Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
November 2014 |
October 2015r |
November 2015p |
October to November 2015 | November 2014 to November 2015 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 53,642 | 54,896 | 55,903 | 1.8 | 4.2 |
Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 48,614 | 48,465 | 49,224 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 44,196 | 45,376 | 45,924 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
Farm product | 763 | 745 | 729 | -2.2 | -4.5 |
Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,333 | 10,616 | 10,787 | 1.6 | 4.4 |
Food | 9,314 | 9,582 | 9,749 | 1.7 | 4.7 |
Beverage | 497 | 524 | 531 | 1.2 | 6.8 |
Cigarette and tobacco product | 522 | 510 | 508 | -0.4 | -2.7 |
Personal and household goods | 7,380 | 7,859 | 7,860 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
Textile, clothing and footwear | 972 | 975 | 928 | -4.8 | -4.5 |
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 698 | 796 | 749 | -5.9 | 7.3 |
Home furnishings | 495 | 519 | 520 | 0.3 | 5.1 |
Personal goods | 709 | 747 | 744 | -0.5 | 4.9 |
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 3,842 | 4,132 | 4,221 | 2.2 | 9.9 |
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 664 | 690 | 698 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
Motor vehicle and parts | 9,446 | 9,520 | 9,978 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
Motor vehicle | 6,913 | 7,000 | 7,455 | 6.5 | 7.8 |
New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,483 | 2,471 | 2,475 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 51 | 49 | 49 | -0.3 | -4.7 |
Building material and supplies | 7,619 | 7,549 | 7,764 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,369 | 2,339 | 2,366 | 1.1 | -0.1 |
Metal service centres | 1,700 | 1,418 | 1,444 | 1.8 | -15.0 |
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,550 | 3,791 | 3,954 | 4.3 | 11.4 |
Machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,106 | 11,361 | 11,241 | -1.0 | 1.2 |
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,339 | 1,352 | 1,350 | -0.2 | 0.9 |
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,890 | 3,639 | 3,638 | -0.0 | -6.5 |
Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,476 | 3,679 | 3,723 | 1.2 | 7.1 |
Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,400 | 2,690 | 2,530 | -5.9 | 5.4 |
Miscellaneous | 6,994 | 7,247 | 7,543 | 4.1 | 7.8 |
Recyclable material | 836 | 615 | 595 | -3.1 | -28.8 |
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 974 | 1,025 | 1,033 | 0.8 | 6.1 |
Agricultural supplies | 1,973 | 2,218 | 2,459 | 10.9 | 24.6 |
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,273 | 1,339 | 1,342 | 0.2 | 5.4 |
Other miscellaneous | 1,938 | 2,050 | 2,114 | 3.1 | 9.1 |
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