Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry

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Wholesale merchants' sales by industry
  March 2010 February 2011r March 2011p February to March 2011 March 2010 to March 2011
  Seasonally adjusted
  $ millions % change
Total, wholesale sales 44,102 46,701 46,752 0.1 6.0
Total, excluding motor vehicle and parts wholesalers 36,749 38,902 38,908 0.0 5.9
Farm product 536 536 537 0.2 0.2
Food, beverages and tobacco 8,527 8,917 8,880 -0.4 4.1
Food 7,594 7,948 7,910 -0.5 4.2
Beverage 412 463 470 1.5 14.1
Cigarette and tobacco product 521 507 500 -1.3 -4.0
Personal and household goods 6,923 6,918 6,883 -0.5 -0.6
Textile, clothing and footwear 779 911 890 -2.3 14.3
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance 764 675 696 3.2 -8.9
Home furnishings 490 503 514 2.3 4.9
Personal goods 832 758 740 -2.4 -11.0
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies 3,401 3,413 3,394 -0.6 -0.2
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries 656 658 648 -1.6 -1.3
Motor vehicle and parts 7,353 7,799 7,844 0.6 6.7
Motor vehicle 5,726 5,884 6,036 2.6 5.4
New motor vehicle parts and accessories 1,582 1,866 1,757 -5.8 11.1
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories 45 49 50 2.5 11.6
Building material and supplies 6,132 6,573 6,570 -0.0 7.1
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies 1,910 2,101 2,071 -1.4 8.5
Metal service centres 1,178 1,476 1,505 1.9 27.7
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies 3,044 2,995 2,994 -0.0 -1.6
Machinery, equipment and supplies 8,827 9,823 9,765 -0.6 10.6
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 979 1,087 1,119 3.0 14.3
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies 2,635 3,186 3,219 1.0 22.2
Computer and communications equipment and supplies 2,904 3,110 3,016 -3.0 3.9
Other machinery, equipment and supplies 2,309 2,440 2,410 -1.2 4.4
Miscellaneous 5,804 6,135 6,273 2.3 8.1
Recyclable material 651 775 812 4.8 24.7
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product 756 777 783 0.8 3.6
Agricultural supplies 1,433 1,575 1,603 1.8 11.9
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product 973 1,099 1,090 -0.9 12.0
Other miscellaneous 1,992 1,910 1,986 4.0 -0.3
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.