Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted

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Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted

Table summary
This table displays the results of wholesale merchants' sales by industry – seasonally adjusted september 2010, august 2011, september 2011, august to september 2011 and september 2010 to september 2011, calculated using $ millions and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  September 2010 August 2011Note r: revised September 2011Note p: preliminary August to September 2011 September 2010 to September 2011
  $ millions % change
Total, wholesale sales 45,318 48,517 48,674 0.3 7.4
Total, excluding motor vehicle and parts wholesalers 37,614 40,527 40,683 0.4 8.2
Farm product 546 572 587 2.7 7.5
Food, beverage and tobacco 8,648 9,092 9,149 0.6 5.8
Food 7,706 8,107 8,151 0.5 5.8
Beverage 435 470 470 0.1 8.1
Cigarette and tobacco product 507 516 528 2.2 4.0
Personal and household goods 6,853 7,212 7,145 -0.9 4.3
Textile, clothing and footwear 868 956 961 0.5 10.7
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance 740 753 754 0.2 2.0
Home furnishings 468 476 486 2.1 3.9
Personal goods 774 779 770 -1.2 -0.5
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies 3,353 3,552 3,528 -0.7 5.2
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries 651 695 646 -7.1 -0.8
Motor vehicle and parts 7,703 7,989 7,991 0.0 3.7
Motor vehicle 5,948 6,155 6,170 0.2 3.7
New motor vehicle parts and accessories 1,710 1,786 1,775 -0.6 3.8
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories 45 48 47 -1.4 3.9
Building material and supplies 6,156 6,603 6,608 0.1 7.3
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies 1,973 2,129 2,113 -0.7 7.1
Metal service centres 1,290 1,437 1,493 3.9 15.7
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies 2,893 3,037 3,002 -1.1 3.8
Machinery, equipment and supplies 9,556 10,447 10,374 -0.7 8.6
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 1,119 1,370 1,241 -9.4 10.9
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies 3,087 3,484 3,584 2.9 16.1
Computer and communications equipment and supplies 3,094 3,181 3,095 -2.7 0.0
Other machinery, equipment and supplies 2,256 2,412 2,454 1.8 8.8
Miscellaneous 5,855 6,602 6,820 3.3 16.5
Recyclable material 688 907 877 -3.3 27.5
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product 786 799 800 0.2 1.8
Agricultural supplies 1,497 1,490 1,721 15.5 14.9
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product 1,045 1,188 1,241 4.5 18.7
Other miscellaneous 1,839 2,218 2,180 -1.7 18.6
p preliminary
r revised
Note(s): Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.