The international trade deficit was $64.8 billion in May, down $2.5 billion from $67.3 billion in April. Exports of goods for May were $143.6 billion, $2.9 billion more than April exports. Imports of goods for May were $208.4 billion, $0.4 billion more than April imports.

Wholesale inventories for May, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $633.2 billion, up 0.5 percent (±0.2 percent) from April 2018, and were up 5.9 percent (±3.7 percent) from May 2017. The March 2018 to April 2018 percentage change was unrevised from the preliminary estimate of up 0.1 percent (±0.2 percent).