This statistic shows the U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin as a share of nondurable goods sales from 2002 to 2020. In 2020, the gross margin's share of nondurable goods sales in U.S. wholesale amounted to 14.3 percent. 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 as a share of nondurable goods sales from 2002 to 2020
Numbers have been rounded to provide a better understanding of the statistic.
Durable goods include: motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies; furniture and home furnishings; lumber and other construction materials; professional and commercial equipment and supplies; computer and computer peripheral equipment and software; metals and minerals (except petroleum); electrical goods; hardware, and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies; machinery, equipment, and supplies; and miscellaneous durable 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.
* Revised data.
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US Census Bureau. (February 10, 2022). U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin as a share of nondurable goods sales from 2002 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/199676/share-of-gross-margin-of-nondurable-goods-sales-in-us-wholesale-since-2002/
US Census Bureau. "U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin as a share of nondurable goods sales from 2002 to 2020." Chart. February 10, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/199676/share-of-gross-margin-of-nondurable-goods-sales-in-us-wholesale-since-2002/
US Census Bureau. (2022). U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin as a share of nondurable goods sales from 2002 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/199676/share-of-gross-margin-of-nondurable-goods-sales-in-us-wholesale-since-2002/
US Census Bureau. "U.S. Merchant Wholesalers' Gross Margin as a Share of Nondurable Goods Sales from 2002 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/199676/share-of-gross-margin-of-nondurable-goods-sales-in-us-wholesale-since-2002/
US Census Bureau, U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin as a share of nondurable goods sales from 2002 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/199676/share-of-gross-margin-of-nondurable-goods-sales-in-us-wholesale-since-2002/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin as a share of nondurable goods sales from 2002 to 2020 [Graph], US Census Bureau, February 10, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/199676/share-of-gross-margin-of-nondurable-goods-sales-in-us-wholesale-since-2002/
