Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| March 2014 |
February 2015r |
March 2015p |
February to March 2015 | March 2014 to March 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 51,082 | 53,538 | 53,944 | 0.8 | 5.6 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 47,148 | 48,164 | 48,645 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 42,645 | 44,740 | 45,087 | 0.8 | 5.7 |
| Farm product | 646 | 750 | 784 | 4.5 | 21.2 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,132 | 10,528 | 10,660 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| Food | 9,133 | 9,490 | 9,588 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Beverage | 489 | 500 | 530 | 6.0 | 8.4 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 510 | 538 | 542 | 0.7 | 6.4 |
| Personal and household goods | 7,191 | 7,559 | 7,670 | 1.5 | 6.7 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 932 | 984 | 1,008 | 2.4 | 8.2 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 734 | 753 | 778 | 3.3 | 5.9 |
| Home furnishings | 475 | 513 | 520 | 1.4 | 9.5 |
| Personal goods | 697 | 776 | 783 | 0.9 | 12.4 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 3,683 | 3,849 | 3,896 | 1.2 | 5.8 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 670 | 685 | 686 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 8,437 | 8,797 | 8,857 | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,093 | 6,281 | 6,359 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,290 | 2,467 | 2,447 | -0.8 | 6.9 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 55 | 50 | 51 | 1.4 | -7.9 |
| Building material and supplies | 7,166 | 7,402 | 7,609 | 2.8 | 6.2 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,220 | 2,307 | 2,416 | 4.7 | 8.8 |
| Metal service centres | 1,653 | 1,557 | 1,550 | -0.5 | -6.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,293 | 3,538 | 3,644 | 3.0 | 10.7 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,797 | 11,162 | 11,131 | -0.3 | 3.1 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,312 | 1,368 | 1,401 | 2.4 | 6.8 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,711 | 3,661 | 3,624 | -1.0 | -2.3 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,324 | 3,634 | 3,619 | -0.4 | 8.9 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,451 | 2,498 | 2,487 | -0.4 | 1.5 |
| Miscellaneous | 6,713 | 7,340 | 7,233 | -1.5 | 7.8 |
| Recyclable material | 748 | 773 | 739 | -4.4 | -1.1 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 968 | 985 | 1,045 | 6.0 | 7.9 |
| Agricultural supplies | 1,890 | 2,210 | 2,194 | -0.7 | 16.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,229 | 1,322 | 1,296 | -1.9 | 5.4 |
| Other miscellaneous | 1,878 | 2,050 | 1,959 | -4.4 | 4.3 |
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