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Division F: Wholesale Trade, includes all units mainly engaged in wholesale trade. The term `wholesale trade' is used here in the broad sense to include the resale (as agents or principals) of new or used goods to businesses or to institutional (including Government) users.

Businesses mainly engaged in wholesale trade are wholesale merchants who take title to the goods they sell; separate sales branches (not being retail stores) operated by manufacturing enterprises; commission agents, import and export agents and purchasing agents; petroleum products distributors; and cooperatives and marketing boards engaged in marketing farm products.

Units mainly engaged in reselling their own goods by auction are included in this Division, but units which are mainly engaged in providing auctioning services for others are included in Division L Property and Business Services.

In the case of units which have goods manufactured for them on commission or contract a variety of situations are encountered with different treatments applicable to each. However, in general, if a unit has no goods producing facilities itself then all its sales of goods produced for it on commission are treated for classification purposes as wholesale or retail sales, as appropriate.

Subdivisions and Groups

	45	Basic Material Wholesaling
		451	Farm Produce Wholesaling
		452	Mineral, Metal and Chemical Wholesaling
		453	Builders Supplies Wholesaling
	46	Machinery and Motor Vehicle Wholesaling
		461	Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling
		462	Motor Vehicle Wholesaling
	47	Personal and Household Good Wholesaling
		471	Food, Drink and Tobacco Wholesaling
		472	Textile, Clothing and Footwear Wholesaling
		473	Household Good Wholesaling
		479	Other Wholesaling