Oct. Distributive Trade Sales & Manufacturers' Shipments Up 0.8%

Washington, DC, December 14, 2016—The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for October was estimated at $1,326.8 billion, up 0.8% from September 2016 and was up 2.1% from October 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.

Manufacturers’ and trade inventories were estimated at an end-of-month level of $1,813.0 billion, down 0.2% from September 2016, but were up 0.4% from October 2015.

The total business inventories/sales ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of October was 1.37. The October 2015 ratio was 1.39.