Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
October 2016 |
September 2017r |
October 2017p |
September to October 2017 | October 2016 to October 2017 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 57,267 | 62,068 | 63,008 | 1.5 | 10.0 |
Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 51,016 | 54,722 | 55,400 | 1.2 | 8.6 |
Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 46,302 | 49,988 | 51,206 | 2.4 | 10.6 |
Farm product | 642 | 818 | 852 | 4.2 | 32.8 |
Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,398 | 11,753 | 11,969 | 1.8 | 5.0 |
Food | 10,302 | 10,597 | 10,789 | 1.8 | 4.7 |
Beverage | 583 | 618 | 622 | 0.7 | 6.7 |
Cigarette and tobacco product | 513 | 538 | 558 | 3.6 | 8.8 |
Personal and household goods | 8,116 | 8,557 | 8,851 | 3.4 | 9.1 |
Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,045 | 1,187 | 1,309 | 10.3 | 25.3 |
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 820 | 831 | 869 | 4.6 | 5.9 |
Home furnishings | 541 | 527 | 554 | 5.2 | 2.4 |
Personal goods | 761 | 876 | 891 | 1.6 | 17.1 |
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,170 | 4,375 | 4,441 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 779 | 761 | 787 | 3.4 | 1.0 |
Motor vehicle and parts | 10,965 | 12,080 | 11,802 | -2.3 | 7.6 |
Motor vehicle | 8,893 | 9,860 | 9,552 | -3.1 | 7.4 |
New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,027 | 2,165 | 2,191 | 1.2 | 8.1 |
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 46 | 55 | 59 | 6.4 | 28.9 |
Building material and supplies | 7,963 | 8,882 | 8,908 | 0.3 | 11.9 |
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,497 | 2,709 | 2,662 | -1.7 | 6.6 |
Metal service centres | 1,422 | 1,629 | 1,656 | 1.6 | 16.5 |
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,045 | 4,544 | 4,590 | 1.0 | 13.5 |
Machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,049 | 12,042 | 12,673 | 5.2 | 14.7 |
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,472 | 1,643 | 1,955 | 19.0 | 32.8 |
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,406 | 3,919 | 3,998 | 2.0 | 17.4 |
Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,625 | 3,474 | 3,585 | 3.2 | -1.1 |
Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,546 | 3,006 | 3,134 | 4.3 | 23.1 |
Miscellaneous | 7,133 | 7,936 | 7,954 | 0.2 | 11.5 |
Recyclable material | 657 | 893 | 980 | 9.8 | 49.1 |
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,004 | 1,004 | 996 | -0.7 | -0.8 |
Agricultural supplies | 1,901 | 2,429 | 2,359 | -2.9 | 24.1 |
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,380 | 1,430 | 1,463 | 2.3 | 6.0 |
Other miscellaneous | 2,191 | 2,181 | 2,156 | -1.2 | -1.6 |
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