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Table 2 Wholesale merchants' sales

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Wholesale merchants' sales
	January 2008	October 2008^r	November 2008^r	December 2008^r	January 2009^p	December 2008 to January 2009	January 2008 to January 2009
	Seasonally adjusted
	$ millions					% change
Total, wholesale sales	43,359	44,921	44,280	42,916	41,112	-4.2	-5.2
Farm products	429	460	490	441	458	3.8	6.7
Food, beverages and tobacco products	7,395	7,990	7,983	8,087	8,149	0.8	10.2
Food products	6,791	7,296	7,338	7,387	7,470	1.1	10.0
Alcohol and tobacco	604	694	645	700	679	-3.0	12.3
Personal and household goods	6,723	6,721	6,739	6,771	6,757	-0.2	0.5
Apparel	838	834	879	816	831	1.7	-0.9
Household and personal products	2,748	2,674	2,620	2,681	2,639	-1.6	-4.0
Pharmaceuticals	3,137	3,214	3,240	3,274	3,288	0.4	4.8
Automotive products	7,327	6,857	6,685	6,471	4,986	-22.9	-31.9
Motor vehicles	5,807	5,197	5,058	4,811	3,366	-30.0	-42.0
Motor vehicle parts and accessories	1,520	1,660	1,626	1,660	1,620	-2.4	6.6
Building materials	6,183	6,596	6,489	6,173	5,792	-6.2	-6.3
Building supplies	3,774	3,951	3,960	3,761	3,555	-5.5	-5.8
Metal products	1,431	1,707	1,638	1,595	1,482	-7.1	3.5
Lumber and millwork	977	937	891	817	755	-7.6	-22.8
Machinery and electronic equipment	9,347	10,230	10,109	9,674	9,401	-2.8	0.6
Machinery and equipment	4,601	5,279	5,211	4,907	4,824	-1.7	4.8
Computer and other electronic equipment	2,698	2,829	2,795	2,680	2,459	-8.2	-8.9
Office and professional equipment	2,048	2,122	2,104	2,087	2,119	1.5	3.5
Other products	5,956	6,067	5,785	5,299	5,569	5.1	-6.5
Total, excluding automobiles	36,033	38,064	37,595	36,445	36,126	-0.9	0.3
Sales, province and territory
Newfoundland and Labrador	254	292	290	277	281	1.2	10.2
Prince Edward Island	38	43	46	39	39	-0.2	2.2
Nova Scotia	573	612	600	583	579	-0.6	1.0
New Brunswick	428	456	446	433	444	2.5	3.8
Quebec	8,086	8,543	8,389	8,167	8,167	0.0	1.0
Ontario	21,746	21,570	21,323	21,116	19,061	-9.7	-12.3
Manitoba	1,101	1,043	1,037	1,005	1,061	5.6	-3.6
Saskatchewan	1,455	1,783	1,761	1,496	1,701	13.7	16.9
Alberta	5,264	6,065	5,919	5,558	5,526	-0.6	5.0
British Columbia	4,348	4,448	4,404	4,159	4,174	0.4	-4.0
Yukon	12	12	11	11	11	5.6	-6.9
Northwest Territories	50	50	54	55	61	11.6	21.6
Nunavut	3	4	2	17	6	-65.7	113.0

revised

preliminary

Note(s):

Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.