The Michigan Distributors and Vendors Association (MDVA) is a non-profit, statewide trade organization representing the wholesale distributors of a wide array of general merchandise such as food, confectionery, tobacco, and health and beauty care products - and operators of vending machines and food service operations. MDVA wholesalers, distributors, merchandisers, food brokers, vendors, and food service operators provide the middle link between the manufacturers and the retailers of the products which consumers purchase every day. 

Those MDVA members who are also  licensed tobacco wholesalers are responsible for the collection and remittance of the cigarette and other tobacco products tax.  In 2003, Michigan's wholesalers collected and remitted over $700 million dollars in excise taxes which goes to help fund Michigan's schools and other education and health programs.

The 110 members and associate members of MDVA employ more than 5,000 individuals statewide with an annual payroll of $150 million and more than $1.5 billion in annual sales.  The contribution MDVA members make to the economy in the state of Michigan is substantial.