Retail Inventories -0.2% in September, Wholesale inventories rise

Advance International Trade in Goods
The international trade deficit was $96.3 billion in September, up $8.1 billion from $88.2 billion in August. Exports of goods for September were $142.2 billion, $7.0 billion less than August exports. Imports of goods for September were $238.4 billion, $1.1 billion more than August imports.

Advance Wholesale Inventories
Wholesale inventories for September, adjusted for seasonal variations and trading day differences, but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $739.5 billion, up 1.1 percent (±0.4 percent) from August 2021, and were up 12.7 percent (±1.2 percent) from September 2020. The July 2021 to August 2021 percentage change was unrevised from the preliminary estimate of up 1.2 percent (±0.4 percent).

Advance Retail Inventories
Retail inventories for September, adjusted for seasonal variations and trading day differences, but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $602.9 billion, down 0.2 percent (±0.2 percent) from August 2021, and were up 0.5 percent (±0.9 percent) from September 2020. The July 2021 to August 2021 percentage change was revised from up 0.1 percent (±0.2 percent) to up 0.2 percent (±0.2 percent).