Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| September 2016 |
August 2017r |
September 2017p |
August to September 2017 | September 2016 to September 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 56,390 | 62,717 | 61,990 | -1.2 | 9.9 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 50,432 | 55,447 | 54,864 | -1.1 | 8.8 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 45,656 | 50,862 | 49,971 | -1.8 | 9.5 |
| Farm product | 633 | 806 | 790 | -1.9 | 24.8 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,220 | 11,981 | 11,720 | -2.2 | 4.5 |
| Food | 10,126 | 10,809 | 10,570 | -2.2 | 4.4 |
| Beverage | 574 | 629 | 611 | -3.0 | 6.4 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 520 | 543 | 539 | -0.7 | 3.8 |
| Personal and household goods | 8,120 | 9,043 | 8,605 | -4.8 | 6.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,053 | 1,495 | 1,171 | -21.7 | 11.2 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 782 | 817 | 815 | -0.2 | 4.2 |
| Home furnishings | 554 | 588 | 573 | -2.6 | 3.4 |
| Personal goods | 752 | 897 | 871 | -2.9 | 15.8 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,196 | 4,486 | 4,415 | -1.6 | 5.2 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 784 | 760 | 761 | 0.1 | -2.9 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 10,734 | 11,856 | 12,019 | 1.4 | 12.0 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,774 | 9,579 | 9,789 | 2.2 | 11.6 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 1,915 | 2,219 | 2,173 | -2.1 | 13.5 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 46 | 58 | 58 | -0.6 | 25.6 |
| Building material and supplies | 7,650 | 8,679 | 8,902 | 2.6 | 16.4 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,493 | 2,676 | 2,728 | 1.9 | 9.4 |
| Metal service centres | 1,404 | 1,663 | 1,622 | -2.4 | 15.5 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,753 | 4,340 | 4,552 | 4.9 | 21.3 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,826 | 12,229 | 11,977 | -2.1 | 10.6 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,504 | 1,822 | 1,636 | -10.2 | 8.8 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,406 | 3,926 | 3,914 | -0.3 | 14.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,531 | 3,593 | 3,476 | -3.3 | -1.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,386 | 2,888 | 2,952 | 2.2 | 23.7 |
| Miscellaneous | 7,207 | 8,123 | 7,975 | -1.8 | 10.7 |
| Recyclable material | 663 | 979 | 895 | -8.5 | 35.0 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 941 | 1,026 | 1,016 | -0.9 | 7.9 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,131 | 2,446 | 2,410 | -1.5 | 13.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,385 | 1,462 | 1,436 | -1.7 | 3.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,086 | 2,211 | 2,217 | 0.2 | 6.3 |
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