Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| April 2014 |
March 2015r |
April 2015p |
March to April 2015 | April 2014 to April 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 51,720 | 54,175 | 55,191 | 1.9 | 6.7 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 47,482 | 48,879 | 49,836 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 43,163 | 45,072 | 45,241 | 0.4 | 4.8 |
| Farm product | 678 | 766 | 723 | -5.5 | 6.6 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,081 | 10,642 | 10,431 | -2.0 | 3.5 |
| Food | 9,091 | 9,571 | 9,371 | -2.1 | 3.1 |
| Beverage | 486 | 528 | 521 | -1.3 | 7.1 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 503 | 544 | 539 | -0.9 | 7.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 7,275 | 7,692 | 7,765 | 0.9 | 6.7 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 928 | 1,006 | 995 | -1.0 | 7.2 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 744 | 783 | 782 | -0.1 | 5.0 |
| Home furnishings | 494 | 521 | 502 | -3.7 | 1.5 |
| Personal goods | 690 | 777 | 773 | -0.5 | 11.9 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 3,723 | 3,919 | 4,038 | 3.0 | 8.5 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 694 | 687 | 675 | -1.7 | -2.7 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 8,557 | 9,103 | 9,950 | 9.3 | 16.3 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,158 | 6,602 | 7,417 | 12.3 | 20.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,343 | 2,449 | 2,481 | 1.3 | 5.9 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 55 | 52 | 52 | -0.8 | -6.3 |
| Building material and supplies | 7,412 | 7,585 | 7,554 | -0.4 | 1.9 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,290 | 2,420 | 2,422 | 0.1 | 5.8 |
| Metal service centres | 1,667 | 1,546 | 1,557 | 0.8 | -6.6 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,456 | 3,619 | 3,575 | -1.2 | 3.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,956 | 11,146 | 11,309 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,265 | 1,396 | 1,349 | -3.3 | 6.7 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,833 | 3,630 | 3,803 | 4.8 | -0.8 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,405 | 3,615 | 3,516 | -2.8 | 3.3 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,453 | 2,505 | 2,642 | 5.5 | 7.7 |
| Miscellaneous | 6,761 | 7,241 | 7,459 | 3.0 | 10.3 |
| Recyclable material | 762 | 727 | 743 | 2.2 | -2.4 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 927 | 1,044 | 1,002 | -4.0 | 8.1 |
| Agricultural supplies | 1,957 | 2,242 | 2,307 | 2.9 | 17.9 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,235 | 1,296 | 1,336 | 3.1 | 8.2 |
| Other miscellaneous | 1,879 | 1,933 | 2,070 | 7.1 | 10.2 |
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