North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2017 Version 1.0

551 - Wholesale services (except commissions)

This group comprises the services of buying and selling merchandise on own account at an intermediate step in the distribution chain. Wholesale services bundled with services incidental to the own account sale of merchandise such as logistics, inventory management, marketing services, packaging and labeling, handling of warranty claims, in-store or co-op promotions, and product training are also included.

• Exclusion(s)

  • the service of arranging the buying or selling of merchandise for others at an intermediate step in the distribution chain (See 5521111 Wholesale trade commissions)
  • the service of buying and selling merchandise on own account at the final step in the distribution chain (See 561 Retail services (except commissions))

55117 - Machinery, equipment and supplies, at wholesale

This class comprises wholesaling services for farm and lawn and garden machinery and equipment, and farm supplies; construction and forestry machinery, equipment and supplies; mining and oil and gas well machinery, equipment and supplies; other industrial machinery, equipment and supplies; computer, computer peripherals and packaged software, except game software; electronic components, and navigational and communications equipment and supplies; office, commercial and service industry machinery, equipment and supplies; medical, professional, and industrial safety equipment and supplies; and industrial engines, boats, and other vehicles and transportation equipment, n.e.c.

551174 - Other industrial machinery, equipment and supplies, at wholesale

This subclass comprises wholesaling services for metalworking machinery and equipment; materials handling machinery and equipment; other industrial machinery and equipment; industrial storage batteries; soldering and welding supplies; mechanical and fluid power transmission components and supplies; parts and supplies for industrial machinery and equipment n.e.c.; printers' ink; and packaging products, except paper and paperboard.

5511741 - Metalworking machinery and equipment, at wholesale

Wholesaling services for metalworking machinery and equipment.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • machine tools at wholesale
  • welding equipment at wholesale
  • welding machinery at wholesale

  All examples

5511742 - Materials handling machinery and equipment, at wholesale

Wholesaling services for materials handling machinery and equipment.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • conveyors at wholesale
  • elevators at wholesale
  • hoist machinery at wholesale
  • transmission belting at wholesale

  All examples

• Inclusion(s)

  • packaging machinery at wholesale

• Exclusion(s)

  • bottling machinery at wholesale (See 5511743 Other industrial machinery and equipment, at wholesale)

5511743 - Other industrial machinery and equipment, at wholesale

Wholesaling services for other industrial machinery and equipment.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • air purification equipment at wholesale
  • bottling machinery at wholesale
  • gaskets at wholesale
  • industrial blowers at wholesale
  • industrial compressors at wholesale
  • industrial furnaces at wholesale
  • industrial kilns at wholesale
  • industrial ovens at wholesale
  • industrial pumps at wholesale
  • mechanical power transmission equipment at wholesale
  • paper industry machinery at wholesale
  • waste water treatment equipment at wholesale

  All examples

• Inclusion(s)

  • traffic control equipment at wholesale

5511744 - Industrial storage batteries at wholesale

Wholesaling services for industrial storage batteries.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • industrial nickel-cadmium storage batteries at wholesale
  • industrial nickel-iron storage batteries at wholesale

  All examples

5511745 - Soldering and welding supplies, at wholesale

Wholesaling services for soldering and welding supplies.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • welding rods at wholesale
  • welding wire at wholesale
  • welding wire electrodes at wholesale

  All examples

5511746 - Mechanical and fluid power transmission components and supplies, at wholesale

Wholesaling services for mechanical and fluid power transmission components and supplies.

All examples

5511747 - Parts and supplies for industrial machinery and equipment, n.e.c., at wholesale

Wholesaling services for parts and supplies for industrial machinery and equipment, n.e.c.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • bearings at wholesale
  • industrial diamonds at wholesale
  • natural abrasives at wholesale
  • plastic compounding agents at wholesale
  • printing plates at wholesale
  • printing type at wholesale
  • rubber compounding agents at wholesale
  • rubber tubing at wholesale

  All examples

5511748 - Printers' ink at wholesale

Wholesaling services for printers' ink.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • printing inks at wholesale

  All examples

5511749 - Packaging products (except paper and paperboard) at wholesale

Wholesaling services for packaging products, except of paper and paperboard.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • gift wraps made of man-made fibres at wholesale
  • gift wraps made of textile at wholesale
  • gummed tapes at wholesale
  • metal closures at wholesale
  • metal containers at wholesale
  • plastic closures at wholesale
  • plastic containers at wholesale
  • plastic vial containers, not assembled or mounted in e-cigs, at wholesale
  • self adhesive tapes at wholesale
  • textile containers at wholesale

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • packaging product as intermediate paper and paperboard, at wholesale (See 5511831 Recyclable paper and paperboard, at wholesale)
  • packaging product as intermediate recyclable glass products, at wholesale (See 5511841 Recyclable glass at wholesale)
  • packaging product made of glass (except as intermediate recyclable products), at wholesale (See 5511643 Glass and glass products, at wholesale)
  • recyclable plastics as intermediate products, at wholesale (See 5511842 Recyclable rubber and plastic, at wholesale)