Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| January 2019 |
December 2019r |
January 2020p |
December 2019 to January 2020 | January 2019 to January 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 63,174 | 64,036 | 65,178 | 1.8 | 3.2 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 56,239 | 56,533 | 57,502 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 52,553 | 53,038 | 53,850 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| Farm product | 819 | 863 | 898 | 4.0 | 9.6 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,996 | 12,265 | 12,413 | 1.2 | 3.5 |
| Food | 10,721 | 11,128 | 11,164 | 0.3 | 4.1 |
| Beverage | 680 | 654 | 655 | 0.1 | -3.6 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 595 | 482 | 594 | 23.1 | -0.2 |
| Personal and household goods | 8,855 | 9,476 | 9,651 | 1.8 | 9.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,121 | 1,211 | 1,365 | 12.8 | 21.8 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 757 | 846 | 724 | -14.5 | -4.3 |
| Home furnishings | 552 | 613 | 602 | -1.8 | 9.2 |
| Personal goods | 889 | 804 | 828 | 2.9 | -6.9 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,682 | 5,065 | 5,136 | 1.4 | 9.7 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 854 | 936 | 995 | 6.3 | 16.5 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 10,621 | 10,998 | 11,327 | 3.0 | 6.6 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,319 | 8,791 | 9,056 | 3.0 | 8.9 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,237 | 2,148 | 2,211 | 3.0 | -1.2 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 65 | 59 | 60 | 0.8 | -7.7 |
| Building material and supplies | 9,066 | 8,934 | 9,096 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,763 | 3,013 | 2,946 | -2.2 | 6.6 |
| Metal service centres | 1,829 | 1,481 | 1,595 | 7.7 | -12.8 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,475 | 4,440 | 4,555 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 13,364 | 13,320 | 13,361 | 0.3 | -0.0 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,739 | 1,542 | 1,556 | 0.9 | -10.6 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,226 | 4,189 | 4,204 | 0.4 | -0.5 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,170 | 4,250 | 4,273 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,228 | 3,339 | 3,329 | -0.3 | 3.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,453 | 8,180 | 8,433 | 3.1 | -0.2 |
| Recyclable material | 1,003 | 784 | 877 | 11.9 | -12.6 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,074 | 1,006 | 970 | -3.5 | -9.7 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,371 | 2,127 | 2,350 | 10.5 | -0.9 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,551 | 1,590 | 1,654 | 4.1 | 6.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,454 | 2,674 | 2,581 | -3.5 | 5.2 |
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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