Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| July 2017 |
June 2018r |
July 2018p |
June to July 2018 | July 2017 to July 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 61,435 | 62,982 | 63,927 | 1.5 | 4.1 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 53,558 | 54,759 | 55,439 | 1.2 | 3.5 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 49,973 | 52,125 | 52,804 | 1.3 | 5.7 |
| Farm product | 772 | 820 | 806 | -1.7 | 4.4 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,811 | 11,667 | 11,965 | 2.6 | 1.3 |
| Food | 10,574 | 10,395 | 10,641 | 2.4 | 0.6 |
| Beverage | 722 | 640 | 671 | 4.9 | -7.1 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 516 | 633 | 653 | 3.3 | 26.7 |
| Personal and household goods | 8,522 | 8,783 | 9,156 | 4.2 | 7.4 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,196 | 1,139 | 1,254 | 10.1 | 4.8 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 827 | 863 | 950 | 10.2 | 14.9 |
| Home furnishings | 579 | 586 | 573 | -2.2 | -1.1 |
| Personal goods | 814 | 830 | 925 | 11.6 | 13.6 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,404 | 4,529 | 4,607 | 1.7 | 4.6 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 701 | 837 | 846 | 1.1 | 20.7 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 11,462 | 10,857 | 11,123 | 2.4 | -3.0 |
| Motor vehicle | 9,247 | 8,630 | 8,805 | 2.0 | -4.8 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,163 | 2,166 | 2,255 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 52 | 61 | 63 | 3.4 | 21.5 |
| Building material and supplies | 8,829 | 9,669 | 9,716 | 0.5 | 10.1 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,617 | 2,841 | 2,902 | 2.1 | 10.9 |
| Metal service centres | 1,592 | 1,909 | 1,938 | 1.5 | 21.7 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,619 | 4,920 | 4,877 | -0.9 | 5.6 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,232 | 12,936 | 12,930 | -0.1 | 5.7 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,670 | 1,871 | 1,746 | -6.7 | 4.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,883 | 4,242 | 4,339 | 2.3 | 11.7 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,760 | 3,666 | 3,695 | 0.8 | -1.7 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,919 | 3,156 | 3,150 | -0.2 | 7.9 |
| Miscellaneous | 7,807 | 8,249 | 8,232 | -0.2 | 5.4 |
| Recyclable material | 882 | 1,057 | 1,083 | 2.5 | 22.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 998 | 1,114 | 1,079 | -3.1 | 8.1 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,303 | 2,238 | 2,263 | 1.1 | -1.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,419 | 1,512 | 1,518 | 0.4 | 6.9 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,205 | 2,328 | 2,288 | -1.7 | 3.8 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Tables 20-10-0074-01 and 20-10-0003-01.
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