Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| December 2015 |
November 2016r |
December 2016p |
November to December 2016 | December 2015 to December 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 55,944 | 56,929 | 57,343 | 0.7 | 2.5 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 50,092 | 50,415 | 50,849 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 45,379 | 46,437 | 47,074 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
| Farm product | 664 | 646 | 673 | 4.2 | 1.4 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,734 | 11,075 | 11,171 | 0.9 | 4.1 |
| Food | 9,653 | 9,997 | 10,082 | 0.9 | 4.4 |
| Beverage | 546 | 547 | 556 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 535 | 531 | 533 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
| Personal and household goods | 7,904 | 8,172 | 8,248 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,030 | 989 | 1,043 | 5.5 | 1.3 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 731 | 786 | 773 | -1.6 | 5.7 |
| Home furnishings | 555 | 556 | 559 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Personal goods | 772 | 782 | 766 | -2.0 | -0.8 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,091 | 4,309 | 4,371 | 1.4 | 6.8 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 725 | 750 | 736 | -1.8 | 1.5 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 10,565 | 10,492 | 10,270 | -2.1 | -2.8 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,079 | 8,181 | 7,810 | -4.5 | -3.3 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,439 | 2,265 | 2,411 | 6.5 | -1.2 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 46 | 47 | 48 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| Building material and supplies | 7,868 | 7,895 | 8,007 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,661 | 2,557 | 2,572 | 0.6 | -3.3 |
| Metal service centres | 1,324 | 1,248 | 1,288 | 3.2 | -2.7 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,883 | 4,090 | 4,147 | 1.4 | 6.8 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,060 | 11,290 | 11,568 | 2.5 | 4.6 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,371 | 1,395 | 1,443 | 3.5 | 5.3 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,481 | 3,649 | 3,791 | 3.9 | 8.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,591 | 3,577 | 3,647 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,617 | 2,670 | 2,688 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| Miscellaneous | 7,149 | 7,359 | 7,405 | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| Recyclable material | 559 | 709 | 714 | 0.8 | 27.7 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,004 | 959 | 985 | 2.8 | -1.9 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,303 | 2,168 | 2,239 | 3.2 | -2.8 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,310 | 1,347 | 1,364 | 1.2 | 4.1 |
| Other miscellaneous | 1,972 | 2,177 | 2,104 | -3.4 | 6.7 |
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