Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| January 2016 |
December 2016r |
January 2017p |
December 2016 to January 2017 | January 2016 to January 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 56,445 | 57,203 | 59,089 | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 50,468 | 50,837 | 52,572 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 45,453 | 47,063 | 47,211 | 0.3 | 3.9 |
| Farm product | 666 | 675 | 682 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,755 | 11,179 | 11,202 | 0.2 | 4.2 |
| Food | 9,698 | 10,091 | 10,132 | 0.4 | 4.5 |
| Beverage | 543 | 561 | 582 | 3.7 | 7.2 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 514 | 526 | 487 | -7.4 | -5.3 |
| Personal and household goods | 7,849 | 8,265 | 8,512 | 3.0 | 8.4 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 986 | 1,061 | 1,045 | -1.5 | 6.0 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 758 | 763 | 996 | 30.6 | 31.5 |
| Home furnishings | 560 | 561 | 562 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Personal goods | 778 | 765 | 746E | -2.4 | -4.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,049 | 4,377 | 4,404 | 0.6 | 8.8 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 718 | 738 | 758 | 2.7 | 5.6 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 10,992 | 10,141 | 11,878 | 17.1 | 8.1 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,408 | 7,676 | 9,273 | 20.8 | 10.3 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,534 | 2,415 | 2,555 | 5.8 | 0.8 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 50 | 49 | 51 | 3.7 | 1.8 |
| Building material and supplies | 7,658 | 7,976 | 7,958 | -0.2 | 3.9 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,435 | 2,560 | 2,604 | 1.7 | 6.9 |
| Metal service centres | 1,332 | 1,310 | 1,403 | 7.1 | 5.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,890 | 4,106 | 3,952 | -3.8 | 1.6 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,563 | 11,541 | 11,505 | -0.3 | -0.5 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,346 | 1,439 | 1,372 | -4.7 | 1.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,894 | 3,821 | 3,841 | 0.5 | -1.3 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,645 | 3,609 | 3,532 | -2.1 | -3.1 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,678 | 2,672 | 2,761 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 6,962 | 7,427 | 7,352 | -1.0 | 5.6 |
| Recyclable material | 601 | 734 | 779 | 6.1 | 29.6 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 983 | 990 | 1,015 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 1,993 | 2,239 | 2,068 | -7.7 | 3.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,317 | 1,365 | 1,375 | 0.8 | 4.4 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,067 | 2,098 | 2,115 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
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