Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| July 2016 |
June 2017r |
July 2017p |
June to July 2017 | July 2016 to July 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 56,735 | 61,430 | 62,382 | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 50,749 | 53,998 | 55,122 | 2.1 | 8.6 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 45,926 | 49,973 | 50,770 | 1.6 | 10.5 |
| Farm product | 674 | 752 | 750 | -0.3 | 11.2 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,298 | 11,865 | 12,152 | 2.4 | 7.6 |
| Food | 10,215 | 10,731 | 10,874 | 1.3 | 6.4 |
| Beverage | 575 | 597 | 719 | 20.6 | 25.2 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 508 | 538 | 559 | 4.0 | 10.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 8,064 | 8,548 | 8,662 | 1.3 | 7.4 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,041 | 1,146 | 1,263 | 10.2 | 21.3 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 727 | 812 | 809 | -0.3 | 11.4 |
| Home furnishings | 554 | 610 | 615 | 0.9 | 11.1 |
| Personal goods | 790 | 851 | 841 | -1.2 | 6.5 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,179 | 4,346 | 4,409 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 773 | 784 | 724 | -7.6 | -6.3 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 10,809 | 11,457 | 11,612 | 1.4 | 7.4 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,758 | 9,146 | 9,280 | 1.5 | 6.0 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,007 | 2,254 | 2,276 | 1.0 | 13.4 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 44 | 57 | 56 | -1.7 | 25.8 |
| Building material and supplies | 7,710 | 8,599 | 9,014 | 4.8 | 16.9 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,541 | 2,660 | 2,698 | 1.4 | 6.2 |
| Metal service centres | 1,394 | 1,654 | 1,618 | -2.2 | 16.1 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,775 | 4,286 | 4,698 | 9.6 | 24.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,051 | 12,210 | 12,299 | 0.7 | 11.3 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,404 | 1,620 | 1,637 | 1.0 | 16.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,396 | 3,862 | 3,969 | 2.8 | 16.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,650 | 3,824 | 3,744 | -2.1 | 2.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,600 | 2,904 | 2,948 | 1.5 | 13.4 |
| Miscellaneous | 7,129 | 7,999 | 7,893 | -1.3 | 10.7 |
| Recyclable material | 678 | 963 | 889 | -7.7 | 31.0 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 954 | 1,009 | 994 | -1.5 | 4.3 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,049 | 2,352 | 2,390 | 1.6 | 16.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,292 | 1,481 | 1,448 | -2.3 | 12.0 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,156 | 2,193 | 2,172 | -0.9 | 0.8 |
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