Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
October 2013 |
September 2014r |
October 2014p |
September to October 2014 | October 2013 to October 2014 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 50,379 | 54,102 | 54,163 | 0.1 | 7.5 |
Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 46,915 | 49,365 | 49,310 | -0.1 | 5.1 |
Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 41,893 | 44,978 | 45,003 | 0.1 | 7.4 |
Farm product | 677 | 718 | 815 | 13.5 | 20.5 |
Food, beverage and tobacco | 9,803 | 10,405 | 10,277 | -1.2 | 4.8 |
Food | 8,828 | 9,383 | 9,275 | -1.1 | 5.1 |
Beverage | 477 | 492 | 475 | -3.4 | -0.2 |
Cigarette and tobacco product | 499 | 531 | 527 | -0.8 | 5.6 |
Personal and household goods | 7,283 | 7,375 | 7,287 | -1.2 | 0.1 |
Textile, clothing and footwear | 972 | 936 | 945 | 1.0 | -2.7 |
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 874 | 716 | 717 | 0.1 | -18.0 |
Home furnishings | 471 | 512 | 483 | -5.8 | 2.5 |
Personal goods | 676 | 742 | 729 | -1.8 | 7.8 |
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 3,624 | 3,803 | 3,801 | -0.0 | 4.9 |
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 666 | 666 | 612 | -8.1 | -8.2 |
Motor vehicle and parts | 8,486 | 9,124 | 9,160 | 0.4 | 7.9 |
Motor vehicle | 6,269 | 6,682 | 6,703 | 0.3 | 6.9 |
New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,162 | 2,388 | 2,401 | 0.5 | 11.1 |
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 55 | 55 | 57 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
Building material and supplies | 7,056 | 8,031 | 8,064 | 0.4 | 14.3 |
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,142 | 2,627 | 2,677 | 1.9 | 25.0 |
Metal service centres | 1,582 | 1,746 | 1,786 | 2.3 | 12.9 |
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,332 | 3,658 | 3,601 | -1.6 | 8.1 |
Machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,828 | 11,631 | 11,683 | 0.4 | 7.9 |
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,329 | 1,462 | 1,459 | -0.2 | 9.8 |
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,629 | 3,970 | 4,095 | 3.1 | 12.8 |
Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,501 | 3,687 | 3,645 | -1.1 | 4.1 |
Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,368 | 2,512 | 2,484 | -1.1 | 4.9 |
Miscellaneous | 6,247 | 6,818 | 6,877 | 0.9 | 10.1 |
Recyclable material | 645 | 861 | 836 | -2.9 | 29.6 |
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 907 | 895 | 899 | 0.3 | -1.0 |
Agricultural supplies | 1,730 | 1,789 | 1,893 | 5.8 | 9.4 |
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,156 | 1,219 | 1,233 | 1.1 | 6.6 |
Other miscellaneous | 1,809 | 2,053 | 2,018 | -1.7 | 11.6 |
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