Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| May 2018 |
April 2019r |
May 2019p |
April to May 2019 | May 2018 to May 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 63,054 | 65,014 | 63,820 | -1.8 | 1.2 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 57,102 | 57,330 | 56,239 | -1.9 | -1.5 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 52,153 | 53,340 | 52,646 | -1.3 | 0.9 |
| Farm product | 829 | 776 | 769 | -0.9 | -7.3 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,616 | 12,080 | 11,941 | -1.2 | 2.8 |
| Food | 10,347 | 10,822 | 10,709 | -1.0 | 3.5 |
| Beverage | 647 | 658 | 654 | -0.6 | 1.0 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 622 | 600 | 578 | -3.7 | -7.0 |
| Personal and household goods | 8,678 | 9,257 | 9,184 | -0.8 | 5.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,060 | 1,226 | 1,230 | 0.3 | 16.0 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 767 | 710 | 751 | 5.7 | -2.1 |
| Home furnishings | 599 | 580 | 585 | 1.0 | -2.3 |
| Personal goods | 838 | 895 | 868 | -3.0 | 3.6 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,588 | 4,915 | 4,799 | -2.4 | 4.6 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 826 | 931 | 950 | 2.1 | 15.1 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 10,901 | 11,674 | 11,174 | -4.3 | 2.5 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,687 | 9,289 | 8,806 | -5.2 | 1.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,154 | 2,324 | 2,311 | -0.6 | 7.3 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 59 | 60 | 56 | -6.6 | -5.3 |
| Building material and supplies | 9,601 | 9,026 | 9,023 | 0.0 | -6.0 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,879 | 2,955 | 2,964 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Metal service centres | 1,826 | 1,749 | 1,805 | 3.2 | -1.1 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,896 | 4,321 | 4,255 | -1.5 | -13.1 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 13,048 | 13,818 | 13,701 | -0.9 | 5.0 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,828 | 1,771 | 1,673 | -5.5 | -8.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,176 | 4,663 | 4,537 | -2.7 | 8.6 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,810 | 4,169 | 4,240 | 1.7 | 11.3 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,235 | 3,215 | 3,252 | 1.1 | 0.5 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,380 | 8,383 | 8,029 | -4.2 | -4.2 |
| Recyclable material | 1,014 | 898 | 854 | -4.9 | -15.8 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,141 | 1,017 | 1,045 | 2.7 | -8.4 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,462 | 2,503 | 2,225 | -11.1 | -9.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,501 | 1,501 | 1,489 | -0.8 | -0.8 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,262 | 2,465 | 2,417 | -2.0 | 6.8 |
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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