Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| January 2014 |
December 2014r |
January 2015p |
December 2014 to January 2015 | January 2014 to January 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 50,164 | 55,471 | 53,729 | -3.1 | 7.1 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 46,332 | 50,353 | 48,685 | -3.3 | 5.1 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 42,009 | 45,375 | 44,772 | -1.3 | 6.6 |
| Farm product | 639 | 758 | 692 | -8.6 | 8.4 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 9,936 | 10,408 | 10,501 | 0.9 | 5.7 |
| Food | 8,963 | 9,373 | 9,448 | 0.8 | 5.4 |
| Beverage | 500 | 497 | 529 | 6.5 | 5.9 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 473 | 538 | 524 | -2.6 | 10.7 |
| Personal and household goods | 7,347 | 7,456 | 7,459 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 976 | 988 | 941 | -4.8 | -3.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 803 | 704 | 731 | 3.7 | -9.0 |
| Home furnishings | 463 | 538 | 491 | -8.7 | 6.0 |
| Personal goods | 721 | 712 | 736 | 3.4 | 2.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 3,683 | 3,843 | 3,886 | 1.1 | 5.5 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 700 | 670 | 675 | 0.8 | -3.5 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 8,155 | 10,096 | 8,957 | -11.3 | 9.8 |
| Motor vehicle | 5,886 | 7,623 | 6,478 | -15.0 | 10.1 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,215 | 2,421 | 2,430 | 0.4 | 9.7 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 54 | 51 | 49 | -3.9 | -8.7 |
| Building material and supplies | 7,001 | 8,083 | 7,654 | -5.3 | 9.3 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,151 | 2,745 | 2,476 | -9.8 | 15.1 |
| Metal service centres | 1,555 | 1,680 | 1,614 | -3.9 | 3.8 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,294 | 3,658 | 3,564 | -2.6 | 8.2 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,641 | 11,288 | 11,285 | -0.0 | 6.0 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,336 | 1,321 | 1,338 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,618 | 3,766 | 3,832 | 1.8 | 5.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,337 | 3,682 | 3,562 | -3.2 | 6.8 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,350 | 2,519 | 2,553 | 1.3 | 8.6 |
| Miscellaneous | 6,445 | 7,382 | 7,180 | -2.7 | 11.4 |
| Recyclable material | 704 | 838 | 833 | -0.6 | 18.3 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 887 | 912 | 892 | -2.1 | 0.6 |
| Agricultural supplies | 1,804 | 2,330 | 2,068 | -11.2 | 14.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,192 | 1,366 | 1,367 | 0.1 | 14.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 1,858 | 1,936 | 2,020 | 4.3 | 8.7 |
- Date modified: