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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
	September 2008	June 2009^r	July 2009^r	August 2009^r	September 2009^p	August to September 2009	September 2008 to September 2009	August 2009^r	September 2009^p
	Wholesale inventories							Inventory-to-sales ratio
	Seasonally adjusted
	$ millions					% change
Inventories	57,238	56,448	56,055	55,445	54,953	-0.9	-4.0	1.35	1.34
Farm products	183	173	175	173	169	-2.2	-7.4	0.38	0.38
Food products	4,508	4,626	4,627	4,682	4,603	-1.7	2.1	0.64	0.63
Alcohol and tobacco	397	427	421	424	431	1.7	8.6	0.52	0.53
Apparel	1,928	1,987	1,974	1,913	1,847	-3.5	-4.2	2.42	2.39
Household and personal products	3,989	3,786	3,778	3,744	3,708	-0.9	-7.0	1.40	1.40
Pharmaceuticals	3,932	4,105	4,238	4,246	4,194	-1.2	6.7	1.22	1.19
Motor vehicles	4,472	3,758	3,759	3,650	3,663	0.4	-18.1	0.74	0.75
Motor vehicle parts and accessories	3,289	3,453	3,439	3,369	3,399	0.9	3.3	2.08	2.13
Building supplies	6,148	6,251	6,127	6,063	6,079	0.3	-1.1	1.67	1.68
Metal products	3,130	2,829	2,728	2,599	2,610	0.4	-16.6	2.58	2.47
Lumber and millwork	1,149	941	917	909	913	0.5	-20.5	1.24	1.25
Machinery and equipment	11,840	12,476	12,437	12,330	12,003	-2.7	1.4	3.15	2.93
Computer and other electronic equipment	1,819	1,583	1,563	1,576	1,581	0.3	-13.1	0.62	0.63
Office and professional equipment	2,847	2,795	2,720	2,715	2,712	-0.1	-4.7	1.34	1.35
Other products	7,606	7,258	7,152	7,053	7,041	-0.2	-7.4	1.41	1.40

revised

preliminary

Note(s):

Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.