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Table 26.5 Wholesale trade, operating statistics, 2009
[an error occurred while processing this directive]11-402-x[an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive]Operating revenues | Operating expenses | Cost of goods sold | Gross margin | |
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$ millions | % | |||
All trade groups | 685,327.6 | 96,339.8 | 566,550.5 | 17.3 |
Farm products | 27,040.1 | 1,743.1 | 23,475.9 | 13.2 |
Petroleum products | 139,871.5 | 3,683.7 | 135,004.8 | 3.5 |
Food products | 90,877.6 | 11,621.3 | 76,209.9 | 16.1 |
Alcohol and tobacco products | 9,695.3 | 1,003.6 | 7,688.2 | 20.7 |
Apparel | 10,984.0 | 3,219.8 | 7,131.5 | 35.1 |
Household and personal goods | 34,871.3 | 8,837.2 | 24,779.8 | 28.9 |
Pharmaceutical products | 42,585.7 | 6,143.8 | 35,190.7 | 17.4 |
Motor vehicles | 57,938.5 | 6,307.6 | 50,676.6 | 12.5 |
Motor vehicle parts and accessories | 19,958.1 | 3,491.8 | 14,961.4 | 25.0 |
Building supplies | 47,429.4 | 9,399.6 | 35,397.7 | 25.4 |
Metal products | 14,950.6 | 1,763.5 | 12,288.9 | 17.8 |
Lumber and millwork | 9,637.8 | 1,200.1 | 8,233.7 | 14.6 |
Machinery and equipment | 48,760.2 | 10,588.7 | 35,733.8 | 26.7 |
Computers and other electronics equipment | 31,962.2 | 6,206.8 | 24,954.4 | 21.9 |
Office and professional equipment | 24,988.3 | 6,920.2 | 16,956.0 | 32.1 |
Other products | 64,641.0 | 11,062.1 | 52,817.3 | 18.3 |
Agents and brokers | 9,136.0 | 3,146.8 | 5,049.6 | 44.7 |
Notes:
Gross margin is obtained by subtracting the cost of goods sold from the total operating revenues. The ratio is expressed as a percentage of the total operating revenues. This measure is also known as the return on sales. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2007. |
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Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 081-0005. |
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