Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| October 2014 |
September 2015r |
October 2015p |
September to October 2015 | October 2014 to October 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 53,898 | 55,074 | 54,743 | -0.6 | 1.6 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 48,933 | 48,650 | 48,343 | -0.6 | -1.2 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 44,664 | 45,414 | 45,286 | -0.3 | 1.4 |
| Farm product | 838 | 721 | 746 | 3.4 | -11.0 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,267 | 10,865 | 10,543 | -3.0 | 2.7 |
| Food | 9,272 | 9,845 | 9,510 | -3.4 | 2.6 |
| Beverage | 470 | 525 | 524 | -0.2 | 11.4 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 524 | 496 | 509 | 2.7 | -2.8 |
| Personal and household goods | 7,305 | 7,743 | 7,871 | 1.7 | 7.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 958 | 972 | 980 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 720 | 833 | 797 | -4.3 | 10.7 |
| Home furnishings | 491 | 529 | 515 | -2.7 | 4.9 |
| Personal goods | 713 | 770 | 757 | -1.7 | 6.2 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 3,790 | 3,959 | 4,135 | 4.4 | 9.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 632 | 680 | 686 | 0.9 | 8.6 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 9,234 | 9,659 | 9,457 | -2.1 | 2.4 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,768 | 7,121 | 6,946 | -2.5 | 2.6 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,411 | 2,487 | 2,462 | -1.0 | 2.1 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 55 | 51 | 49 | -4.6 | -11.8 |
| Building material and supplies | 7,735 | 7,549 | 7,528 | -0.3 | -2.7 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,426 | 2,355 | 2,363 | 0.4 | -2.6 |
| Metal service centres | 1,744 | 1,431 | 1,409 | -1.5 | -19.2 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,565 | 3,763 | 3,755 | -0.2 | 5.3 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,591 | 11,170 | 11,322 | 1.4 | -2.3 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,474 | 1,331 | 1,355 | 1.8 | -8.0 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,095 | 3,547 | 3,648 | 2.9 | -10.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,620 | 3,765 | 3,654 | -2.9 | 0.9 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,402 | 2,527 | 2,665 | 5.4 | 10.9 |
| Miscellaneous | 6,928 | 7,366 | 7,275 | -1.2 | 5.0 |
| Recyclable material | 841 | 640 | 613 | -4.1 | -27.1 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 944 | 1,032 | 1,026 | -0.6 | 8.7 |
| Agricultural supplies | 1,916 | 2,353 | 2,209 | -6.1 | 15.3 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,258 | 1,320 | 1,349 | 2.2 | 7.2 |
| Other miscellaneous | 1,969 | 2,021 | 2,077 | 2.8 | 5.5 |
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