Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| April 2016 |
March 2017r |
April 2017p |
March to April 2017 | April 2016 to April 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 55,331 | 60,382 | 61,007 | 1.0 | 10.3 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 49,795 | 53,312 | 53,675 | 0.7 | 7.8 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 44,829 | 48,837 | 49,658 | 1.7 | 10.8 |
| Farm product | 597 | 715 | 752 | 5.2 | 25.8 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,945 | 11,668 | 11,841 | 1.5 | 8.2 |
| Food | 9,846 | 10,578 | 10,725 | 1.4 | 8.9 |
| Beverage | 574 | 578 | 607 | 5.0 | 5.8 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 525 | 511 | 509 | -0.5 | -3.0 |
| Personal and household goods | 7,941 | 8,368 | 8,313 | -0.7 | 4.7 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,043 | 1,126 | 1,082 | -3.9 | 3.8 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 707 | 827 | 804 | -2.8 | 13.7 |
| Home furnishings | 543 | 586 | 601 | 2.6 | 10.5 |
| Personal goods | 755 | 856 | 882 | 3.0 | 16.8 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,145 | 4,261 | 4,227 | -0.8 | 2.0 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 748 | 713 | 718 | 0.7 | -4.0 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 10,502 | 11,546 | 11,349 | -1.7 | 8.1 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,414 | 9,265 | 9,066 | -2.1 | 7.8 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,045 | 2,230 | 2,229 | -0.0 | 9.0 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 44 | 51 | 53 | 4.1 | 22.7 |
| Building material and supplies | 7,449 | 8,520 | 8,458 | -0.7 | 13.5 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,361 | 2,620 | 2,585 | -1.4 | 9.5 |
| Metal service centres | 1,325 | 1,671 | 1,584 | -5.2 | 19.5 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,763 | 4,228 | 4,290 | 1.4 | 14.0 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,663 | 11,589 | 12,435 | 7.3 | 16.6 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,365 | 1,637 | 2,010 | 22.8 | 47.3 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,303 | 3,774 | 3,695 | -2.1 | 11.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,468 | 3,439 | 3,631 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,527 | 2,739 | 3,098 | 13.1 | 22.6 |
| Miscellaneous | 7,234 | 7,977 | 7,860 | -1.5 | 8.6 |
| Recyclable material | 639 | 958 | 881 | -8.1 | 37.8 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 975 | 989 | 999 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| Agricultural supplies | 1,995 | 2,266 | 2,261 | -0.2 | 13.4 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,356 | 1,542 | 1,464 | -5.1 | 8.0 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,270 | 2,222 | 2,255 | 1.5 | -0.6 |
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