Table 2. U.S. Merchant Wholesale Trade Sales1 - Total and E-commerce: 2002 and 2001
[Estimates are based on data from the 2002 Annual Trade Survey. Sales estimates are shown in millions of dollars, consequently industry group estimates may not be additive. Estimated measures of sampling variability for these estimates are provided in Table 2A.]
Value of Sales 2002 NAICS Code Description Total E-commerce 2001 Revised Revised Total E-commerce Y/Y Percent Change Total E-commerce Sales Sales
Percent Distribution of E-commerce E-commerce as Sales Percent of Total Sales 2002 2001 2002
42
421 4211 4212 4213 4214 42143 4215 4216 4217 4218 4219 422 4221 4222 4223 4224 4225 4226 4227 4228 4229
Total Merchant Wholesale Trade Durable goods
Motor vehicles and automotive equipment Furniture and home furnishings Lumber and other construction material Professional and commercial equipment and supplies Computer equipment and supplies Metals and minerals, excluding petroleum Electrical goods Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment Machinery, equipment and supplies Miscellaneous durable goods
2,742,285
1,334,066 215,437 43,611 77,879 249,419 113,541 89,811 204,350 66,088 223,295 164,176 1,408,219 76,719 233,188 91,071 402,691 111,302 60,446 181,138 79,760 171,904
319,755 2,701,474
146,287 53,348 4,690 2,896 32,897 15,032 (S) 19,263 7,706 8,645 15,752 173,468 4,809 110,745 13,664 21,357 3,697 (D) 10,089 (D) 5,614 1,345,892 205,605 44,862 73,605 251,062 123,342 92,792 212,924 64,738 240,891 159,413 1,355,582 77,162 200,861 87,776 389,731 108,081 59,633 180,601 75,156 176,581
286,211
132,628 47,933 3,940 2,556 31,523 15,705 (S) 15,160 7,056 8,132 15,314 153,583 4,246 96,363 12,305 18,056 3,272 (D) (D) (D) 5,071
1.5
-0.9 4.8 -2.8 5.8 -0.7 -7.9 -3.2 -4.0 2.1 -7.3 3.0 3.9 -0.6 16.1 3.8 3.3 3.0 1.4 0.3 6.1 -2.6
11.7
10.3 11.3 19.0 13.3 4.4 -4.3 (S) 27.1 9.2 6.3 2.9 12.9 13.3 14.9 11.0 18.3 13.0 (D) (D) (D) 10.7
11.7
11.0 24.8 10.8 3.7 13.2 13.2 (S) 9.4 11.7 3.9 9.6 12.3 6.3 47.5 15.0 5.3 3.3 (D) 5.6 (D) 3.3
10.6
9.9 23.3 8.8 3.5 12.6 12.7 (S) 7.1 10.9 3.4 9.6 11.3 5.5 48.0 14.0 4.6 3.0 (D) (D) (D) 2.9
100.0
45.7 16.7 1.5 0.9 10.3 4.7 (S) 6.0 2.4 2.7 4.9 54.3 1.5 34.6 4.3 6.7 1.2 (D) 3.2 (D) 1.8
Nondurable goods
Paper and paper products Drugs, drug proprietaries and druggists' sundries Apparel, piece goods, and notions Groceries and related products Farm-products raw materials Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and petroleum products Beer, wine, and distilled beverages Miscellaneous nondurable goods
(S) Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or poor response quality. Unpublished estimates derived from this table by subtraction are subject to these same limitations and should not be attributed to the U.S. Census Bureau. (D) Estimate is withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; these data are included in higher level totals. Note: Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, sample design, and definitions, visit www.census.gov/eos/www/whestats.html .
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Estimates include data only for businesses with paid employees and are subject to revision.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Annual Trade Survey