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Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Allegheny
27,237,933
Armstrong
217,244
Beaver
1,179,512
Bedford
350,554
Berks
4,277,431
Blair
2,258,357
Bucks
12,999,722
Butler
3,353,848
Cambria
664,908
Centre
538,858
Chester
19,155,070
Clarion
167,292
Clearfield
703,584
Columbia
118,445
Crawford
136,295
Cumberland
2,666,273
Dauphin
6,655,538
Delaware
5,482,348
Erie
1,242,517
Fayette
496,635
Fulton
139,750
Greene
302,769
Huntingdon
94,903
Jefferson
245,457
Juniata
54,522
Lackawanna
4,374,523
Lancaster
8,763,973
Lebanon
3,913,716
Lehigh
8,062,377
Luzerne
3,435,853
Lycoming
1,271,229
Mercer
644,740
Montgomery
17,692,109
Montour
190,155
Northampton
9,979,809
Northumberland
1,152,014
Perry
81,353
Philadelphia
13,181,887
Pike
31,846
Schuylkill
916,608
Somerset
443,064
Susquehanna
569,870
Tioga
237,661
Warren
142,027
Washington
2,869,334
Westmoreland
7,333,316
Wyoming
106,540
York
4,340,824
Value for Pennsylvania (Thousands of USD): 191,170,147
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census, 2012. Economic Census of the Island Areas, Puerto Rico, 2012. Both are updated every 5 years.
Definitions:
The wholesale trade sector comprises establishments engaged in wholesaling merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. The wholesaling process is an intermediate step in the distribution of merchandise. Wholesalers are organized to sell or arrange the purchase or sale of goods for resale (i.e., goods sold to other wholesalers or retailers), capital or durable non-consumer goods, or raw and intermediate materials and supplies used in production. Wholesalers sell merchandise to other businesses and normally operate from a warehouse or office.
The 2012 Economic Census classifies businesses according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2012.
Sales includes merchandise sold for cash or credit by establishments primarily engaged in wholesale trade; receipts from rental of vehicles, equipment, instruments, tools, etc.; receipts for delivery, installation, maintenance, repair, alteration, storage, and other services; gasoline, liquor, tobacco, and other excise taxes that are paid by the manufacturer and passed on to the wholesaler; and shipping and handling receipts.
Sales are net after deductions for refunds and allowances for merchandise returned by customers. Trade-in allowances are not deducted from sales. Sales do not include carrying or other credit charges; sales and other taxes (including Hawaii's General Excise Tax) collected from customers and forwarded to taxing authorities; and nonoperating income from such sources as investments, rental or sales of real estate, and interest.
Sales do not include wholesale sales made by manufacturers, retailers, service establishments, or other businesses whose primary activity is other than wholesale trade. They do include receipts other than from the sale of merchandise at wholesale, e.g., service receipts, retail sales, etc., by establishments primarily engaged in wholesale trade.
