Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| April 2018 |
March 2019r |
April 2019p |
March to April 2019 | April 2018 to April 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 62,349 | 64,230 | 65,320 | 1.7 | 4.8 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 56,555 | 56,677 | 57,583 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 51,155 | 52,811 | 53,539 | 1.4 | 4.7 |
| Farm product | 674 | 807 | 780 | -3.4 | 15.7 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,842 | 11,907 | 12,105 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| Food | 10,607 | 10,690 | 10,851 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| Beverage | 641 | 645 | 648 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 594 | 571 | 606 | 6.1 | 2.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 8,868 | 9,028 | 9,311 | 3.1 | 5.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,147 | 1,155 | 1,243 | 7.6 | 8.4 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 837 | 740 | 719 | -2.9 | -14.1 |
| Home furnishings | 584 | 554 | 573 | 3.6 | -1.9 |
| Personal goods | 811 | 908 | 879 | -3.2 | 8.4 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,652 | 4,777 | 4,967 | 4.0 | 6.8 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 837 | 895 | 930 | 4.0 | 11.2 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,194 | 11,419 | 11,781 | 3.2 | 5.2 |
| Motor vehicle | 9,040 | 9,072 | 9,371 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,098 | 2,283 | 2,349 | 2.9 | 12.0 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 56 | 65 | 61 | -6.5 | 8.9 |
| Building material and supplies | 9,205 | 8,959 | 9,023 | 0.7 | -2.0 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,778 | 2,935 | 2,938 | 0.1 | 5.8 |
| Metal service centres | 1,806 | 1,704 | 1,743 | 2.3 | -3.5 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,622 | 4,320 | 4,341 | 0.5 | -6.1 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,956 | 13,580 | 13,884 | 2.2 | 7.2 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,859 | 1,712 | 1,804 | 5.4 | -2.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,157 | 4,451 | 4,689 | 5.4 | 12.8 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,837 | 4,330 | 4,183 | -3.4 | 9.0 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,103 | 3,087 | 3,208 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| Miscellaneous | 7,610 | 8,531 | 8,435 | -1.1 | 10.8 |
| Recyclable material | 993 | 974 | 913 | -6.2 | -8.1 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,091 | 999 | 1,043 | 4.4 | -4.4 |
| Agricultural supplies | 1,883 | 2,472 | 2,535 | 2.6 | 34.6 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,446 | 1,554 | 1,521 | -2.2 | 5.2 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,196 | 2,532 | 2,423 | -4.3 | 10.3 |
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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