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))

55118 - Intermediate products at wholesale

This class comprises wholesaling services for crude wood, pulpwood, wood pulp, and wood waste and scrap; recyclable scrap metal; recyclable paper and paperboard; other recyclable materials; fabric dry goods, leather, yarn and thread; non-agricultural chemicals, and plastic and rubber basic products; metal ores and concentrates and non-metallic minerals; unwrought metals, metal basic shapes, and metal in other forms n.e.c.; and solid fuels.

551183 - Recyclable paper and paperboard, at wholesale

This subclass comprises wholesaling services for recyclable paper and paperboard.

5511831 - Recyclable paper and paperboard, at wholesale

Wholesaling services for recyclable paper and paperboard.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • paper scrap at wholesale
  • paper waste at wholesale
  • paperboard scrap at wholesale
  • paperboard waste at wholesale

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