Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| July 2015 |
June 2016r |
July 2016p |
June to July 2016 | July 2015 to July 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 54,719 | 56,363 | 56,533 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 49,270 | 50,484 | 50,508 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 44,497 | 45,472 | 45,420 | -0.1 | 2.1 |
| Farm product | 650 | 659 | 670 | 1.6 | 3.1 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,482 | 10,860 | 10,992 | 1.2 | 4.9 |
| Food | 9,472 | 9,827 | 9,952 | 1.3 | 5.1 |
| Beverage | 517 | 527 | 533 | 1.1 | 3.1 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 493 | 506 | 507 | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| Personal and household goods | 7,772 | 8,314 | 8,147 | -2.0 | 4.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 971 | 1,020 | 991 | -2.9 | 2.1 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 818 | 755 | 732 | -3.1 | -10.6 |
| Home furnishings | 539 | 560 | 572 | 2.0 | 6.1 |
| Personal goods | 767 | 758 | 760 | 0.2 | -1.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,002 | 4,517 | 4,359 | -3.5 | 8.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 675 | 703 | 735 | 4.5 | 8.8 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 10,222 | 10,891 | 11,113 | 2.0 | 8.7 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,692 | 8,496 | 8,746 | 3.0 | 13.7 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,481 | 2,349 | 2,322 | -1.1 | -6.4 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 49 | 46 | 44 | -5.9 | -11.4 |
| Building material and supplies | 7,544 | 7,597 | 7,443 | -2.0 | -1.3 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,387 | 2,375 | 2,372 | -0.1 | -0.7 |
| Metal service centres | 1,467 | 1,305 | 1,303 | -0.1 | -11.2 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,690 | 3,918 | 3,768 | -3.8 | 2.1 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,224 | 11,142 | 11,206 | 0.6 | -0.2 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,270 | 1,393 | 1,268 | -9.0 | -0.1 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,611 | 3,304 | 3,391 | 2.6 | -6.1 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,837 | 3,750 | 3,797 | 1.2 | -1.1 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,506 | 2,696 | 2,751 | 2.0 | 9.8 |
| Miscellaneous | 6,825 | 6,899 | 6,962 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| Recyclable material | 689 | 678 | 672 | -1.0 | -2.5 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 975 | 980 | 997 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 1,983 | 1,906 | 1,980 | 3.9 | -0.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,277 | 1,287 | 1,244 | -3.3 | -2.6 |
| Other miscellaneous | 1,901 | 2,048 | 2,070 | 1.0 | 8.9 |
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