This timeline depicts the U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin on nondurable goods from 2002 to 2022. In 2022, the gross margin on nondurable goods in U.S. wholesale was about 595 billion U.S. dollars.
Nondurable goods include: paper and paper products; drugs and druggists' sundries; apparel, piece goods, and notions; groceries and related products; farm product raw materials; chemicals and allied products; petroleum and petroleum products; beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages; as well as miscellaneous nondurable goods.
U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin on nondurable goods from 2002 to 2022
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Year
Billion U.S. dollars
2022
594.88
2021
539.41
2020
428.82
2019
439.97
2018
427.08
2017
413.27
2016
406.3
2015
389.97
2014
389.81
2013
368.17
2012
344.76
2011
331.56
2010
315.25
2009
283.78
2008
315.41
2007
307.91
2006
278.57
2005
264.68
2004
240.67
2003
230.87
2002
226.33
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Nondurable goods include: paper and paper products; drugs and druggists' sundries; apparel, piece goods, and notions; groceries and related products; farm product raw materials; chemicals and allied products; petroleum and petroleum products; beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages; as well as miscellaneous nondurable goods.
Sales and inventory estimates are based on data from the Annual Wholesale Trade Survey. Estimates have been adjusted using the final results of the 2017 Economic Census.
Estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. Additional information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, sample design, and definitions may be found here.
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US Census Bureau. (January 29, 2024). U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin on nondurable goods from 2002 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/199651/gross-margin-on-nondurable-goods-in-us-wholesale-since-1993/
US Census Bureau. "U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin on nondurable goods from 2002 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 29, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/199651/gross-margin-on-nondurable-goods-in-us-wholesale-since-1993/
US Census Bureau. (2024). U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin on nondurable goods from 2002 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/199651/gross-margin-on-nondurable-goods-in-us-wholesale-since-1993/
US Census Bureau. "U.S. Merchant Wholesalers' Gross Margin on Nondurable Goods from 2002 to 2022 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/199651/gross-margin-on-nondurable-goods-in-us-wholesale-since-1993/
US Census Bureau, U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin on nondurable goods from 2002 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/199651/gross-margin-on-nondurable-goods-in-us-wholesale-since-1993/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin on nondurable goods from 2002 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], US Census Bureau, January 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/199651/gross-margin-on-nondurable-goods-in-us-wholesale-since-1993/
