Disturb. Trade Sales and Manufacturers’ Shipments Up 2.0% in Dec.

Washington, DC, February 15, 2017—The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for December was estimated at $1,356.0 billion, up 2.0% from November 2016 and was up 5.2% from December 2015, according to the Census Bureau.

Manufacturers’ and trade inventories were estimated at an end-of-month level of $1,835.7 billion, up 0.4% from November 2016 and were up 2.0% from December 2015.

The total business inventories/sales ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of December was 1.35. The December 2015 ratio was 1.40.