Table 4
Impact of COVID-19 on wholesale trade
| Sales – May 2020 | |
|---|---|
| change in thousands of dollars | |
| Total | -16,456,157 |
| Farm product | -110,388 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | F |
| Food | F |
| Beverage | -34,197 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | -8,545 |
| Personal and household goods | -1,075,553 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | -507,558 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | -45,844 |
| Home furnishings | -186,890 |
| Personal goods | -160,695 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | -93,691 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | -80,876 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | -8,530,926 |
| Motor vehicle | -6,584,211 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | -1,931,175 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | -15,540 |
| Building material and supplies | -1,935,252 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | F |
| Metal service centres | -457,425 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | -423,642 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | -2,064,823 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | -186,360 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | -775,489 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | -356,979 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | F |
| Miscellaneous | -1,535,914 |
| Recyclable material | -258,136 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | F |
| Agricultural supplies | -88,361 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | F |
| Other miscellaneous | -684,445 |
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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