Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
December 2016 |
November 2017r |
December 2017p |
November to December 2017 | December 2016 to December 2017 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 58,485 | 63,342 | 62,994 | -0.5 | 7.7 |
Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 51,901 | 55,608 | 55,108 | -0.9 | 6.2 |
Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 47,594 | 51,437 | 51,254 | -0.4 | 7.7 |
Farm product | 711 | 836 | 771 | -7.8 | 8.6 |
Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,462 | 12,194 | 12,025 | -1.4 | 4.9 |
Food | 10,334 | 11,015 | 10,801 | -1.9 | 4.5 |
Beverage | 604 | 615 | 628 | 2.0 | 3.9 |
Cigarette and tobacco product | 524 | 564 | 597 | 5.8 | 14.0 |
Personal and household goods | 8,132 | 8,772 | 8,484 | -3.3 | 4.3 |
Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,123 | 1,249 | 1,204 | -3.5 | 7.2 |
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 700 | 878 | 725 | -17.4 | 3.6 |
Home furnishings | 544 | 605 | 598 | -1.3 | 9.8 |
Personal goods | 771 | 817 | 756 | -7.5 | -2.0 |
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,227 | 4,413 | 4,377 | -0.8 | 3.6 |
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 767 | 811 | 824 | 1.7 | 7.5 |
Motor vehicle and parts | 10,891 | 11,905 | 11,740 | -1.4 | 7.8 |
Motor vehicle | 8,709 | 9,588 | 9,489 | -1.0 | 9.0 |
New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,133 | 2,257 | 2,194 | -2.8 | 2.8 |
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 49 | 60 | 58 | -3.1 | 18.5 |
Building material and supplies | 8,323 | 9,081 | 9,330 | 2.7 | 12.1 |
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,509 | 2,711 | 2,751 | 1.5 | 9.7 |
Metal service centres | 1,496 | 1,788 | 1,805 | 1.0 | 20.7 |
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,319 | 4,582 | 4,773 | 4.2 | 10.5 |
Machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,228 | 12,418 | 12,706 | 2.3 | 13.2 |
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,576 | 1,635 | 1,702 | 4.1 | 8.0 |
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,644 | 3,958 | 4,257 | 7.5 | 16.8 |
Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,440 | 3,808 | 3,838 | 0.8 | 11.6 |
Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,568 | 3,016 | 2,909 | -3.6 | 13.2 |
Miscellaneous | 7,738 | 8,135 | 7,937 | -2.4 | 2.6 |
Recyclable material | 804 | 1,009 | 951 | -5.7 | 18.4 |
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 965 | 1,056 | 1,012 | -4.2 | 4.9 |
Agricultural supplies | 2,282 | 2,297 | 2,177 | -5.2 | -4.6 |
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,465 | 1,523 | 1,550 | 1.8 | 5.8 |
Other miscellaneous | 2,223 | 2,251 | 2,247 | -0.1 | 1.1 |
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