Retail Inventories +1.6% in September, Wholesale -0.1%

 Advance International Trade in Goods 

The international trade deficit was $79.4 billion in September, down $3.7 billion from $83.1 billion in August. Exports of goods for September were $122.0 billion, $3.2 billion more than August exports. Imports of goods for September were $201.4 billion, $0.5 billion less than August imports. 

Advance Wholesale Inventories 

Wholesale inventories for September, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $634.8 billion, down 0.1 percent (±0.4 percent)* from August 2020, and were down 4.5 percent (±0.9 percent) from September 2019. The July 2020 to August 2020 percentage change was revised from up 0.4 percent (±0.2 percent) to up 0.3 percent (±0.2 percent). 

Advance Retail Inventories 

Retail inventories for September, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $607.0 billion, up 1.6 percent (±0.2 percent) from August 2020, and were down 9.1 percent (±0.5 percent) from September 2019. The July 2020 to August 2020 percentage change was revised from up 0.4 percent (±0.2 percent) to up 0.5 percent(±0.2 percent).