Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| December 2013 |
November 2014r |
December 2014p |
November to December 2014 | December 2013 to December 2014 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 49,851 | 54,080 | 55,432 | 2.5 | 11.2 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 46,294 | 49,189 | 50,347 | 2.4 | 8.8 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 41,563 | 44,467 | 45,295 | 1.9 | 9.0 |
| Farm product | 634 | 760 | 767 | 0.9 | 20.9 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 9,976 | 10,348 | 10,418 | 0.7 | 4.4 |
| Food | 8,977 | 9,328 | 9,381 | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| Beverage | 476 | 496 | 493 | -0.7 | 3.6 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 523 | 524 | 544 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 7,169 | 7,365 | 7,443 | 1.1 | 3.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 965 | 980 | 988 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 790 | 694 | 702 | 1.1 | -11.2 |
| Home furnishings | 461 | 489 | 536 | 9.7 | 16.4 |
| Personal goods | 665 | 699 | 706 | 1.0 | 6.2 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 3,627 | 3,839 | 3,842 | 0.1 | 5.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 662 | 664 | 668 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 8,288 | 9,613 | 10,137 | 5.5 | 22.3 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,030 | 7,033 | 7,663 | 9.0 | 27.1 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,203 | 2,528 | 2,422 | -4.2 | 9.9 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 54 | 52 | 52 | 1.6 | -2.5 |
| Building material and supplies | 6,878 | 7,824 | 8,103 | 3.6 | 17.8 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,136 | 2,502 | 2,715 | 8.5 | 27.1 |
| Metal service centres | 1,482 | 1,710 | 1,688 | -1.3 | 13.9 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,260 | 3,613 | 3,700 | 2.4 | 13.5 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,639 | 11,253 | 11,227 | -0.2 | 5.5 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,364 | 1,345 | 1,330 | -1.1 | -2.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,557 | 3,869 | 3,721 | -3.8 | 4.6 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,212 | 3,589 | 3,676 | 2.4 | 14.4 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,506 | 2,450 | 2,499 | 2.0 | -0.3 |
| Miscellaneous | 6,267 | 6,917 | 7,339 | 6.1 | 17.1 |
| Recyclable material | 673 | 854 | 817 | -4.4 | 21.4 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 878 | 911 | 915 | 0.4 | 4.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 1,734 | 1,934 | 2,288 | 18.3 | 32.0 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,150 | 1,277 | 1,366 | 7.0 | 18.8 |
| Other miscellaneous | 1,833 | 1,941 | 1,953 | 0.6 | 6.5 |
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