Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| February 2019 |
January 2020r |
February 2020p |
January to February 2020 | February 2019 to February 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 63,225 | 65,219 | 65,653 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 56,510 | 57,354 | 57,684 | 0.6 | 2.1 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 51,629 | 53,761 | 53,708 | -0.1 | 4.0 |
| Farm product | 788 | 891 | 831 | -6.7 | 5.5 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,869 | 12,399 | 12,413 | 0.1 | 4.6 |
| Food | 10,600 | 11,126 | 11,096 | -0.3 | 4.7 |
| Beverage | 658 | 666 | 673 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 611 | 608 | 644 | 6.0 | 5.5 |
| Personal and household goods | 8,811 | 9,637 | 9,606 | -0.3 | 9.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,140 | 1,336 | 1,226 | -8.2 | 7.5 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 677 | 722 | 815 | 12.8 | 20.3 |
| Home furnishings | 554 | 606 | 610 | 0.7 | 10.0 |
| Personal goods | 912 | 809 | 754 | -6.9 | -17.3 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,744 | 5,158 | 5,175 | 0.3 | 9.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 783 | 1,007 | 1,028 | 2.1 | 31.2 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,596 | 11,459 | 11,944 | 4.2 | 3.0 |
| Motor vehicle | 9,210 | 9,175 | 9,771 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,316 | 2,223 | 2,111 | -5.1 | -8.8 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 70 | 61 | 63 | 3.8 | -10.0 |
| Building material and supplies | 8,605 | 9,142 | 9,230 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,790 | 2,940 | 2,977 | 1.3 | 6.7 |
| Metal service centres | 1,786 | 1,593 | 1,617 | 1.5 | -9.5 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,029 | 4,609 | 4,636 | 0.6 | 15.1 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 13,103 | 13,347 | 13,324 | -0.2 | 1.7 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,682 | 1,548 | 1,561 | 0.8 | -7.2 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,099 | 4,222 | 4,310 | 2.1 | 5.1 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,073 | 4,258 | 4,190 | -1.6 | 2.9 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,249 | 3,320 | 3,264 | -1.7 | 0.4 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,454 | 8,345 | 8,304 | -0.5 | -1.8 |
| Recyclable material | 888 | 887 | 813 | -8.3 | -8.4 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,058 | 969 | 964 | -0.6 | -8.9 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,352 | 2,302 | 2,287 | -0.7 | -2.8 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,518 | 1,662 | 1,638 | -1.5 | 7.9 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,637 | 2,524 | 2,602 | 3.1 | -1.3 |
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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