61     1.61     1.61     1.59     1.55     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.61     1.67     1.73(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.99     1.85     1.80     2.11     2.35     2.23     1.97     1.69     1.75     1.60     1.91     2.31     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      2.22     1.98     1.76     1.91     2.30     2.01     2.01     1.69     1.73     1.68     1.79     2.73     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      2.18     1.85     1.53     1.91     2.18     1.82     2.05     1.74     1.83     1.83     1.99     2.70     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      2.50     2.18     1.93     2.39     2.41     2.17     2.22     1.85     1.97     1.76     1.98     2.60     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      2.41     2.06     1.75     2.02     2.18     1.98     1.77     1.69     1.66     1.45     1.82     2.27     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.89     1.70     1.62     1.74     2.05     1.96     1.69     1.72     1.64     1.65     2.03     2.30     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      2.01     1.73     1.55     1.85     2.21     1.97     1.86     1.85     1.82     1.67     2.08     2.42     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      2.15     1.93     1.45     1.80     2.01     1.72     1.76     1.62     1.52     1.55     1.67     2.04     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.95     1.52     1.32     1.67     1.69     1.58     1.68     1.44     1.54     1.43     1.58     2.02     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.76     1.65     1.49(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4224  Groceries and Related Products
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    22,849   23,062   23,047   22,925   22,511   22,342   23,035   22,690   22,942   22,752   22,763   23,010     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    24,373   23,494   23,491   23,920   23,945   23,956   23,801   23,503   23,523   23,309   23,431   23,159     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    23,311   23,560   23,753   23,563   23,766   23,918   23,950   24,347   24,599   24,653   25,291   25,292     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    25,414   24,873   24,995   25,459   25,670   25,642   25,648   25,846   26,300   26,720   26,365   26,644     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    26,572   26,400   26,180   26,081   26,010   25,573   27,037   26,904   26,347   26,951   26,642   26,126     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    27,331   27,504   28,323   27,445   27,777   27,864   27,498   27,357   27,297   26,985   27,322   27,477     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    27,654   28,434   28,356   28,456   28,490   28,780   29,108   28,843   28,997   29,089   29,104   29,006     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    28,876   28,978   29,538   29,526   30,089   29,578   29,818   30,497   30,918   30,966   31,378   31,301     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    31,372   31,473   31,483   32,026   32,114   32,399   32,579   32,378   32,408   32,706   32,855   33,892     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    33,333   33,475   33,765(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    22,506   21,494   23,277   23,154   22,804   22,632   23,703   22,645   22,942   23,412   22,513   23,746    274,828
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    23,057   21,215   24,407   23,896   24,520   24,267   24,182   23,597   23,688   23,356   23,642   23,877    283,704
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    22,309   21,275   24,632   23,186   24,455   24,492   23,591   25,223   24,451   25,023   25,493   25,773    289,903
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    24,397   22,485   25,870   24,466   27,185   26,078   25,545   26,828   25,748   27,281   26,787   26,378    309,048
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    26,173   24,948   26,023   25,872   27,493   25,266   27,848   27,577   25,583   28,325   26,456   26,257    317,821
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    26,702   24,891   28,521   27,171   29,027   27,920   28,378   27,302   27,024   28,280   26,584   28,411    330,211
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    26,548   25,733   28,753   28,428   28,946   29,471   30,039   29,103   28,678   30,078   28,726   29,934    344,437
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    26,797   26,225   30,897   29,231   30,962   30,288   30,474   30,863   30,794   31,059   31,660   32,240    361,490
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    29,333   29,459   32,868   30,777   34,233   33,079   32,677   33,673   31,565   33,295   33,414   33,519    387,892
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    32,233   30,194   34,812(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     97,239
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    17,155   17,296   17,445   17,719   17,844   17,998   17,992   17,923   17,698   17,597   17,940   17,958     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    17,878   18,052   17,879   18,343   17,941   17,417   17,168   17,270   17,153   17,269   17,521   17,529     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    17,337   17,539   17,857   17,283   17,257   17,633   17,007   17,437   17,680   17,748   17,703   17,891     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    17,990   17,679   17,844   18,166   18,103   18,135   18,468   18,316   18,698   18,597   18,318   18,345     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    18,503   18,423   18,721   18,789   18,662   18,713   18,988   19,068   18,796   18,589   18,264   18,231     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    18,293   18,177   18,204   17,979   18,185   18,342   18,280   18,208   18,202   18,832   18,975   19,047     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    19,278   19,504   19,018   19,474   19,686   19,602   19,597   19,647   19,485   19,264   19,352   19,218     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    19,364   19,754   20,025   20,508   20,370   20,053   20,629   20,881   20,863   21,004   21,382   21,495     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    21,432   21,512   21,503   21,467   21,349   21,359   21,355   21,580   21,754   21,831   22,249   21,992     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    21,885   21,808   21,815(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    17,258   16,967   17,079   17,542   17,683   17,836   17,632   17,206   17,769   18,389   18,711   18,515     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    18,003   17,673   17,504   18,160   17,744   17,243   16,859   16,614   17,239   18,081   18,257   18,020     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    17,441   17,118   17,500   17,093   17,050   17,457   16,752   16,827   17,804   18,635   18,393   18,302     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    18,080   17,219   17,523   17,930   17,868   17,954   18,265   17,767   18,848   19,564   18,977   18,657     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    18,559   17,926   18,421   18,526   18,438   18,507   18,836   18,572   18,946   19,574   18,921   18,432     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    18,293   17,704   17,949   17,727   17,985   18,122   18,152   17,807   18,311   19,792   19,696   19,218     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    19,239   19,055   18,790   19,201   19,509   19,347   19,421   19,254   19,543   20,208   20,165   19,410     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    19,287   19,339   19,785   20,241   20,207   19,752   20,361   20,463   20,905   22,012   22,387   21,753     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    21,325   21,082   21,223   21,209   21,157   20,996   21,035   21,127   21,776   22,857   23,361   22,322     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    21,797   21,372   21,510(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      0.75     0.75     0.76     0.77     0.79     0.81     0.78     0.79     0.77     0.77     0.79     0.78     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      0.73     0.77     0.76     0.77     0.75     0.73     0.72     0.73     0.73     0.74     0.75     0.76     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      0.74     0.74     0.75     0.73     0.73     0.74     0.71     0.72     0.72     0.72     0.70     0.71     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      0.71     0.71     0.71     0.71     0.71     0.71     0.72     0.71     0.71     0.70     0.69     0.69     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      0.70     0.70     0.72     0.72     0.72     0.73     0.70     0.71     0.71     0.69     0.69     0.70     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      0.67     0.66     0.64     0.66     0.65     0.66     0.66     0.67     0.67     0.70     0.69     0.69     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      0.70     0.69     0.67     0.68     0.69     0.68     0.67     0.68     0.67     0.66     0.66     0.66     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      0.67     0.68     0.68     0.69     0.68     0.68     0.69     0.68     0.67     0.68     0.68     0.69     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      0.68     0.68     0.68     0.67     0.66     0.66     0.66     0.67     0.67     0.67     0.68     0.65     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      0.66     0.65     0.65(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      0.77     0.79     0.73     0.76     0.78     0.79     0.74     0.76     0.77     0.79     0.83     0.78     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      0.78     0.83     0.72     0.76     0.72     0.71     0.70     0.70     0.73     0.77     0.77     0.75     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      0.78     0.80     0.71     0.74     0.70     0.71     0.71     0.67     0.73     0.74     0.72     0.71     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      0.74     0.77     0.68     0.73     0.66     0.69     0.72     0.66     0.73     0.72     0.71     0.71     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      0.71     0.72     0.71     0.72     0.67     0.73     0.68     0.67     0.74     0.69     0.72     0.70     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      0.69     0.71     0.63     0.65     0.62     0.65     0.64     0.65     0.68     0.70     0.74     0.68     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      0.72     0.74     0.65     0.68     0.67     0.66     0.65     0.66     0.68     0.67     0.70     0.65     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      0.72     0.74     0.64     0.69     0.65     0.65     0.67     0.66     0.68     0.71     0.71     0.67     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      0.73     0.72     0.65     0.69     0.62     0.63     0.64     0.63     0.69     0.69     0.70     0.67     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      0.68     0.71     0.62(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4225  Farm Product Raw Materials
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     8,633    8,600    8,810    8,558    8,659    8,487    9,030    9,024    9,894    8,916    8,793    8,583     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     8,399    8,372    8,204    8,322    8,800    8,028    7,952    8,006    7,859    7,883    7,836    8,380     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     7,838    7,683    8,003    7,993    8,477    8,359    8,316    8,344    8,180    8,648    8,463    8,860     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     9,478    9,744    9,658    9,875    9,450   10,070    9,968   10,235   10,337   10,330   10,598   10,034     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    11,002   11,106   11,606   11,398   11,033   11,587   12,113   12,562   11,470   10,878   11,172   10,976     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    10,483   10,789   10,070   10,458   10,458   10,106    9,697   10,028   10,585   11,663   10,241   10,159     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    10,145    9,263    9,100    8,816    8,869    8,556    8,668    8,718    8,707    8,882    8,868    9,179     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     8,392    8,578    8,462    8,146    8,649    8,765    8,469    8,331    8,513    8,583    8,639    8,112     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     8,336    8,469    8,753    8,968    8,778    9,070    9,025    8,960    8,833    8,968    8,871    9,420     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     9,454    9,685    9,718(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     9,557    8,308    9,576    8,455    8,460    8,037    8,515    8,365    9,290    9,397    8,617    9,647    106,224
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     8,802    7,987    9,270    8,106    8,606    7,667    7,252    7,694    7,254    8,088    8,095    9,218     98,039
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     8,285    7,376    8,939    7,633    8,562    7,841    7,343    8,277    7,509    8,933    8,912    9,480     99,090
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    10,445    9,393   10,460    9,154    9,856    9,325    8,782    9,989    9,417   11,146   11,085   10,536    119,588
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    12,586   11,139   11,710   11,273   11,132   10,324   11,410   11,469   10,587   12,249   11,518   12,128    137,525
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    11,594   10,401   10,140   10,343   10,197    9,267    9,038    8,835   10,320   12,969   10,425   11,723    125,252
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    10,744    8,911    9,464    8,507    8,443    8,282    7,862    7,672    8,594    9,655    9,294   10,565    107,993
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     8,577    8,201    9,131    7,739    8,338    8,607    7,444    7,606    8,198    9,141    9,442    9,142    101,566
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     8,519    8,571    9,217    8,170    9,182    8,662    7,789    8,449    8,179   10,026    9,510    9,966    106,240
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    10,418    9,259    9,980(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     29,657
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     8,966    9,085    9,111    8,886    8,815    8,525    8,216    8,125    8,312    8,190    8,074    8,136     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     8,425    8,445    8,483    8,760    8,862    9,228    9,640    9,632    8,874    8,609    9,292    9,310     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     9,466    9,672    9,639    9,759    9,952    9,484    9,110    9,054    9,308    9,116    9,648    9,988     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     9,963    9,978   10,198    9,911   10,165   10,567   11,759   12,547   12,260   11,780   11,929   11,958     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    12,133   11,998   12,128   12,909   13,503   13,107   11,916   11,288    9,651    9,738    9,669    9,527     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     9,654    9,934    9,828   10,029    9,855    9,858   10,285    9,839    9,556   10,423   11,023   10,115     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     9,776    9,566    9,318    8,607    8,615    9,224    9,313    9,530   10,116   10,132   10,281   10,136     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     9,933    9,851    9,991   10,300   10,222   10,038   10,101   10,839   10,780   10,566   10,119    9,942     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    10,328   10,281   10,814   11,049   11,366   11,043   10,835   10,886   10,796   10,497   10,753   11,036     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    10,811   10,925   10,681(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    11,727   11,438   10,368    9,055    7,704    6,607    6,154    5,582    5,910    8,600    9,721   10,007     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    11,028   10,598    9,628    8,918    7,710    7,161    7,211    6,617    6,336    9,117   11,243   11,470     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    12,410   12,080   10,873    9,905    8,569    7,350    6,814    6,211    6,683    9,836   11,800   12,355     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    13,032   12,353   11,391    9,990    8,640    8,168    8,737    8,582    8,925   13,040   14,792   14,876     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    15,785   14,673   13,414   12,870   11,275   10,066    8,806    7,755    7,180   11,111   12,135   11,871     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    12,454   11,960   10,772    9,919    8,150    7,551    7,508    6,799    7,282   12,174   13,966   12,603     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    12,504   11,355   10,129    8,461    7,099    7,038    6,752    6,652    7,850   12,027   13,067   12,609     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    12,605   11,565   10,810   10,084    8,454    7,659    7,283    7,631    8,473   12,573   12,882   12,368     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    13,034   11,988   11,679   10,795    9,445    8,415    7,801    7,751    8,561   12,449   13,656   13,696     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    13,611   12,695   11,535(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.04     1.06     1.03     1.04     1.02     1.00     0.91     0.90     0.84     0.92     0.92     0.95     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.00     1.01     1.03     1.05     1.01     1.15     1.21     1.20     1.13     1.09     1.19     1.11     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.21     1.26     1.20     1.22     1.17     1.13     1.10     1.09     1.14     1.05     1.14     1.13     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.05     1.02     1.06     1.00     1.08     1.05     1.18     1.23     1.19     1.14     1.13     1.19     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.10     1.08     1.04     1.13     1.22     1.13     0.98     0.90     0.84     0.90     0.87     0.87     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      0.92     0.92     0.98     0.96     0.94     0.98     1.06     0.98     0.90     0.89     1.08     1.00     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      0.96     1.03     1.02     0.98     0.97     1.08     1.07     1.09     1.16     1.14     1.16     1.10     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.18     1.15     1.18     1.26     1.18     1.15     1.19     1.30     1.27     1.23     1.17     1.23     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.24     1.21     1.24     1.23     1.29     1.22     1.20     1.21     1.22     1.17     1.21     1.17     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.14     1.13     1.10(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.23     1.38     1.08     1.07     0.91     0.82     0.72     0.67     0.64     0.92     1.13     1.04     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.25     1.33     1.04     1.10     0.90     0.93     0.99     0.86     0.87     1.13     1.39     1.24     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.50     1.64     1.22     1.30     1.00     0.94     0.93     0.75     0.89     1.10     1.32     1.30     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.25     1.32     1.09     1.09     0.88     0.88     0.99     0.86     0.95     1.17     1.33     1.41     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.25     1.32     1.15     1.14     1.01     0.98     0.77     0.68     0.68     0.91     1.05     0.98     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.07     1.15     1.06     0.96     0.80     0.81     0.83     0.77     0.71     0.94     1.34     1.08     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.16     1.27     1.07     0.99     0.84     0.85     0.86     0.87     0.91     1.25     1.41     1.19     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.47     1.41     1.18     1.30     1.01     0.89     0.98     1.00     1.03     1.38     1.36     1.35     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.53     1.40     1.27     1.32     1.03     0.97     1.00     0.92     1.05     1.24     1.44     1.37     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.31     1.37     1.16(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4226  Chemicals and Allied Products
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     3,138    3,147    3,197    3,140    3,230    3,312    3,358    3,354    3,348    3,338    3,120    3,346     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     3,343    3,466    3,370    3,346    3,318    3,300    3,263    3,244    3,347    3,255    3,316    3,315     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     3,340    3,349    3,438    3,442    3,520    3,533    3,597    3,755    3,740    3,812    3,873    3,959     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,072    4,153    4,074    4,206    4,179    4,196    4,190    4,145    4,141    4,273    4,365    4,384     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,280    4,297    4,394    4,494    4,532    4,463    4,473    4,515    4,509    4,495    4,455    4,447     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     4,485    4,562    4,632    4,634    4,616    4,750    4,792    4,734    4,788    4,716    4,640    4,656     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     4,747    4,718    4,554    4,569    4,601    4,483    4,530    4,575    4,509    4,638    4,643    4,531     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     4,568    4,335    4,530    4,477    4,548    4,674    4,651    4,655    4,632    4,689    4,782    4,829     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     4,869    4,679    4,998    4,999    4,930    5,017    5,049    5,052    5,118    5,103    5,003    5,152     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     5,040    5,168    5,085(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     3,116    3,012    3,376    3,218    3,340    3,564    3,368    3,331    3,408    3,328    2,920    3,189     39,170
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     3,129    3,251    3,680    3,426    3,414    3,584    3,191    3,325    3,367    3,154    3,240    3,126     39,887
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     3,106    3,138    3,754    3,463    3,738    3,794    3,414    3,988    3,744    3,694    3,819    3,638     43,290
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     3,909    3,891    4,375    4,101    4,597    4,486    3,964    4,431    4,046    4,307    4,256    3,902     50,265
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,263    4,198    4,425    4,642    4,935    4,530    4,554    4,664    4,320    4,756    4,237    4,065     53,589
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     4,449    4,275    4,618    4,810    4,870    4,916    4,926    4,748    4,774    4,975    4,264    4,423     56,048
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     4,590    4,421    4,677    4,665    4,670    4,860    4,634    4,570    4,536    4,791    4,327    4,332     55,073
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     4,280    4,058    4,820    4,535    4,571    5,118    4,646    4,813    4,613    4,703    4,643    4,588     55,388
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     4,538    4,609    5,288    4,784    5,290    5,428    4,867    5,446    4,975    5,261    4,843    4,637     59,966
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     5,025    4,817    5,248(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     15,090
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     3,506    3,578    3,687    3,759    3,687    3,790    3,878    3,786    3,623    3,637    3,803    3,720     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     3,848    3,858    3,925    3,901    4,019    4,038    4,092    4,137    4,231    4,263    4,177    4,178     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     4,155    4,129    4,087    4,130    4,202    4,160    4,230    4,278    4,364    4,416    4,455    4,533     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,649    4,767    4,767    4,831    4,899    4,978    4,951    4,908    5,094    4,896    4,853    4,991     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,907    5,027    5,060    5,150    4,984    4,964    4,934    5,107    5,070    5,217    5,473    5,257     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     5,310    5,321    5,364    5,298    5,165    5,500    5,532    5,527    5,516    5,538    5,600    5,497     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     5,533    5,401    5,366    5,536    5,689    5,470    5,641    5,597    5,719    5,680    5,755    5,738     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     5,816    5,823    5,685    5,677    5,646    5,590    5,661    5,559    5,613    5,647    5,639    5,789     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     5,761    5,830    5,881    5,887    5,868    5,912    5,872    5,876    5,807    5,775    5,709    5,694     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     5,627    5,567    5,649(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     3,439    3,621    3,757    3,778    3,761    3,858    3,851    3,873    3,561    3,535    3,757    3,668     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     3,779    3,908    4,003    3,924    4,095    4,103    4,059    4,224    4,155    4,148    4,123    4,128     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     4,089    4,195    4,169    4,151    4,278    4,218    4,196    4,351    4,285    4,306    4,397    4,497     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,593    4,843    4,858    4,855    4,982    5,028    4,916    4,967    4,997    4,783    4,795    4,971     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,878    5,107    5,146    5,171    5,054    4,994    4,919    5,138    4,974    5,102    5,418    5,262     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     5,294    5,395    5,444    5,330    5,222    5,517    5,538    5,538    5,406    5,411    5,555    5,519     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     5,539    5,455    5,441    5,564    5,735    5,475    5,680    5,597    5,605    5,549    5,715    5,772     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     5,828    5,858    5,753    5,711    5,691    5,596    5,723    5,559    5,506    5,511    5,600    5,824     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     5,767    5,847    5,946    5,922    5,915    5,924    5,954    5,882    5,702    5,636    5,658    5,728     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     5,621    5,578    5,717(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.12     1.14     1.15     1.20     1.14     1.14     1.15     1.13     1.08     1.09     1.22     1.11     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.15     1.11     1.16     1.17     1.21     1.22     1.25     1.28     1.26     1.31     1.26     1.26     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.24     1.23     1.19     1.20     1.19     1.18     1.18     1.14     1.17     1.16     1.15     1.14     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.14     1.15     1.17     1.15     1.17     1.19     1.18     1.18     1.23     1.15     1.11     1.14     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.15     1.17     1.15     1.15     1.10     1.11     1.10     1.13     1.12     1.16     1.23     1.18     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.18     1.17     1.16     1.14     1.12     1.16     1.15     1.17     1.15     1.17     1.21     1.18     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.17     1.14     1.18     1.21     1.24     1.22     1.25     1.22     1.27     1.22     1.24     1.27     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.27     1.34     1.25     1.27     1.24     1.20     1.22     1.19     1.21     1.20     1.18     1.20     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.18     1.25     1.18     1.18     1.19     1.18     1.16     1.16     1.13     1.13     1.14     1.11     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.12     1.08     1.11(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.10     1.20     1.11     1.17     1.13     1.08     1.14     1.16     1.04     1.06     1.29     1.15     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.21     1.20     1.09     1.15     1.20     1.14     1.27     1.27     1.23     1.32     1.27     1.32     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.32     1.34     1.11     1.20     1.14     1.11     1.23     1.09     1.14     1.17     1.15     1.24     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.17     1.24     1.11     1.18     1.08     1.12     1.24     1.12     1.24     1.11     1.13     1.27     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.14     1.22     1.16     1.11     1.02     1.10     1.08     1.10     1.15     1.07     1.28     1.29     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.19     1.26     1.18     1.11     1.07     1.12     1.12     1.17     1.13     1.09     1.30     1.25     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.21     1.23     1.16     1.19     1.23     1.13     1.23     1.22     1.24     1.16     1.32     1.33     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.36     1.44     1.19     1.26     1.25     1.09     1.23     1.15     1.19     1.17     1.21     1.27     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.27     1.27     1.12     1.24     1.12     1.09     1.22     1.08     1.15     1.07     1.17     1.24     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.12     1.16     1.09(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4227  Petroleum and Petroleum Products
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    11,111   10,835   11,040   11,093   11,287   11,899   11,977   11,595   11,718   12,121   11,449   11,087     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    10,707   10,919   11,019   10,926   11,225   10,509   10,321   10,569   10,733   10,872   10,498    9,313     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    10,555   10,526   10,599    9,524    9,903   10,383   10,685   11,191   10,613   10,623   10,617   10,552     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    10,559   10,683   10,185   10,765   10,859   10,835   10,661   10,739   10,373   10,075   10,323   10,678     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    11,089   11,307   11,585   11,745   11,819   11,553   11,628   11,746   11,974   12,763   12,712   12,964     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    13,304   12,683   12,460   11,093   11,479   11,373   11,232   11,889   11,100   10,842   11,169   10,887     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    10,119    9,868    9,870    9,905    9,994    9,897    9,864    9,233    9,539    9,563    9,451    9,191     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     9,290    8,820   10,019   10,719   11,053   11,246   11,593   12,203   12,046   11,877   12,106   12,226     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    13,009   13,741   14,027   13,755   13,350   14,690   14,611   14,270   15,195   15,082   14,833   15,488     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    15,842   14,763   13,984(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    11,322   10,217   11,139   11,193   11,310   11,887   12,205   11,479   11,566   12,630   11,254   11,331    137,533
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    10,439   10,231   11,394   11,297   11,113   10,404   10,156   10,738   10,497   11,133   10,529    9,797    127,728
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    10,186    9,905   10,747    9,676   10,101   10,175   10,300   11,672   10,560   10,676   10,596   10,805    125,399
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    10,527   10,074   10,582   10,453   11,348   10,824   10,117   10,965   10,072   10,387   10,302   10,827    126,478
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    11,344   10,990   11,411   12,109   12,481   10,767   11,628   11,934   11,555   13,197   12,737   13,340    143,493
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    13,716   11,947   12,036   11,315   11,743   11,089   11,086   11,865   11,000   11,525   10,700   11,486    139,508
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    10,068    9,296    9,742    9,964   10,074    9,897   10,032    9,085    9,463    9,850    9,404    9,522    116,397
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     9,076    8,308   10,119   10,923   10,954   11,224   11,465   12,325   11,962   12,115   12,263   12,996    133,730
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    12,515   13,439   14,251   12,985   13,924   14,940   14,056   14,584   15,149   15,580   14,774   15,689    171,886
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    16,095   13,951   13,774(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     43,820
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     4,014    3,958    3,970    3,865    3,861    3,997    3,963    3,924    4,011    4,088    4,103    4,076     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     4,236    4,144    4,088    4,102    4,077    4,101    4,043    4,165    4,132    4,102    4,022    3,662     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     3,850    3,992    3,969    3,997    4,059    4,142    4,298    4,322    4,337    4,324    4,424    4,357     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,324    4,386    4,458    4,538    4,615    4,568    4,533    4,393    4,342    4,214    4,195    4,248     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,298    4,320    4,374    4,372    4,201    4,134    4,187    4,382    4,287    4,488    4,536    4,683     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     4,588    4,524    4,351    4,246    4,241    4,060    4,023    3,978    4,049    4,099    4,066    4,145     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     4,051    3,862    3,877    3,925    4,044    3,931    3,855    3,773    3,938    3,766    3,610    3,558     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     3,642    3,697    3,733    3,774    3,730    3,871    3,963    3,866    3,958    3,909    3,952    3,870     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     4,017    4,122    4,211    4,122    4,039    4,293    4,213    4,366    4,225    4,271    4,573    4,616     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     4,338    4,388    4,341(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     3,934    3,847    3,795    3,761    3,795    3,953    4,011    4,061    4,127    4,235    4,197    4,117     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     4,156    4,032    3,916    4,008    4,016    4,044    4,079    4,302    4,239    4,246    4,110    3,710     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     3,781    3,892    3,814    3,929    4,018    4,051    4,311    4,443    4,428    4,471    4,517    4,453     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,263    4,281    4,293    4,484    4,597    4,431    4,515    4,481    4,416    4,361    4,287    4,375     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,255    4,221    4,221    4,337    4,201    3,993    4,149    4,430    4,356    4,645    4,640    4,838     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     4,560    4,420    4,216    4,212    4,233    3,922    3,971    3,994    4,110    4,242    4,176    4,286     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     4,035    3,777    3,761    3,882    4,016    3,817    3,801    3,781    4,005    3,898    3,729    3,672     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     3,624    3,619    3,625    3,717    3,685    3,778    3,911    3,881    4,029    4,042    4,102    3,982     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     3,981    4,035    4,089    4,048    3,966    4,211    4,175    4,397    4,310    4,403    4,760    4,736     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     4,286    4,300    4,219(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      0.36     0.37     0.36     0.35     0.34     0.34     0.33     0.34     0.34     0.34     0.36     0.37     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      0.40     0.38     0.37     0.38     0.36     0.39     0.39     0.39     0.38     0.38     0.38     0.39     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      0.36     0.38     0.37     0.42     0.41     0.40     0.40     0.39     0.41     0.41     0.42     0.41     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      0.41     0.41     0.44     0.42     0.42     0.42     0.43     0.41     0.42     0.42     0.41     0.40     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      0.39     0.38     0.38     0.37     0.36     0.36     0.36     0.37     0.36     0.35     0.36     0.36     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      0.34     0.36     0.35     0.38     0.37     0.36     0.36     0.33     0.36     0.38     0.36     0.38     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      0.40     0.39     0.39     0.40     0.40     0.40     0.39     0.41     0.41     0.39     0.38     0.39     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      0.39     0.42     0.37     0.35     0.34     0.34     0.34     0.32     0.33     0.33     0.33     0.32     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      0.31     0.30     0.30     0.30     0.30     0.29     0.29     0.31     0.28     0.28     0.31     0.30     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      0.27     0.30     0.31(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      0.35     0.38     0.34     0.34     0.34     0.33     0.33     0.35     0.36     0.34     0.37     0.36     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      0.40     0.39     0.34     0.35     0.36     0.39     0.40     0.40     0.40     0.38     0.39     0.38     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      0.37     0.39     0.35     0.41     0.40     0.40     0.42     0.38     0.42     0.42     0.43     0.41     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      0.40     0.42     0.41     0.43     0.41     0.41     0.45     0.41     0.44     0.42     0.42     0.40     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      0.38     0.38     0.37     0.36     0.34     0.37     0.36     0.37     0.38     0.35     0.36     0.36     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      0.33     0.37     0.35     0.37     0.36     0.35     0.36     0.34     0.37     0.37     0.39     0.37     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      0.40     0.41     0.39     0.39     0.40     0.39     0.38     0.42     0.42     0.40     0.40     0.39     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      0.40     0.44     0.36     0.34     0.34     0.34     0.34     0.31     0.34     0.33     0.33     0.31     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      0.32     0.30     0.29     0.31     0.28     0.28     0.30     0.30     0.28     0.28     0.32     0.30     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      0.27     0.31     0.31(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000000001><BLANKLINE>  
<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4228  Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     4,302    4,323    4,199    4,397    4,159    4,091    4,109    4,116    4,093    4,095    4,169    4,169     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     4,124    4,107    4,168    4,254    4,290    4,163    4,274    4,253    4,312    4,296    4,221    4,233     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     4,218    4,237    4,343    4,357    4,264    4,392    4,381    4,290    4,348    4,357    4,417    4,411     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,434    4,350    4,181    4,276    4,298    4,413    4,340    4,440    4,398    4,482    4,463    4,519     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,630    4,675    4,558    4,642    4,668    4,686    4,683    4,709    4,604    4,581    4,704    4,642     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     4,622    4,722    4,805    4,603    4,842    4,807    4,880    4,945    4,990    4,892    4,885    5,178     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     4,852    4,942    5,076    5,057    5,126    4,967    5,140    5,098    5,423    5,292    5,296    5,324     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     5,417    5,431    5,410    5,484    5,529    5,532    5,551    5,666    5,689    5,817    5,860    5,778     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     5,793    5,801    5,908    5,905    5,904    6,041    5,987    5,996    6,053    6,077    6,024    6,178     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     6,220    6,262    6,023(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     3,459    3,458    4,002    4,564    4,221    4,529    4,466    4,137    4,126    4,259    4,240    4,936     50,397
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     3,031    3,261    4,160    4,377    4,307    4,696    4,458    4,457    4,364    4,236    4,500    4,974     50,821
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     3,075    3,377    4,443    4,261    4,460    4,985    4,324    4,719    4,374    4,248    4,784    4,971     52,021
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     3,370    3,484    4,269    3,994    4,715    4,974    4,223    5,000    4,235    4,554    4,851    4,826     52,495
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     3,699    3,983    4,262    4,619    5,219    4,836    4,941    5,062    4,365    5,012    4,850    5,097     55,945
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     3,758    3,825    4,454    4,635    5,210    5,057    5,231    5,034    4,970    5,342    4,831    5,965     58,312
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     3,799    4,023    4,903    5,097    5,244    5,454    5,443    5,113    5,521    5,588    5,349    6,288     61,822
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     4,030    4,432    5,475    5,479    5,584    6,174    5,623    5,893    5,837    5,864    6,200    6,801     67,392
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     4,275    4,995    6,062    5,403    6,494    6,730    5,676    6,668    5,908    6,332    6,512    6,647     71,702
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     5,026    5,141    5,915(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     16,082
<000000001><BLANKLINE>
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     4,507    4,434    4,599    4,387    4,374    4,459    4,452    4,457    4,329    4,336    4,394    4,268     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     4,280    4,272    4,348    4,333    4,237    4,236    4,159    4,092    4,241    4,284    4,257    4,410     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     4,397    4,468    4,367    4,469    4,545    4,454    4,468    4,462    4,460    4,511    4,496    4,510     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,557    4,568    4,511    4,493    4,610    4,516    4,655    4,744    4,750    4,669    4,673    4,644     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,637    4,665    4,774    4,883    4,869    4,933    5,039    4,897    4,963    5,120    5,118    4,984     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     5,012    4,884    4,662    4,917    4,767    4,985    4,924    4,961    5,099    5,010    5,069    5,390     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     5,314    5,439    5,625    5,423    5,466    5,665    5,585    5,740    5,794    5,841    5,981    5,702     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     5,828    6,016    6,189    6,090    6,316    6,135    6,211    6,189    6,058    6,045    6,002    6,102     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     6,249    6,291    6,174    6,364    6,517    6,367    6,365    6,440    6,456    6,510    6,547    6,709     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     6,724    6,636    6,703(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     4,282    4,288    4,466    4,426    4,308    4,405    4,501    4,457    4,463    4,752    4,702    3,939     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     4,057    4,122    4,222    4,372    4,169    4,185    4,213    4,092    4,381    4,700    4,559    4,066     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     4,155    4,298    4,245    4,505    4,463    4,414    4,539    4,458    4,629    4,949    4,811    4,167     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     4,284    4,381    4,398    4,520    4,513    4,502    4,739    4,739    4,949    5,113    4,995    4,286     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..     4,336    4,464    4,679    4,898    4,757    4,948    5,140    4,897    5,186    5,576    5,451    4,600     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..     4,666    4,674    4,601    4,927    4,662    5,035    5,022    4,966    5,323    5,426    5,383    4,964     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..     4,942    5,211    5,580    5,439    5,357    5,744    5,691    5,746    6,032    6,291    6,316    5,257     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..     5,432    5,775    6,158    6,120    6,215    6,221    6,310    6,195    6,282    6,492    6,326    5,620     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..     5,843    6,058    6,143    6,409    6,445    6,443    6,460    6,446    6,675    6,985    6,887    6,179     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..     6,307    6,404    6,656(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
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<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.05     1.03     1.10     1.00     1.05     1.09     1.08     1.08     1.06     1.06     1.05     1.02     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.04     1.04     1.04     1.02     0.99     1.02     0.97     0.96     0.98     1.00     1.01     1.04     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.04     1.05     1.01     1.03     1.07     1.01     1.02     1.04     1.03     1.04     1.02     1.02     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.03     1.05     1.08     1.05     1.07     1.02     1.07     1.07     1.08     1.04     1.05     1.03     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.00     1.00     1.05     1.05     1.04     1.05     1.08     1.04     1.08     1.12     1.09     1.07     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.08     1.03     0.97     1.07     0.98     1.04     1.01     1.00     1.02     1.02     1.04     1.04     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.10     1.10     1.11     1.07     1.07     1.14     1.09     1.13     1.07     1.10     1.13     1.07     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.08     1.11     1.14     1.11     1.14     1.11     1.12     1.09     1.06     1.04     1.02     1.06     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.08     1.08     1.05     1.08     1.10     1.05     1.06     1.07     1.07     1.07     1.09     1.09     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.08     1.06     1.11(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.24     1.24     1.12     0.97     1.02     0.97     1.01     1.08     1.08     1.12     1.11     0.80     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.34     1.26     1.01     1.00     0.97     0.89     0.95     0.92     1.00     1.11     1.01     0.82     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.35     1.27     0.96     1.06     1.00     0.89     1.05     0.94     1.06     1.17     1.01     0.84     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.27     1.26     1.03     1.13     0.96     0.91     1.12     0.95     1.17     1.12     1.03     0.89     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.17     1.12     1.10     1.06     0.91     1.02     1.04     0.97     1.19     1.11     1.12     0.90     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.24     1.22     1.03     1.06     0.89     1.00     0.96     0.99     1.07     1.02     1.11     0.83     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.30     1.30     1.14     1.07     1.02     1.05     1.05     1.12     1.09     1.13     1.18     0.84     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.35     1.30     1.12     1.12     1.11     1.01     1.12     1.05     1.08     1.11     1.02     0.83     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.37     1.21     1.01     1.19     0.99     0.96     1.14     0.97     1.13     1.10     1.06     0.93     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.25     1.25     1.13(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
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<000001000><TITLE>Table 1. Revised Estimated Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventory/Sales
<000001000><TITLE>Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, total: January 1992 Through March 2001
<110111000><TABLEHEADER>Year        Jan.     Feb.    March    April      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.    Annual
<010001000><SUBHEADER>NAICS  4229  Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Sales
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     9,889    9,267    9,425    9,300    9,193    9,198    9,367    9,172    9,707    9,562    9,613    8,789     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     9,921    9,596    9,308    9,377    9,992    9,596    9,605    9,899    9,687    9,596    9,862    9,603     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     9,541    9,767    9,991    9,869    9,671    9,758    9,822    9,919   10,212   10,349   10,197   10,562     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    10,580   10,899   10,829   10,806   10,513   11,175   11,521   11,243   10,923   11,415   11,467   11,686     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    11,467   11,334   11,041   11,752   11,731   11,998   12,387   12,642   11,984   12,233   11,907   11,679     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    11,808   12,359   12,546   12,129   12,453   11,867   11,547   11,476   11,914   11,622   11,522   11,842     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    11,894   11,756   12,112   12,561   12,750   12,068   12,217   12,094   12,759   12,455   13,115   13,709     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    12,546   12,734   12,717   12,668   12,799   13,640   13,491   13,787   13,600   14,188   14,550   14,578     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    15,303   14,958   15,458   15,082   14,917   15,246   15,256   15,360   15,727   15,599   15,535   15,946     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    16,182   16,133   15,599(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..     8,870    8,405    9,717   10,481   10,204   10,053    9,545    9,025    9,396    9,610    8,844    8,657    112,807
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..     8,423    8,502    9,811   10,446   11,381   10,383    9,643    9,790    9,571    9,299    9,152    9,440    115,841
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..     8,253    8,693   10,541   10,747   11,083   10,861    9,488   10,048    9,885   10,266    9,330   10,213    119,408
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..     9,120    9,722   11,468   11,768   12,384   12,292   11,360   11,333   10,246   11,289   10,745   10,926    132,653
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    10,091   10,711   11,173   13,397   13,842   12,778   12,424   12,389   11,409   12,282   10,716   11,305    142,517
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    10,438   11,074   13,123   13,730   14,458   13,042   11,443   10,730   11,449   11,552   10,324   11,795    143,158
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    10,479   10,580   12,766   14,546   14,254   13,432   11,948   11,501   12,121   12,106   12,158   13,764    149,655
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    10,840   11,486   13,747   14,416   14,617   14,977   12,857   13,070   13,287   13,252   13,692   14,738    160,979
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    13,757   13,956   16,679   16,439   17,348   16,923   14,341   14,884   14,705   15,006   14,836   15,420    184,294
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    15,114   14,665   16,519(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     46,298
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<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventories
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    11,392   11,401   11,335   11,056   10,533   11,194   11,448   11,428   11,428   11,598   12,016   12,104     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    12,019   11,909   12,038   12,095   11,941   12,082   11,917   12,214   12,544   11,991   12,042   11,946     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    11,923   12,115   12,052   12,191   12,323   12,334   12,443   12,589   12,693   12,668   12,506   12,440     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    12,726   12,890   12,996   13,796   13,489   13,723   13,749   13,552   13,849   14,483   14,284   14,238     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    14,557   14,298   14,031   14,936   15,299   15,020   15,269   14,819   14,529   14,618   14,574   13,769     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    14,513   14,425   14,339   14,282   14,095   13,955   13,859   14,310   14,548   14,154   14,101   14,540     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    14,171   14,610   14,672   14,289   14,609   14,944   15,029   14,940   15,039   14,832   15,254   15,313     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    15,363   15,073   15,063   14,997   14,342   14,590   14,755   15,096   15,433   15,735   16,144   16,442     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    16,565   16,629   16,653   16,625   17,307   17,678   17,904   18,278   18,286   18,726   18,350   18,297     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    18,370   18,758   18,909(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted - Millions of Dollars
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..    11,870   12,062   12,072   11,830   10,670   10,903   10,944   10,594   10,457   11,354   12,076   12,056     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..    12,548   12,588   12,821   12,954   12,108   11,756   11,393   11,298   11,465   11,739   12,090   11,922     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..    12,471   12,806   12,847   13,069   12,496   11,964   11,858   11,620   11,627   12,389   12,531   12,490     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..    13,362   13,663   13,880   14,762   13,637   13,243   13,034   12,468   12,727   14,106   14,284   14,452     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..    15,358   15,227   15,041   15,922   15,391   14,374   14,368   13,604   13,410   14,194   14,603   14,168     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..    15,398   15,464   15,400   15,110   14,053   13,229   12,944   13,151   13,471   13,687   14,186   15,180     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..    15,120   15,750   15,772   15,003   14,419   14,047   13,917   13,775   14,016   14,343   15,422   16,155     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..    16,423   16,324   16,178   15,612   14,026   13,627   13,604   13,979   14,445   15,247   16,386   17,428     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..    17,725   18,043   17,869   17,207   16,822   16,476   16,472   16,962   17,171   18,220   18,680   19,395     (X)
<110100000><DATAROW>2001..    19,637   20,352   20,233(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
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<000001000><SUBHEADER>Inventory/Sales Ratios, Total
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.15     1.23     1.20     1.19     1.15     1.22     1.22     1.25     1.18     1.21     1.25     1.38     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.21     1.24     1.29     1.29     1.20     1.26     1.24     1.23     1.29     1.25     1.22     1.24     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.25     1.24     1.21     1.24     1.27     1.26     1.27     1.27     1.24     1.22     1.23     1.18     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.20     1.18     1.20     1.28     1.28     1.23     1.19     1.21     1.27     1.27     1.25     1.22     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.27     1.26     1.27     1.27     1.30     1.25     1.23     1.17     1.21     1.19     1.22     1.18     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.23     1.17     1.14     1.18     1.13     1.18     1.20     1.25     1.22     1.22     1.22     1.23     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.19     1.24     1.21     1.14     1.15     1.24     1.23     1.24     1.18     1.19     1.16     1.12     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.22     1.18     1.18     1.18     1.12     1.07     1.09     1.09     1.13     1.11     1.11     1.13     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.08     1.11     1.08     1.10     1.16     1.16     1.17     1.19     1.16     1.20     1.18     1.15     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.14     1.16     1.21(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><SUBHEADER>Not Seasonally Adjusted
<110100100><DATAROW>1992..      1.34     1.44     1.24     1.13     1.05     1.08     1.15     1.17     1.11     1.18     1.37     1.39     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1993..      1.49     1.48     1.31     1.24     1.06     1.13     1.18     1.15     1.20     1.26     1.32     1.26     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1994..      1.51     1.47     1.22     1.22     1.13     1.10     1.25     1.16     1.18     1.21     1.34     1.22     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1995..      1.47     1.41     1.21     1.25     1.10     1.08     1.15     1.10     1.24     1.25     1.33     1.32     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1996..      1.52     1.42     1.35     1.19     1.11     1.12     1.16     1.10     1.18     1.16     1.36     1.25     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1997..      1.48     1.40     1.17     1.10     0.97     1.01     1.13     1.23     1.18     1.18     1.37     1.29     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1998..      1.44     1.49     1.24     1.03     1.01     1.05     1.16     1.20     1.16     1.18     1.27     1.17     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>1999..      1.52     1.42     1.18     1.08     0.96     0.91     1.06     1.07     1.09     1.15     1.20     1.18     (X)
<110100100><DATAROW>2000..      1.29     1.29     1.07     1.05     0.97     0.97     1.15     1.14     1.17     1.21     1.26     1.26     (X)
<110101000><DATAROW>2001..      1.30     1.39     1.22(p)  (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (X)
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(X) Cumulative data are not applicable for inventories or inventory/sales ratios.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(NA) Not Applicable.
<000001000><TABLEFOOTNOTE>(p) Preliminary estimate.
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<101001000><TITLE>              Table 2. Estimated Annual Purchases, Gross Margins and Gross Margin/Sales
<101001000><TITLE>               Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers by Kind of Business: 1992 through 1999
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<000001000><SUPERHEADER>   NAICS
<110100000><TABLEHEADER>   Code    Kind of Business                                                1992       1993       1994
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<111100000><DATAROW>           Purchases, Total .......................................   1,402,702  1,452,336  1,550,128
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<110100000><DATAROW>   421    Durable goods............................................     642,566    702,993    781,162
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<110101000><DATAROW>   4211   Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies.......     122,553    124,965    133,543
<110100000><DATAROW>   4212   Furniture and Home Furnishings...........................      19,117     20,959     22,234
<110101000><DATAROW>   4213   Lumber & Other Construction Materials....................      36,941     41,936     46,372
<110101000><DATAROW>   4214   Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies.......      96,108    116,637    128,761
<110101000><DATAROW>   42143   Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software.        (NA)       (NA)       (NA)
<110100000><DATAROW>   4215   Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum.......................      62,234     63,354     72,493
<110100000><DATAROW>   4216   Electrical Goods.........................................      74,722     90,364    108,916
<110101000><DATAROW>   4217   Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies      30,459     31,443     36,530
<110100000><DATAROW>   4218   Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies.......................     109,859    119,288    129,812
<110100000><DATAROW>   4219   Miscellaneous Durable Goods..............................      90,573     94,047    102,501
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<110100000><DATAROW>   422     Nondurable goods........................................     760,136    749,343    768,966
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<110100000><DATAROW>   4221   Paper and Paper Products.................................      36,801     37,684     42,349
<110100000><DATAROW>   4222   Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................      61,685     62,154     67,291
<110100000><DATAROW>   4223   Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................      45,020     47,497     49,516
<110100000><DATAROW>   4224   Groceries and Related Products...........................     231,804    237,149    242,121
<110100000><DATAROW>   4225   Farm Product Raw Materials...............................      99,335     89,447     89,283
<110100000><DATAROW>   4226   Chemicals and Allied Products............................      29,504     30,553     33,522
<110100000><DATAROW>   4227   Petroleum and Petroleum Products.........................     126,077    115,156    112,371
<110101000><DATAROW>   4228   Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............      37,957     38,635     40,041
<110100000><DATAROW>   4229   Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods...........................      91,953     91,068     92,472
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<111100000><DATAROW>            Gross Margin, Total....................................        (NA)    365,969    400,430
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<110100000><DATAROW>   421     Durable goods...........................................        (NA)    211,515    235,719
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<110101000><DATAROW>   4211   Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies.......        (NA)     27,256     30,056
<110101000><DATAROW>   4212   Furniture and Home Furnishings...........................        (NA)      8,973      9,216
<110101000><DATAROW>   4213   Lumber & Other Construction Materials....................        (NA)      9,601      9,991
<110101000><DATAROW>   4214   Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies.......        (NA)     39,778     39,485
<110101000><DATAROW>   42143   Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software.        (NA)       (NA)       (NA)
<110101000><DATAROW>   4215   Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum.......................        (NA)     16,106     18,108
<110100000><DATAROW>   4216   Electrical Goods.........................................        (NA)     28,445     35,075
<110101000><DATAROW>   4217   Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies        (NA)     11,976     13,812
<110101000><DATAROW>   4218   Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies.......................        (NA)     42,868     47,817
<110101000><DATAROW>   4219   Miscellaneous Durable Goods..............................        (NA)     26,512     32,159
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<110100000><DATAROW>   422     Nondurable goods........................................        (NA)    154,454    164,711
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<110101000><DATAROW>   4221   Paper and Paper Products.................................        (NA)     12,674     13,257
<110101000><DATAROW>   4222   Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................        (NA)      7,863      9,473
<110101000><DATAROW>   4223   Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................        (NA)     18,891     19,732
<110101000><DATAROW>   4224   Groceries and Related Products...........................        (NA)     46,060     48,064
<110101000><DATAROW>   4225   Farm Product Raw Materials...............................        (NA)     10,055     10,692
<110101000><DATAROW>   4226   Chemicals and Allied Products............................        (NA)      9,794     10,137
<110101000><DATAROW>   4227   Petroleum and Petroleum Products.........................        (NA)     12,165     13,771
<110101000><DATAROW>   4228   Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............        (NA)     12,313     12,081
<110101000><DATAROW>   4229   Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods...........................        (NA)     24,639     27,504
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<111101000><DATAROW>            Gross Margin/Sales Ratio, Total........................        (NA)      20.22      20.71
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<110100000><DATAROW>   421     Durable goods...........................................        (NA)      23.27      23.47
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<110101000><DATAROW>   4211   Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies.......        (NA)      17.87      18.40
<110101000><DATAROW>   4212   Furniture and Home Furnishings...........................        (NA)      30.05      29.45
<110101000><DATAROW>   4213   Lumber & Other Construction Materials....................        (NA)      18.71      17.84
<110101000><DATAROW>   4214   Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies.......        (NA)      25.63      23.87
<110101000><DATAROW>   42143   Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software.        (NA)       (NA)       (NA)
<110101000><DATAROW>   4215   Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum.......................        (NA)      20.48      20.32
<110100000><DATAROW>   4216   Electrical Goods.........................................        (NA)      24.12      24.83
<110101000><DATAROW>   4217   Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies        (NA)      27.81      28.06
<110101000><DATAROW>   4218   Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies.......................        (NA)      26.49      27.42
<110101000><DATAROW>   4219   Miscellaneous Durable Goods..............................        (NA)      22.33      23.99
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<110101000><DATAROW>   422     Nondurable goods........................................        (NA)      17.14      17.72
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<110101000><DATAROW>   4221   Paper and Paper Products.................................        (NA)      25.24      23.91
<110101000><DATAROW>   4222   Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................        (NA)      11.40      12.40
<110101000><DATAROW>   4223   Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................        (NA)      28.76      28.80
<110101000><DATAROW>   4224   Groceries and Related Products...........................        (NA)      16.24      16.58
<110101000><DATAROW>   4225   Farm Product Raw Materials...............................        (NA)      10.26      10.79
<110101000><DATAROW>   4226   Chemicals and Allied Products............................        (NA)      24.55      23.42
<110101000><DATAROW>   4227   Petroleum and Petroleum Products.........................        (NA)       9.52      10.98
<110101000><DATAROW>   4228   Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............        (NA)      24.23      23.22
<110101000><DATAROW>   4229   Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods...........................        (NA)      21.27      23.03
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<101001000><TITLE>               Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers by Kind of Business: 1992 through 1999
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<110100000><TABLEHEADER>   Code    Kind of Business                                                1995       1996       1997
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<111100000><DATAROW>           Purchases, Total .......................................   1,682,512  1,781,071  1,868,433
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<110100000><DATAROW>   421    Durable goods............................................     852,528    887,404    947,357
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<110101000><DATAROW>   4211   Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies.......     130,215    131,815    132,075
<110100000><DATAROW>   4212   Furniture and Home Furnishings...........................      24,342     25,452     27,477
<110101000><DATAROW>   4213   Lumber & Other Construction Materials....................      45,275     48,135     50,344
<110101000><DATAROW>   4214   Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies.......     155,593    170,091    185,626
<110101000><DATAROW>   42143   Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software.        (NA)       (NA)    119,010
<110100000><DATAROW>   4215   Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum.......................      75,148     75,430     81,175
<110100000><DATAROW>   4216   Electrical Goods.........................................     128,526    131,253    141,998
<110101000><DATAROW>   4217   Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies      38,435     40,295     42,910
<110100000><DATAROW>   4218   Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies.......................     142,662    153,809    166,476
<110100000><DATAROW>   4219   Miscellaneous Durable Goods..............................     112,332    111,124    119,276
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<110100000><DATAROW>   422     Nondurable goods........................................     829,984    893,667    921,076
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<110100000><DATAROW>   4221   Paper and Paper Products.................................      51,713     50,696     52,104
<110100000><DATAROW>   4222   Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................      73,989     83,077     94,211
<110100000><DATAROW>   4223   Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................      48,373     51,813     59,064
<110100000><DATAROW>   4224   Groceries and Related Products...........................     255,140    261,969    274,316
<110100000><DATAROW>   4225   Farm Product Raw Materials...............................     106,174    122,385    115,613
<110100000><DATAROW>   4226   Chemicals and Allied Products............................      38,525     40,613     42,414
<110100000><DATAROW>   4227   Petroleum and Petroleum Products.........................     113,687    129,671    125,891
<110101000><DATAROW>   4228   Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............      39,863     42,447     44,319
<110100000><DATAROW>   4229   Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods...........................     102,520    110,996    113,144
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<111100000><DATAROW>            Gross Margin, Total....................................     448,723    460,745    483,703
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<110100000><DATAROW>   421     Durable goods...........................................     265,793    272,072    287,690
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<110101000><DATAROW>   4211   Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies.......      33,051     33,384     35,379
<110100000><DATAROW>   4212   Furniture and Home Furnishings...........................      10,619     11,140     11,653
<110101000><DATAROW>   4213   Lumber & Other Construction Materials....................       9,793     11,212     11,366
<110101000><DATAROW>   4214   Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies.......      45,153     50,876     54,620
<110101000><DATAROW>   42143   Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software.        (NA)       (NA)       (NA)
<110100000><DATAROW>   4215   Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum.......................      19,608     19,540     20,236
<110100000><DATAROW>   4216   Electrical Goods.........................................      42,908     39,620     40,716
<110101000><DATAROW>   4217   Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies      13,726     14,526     14,515
<110101000><DATAROW>   4218   Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies.......................      52,674     54,610     61,631
<110100000><DATAROW>   4219   Miscellaneous Durable Goods..............................      38,261     37,164     37,574
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<110100000><DATAROW>   422     Nondurable goods........................................     182,930    188,673    196,013
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<110100000><DATAROW>   4221   Paper and Paper Products.................................      14,801     14,064     15,012
<110100000><DATAROW>   4222   Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................       9,380     12,609     14,796
<110100000><DATAROW>   4223   Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................      18,778     21,637     26,814
<110100000><DATAROW>   4224   Groceries and Related Products...........................      54,263     55,627     56,681
<110100000><DATAROW>   4225   Farm Product Raw Materials...............................      15,935     12,135     10,371
<110100000><DATAROW>   4226   Chemicals and Allied Products............................      12,214     13,267     13,891
<110101000><DATAROW>   4227   Petroleum and Petroleum Products.........................      12,713     14,285     13,065
<110101000><DATAROW>   4228   Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............      12,751     13,812     14,357
<110100000><DATAROW>   4229   Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods...........................      32,095     31,237     31,026
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<111101000><DATAROW>            Gross Margin/Sales Ratio, Total........................       21.22      20.57      20.72
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<110100000><DATAROW>   421     Durable goods...........................................       24.01      23.52      23.51
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<110101000><DATAROW>   4211   Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies.......       20.30      20.15      21.23
<110101000><DATAROW>   4212   Furniture and Home Furnishings...........................       30.61      30.49      29.88
<110101000><DATAROW>   4213   Lumber & Other Construction Materials....................       17.75      18.97      18.54
<110101000><DATAROW>   4214   Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies.......       22.81      23.10      23.03
<110101000><DATAROW>   42143   Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software.        (NA)       (NA)       (NA)
<110101000><DATAROW>   4215   Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum.......................       20.60      20.69      20.12
<110100000><DATAROW>   4216   Electrical Goods.........................................       25.55      23.10      22.33
<110101000><DATAROW>   4217   Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies       26.41      26.76      25.35
<110101000><DATAROW>   4218   Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies.......................       27.54      26.43      27.53
<110101000><DATAROW>   4219   Miscellaneous Durable Goods..............................       25.52      25.08      24.14
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<110100000><DATAROW>   422     Nondurable goods........................................       18.15      17.42      17.65
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<110100000><DATAROW>   4221   Paper and Paper Products.................................       22.40      21.69      22.58
<110101000><DATAROW>   4222   Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................       11.20      13.37      13.78
<110101000><DATAROW>   4223   Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................       27.78      29.59      31.79
<110101000><DATAROW>   4224   Groceries and Related Products...........................       17.56      17.50      17.17
<110101000><DATAROW>   4225   Farm Product Raw Materials...............................       13.32       8.82       8.28
<110101000><DATAROW>   4226   Chemicals and Allied Products............................       24.30      24.76      24.78
<110101000><DATAROW>   4227   Petroleum and Petroleum Products.........................       10.05       9.96       9.37
<110101000><DATAROW>   4228   Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............       24.29      24.69      24.62
<110101000><DATAROW>   4229   Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods...........................       24.19      21.92      21.67
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<101001000><TITLE>               Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers by Kind of Business: 1992 through 1999
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<101001000><TITLE>        NAICS
<111101000><TABLEHEADER>        Code    Kind of Business                                                1998       1999
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<111100000><DATAROW>                Purchases, Total .......................................   1,900,727  2,021,914
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<111100000><DATAROW>        421    Durable goods............................................     980,764  1,046,671
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<111101000><DATAROW>        4211   Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies.......     136,842    155,952
<111101000><DATAROW>        4212   Furniture and Home Furnishings...........................      28,836     29,972
<111101000><DATAROW>        4213   Lumber & Other Construction Materials....................      52,232     58,853
<111101000><DATAROW>        4214   Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies.......     199,492    213,502
<111101000><DATAROW>        42143   Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software.     127,470    136,738
<111101000><DATAROW>        4215   Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum.......................      79,257     76,431
<111100000><DATAROW>        4216   Electrical Goods.........................................     145,602    161,498
<111101000><DATAROW>        4217   Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies      45,301     47,676
<111101000><DATAROW>        4218   Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies.......................     179,814    180,575
<111101000><DATAROW>        4219   Miscellaneous Durable Goods..............................     113,388    122,212
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<111100000><DATAROW>        422     Nondurable goods........................................     919,963    975,243
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<111100000><DATAROW>        4221   Paper and Paper Products.................................      54,795     58,607
<111101000><DATAROW>        4222   Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................     108,830    127,842
<111101000><DATAROW>        4223   Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................      59,192     59,353
<111101000><DATAROW>        4224   Groceries and Related Products...........................     287,350    299,340
<111101000><DATAROW>        4225   Farm Product Raw Materials...............................      99,987     93,765
<111101000><DATAROW>        4226   Chemicals and Allied Products............................      41,309     41,233
<111101000><DATAROW>        4227   Petroleum and Petroleum Products.........................     104,401    119,923
<111101000><DATAROW>        4228   Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............      46,582     50,343
<111101000><DATAROW>        4229   Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods...........................     117,517    124,837
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<111100000><DATAROW>                 Gross Margin, Total....................................     492,010    533,721
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<111100000><DATAROW>        421     Durable goods...........................................     294,729    314,993
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<111101000><DATAROW>        4211   Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies.......      36,975     42,356
<111101000><DATAROW>        4212   Furniture and Home Furnishings...........................      11,783     12,896
<111101000><DATAROW>        4213   Lumber & Other Construction Materials....................      11,193     13,138
<111101000><DATAROW>        4214   Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies.......      53,313     59,561
<111101000><DATAROW>        42143   Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software.      22,206     24,660
<111101000><DATAROW>        4215   Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum.......................      18,606     18,130
<111100000><DATAROW>        4216   Electrical Goods.........................................      42,840     49,124
<111101000><DATAROW>        4217   Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies      15,871     15,949
<111101000><DATAROW>        4218   Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies.......................      68,597     65,015
<111101000><DATAROW>        4219   Miscellaneous Durable Goods..............................      35,551     38,824
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<111100000><DATAROW>        422     Nondurable goods........................................     197,281    218,728
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<111100000><DATAROW>        4221   Paper and Paper Products.................................      15,193     16,654
<111101000><DATAROW>        4222   Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................      17,739     21,687
<111101000><DATAROW>        4223   Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................      25,013     25,183
<111101000><DATAROW>        4224   Groceries and Related Products...........................      57,279     64,493
<111101000><DATAROW>        4225   Farm Product Raw Materials...............................       8,012      7,560
<111101000><DATAROW>        4226   Chemicals and Allied Products............................      14,017     14,207
<111101000><DATAROW>        4227   Petroleum and Petroleum Products.........................      11,382     14,117
<111101000><DATAROW>        4228   Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............      15,533     17,412
<111101000><DATAROW>        4229   Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods...........................      33,113     37,415
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<111101000><DATAROW>                 Gross Margin/Sales Ratio, Total........................       20.67      21.02
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<111100000><DATAROW>        421     Durable goods...........................................       23.28      23.30
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<111101000><DATAROW>        4211   Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies.......       21.34      21.67
<111101000><DATAROW>        4212   Furniture and Home Furnishings...........................       29.15      30.29
<111101000><DATAROW>        4213   Lumber & Other Construction Materials....................       17.58      18.43
<111101000><DATAROW>        4214   Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies.......       20.98      21.88
<111101000><DATAROW>        42143   Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software.       14.73      15.29
<111101000><DATAROW>        4215   Metals and Minerals, ex. Petroleum.......................       19.16      19.08
<111100000><DATAROW>        4216   Electrical Goods.........................................       22.94      23.65
<111101000><DATAROW>        4217   Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies       26.30      25.16
<111101000><DATAROW>        4218   Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies.......................       28.28      26.57
<111101000><DATAROW>        4219   Miscellaneous Durable Goods..............................       24.08      24.36
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<111100000><DATAROW>        422     Nondurable goods........................................       17.71      18.42
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<111101000><DATAROW>        4221   Paper and Paper Products.................................       21.72      22.19
<111101000><DATAROW>        4222   Drugs and Druggists' Sundries............................       14.24      14.83
<111101000><DATAROW>        4223   Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions........................       29.71      29.40
<111101000><DATAROW>        4224   Groceries and Related Products...........................       16.63      17.84
<111101000><DATAROW>        4225   Farm Product Raw Materials...............................        7.42       7.44
<111101000><DATAROW>        4226   Chemicals and Allied Products............................       25.45      25.65
<111101000><DATAROW>        4227   Petroleum and Petroleum Products.........................        9.78      10.56
<111101000><DATAROW>        4228   Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages............       25.13      25.84
<111101000><DATAROW>        4229   Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods...........................       22.13      23.24
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