The international trade deficit was $56.1 billion in September, down $3.1 billion from $59.1 billion in August. Exports of goods for September were $125.6 billion, $1.1 billion more than August exports. Imports of goods for September were $181.7 billion, $2.0 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 $590.7 billion, up 0.2 percent (±0.4 percent)* from August 2016, and virtually unchanged (±1.9 percent)* from September 2015. The July 2016 to August 2016 percentage change was revised from down 0.2 percent (±0.4 percent)* to down 0.1 percent (±0.4 percent).