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The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a collection of statistics on the wholesale trade sector of the economy, completing the 2012 Economic Census Industry Series, beginning the 2012 Economic Census Geographic Area Series, and releasing the 2013 Annual Wholesale Trade Report.
Preliminary statistics from the 2012 Economic Census show the sector had sales of $7.8 trillion, up 20.0 percent from the final published total of $6.5 trillion from the 2007 Economic Census. The number of establishments declined, however, from 434,983 in 2007 to 420,014 in 2012. According to estimates from the Annual Wholesale Trade Report, sales increased 3.0 percent from $7.8 trillion in 2012 to $8.0 trillion in 2013. This report presents data from merchant wholesalers of durable and nondurable goods, including manufacturers’ sales branches and offices, as well as agents and brokers.
Other findings:
Monthly statistics are also available on wholesale trade but with less detail from the wholesale trade economic indicator. Data for January 2015 will be available from the Monthly Wholesale Trade Report on March 10.
The data from the 2012 Economic Census (as well as historical information from the 2007, 2002, and 1997 economic censuses) are available via census.gov. Data from the latest Annual Wholesale Trade Report can be found on census.gov. Reference information about the economic census, including a data release schedule, is available on the 2012 Economic Census home page.
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All dollar values are expressed in current dollars, i.e., they are not adjusted for price changes. The statistics presented include data only for businesses with paid employees. For more information about the methodology of the economic census (including information on comparability, confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error and definitions), see //www.census.gov/econ/census/help/methodology_disclosure/.
All comparisons of sample-based estimates made in this release have been tested and found to be statistically significant at the 90 percent confidence level, unless otherwise noted. Please consult the Annual Wholesale Trade Report website for measures of sampling variability for sample-based estimates.
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