Table 1
Wholesale merchants' sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| January 2015 |
December 2015r |
January 2016p |
December 2015 to January 2016 | January 2015 to January 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale sales (current dollars) | 53,891 | 57,062 | 57,049 | -0.0 | 5.9 |
| Total, wholesale sales (2007 chained dollars) | 48,724 | 50,130 | 50,022 | -0.2 | 2.7 |
| Total wholesale sales (current dollars), excluding motor vehicle and parts | 44,899 | 45,780 | 46,084 | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| Farm product | 697 | 665 | 690 | 3.7 | -1.1 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,482 | 10,952 | 10,970 | 0.2 | 4.7 |
| Food | 9,415 | 9,862 | 9,861 | -0.0 | 4.7 |
| Beverage | 537 | 542 | 545 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 529 | 547 | 564 | 3.1 | 6.7 |
| Personal and household goods | 7,516 | 7,903 | 7,940 | 0.5 | 5.7 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 934 | 1,029 | 1,018 | -1.1 | 8.9 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 744 | 758 | 783 | 3.3 | 5.3 |
| Home furnishings | 499 | 556 | 562 | 1.1 | 12.7 |
| Personal goods | 752 | 744 | 743 | -0.2 | -1.2 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 3,904 | 4,089 | 4,101 | 0.3 | 5.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 683 | 727 | 733 | 0.8 | 7.3 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 8,993 | 11,281 | 10,965 | -2.8 | 21.9 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,515 | 8,724 | 8,299 | -4.9 | 27.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 2,428 | 2,511 | 2,616 | 4.2 | 7.7 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 49 | 47 | 50 | 7.5 | 2.1 |
| Building material and supplies | 7,545 | 7,833 | 7,773 | -0.8 | 3.0 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,390 | 2,517 | 2,444 | -2.9 | 2.3 |
| Metal service centres | 1,616 | 1,415 | 1,396 | -1.3 | -13.6 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 3,539 | 3,902 | 3,933 | 0.8 | 11.1 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,267 | 11,167 | 11,461 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 1,343 | 1,390 | 1,377 | -0.9 | 2.6 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,850 | 3,546 | 3,772 | 6.4 | -2.0 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,545 | 3,619 | 3,636 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 2,529 | 2,613 | 2,676 | 2.4 | 5.8 |
| Miscellaneous | 7,392 | 7,260 | 7,250 | -0.1 | -1.9 |
| Recyclable material | 835 | 571 | 595 | 4.2 | -28.7 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 969 | 1,023 | 980 | -4.2 | 1.1 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,192 | 2,379 | 2,286 | -3.9 | 4.3 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,367 | 1,328 | 1,317 | -0.9 | -3.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,029 | 1,959 | 2,073 | 5.8 | 2.1 |
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