Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| March 2019 |
February 2020r |
March 2020p |
February to March 2020 | March 2019 to March 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 64,014 | 65,267 | 63,853 | -2.2 | -0.3 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2012 chained dollars) | 56,989 | 57,216 | 55,615 | -2.8 | -2.4 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 52,666 | 53,416 | 54,513 | 2.1 | 3.5 |
| Farm product | 809 | 831 | 812 | -2.3 | 0.4 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,894 | 12,276 | 13,275 | 8.1 | 11.6 |
| Food | 10,679 | 10,966 | 11,886 | 8.4 | 11.3 |
| Beverage | 647 | 671 | 771 | 14.9 | 19.3 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 568 | 639 | 617 | -3.3 | 8.7 |
| Personal and household goods | 9,040 | 9,624 | 9,836 | 2.2 | 8.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,154 | 1,229 | 884 | -28.1 | -23.4 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 741 | 806 | 752 | -6.8 | 1.4 |
| Home furnishings | 556 | 605 | 566 | -6.5 | 1.8 |
| Personal goods | 918 | 772E | 713 | -7.6 | -22.3 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,766 | 5,170 | 5,838 | 12.9 | 22.5 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 906 | 1,042 | 1,083 | 4.0 | 19.6 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,348 | 11,851 | 9,340 | -21.2 | -17.7 |
| Motor vehicle | 9,003 | 9,744 | 7,400 | -24.1 | -17.8 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,281 | 2,046 | 1,886 | -7.8 | -17.3 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 65 | 61 | 54 | -11.9 | -17.0 |
| Building material and supplies | 8,938 | 9,108 | 8,604 | -5.5 | -3.7 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,931 | 2,942 | 2,788 | -5.2 | -4.9 |
| Metal service centres | 1,698 | 1,605 | 1,433 | -10.8 | -15.6 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,309 | 4,561 | 4,383 | -3.9 | 1.7 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 13,517 | 13,238 | 13,301 | 0.5 | -1.6 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,675 | 1,564 | 1,601 | 2.3 | -4.4 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,424 | 4,231 | 4,041 | -4.5 | -8.7 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,333 | 4,194 | 4,538 | 8.2 | 4.7 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,084 | 3,248 | 3,120 | -3.9 | 1.2 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,468 | 8,339 | 8,686 | 4.2 | 2.6 |
| Recyclable material | 971 | 832 | 849 | 2.1 | -12.6 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,001 | 971 | 1,010 | 4.0 | 0.9 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,420 | 2,316 | 2,542 | 9.8 | 5.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,547 | 1,593 | 1,649 | 3.5 | 6.6 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,530 | 2,626 | 2,636 | 0.4 | 4.2 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
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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