OTTAWA — Statistics sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ says wholesale sales excluding petroleum fell 0.1 per cent to $85.6 billion in March, led by a drop in the miscellaneous subsector and the machinery equipment and supplies subsector.Â
Overall, sales fell in four of the seven subsectors tracked by the agency.Â
Statistics sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ says sales in the miscellaneous subsector fell 6.1 per cent to $11.4 billion as sales in the agricultural supplies industry group fell 15.5 per cent to $4.1 billion.
The machinery, equipment and supplies subsector dropped 2.0 per cent to $18.0 billion in March as the computer and communications equipment and supplies industry group fell 9.2 per cent to $4.9 billion,
Sales from the farm product subsector rose 19.1 per cent to $4.7 billion.
Constant dollar sales excluding petroleum fell 0.3 per cent in March.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 15, 2023.
The Canadian Press