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Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Abbeville
22,054
Aiken
399,424
Allendale
55,153
Anderson
2,641,343
Beaufort
295,582
Berkeley
3,248,276
Charleston
2,875,447
Cherokee
131,607
Chester
302,127
Chesterfield
96,406
Clarendon
74,209
Colleton
107,222
Darlington
859,656
Dillon
391,712
Dorchester
215,300
Edgefield
62,708
Florence
1,585,737
Georgetown
135,289
Greenville
10,153,000
Greenwood
837,914
Hampton
118,236
Horry
734,255
Jasper
146,790
Kershaw
43,516
Lancaster
719,744
Laurens
115,220
Lee
138,176
Lexington
3,889,289
Marion
208,397
Marlboro
43,517
Newberry
160,529
Oconee
201,233
Orangeburg
387,781
Pickens
301,267
Richland
4,191,339
Saluda
14,445
Spartanburg
5,340,493
Sumter
341,971
Union
43,431
Williamsburg
145,125
York
3,236,973
Value for South Carolina (Thousands of USD): 45,520,900
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.
