Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
September 2015 |
August 2016r |
September 2016p |
August to September 2016 | September 2015 to September 2016 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 54,527 | 56,729 | 56,029 | -1.2 | 2.8 |
Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 48,727 | 50,722 | 49,985 | -1.5 | 2.6 |
Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 44,731 | 45,696 | 44,918 | -1.7 | 0.4 |
Farm product | 714 | 639 | 608 | -4.8 | -14.8 |
Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,607 | 10,908 | 10,786 | -1.1 | 1.7 |
Food | 9,604 | 9,858 | 9,733 | -1.3 | 1.3 |
Beverage | 526 | 525 | 532 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
Cigarette and tobacco product | 477 | 524 | 521 | -0.6 | 9.3 |
Personal and household goods | 7,693 | 8,174 | 8,236 | 0.8 | 7.1 |
Textile, clothing and footwear | 958 | 996 | 979 | -1.7 | 2.1 |
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 798 | 827 | 846 | 2.4 | 6.0 |
Home furnishings | 535 | 563 | 563 | -0.0 | 5.2 |
Personal goods | 775 | 754 | 736 | -2.4 | -5.0 |
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 3,944 | 4,340 | 4,371 | 0.7 | 10.8 |
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 682 | 694 | 741 | 6.8 | 8.7 |
Motor vehicle and parts | 9,795 | 11,033 | 11,111 | 0.7 | 13.4 |
Motor vehicle | 7,280 | 8,700 | 8,893 | 2.2 | 22.2 |
New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,465 | 2,286 | 2,175 | -4.9 | -11.8 |
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 50 | 47 | 43 | -8.3 | -14.5 |
Building material and supplies | 7,497 | 7,389 | 7,377 | -0.2 | -1.6 |
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,354 | 2,336 | 2,405 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
Metal service centres | 1,373 | 1,262 | 1,254 | -0.6 | -8.7 |
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,770 | 3,791 | 3,719 | -1.9 | -1.4 |
Machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,079 | 11,357 | 10,906 | -4.0 | -1.6 |
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,340 | 1,503 | 1,393 | -7.4 | 4.0 |
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,490 | 3,371 | 3,415 | 1.3 | -2.1 |
Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,724 | 3,832 | 3,655 | -4.6 | -1.9 |
Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,525 | 2,650 | 2,443 | -7.8 | -3.3 |
Miscellaneous | 7,142 | 7,229 | 7,005 | -3.1 | -1.9 |
Recyclable material | 636 | 630 | 616 | -2.2 | -3.3 |
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 995 | 995 | 990 | -0.6 | -0.5 |
Agricultural supplies | 2,290 | 2,266 | 2,084 | -8.0 | -9.0 |
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,301 | 1,288 | 1,295 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
Other miscellaneous | 1,920 | 2,049 | 2,019 | -1.5 | 5.2 |
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