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 november 2010, october 2011, november 2011, october to november 2011 and november 2010 to november 2011, calculated using $ millions and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  November 2010 October 2011Note r: revised November 2011Note p: preliminary October to November 2011 November 2010 to November 2011
  $ millions % change
Total, wholesale sales 46,006 49,194 48,983 -0.4 6.5
Total, excluding motor vehicle and parts wholesalers 38,466 41,081 40,958 -0.3 6.5
Farm product 600 617 632 2.4 5.4
Food, beverage and tobacco 8,827 9,246 9,280 0.4 5.1
Food 7,869 8,272 8,311 0.5 5.6
Beverage 461 469 479 2.0 3.8
Cigarette and tobacco product 497 505 490 -3.1 -1.5
Personal and household goods 6,882 7,125 7,154 0.4 4.0
Textile, clothing and footwear 908 918 920 0.2 1.3
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance 793 832 787 -5.4 -0.8
Home furnishings 522 510 526 3.2 0.6
Personal goods 744 740 760 2.7 2.2
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies 3,259 3,461 3,492 0.9 7.2
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries 656 664 669 0.7 2.0
Motor vehicle and parts 7,540 8,113 8,025 -1.1 6.4
Motor vehicle 5,651 6,181 6,081 -1.6 7.6
New motor vehicle parts and accessories 1,840 1,888 1,898 0.5 3.2
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories 49 44 46 4.4 -7.0
Building material and supplies 6,265 6,663 6,629 -0.5 5.8
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies 2,025 2,164 2,122 -1.9 4.8
Metal service centres 1,354 1,517 1,511 -0.4 11.6
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies 2,885 2,983 2,996 0.5 3.9
Machinery, equipment and supplies 9,820 10,554 10,688 1.3 8.8
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 1,045 1,227 1,220 -0.6 16.7
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies 3,195 3,661 3,756 2.6 17.6
Computer and communications equipment and supplies 3,175 3,213 3,300 2.7 3.9
Other machinery, equipment and supplies 2,405 2,452 2,412 -1.6 0.3
Miscellaneous 6,073 6,875 6,576 -4.4 8.3
Recyclable material 726 888 876 -1.4 20.6
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product 809 819 802 -2.0 -0.9
Agricultural supplies 1,562 1,791 1,644 -8.2 5.2
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product 1,092 1,280 1,273 -0.6 16.6
Other miscellaneous 1,883 2,098 1,981 -5.6 5.2
p preliminary
r revised
Note(s): Figures may not add to totals because of rounding.