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Table 1 Wholesale merchants' inventories and inventory-to-sales ratio

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Wholesale merchants' inventories and inventory-to-sales ratio
	May 2008	February 2009^r	March 2009^r	April 2009^r	May 2009^p	April to May 2009	May 2008 to May 2009	April 2009^r	May 2009^p
	Wholesale inventories							Inventory-to-sales ratio
	Seasonally adjusted
	$ millions					% change
Inventories	54,897	58,641	58,473	57,713	57,243	-0.8	4.3	1.44	1.43
Farm products	186	176	186	177	169	-4.2	-8.9	0.37	0.36
Food products	4,406	4,661	4,741	4,634	4,637	0.1	5.3	0.63	0.63
Alcohol and tobacco	361	429	439	418	422	1.0	16.9	0.52	0.52
Apparel	1,775	2,066	2,053	2,042	2,022	-1.0	13.9	2.61	2.54
Household and personal products	4,085	4,039	4,009	3,915	3,856	-1.5	-5.6	1.51	1.49
Pharmaceuticals	3,812	4,097	4,085	4,123	4,072	-1.2	6.8	1.23	1.19
Motor vehicles	4,244	4,077	4,146	3,985	4,027	1.0	-5.1	0.98	0.99
Motor vehicle parts and accessories	3,273	3,330	3,329	3,399	3,433	1.0	4.9	2.29	2.33
Building supplies	5,996	6,467	6,329	6,238	6,220	-0.3	3.7	1.81	1.76
Metal products	2,813	3,258	3,160	3,074	2,998	-2.5	6.5	2.68	2.84
Lumber and millwork	1,060	1,010	969	962	955	-0.7	-9.8	1.36	1.36
Machinery and equipment	11,398	12,532	12,693	12,605	12,573	-0.3	10.3	2.88	2.95
Computer and other electronic equipment	1,744	1,747	1,692	1,595	1,565	-1.9	-10.3	0.64	0.62
Office and professional equipment	2,734	2,967	2,904	2,925	2,902	-0.8	6.1	1.43	1.39
Other products	7,010	7,786	7,738	7,621	7,392	-3.0	5.4	1.51	1.49

revised

preliminary

Note(s):

Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.