Table 4
Impact of COVID-19 on wholesale trade
| Sales – March 2020 | Inventories – March 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| change in thousands of dollars | change in thousands of dollars | |
| Total | -6,218,094 | -584,949 |
| Farm product | -150,854 | F |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | F | F |
| Food | F | F |
| Beverage | -67,415E | F |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | -2,543 | -3,243 |
| Personal and household goods | F | F |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | F | F |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | -45,760 | F |
| Home furnishings | -72,376 | F |
| Personal goods | -254,063 | F |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 230,400 | F |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | F | F |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | -2,276,441 | -1,322,536 |
| Motor vehicle | -1,672,298 | -1,283,939 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | -513,477 | F |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | -90,666 | F |
| Building material and supplies | -1,040,437 | -217,525E |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | -438,024 | F |
| Metal service centres | -323,828 | -210,220E |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | -278,585 | F |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | -1,481,533 | F |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | -130,140 | 167,152E |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | -761,049E | F |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | -415,652 | F |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | F | F |
| Miscellaneous | F | F |
| Recyclable material | -98,573,147 | F |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | F | -16,552E |
| Agricultural supplies | 93,636,828 | 50,058 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | F | F |
| Other miscellaneous | F | -133,497 |
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s):
- Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
- Data are not seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Data in this table come from additional questions asked to the respondents of the Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey about the impact of COVID-19 on their activities.
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