Wholesale sales excluding petroleum fell 0.1% to $85.6 billion in March. Sales fell in four of the seven subsectors. The decrease in sales was mainly led by the miscellaneous subsector and the machinery equipment and supplies subsector. Despite the monthly decrease in the sector, wholesale sales (excluding oilseeds, grains and petroleum) were higher (+6.9%) than in March 2022.
Starting with this release, petroleum products data will be available within data tables, but the analytical text excludes the petroleum subsector for comparison purposes with the previous month. Next month's release will be reported with petroleum analysis.
Constant dollar sales excluding petroleum fell 0.3% in March 2023.
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