Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| June 2016 |
May 2017r |
June 2017p |
May to June 2017 | June 2016 to June 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 56,475 | 61,739 | 61,433 | -0.5 | 8.8 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 50,645 | 54,221 | 53,815 | -0.7 | 6.3 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 45,740 | 50,194 | 50,000 | -0.4 | 9.3 |
| Farm product | 670 | 793 | 748 | -5.7 | 11.6 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,119 | 12,010 | 11,894 | -1.0 | 7.0 |
| Food | 10,043 | 10,895 | 10,777 | -1.1 | 7.3 |
| Beverage | 570 | 600 | 596 | -0.6 | 4.5 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 506 | 515 | 522 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 8,190 | 8,485 | 8,508 | 0.3 | 3.9 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,054 | 1,111 | 1,104 | -0.6 | 4.7 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 721 | 818 | 805 | -1.5 | 11.7 |
| Home furnishings | 550 | 592 | 614 | 3.9 | 11.7 |
| Personal goods | 776 | 877 | 858 | -2.2 | 10.6 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,331 | 4,328 | 4,343 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 758 | 760 | 783 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 10,736 | 11,545 | 11,433 | -1.0 | 6.5 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,620 | 9,284 | 9,125 | -1.7 | 5.9 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,070 | 2,209 | 2,253 | 2.0 | 8.8 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 46 | 53 | 55 | 4.6 | 19.1 |
| Building material and supplies | 7,795 | 8,539 | 8,537 | -0.0 | 9.5 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,451 | 2,656 | 2,639 | -0.6 | 7.7 |
| Metal service centres | 1,408 | 1,686 | 1,658 | -1.7 | 17.7 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,936 | 4,196 | 4,239 | 1.0 | 7.7 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,887 | 12,261 | 12,182 | -0.6 | 11.9 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,511 | 1,896 | 1,614 | -14.9 | 6.8 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,274 | 3,870 | 3,853 | -0.4 | 17.7 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,571 | 3,528 | 3,811 | 8.0 | 6.7 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,531 | 2,967 | 2,904 | -2.1 | 14.7 |
| Miscellaneous | 7,078 | 8,106 | 8,131 | 0.3 | 14.9 |
| Recyclable material | 680 | 928 | 1,019 | 9.8 | 49.8 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 972 | 1,024 | 1,013 | -1.0 | 4.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 1,961 | 2,425 | 2,364 | -2.5 | 20.5 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,357 | 1,590 | 1,516 | -4.6 | 11.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,107 | 2,140 | 2,219 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
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