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Distribution of selected merchandise group sales by trade group sectors, Canada, 1998 to 2004

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Merchandise groups	Food stores			General merchandise stores			All other stores			Retail trade total
	1998	2004	1998 to 2004	1998	2004	1998 to 2004	1998	2004	1998 to 2004	1998	2004	1998 to 2004
	%		% point¹	%		% point¹	%		% point¹	%		% point¹
Food and beverages	82.2	77.0	-5.2	14.3	15.2	0.9	1.9	1.5	-0.3	20.7	18.5	-2.1
Health products and personal care	5.0	7.3	2.3	7.8	10.9	3.2	8.6	8.8	0.2	7.8	8.8	1.1
Other non-food products	12.8	15.7	2.8	77.9	73.9	-4.1	89.5	89.6	0.1	71.6	72.7	1.1
Merchandise group total²	100.0	100.0	...	100.0	100.0	...	100.0	100.0	...	100.0	100.0	...
1. The variation between 1998 and 2004 might differ from the number presented in this column due to rounding. 2. Components might not add up to the total due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Retail Commodity Quarterly Survey.