Wholesale trade sales increase in Saskatchewan

Wholesale trade sales in Saskatchewan are up in June from the previous month and have increased substantially from the same period a year ago. 

The numbers were released Thursday by Statistics Canada. 

Overall, wholesale trade increased 3.6 per cent from May to June, due in part to higher sales in the agricultural supplies industry. 

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The monthly increase was the third largest in Canada. 

Compared to a year ago, wholesale trade is 35.2 per cent, the largest year-over-year increase in the country. 

“When businesses and families are doing their financial planning for their future, they have a lot of confidence in today’s Saskatchewan, and that has translated into higher retail sales, vehicle purchases and wholesale trade numbers across the province,” Enterprise Minister Jeremy Harrison said 

Nationally, wholesale trade was up 0.2 per cent from May.