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WHAT'S NEW:
1. August 31, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) revised their methodology for reporting of U.S. sales back to January 2011.
2. Seasonal factors for unit sales have been recalculated from January 2013 through June 2017 for autos
and light trucks. Seasonal factors for auto unit sales and light truck unit sales are produced by the
Federal Reserve Board (FRB). Seasonal factors for heavy trucks have been recalculated from January 2013 through
June 2017. Heavy truck seasonal factors are produced by the BEA.
SPECIAL NOTE:
In May 2010, Ward's Automotive Reports reclassified the Subaru Outback from an automobile to a light truck.
This reclassification reflected updated Ward's historical data on monthly sales, production, and inventories
beginning in January 1995. As part of the comprehensive revision of the national income and product accounts
(NIPAs), BEA has incorporated the updated Ward's data to account for the reclassification.
The following tables provide unit data on unadjusted and seasonally adjusted auto and truck sales,
domestic auto production, Canadian and Mexican auto imports, auto exports, and domestic auto inventories.
Data for most sales series are shown from January 1967 through June 2016;
all other series are available from January 1993 through June 2016.
Series will be updated as new data become available.
Seasonally adjusted auto and truck sales data, and seasonally adjusted auto
inventories are used in the preparation of estimates of the personal
consumption expenditures (PCE), private fixed investment (PFI), and
change in private inventories (CIPI) components of gross domestic product
(GDP), which are produced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) as
part of the national income and product accounts (NIPA's).
Sales estimates (PCE and PFI) for new cars and trucks are prepared using unit sales,
allocations by sector, and estimates of average expenditure per vehicle;
for annual estimates of new truck sales through 2001 and new car sales through 1997, manufacturers' shipments data are use
Further information on the use of auto unit sales in the preparation of PCE estimates can be found in U.S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Personal Consumption Expenditures, Methodology Paper Series MP-6 (1990).
CIPI estimates for new domestic autos are prepared using unit inventories and an estimate of average inventory value.
Note that unadjusted auto and truck sales are shown in tenths of thousands.
To obtain the exact quantity of vehicles sold contact the relevant data source listed below. 1/ 2/
Definitions
Unadjusted data
1. Domestic and foreign auto sales, foreign light truck sales--Ward's
Communications, Inc. Ward's Automotive Reports. Detroit, MI: Ward's,
monthly.
2. Domestic truck sales--Ward's Automotive Reports. Detroit, MI: Ward's,
monthly, December 1998 to present. American Automobile Manufacturers
Association. "U.S. Retail Sales of Trucks by GVWR and Manufacturer."
Detroit, MI: AAMA, monthly, through November 1998.
3. Auto production--Ward's Automotive Reports. Detroit, MI: Ward's, monthly,
December 1998 to present. American Automobile Manufacturers
Association. "U.S. Passenger Car Production." Detroit, MI: AAMA,
monthly, through November 1998.
4. Canadian imports, exports--Estimates based on data from the U.S. International
Trade Commission on-line database, monthly, January 2002 to present.
Ward's Automotive Reports. Detroit, MI: Ward's, monthly, December 1998
through December 2001. American Automobile Manufacturers Association.
"Factory Sales of Passenger Cars." Detroit, MI: AAMA, monthly, through
November 1998.
5. Mexican imports--Estimates based on data from the U.S. International
Trade Commission on-line database, monthly, January 2002 to present.
U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. U.S. General
Imports and Imports for Consumption. Washington, DC: U.S. Government
Printing Office, monthly, January 1985 to December 2001.
6. Auto inventories--Ward's Automotive Reports. Detroit, MI: Ward's, monthly,
December 1998 to present. American Automobile Manufacturers Association.
"Passenger Car Sales in the U.S. Reported by U.S. Manufacturers.
Detroit, MI: AAMA, monthly, through November 1998.
Seasonal factors
Domestic and foreign auto sales, domestic and import light truck sales and domestic
auto unit production--Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
All other sales, imports and exports--Bureau of Economic
Analysis.
Updates
Auto and truck sales are updated by the end of the third business day after the end of the
month. Auto production and inventories are available by the end of the second
week after the end of the month.
Updates will be posted on the Economic Bulletin Board and provided in a recorded message.
The telephone number for the recorded message is (202) 606-5309.
Prepared by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.
For additional information, call Everette P. Johnson (202) 606-9725 (autos) or Harvey L. Davis
(202) 606-9719 (light & heavy trucks).
Table of Contents
auto inventories.
Not Combined
seasonally seasonal, model Seasonally
adjusted year change-over adjusted
(Thousands) factor (Thousands)
Not Combined
seasonally seasonal, model Seasonally
adjusted year change-over adjusted
(Thousands) factor (Thousands)
Not Combined
seasonally seasonal, model Seasonally
adjusted year change-over adjusted
(Thousands) factor (Thousands)
Not Combined
seasonally seasonal, model Seasonally
adjusted year change-over adjusted
(Thousands) factor (Thousands)
Not Combined
seasonally seasonal, model Seasonally
adjusted year change-over adjusted
(Thousands) factor (Thousands)
Not Combined
seasonally seasonal, model Seasonally
adjusted year change-over adjusted
(Thousands) factor (Thousands)
February 2008 339.0 105.75 320.5
March 2008 324.4 99.03 327.6
April 2008 324.3 109.73 295.5
May 2008 301.2 102.03 295.2
June 2008 322.0 103.06 312.4
July 2008 281.4 75.16 374.4
August 2008 343.0 103.59 331.1
September 2008 346.9 108.14 320.8
October 2008 366.0 119.85 305.4
November 2008 238.2 87.88 271.0
December 2008 206.7 86.35 239.4
Not Combined
seasonally seasonal, model Seasonally
adjusted year change-over adjusted
(Thousands) factor (Thousands)
April 2011 213.2 98.19 217.2
May 2011 236.5 103.01 229.6
June 2011 242.7 107.52 225.7
July 2011 163.1 72.21 225.9
August 2011 294.4 114.07 258.1
September 2011 264.0 106.88 247.0
October 2011 309.7 109.34 283.3
November 2011 281.7 98.70 285.4
December 2011 264.7 86.05 307.6
CANADA MEXICO
CANADA MEXICO
CANADA MEXICO
CANADA MEXICO
CANADA MEXICO
CANADA MEXICO
CANADA MEXICO
7.5
18.9
10.7
19.9
19.7
25.7
15.0
13.1
24.6
23.9
23.8
25.7
15.5
18.4
21.3
22.2
21.7
25.4
24.3
32.8
25.3
28.6
30.7
35.7
25.5
26.0
26.0
22.9
23.2
25.0
34.0
28.2
21.0
45.3
41.5
39.8
Seasonally
adjusted
(Thousands)
44.7
40.0
36.2
36.8
33.0
32.4
27.8
26.1
28.1
22.8
18.9
20.5
21.8
22.5
21.5
24.5
28.6
26.6
32.4
27.8
33.5
34.2
24.8
34.8
43.5
44.1
64.9
55.5
57.3
56.3
53.9
66.7
50.2
55.1
56.8
67.5
Seasonally
adjusted
(Thousands)
58.7
59.9
60.0
55.0
58.6
52.0
53.4
49.1
51.5
55.3
55.1
60.5
51.9
60.7
63.5
69.7
53.7
71.4
77.4
67.7
91.5
72.0
73.8
59.6
70.9
63.5
64.5
46.6
55.7
63.6
59.4
73.4
60.9
64.3
65.2
69.5
Seasonally
adjusted
(Thousands)
67.6
66.0
62.5
63.1
54.9
60.3
51.3
66.2
63.1
59.8
56.3
50.4
35.1
49.5
49.2
48.2
51.2
52.5
52.1
50.6
41.9
39.8
40.3
45.0
42.2
41.3
46.6
43.9
51.0
44.6
61.7
43.9
46.4
64.9
35.4
44.4
Seasonally
adjusted
(Thousands)
38.5
56.7
53.3
61.2
62.8
62.7
62.1
58.8
63.1
75.6
78.9
81.8
106.2
99.8
99.1
99.7
86.0
88.6
78.7
96.7
96.2
82.2
95.8
100.3
90.2
90.0
85.0
74.9
74.9
87.2
87.0
86.0
92.9
89.5
79.5
79.9
77.2
Seasonally
adjusted
(Thousands)
70.4
64.2
82.0
97.0
90.7
94.7
104.2
95.1
104.3
87.2
82.4
28.3
37.8
67.6
69.8
71.3
70.8
71.5
66.6
70.1
79.5
78.5
79.2
83.6
89.2
87.7
82.2
73.8
72.5
75.9
85.4
83.5
82.6
81.6
81.8
99.3
82.9
79.8
Seasonally
adjusted
(Thousands)
84.7
86.8
85.9
98.4
79.1
84.8
82.4
90.8
90.0
95.8
92.4
93.1
90.2
92.7
93.6
Table 9 - Auto Unit Exports
U.S. Production Canadian Imports Mexican Imports Sales Exports Change Seasonally Adjusted Level
+ + + - - =
U.S. Production Canadian Imports Mexican Imports Sales Exports Change Seasonally Adjusted Level
+ + + - - =
February 1995 568.7 94.3 26.0 570.2 46.6 72.2 1605.0
March 1995 588.7 97.9 26.0 595.1 45.3 72.2 1677.2
April 1995 524.4 79.3 22.9 552.0 43.7 30.9 1708.1
May 1995 510.4 91.5 23.2 573.1 41.4 10.6 1718.7
June 1995 508.2 93.7 25.0 599.7 40.4 -13.2 1705.5
July 1995 518.5 90.1 34.0 575.3 44.3 23.0 1728.5
August 1995 465.1 104.8 28.2 623.5 36.4 -61.8 1666.7
September 1995 523.1 93.3 21.0 613.8 40.3 -16.7 1650.0
October 1995 523.2 98.9 45.3 592.5 39.2 35.7 1685.7
November 1995 511.3 91.6 41.5 612.3 38.7 -6.6 1679.1
December 1995 508.6 96.3 39.8 635.5 58.5 -49.3 1629.8
Unit Inventories
Table 10 - Domestic Auto, Seasonally Adjusted
U.S. Production Canadian Imports Mexican Imports Sales Exports Change Seasonally Adjusted Level
+ + + - - =
U.S. Production Canadian Imports Mexican Imports Sales Exports Change Seasonally Adjusted Level
+ + + - - =
February 1998 458.6 87.5 44.1 537.8 40.8 11.6 1439.0
March 1998 449.8 86.9 64.9 547.2 42.1 12.3 1451.3
April 1998 451.5 87.2 55.5 563.5 43.5 -12.8 1438.5
May 1998 456.6 84.9 57.3 598.8 42.3 -42.3 1396.2
June 1998 396.3 65.1 56.3 586.5 38.3 -107.1 1289.1
July 1998 322.0 51.3 53.9 491.1 28.8 -92.7 1196.4
August 1998 512.9 81.7 66.7 509.3 42.4 109.6 1306.0
September 1998 511.5 98.7 50.2 588.7 44.8 26.9 1332.9
October 1998 501.8 100.1 55.1 606.4 43.5 7.1 1340.0
November 1998 471.9 94.0 56.8 543.0 47.8 31.9 1371.9
December 1998 491.2 100.9 67.5 616.3 45.5 -2.2 1369.7
Unit Inventories
Table 10 - Domestic Auto, Seasonally Adjusted
U.S. Production Canadian Imports Mexican Imports Sales Exports Change Seasonally Adjusted Level
+ + + - - =
U.S. Production Canadian Imports Mexican Imports Sales Exports Change Seasonally Adjusted Level
+ + + - - =
February 2001 387.5 81.6 63.5 573.1 51.1 -91.6 1256.4
March 2001 416.0 78.9 64.5 523.8 57.8 -22.2 1234.2
April 2001 416.0 64.9 46.6 515.9 65.9 -54.3 1179.9
May 2001 427.2 76.2 55.7 522.7 52.1 -15.7 1164.2
June 2001 415.9 91.8 63.6 521.7 60.9 -11.3 1152.9
July 2001 384.7 73.3 59.4 486.4 61.0 -30.0 1122.9
August 2001 387.8 92.1 73.4 472.1 58.8 22.4 1145.3
September 2001 382.7 78.2 60.9 482.7 62.9 -23.8 1121.5
October 2001 371.9 77.9 64.3 658.9 51.6 -196.4 925.1
November 2001 395.3 79.9 65.2 510.6 56.2 -26.4 898.7
December 2001 417.9 73.6 69.5 430.9 51.9 78.2 976.9
Unit Inventories
Table 10 - Domestic Auto, Seasonally Adjusted
U.S. Production Canadian Imports Mexican Imports Sales Exports Change Seasonally Adjusted Level
+ + + - - =
U.S. Production Canadian Imports Mexican Imports Sales Exports Change Seasonally Adjusted Level
+ + + - - =
February 2004 366.9 92.5 41.3 452.6 45.5 2.6 1249.3
March 2004 359.4 92.7 46.6 462.1 53.5 -16.9 1232.4
April 2004 368.3 96.7 43.9 428.0 48.5 32.4 1264.8
May 2004 350.2 104.3 51.0 469.8 49.2 -13.5 1251.3
June 2004 333.5 94.4 44.6 426.9 52.3 -6.7 1244.6
July 2004 346.9 79.3 61.7 449.0 55.7 -16.8 1227.8
August 2004 349.2 92.0 43.9 433.2 48.6 3.3 1231.1
September 2004 345.5 88.4 46.4 438.5 47.7 -5.9 1225.2
October 2004 328.2 78.3 64.9 429.8 33.4 8.2 1233.4
November 2004 324.1 80.8 35.4 438.1 45.7 -43.5 1189.9
December 2004 345.3 87.1 44.4 476.0 41.4 -40.6 1149.3
Unit Inventories
Table 10 - Domestic Auto, Seasonally Adjusted
U.S. Production Canadian Imports Mexican Imports Sales Exports Change Seasonally Adjusted Level
+ + + - - =
U.S. Production Canadian Imports Mexican Imports Sales Exports Change Seasonally Adjusted Level
+ + + - - =
February 2007 324.3 59.6 90.0 433.8 62.1 -22.0 1100.8
March 2007 313.7 78.3 85.0 422.7 48.8 5.5 1106.3
April 2007 323.9 72.7 74.9 423.6 58.5 -10.6 1095.7
May 2007 313.1 97.2 74.9 451.6 54.9 -21.3 1074.4
June 2007 336.7 79.9 87.2 434.5 58.6 10.7 1085.1
July 2007 345.6 75.2 87.0 413.2 55.2 39.4 1124.5
August 2007 312.7 66.0 86.0 424.8 57.3 -17.4 1107.1
September 2007 293.6 69.1 92.9 431.3 50.4 -26.1 1081.0
October 2007 310.3 66.6 89.5 429.6 53.0 -16.2 1064.8
November 2007 317.8 72.2 79.5 459.0 49.9 -39.4 1025.4
December 2007 333.4 46.5 79.9 433.7 57.7 -31.6 993.8
U.S. Production Canadian Imports Mexican Imports Sales Exports Change Seasonally Adjusted Level
+ + + - - =
April 2009 152.8 37.0 69.8 251.7 34.7 -26.8 1043.5
May 2009 148.6 33.7 71.3 267.9 30.4 -44.7 998.8
June 2009 148.5 33.2 70.8 279.3 28.9 -55.7 943.1
July 2009 187.8 40.6 71.5 345.7 36.7 -82.5 860.6
August 2009 211.0 55.4 66.6 452.5 38.1 -157.6 703.0
September 2009 240.1 63.0 70.1 276.7 43.8 52.7 755.7
October 2009 243.8 55.0 79.5 303.7 46.4 28.2 783.9
November 2009 229.0 59.8 78.5 316.5 48.0 2.8 786.7
December 2009 236.5 65.4 79.2 339.1 51.1 -9.1 777.6
U.S. Production Canadian Imports Mexican Imports Sales Exports Change Seasonally Adjusted Level
+ + + - - =
June 2011 225.7 75.0 85.9 317.1 60.1 9.4 755.1
July 2011 225.9 78.5 98.4 326.5 62.3 14.0 769.1
August 2011 258.1 74.4 79.1 329.3 68.8 13.5 782.6
September 2011 247.0 75.7 84.8 344.4 67.3 -4.2 778.4
October 2011 283.3 88.5 82.4 367.6 69.7 16.9 795.3
November 2011 285.4 81.7 90.8 361.4 71.4 25.1 820.4
December 2011 307.6 90.5 90.0 357.8 90.0 40.3 860.7
2.433 1300.4
2.760 1395.5
2.695 1480.9
2.487 1483.4
2.513 1464.7
2.449 1452.5
2.459 1205.6
2.647 1169.3
2.551 1220.7
2.241 1252.9
2.269 1354.7
2.359 1364.9
2.284 1434.4
2.211 1475.9
2.267 1489.6
2.120 1456.4
2.407 1458.3
2.416 1471.7
2.552 1227.6
2.425 1209.3
2.385 1184.0
2.325 1307.9
2.278 1391.7
2.319 1436.6
2.684 1529.5
(Ward's)
Inventory/Sales RatioNSA Inventory Level
2.815 1686.3
2.818 1785.2
3.095 1807.6
2.999 1794.0
2.844 1762.9
3.005 1504.7
2.673 1475.2
2.688 1504.4
2.845 1580.3
2.742 1621.3
2.565 1618.5
(Ward's)
Inventory/Sales RatioNSA Inventory Level
2.849 1661.1
2.624 1682.6
2.218 1514.4
2.324 1493.3
2.178 1461.0
2.430 1472.6
2.580 1277.1
2.592 1299.0
2.549 1326.3
2.589 1329.4
2.498 1417.1
2.478 1363.4
2.285 1404.2
2.418 1442.8
2.373 1379.6
2.450 1412.6
2.438 1383.5
2.558 1350.5
2.437 1134.2
2.356 1166.5
2.568 1172.1
2.520 1262.1
2.542 1363.2
2.368 1329.9
2.762 1390.0
(Ward's)
Inventory/Sales RatioNSA Inventory Level
2.676 1441.7
2.652 1453.8
2.553 1412.2
2.332 1420.8
2.198 1164.9
2.436 961.0
2.565 1036.9
2.264 1113.7
2.210 1208.3
2.526 1318.1
2.222 1324.4
(Ward's)
Inventory/Sales RatioNSA Inventory Level
2.560 1425.9
2.407 1444.3
2.467 1468.3
2.439 1455.0
2.395 1384.3
2.380 1353.6
2.318 1124.0
2.262 1092.3
2.363 1125.3
2.475 1237.0
2.441 1340.0
2.369 1367.6
2.257 1416.5
2.089 1398.6
2.237 1429.8
2.307 1388.5
2.319 1348.1
2.404 1358.5
2.494 1161.8
2.491 1174.4
2.463 1223.2
2.597 1299.1
2.697 1390.4
2.810 1377.0
2.427 1417.1
(Ward's)
Inventory/Sales RatioNSA Inventory Level
2.192 1335.6
2.356 1321.9
2.287 1247.2
2.227 1188.9
2.210 1147.4
2.308 957.5
2.426 986.2
2.323 963.4
1.404 858.0
1.760 919.3
2.267 955.7
(Ward's)
Inventory/Sales RatioNSA Inventory Level
2.279 1050.8
2.242 1125.3
2.275 1131.9
2.147 1147.4
2.409 1154.6
2.420 1154.6
2.273 985.4
2.235 937.4
2.555 991.8
2.639 1094.5
2.692 1190.0
2.539 1132.0
2.555 1206.7
2.816 1237.5
2.749 1232.0
2.797 1216.5
2.905 1187.5
2.761 1172.1
2.829 1013.9
2.673 955.7
2.778 1003.5
2.934 1098.9
2.688 1132.0
2.722 1115.8
2.903 1156.7
(Ward's)
Inventory/Sales RatioNSA Inventory Level
2.760 1185.4
2.667 1198.5
2.955 1208.0
2.664 1122.2
2.915 1118.9
2.734 931.9
2.842 942.3
2.794 969.6
2.870 1041.1
2.716 1080.4
2.415 1034.2
(Ward's)
Inventory/Sales RatioNSA Inventory Level
2.565 1086.8
2.605 1131.3
2.434 1087.2
2.300 1029.7
2.398 961.7
2.448 963.5
2.157 756.1
2.176 743.9
2.060 744.2
2.308 835.9
2.231 925.9
2.345 930.6
1.887 961.0
2.241 1007.9
2.402 1077.1
2.326 1021.9
2.497 992.9
2.497 985.4
2.249 786.5
2.398 800.5
2.458 857.4
2.548 956.5
2.630 1034.6
2.532 1031.7
2.555 1091.3
(Ward's)
Inventory/Sales RatioNSA Inventory Level
2.537 1104.0
2.617 1109.7
2.587 1061.1
2.379 977.1
2.498 969.6
2.722 873.9
2.606 861.1
2.506 855.6
2.479 948.6
2.234 1000.0
2.291 906.8
2.252 936.4
2.369 967.5
2.440 920.7
2.463 901.6
2.167 786.5
2.244 781.9
2.645 729.9
2.687 750.4
2.869 846.1
3.567 1034.3
4.290 1140.4
4.185 1144.2
4.756 1074.4
4.720 1018.0
4.232 990.6
(Ward's)
Inventory/Sales RatioNSA Inventory Level
4.146 928.3
3.729 832.2
3.377 774.8
2.490 627.4
1.554 461.9
2.732 557.8
2.582 662.2
2.485 724.7
2.293 686.4
2.644 719.4
2.956 768.1
2.536 755.2
2.625 729.4
2.607 682.4
2.699 698.5
2.684 620.9
2.786 640.4
2.788 690.6
2.827 767.2
2.824 822.6
2.526 759.1
2.586 775.7
2.311 756.5
2.124 708.5
2.044 629.4
2.294 580.2
(Ward's)
Inventory/Sales RatioNSA Inventory Level
2.382 591.3
2.355 529.2
2.377 558.3
2.260 595.6
2.163 694.9
2.270 786.7
2.405 813.0
2.242 886.6
2.052 902.9
2.112 876.2
2.175 857.9
2.307 840.3
2.397 858.8
2.532 822.7