Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| February 2014 |
January 2015r |
February 2015p |
January to February 2015 | February 2014 to February 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 50,810 | 53,844 | 53,620 | -0.4 | 5.5 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 46,686 | 48,740 | 48,382 | -0.7 | 3.6 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 42,374 | 44,911 | 44,812 | -0.2 | 5.8 |
| Farm product | 648 | 686 | 721 | 5.1 | 11.2 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,003 | 10,510 | 10,547 | 0.4 | 5.4 |
| Food | 9,006 | 9,454 | 9,517 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| Beverage | 494 | 529 | 495 | -6.6 | 0.0 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 502 | 527 | 535 | 1.6 | 6.6 |
| Personal and household goods | 7,353 | 7,467 | 7,509 | 0.6 | 2.1 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 958 | 934 | 969 | 3.7 | 1.1 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 809 | 740 | 735 | -0.7 | -9.2 |
| Home furnishings | 472 | 493 | 505 | 2.3 | 6.9 |
| Personal goods | 751 | 747 | 784 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 3,665 | 3,875 | 3,839 | -0.9 | 4.8 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 697 | 677 | 678 | 0.1 | -2.8 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 8,437 | 8,932 | 8,808 | -1.4 | 4.4 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,171 | 6,443 | 6,271 | -2.7 | 1.6 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,212 | 2,440 | 2,486 | 1.9 | 12.4 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 54 | 49 | 50 | 2.2 | -7.2 |
| Building material and supplies | 7,082 | 7,658 | 7,449 | -2.7 | 5.2 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,141 | 2,433 | 2,307 | -5.2 | 7.7 |
| Metal service centres | 1,638 | 1,628 | 1,551 | -4.7 | -5.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,302 | 3,598 | 3,591 | -0.2 | 8.8 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,732 | 11,351 | 11,198 | -1.3 | 4.3 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,346 | 1,340 | 1,366 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,632 | 3,840 | 3,601 | -6.2 | -0.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,383 | 3,590 | 3,630 | 1.1 | 7.3 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,371 | 2,581 | 2,602 | 0.8 | 9.7 |
| Miscellaneous | 6,556 | 7,239 | 7,389 | 2.1 | 12.7 |
| Recyclable material | 722 | 812 | 775 | -4.6 | 7.4 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 898 | 913 | 904 | -1.1 | 0.6 |
| Agricultural supplies | 1,858 | 2,119 | 2,316 | 9.3 | 24.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,227 | 1,356 | 1,326 | -2.3 | 8.0 |
| Other miscellaneous | 1,851 | 2,038 | 2,068 | 1.5 | 11.8 |
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