Wholesale And Retail Inventories Decrease

Advance International Trade in Goods 
The international trade deficit was $74.3 billion in May, up $3.6 billion from $70.7 billion in April. Exports of goods for May were $90.1 billion, $5.5 billion less than April exports. Imports of goods for May were $164.4 billion, $1.9 billion less than April imports.Advance  

Wholesale Inventories 
Wholesale inventories for May, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of -month level of $642.2 billion, down 1.2 percent (±0.2 percent) from April 2020, and were down 4.3 percent (±0.9 percent) from May 2019. The March 2020 to April 2020 percentage change was revised from up 0.3 percent (±0.2 percent) to up 0.2 percent (±0.2 percent). 

Advance Retail Inventories
Retail inventories for May, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of -month level of $604.5 billion, down 6.1 percent (±0.2 percent) from April 2020, and were down 9.5 percent (±0.5 percent) from May 2019. The March 2020 to April 2020 percentage change was revised from down 3.7 percent (±0.2 percent) to down 3.8 percent (±0.2 percent).