
Motor vehicles are a major component of overall advance retail sales, accounting for twenty-five percent of the overall total for the month of July.
| Advance Retail Sales of Motor Vehicles | Jun-02 | Jul-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Value of advance sales (millions of dollars) | 66,604 | 69,644 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | 4.54 | 4.56 |
NOTE: Advance retail sales are advance estimates of monthly retail trade produced by the Bureau of the Census. The advance estimates are based on a small subsample of the Census Bureau's full retail sales sample.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, as of August 13, 2002, available at: http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/adseries.html