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Table 2 Wholesale merchants' sales

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Wholesale merchants' sales
	September 2008	June 2009^r	July 2009^r	August 2009^r	September 2009^p	August to September 2009	September 2008 to September 2009
	Seasonally adjusted
	$ millions					% change
Total, wholesale sales	45,787	40,532	41,571	40,929	41,019	0.2	-10.4
Farm products	473	455	457	452	440	-2.6	-6.8
Food, beverages and tobacco products	7,990	8,195	8,070	8,087	8,167	1.0	2.2
Food products	7,143	7,350	7,254	7,265	7,347	1.1	2.9
Alcohol and tobacco	847	845	816	821	819	-0.2	-3.2
Personal and household goods	6,794	6,880	6,955	6,935	6,928	-0.1	2.0
Apparel	826	810	830	789	772	-2.2	-6.5
Household and personal products	2,720	2,632	2,611	2,669	2,644	-1.0	-2.8
Pharmaceuticals	3,248	3,438	3,514	3,476	3,512	1.0	8.1
Automotive products	7,263	5,979	6,790	6,583	6,457	-1.9	-11.1
Motor vehicles	5,558	4,414	5,189	4,963	4,862	-2.0	-12.5
Motor vehicle parts and accessories	1,705	1,565	1,601	1,620	1,595	-1.5	-6.4
Building materials	6,531	5,311	5,467	5,367	5,408	0.8	-17.2
Building supplies	3,962	3,552	3,671	3,626	3,620	-0.2	-8.6
Metal products	1,690	1,039	1,073	1,007	1,055	4.7	-37.6
Lumber and millwork	879	720	722	734	733	-0.1	-16.6
Machinery and electronic equipment	10,195	8,850	8,803	8,502	8,605	1.2	-15.6
Machinery and equipment	5,290	4,201	4,214	3,909	4,092	4.7	-22.7
Computer and other electronic equipment	2,792	2,591	2,564	2,560	2,498	-2.4	-10.5
Office and professional equipment	2,113	2,058	2,025	2,033	2,015	-0.9	-4.6
Other products	6,541	4,862	5,030	5,003	5,014	0.2	-23.3
Total, excluding automobiles	38,523	34,553	34,781	34,346	34,562	0.6	-10.3
Sales, province and territory
Newfoundland and Labrador	285	276	284	278	276	-0.8	-3.4
Prince Edward Island	41	36	38	38	37	-3.2	-10.8
Nova Scotia	615	580	581	584	605	3.6	-1.7
New Brunswick	487	453	451	456	460	1.0	-5.4
Quebec	8,661	7,802	8,000	7,916	7,856	-0.8	-9.3
Ontario	22,114	19,994	20,872	20,423	20,672	1.2	-6.5
Manitoba	1,153	1,078	1,134	1,126	1,088	-3.4	-5.6
Saskatchewan	1,847	1,304	1,238	1,317	1,262	-4.1	-31.7
Alberta	5,985	4,797	4,783	4,708	4,703	-0.1	-21.4
British Columbia	4,530	4,150	4,132	4,026	4,001	-0.6	-11.7
Yukon	13	12	10	11	11	-8.3	-20.7
Northwest Territories	49	45	42	42	47	12.6	-4.9
Nunavut	6	4	4	3	3	-18.8	-52.3

revised

preliminary

Note(s):

Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.