The international trade deficit was $76.0 billion in September, up $0.6 billion from $75.5 billion in August. Exports of goods for September were $141.0 billion, $2.5 billion more than August exports. Imports of goods for September were $217.0 billion, $3.1 billion more than August imports.

Wholesale inventories for September, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $644.1 billion, up 0.3 percent (from August 2018, and were up 5.1 percent (±3.9 percent) from September 2017. The July 2018 to August 2018 percentage change was revised from up 1.0 percent (±0.2 percent) to up 0.9 percent (±0.2 percent).