Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| March 2018r |
February 2019r |
March 2019p |
February to March 2019 | March 2018 to March 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 62,380 | 63,241 | 64,122 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 56,751 | 56,038 | 56,621 | 1.0 | -0.2 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 50,822 | 51,660 | 52,777 | 2.2 | 3.8 |
| Farm product | 816 | 793 | 815 | 2.8 | -0.1 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,618 | 11,869 | 11,917 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| Food | 10,393 | 10,597 | 10,703 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Beverage | 640 | 658 | 645 | -2.1 | 0.8 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 585 | 614 | 569 | -7.3 | -2.8 |
| Personal and household goods | 8,756 | 8,792 | 8,979 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,154 | 1,131 | 1,135 | 0.3 | -1.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 782 | 677 | 743 | 9.7 | -5.0 |
| Home furnishings | 600 | 553 | 555 | 0.3 | -7.4 |
| Personal goods | 791 | 920 | 930 | 1.0 | 17.6 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,635 | 4,733 | 4,745 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 795 | 777 | 871 | 12.1 | 9.5 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,558 | 11,580 | 11,345 | -2.0 | -1.8 |
| Motor vehicle | 9,390 | 9,196 | 9,010 | -2.0 | -4.0 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,110 | 2,314 | 2,268 | -2.0 | 7.5 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 57 | 70 | 66 | -5.8 | 16.2 |
| Building material and supplies | 9,262 | 8,615 | 9,004 | 4.5 | -2.8 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,778 | 2,778 | 2,925 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Metal service centres | 1,882 | 1,793 | 1,764 | -1.6 | -6.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,601 | 4,044 | 4,314 | 6.7 | -6.2 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,708 | 13,088 | 13,469 | 2.9 | 6.0 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,821 | 1,687 | 1,703 | 1.0 | -6.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,927 | 4,093 | 4,326 | 5.7 | 10.2 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,817 | 4,064 | 4,283 | 5.4 | 12.2 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,143 | 3,244 | 3,157 | -2.7 | 0.4 |
| Miscellaneous | 7,662 | 8,504 | 8,593 | 1.0 | 12.1 |
| Recyclable material | 987 | 892 | 992 | 11.2 | 0.6 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,081 | 1,063 | 1,051 | -1.1 | -2.7 |
| Agricultural supplies | 1,999 | 2,383 | 2,454 | 3.0 | 22.8 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,459 | 1,522 | 1,537 | 0.9 | 5.3 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,137 | 2,644 | 2,559 | -3.2 | 19.7 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Tables 20-10-0074-01 and 20-10-0003-01.
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