Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| April 2015 |
March 2016r |
April 2016p |
March to April 2016 | April 2015 to April 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 54,904 | 54,769 | 54,808 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 49,809 | 49,450 | 49,572 | 0.2 | -0.5 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 44,539 | 44,398 | 44,464 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Farm product | 743 | 636 | 586 | -7.8 | -21.1 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,225 | 10,535 | 10,607 | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| Food | 9,211 | 9,479 | 9,536 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
| Beverage | 514 | 541 | 542 | 0.2 | 5.4 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 500 | 516 | 529 | 2.5 | 5.8 |
| Personal and household goods | 7,595 | 7,978 | 8,034 | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 983 | 1,005 | 1,011 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 766 | 759 | 760 | 0.2 | -0.8 |
| Home furnishings | 509 | 555 | 550 | -0.9 | 8.1 |
| Personal goods | 762 | 741 | 753 | 1.6 | -1.1 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 3,902 | 4,218 | 4,266 | 1.1 | 9.3 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 673 | 701 | 694 | -1.0 | 3.2 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 10,365 | 10,372 | 10,344 | -0.3 | -0.2 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,838 | 7,910 | 8,017 | 1.4 | 2.3 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,476 | 2,416 | 2,281 | -5.6 | -7.9 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 50 | 47 | 46 | -1.7 | -8.7 |
| Building material and supplies | 7,541 | 7,427 | 7,282 | -2.0 | -3.4 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,446 | 2,350 | 2,322 | -1.2 | -5.1 |
| Metal service centres | 1,470 | 1,283 | 1,245 | -3.0 | -15.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,624 | 3,795 | 3,715 | -2.1 | 2.5 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,334 | 11,083 | 10,868 | -1.9 | -4.1 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,337 | 1,301 | 1,269 | -2.4 | -5.0 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,811 | 3,455 | 3,350 | -3.0 | -12.1 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,547 | 3,700 | 3,578 | -3.3 | 0.9 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,639 | 2,627 | 2,671 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| Miscellaneous | 7,101 | 6,739 | 7,087 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
| Recyclable material | 727 | 593 | 640 | 7.9 | -12.0 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 968 | 967 | 962 | -0.5 | -0.6 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,144 | 1,953 | 2,026 | 3.7 | -5.5 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,312 | 1,315 | 1,308 | -0.5 | -0.3 |
| Other miscellaneous | 1,950 | 1,910 | 2,151 | 12.6 | 10.3 |
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