Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) fell 0.5% to $81.7 billion in October. Sales declined in five of the seven subsectors, led by the machinery, equipment and supplies subsector and the food, beverage and tobacco subsector. On an annual basis, wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) were 2.1% lower in October compared with the same month a year earlier.
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