Sept. Distributive Trade Sales & Manufacturers' Shipments Up 0.7%

Washington, DC, November 15, 2016—The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for September was estimated at $1,314.6 billion, up 0.7% from August 2016 and was up 0.8% from September 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.

Manufacturers’ and trade inventories were estimated at an end-of-month level of $1,818.7 billion, up 0.1% from August 2016 and were up 0.6% from September 2015.

The total business inventories/sales ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of September was 1.38. The September 2015 ratio was 1.39.