Canadian wholesalers were busy in June as sales rose nine per cent from a year earlier, according to Statistics Canada, with all seven subsectors reporting higher sales.

The agency said Friday that June saw comparable wholesale sales (which exclude those of petroleum, petroleum products and other hydrocarbons, as well as oilseed and grain sectors) top $92.5 billion, up 2.8 per cent from May of this year, and the fourth increase in five months.

In volume terms, wholesale sales in June increased 1.9 per cent from the previous month.

Wholesale sales values were up the most in the machinery, equipment and supplies subsector, rising 4.8 per cent…

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