Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry

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Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry
  March 2010 February 2011r March 2011p February to March 2011 March 2010 to March 2011
  Seasonally adjusted
  $ millions % change
Total, wholesale inventories 51,172 54,452 54,894 0.8 7.3
Farm product 163 174 181 4.3 11.0
Food 4,078 4,250 4,332 1.9 6.2
Beverage 239 258 247 -4.1 3.7
Cigarette and tobacco product 240 243 265 9.3 10.5
Textile, clothing and footwear 1,482 1,837 1,844 0.4 24.4
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance 765 769 779 1.4 1.9
Home furnishings 940 1,033 1,043 0.9 11.0
Personal goods 1,424 1,280 1,247 -2.6 -12.4
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies 4,093 4,122 4,241 2.9 3.6
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries 606 616 629 2.0 3.7
Motor vehicle 3,546 3,489 3,433 -1.6 -3.2
New motor vehicle parts and accessories 2,945 3,175 3,172 -0.1 7.7
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories 72 77 80 3.5 10.6
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies 2,649 2,898 3,013 4.0 13.7
Metal service centres 2,411 2,850 2,829 -0.7 17.3
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies 4,243 4,537 4,548 0.2 7.2
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 3,089 3,122 3,084 -1.2 -0.1
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies 6,905 7,452 7,723 3.6 11.9
Computer and communications equipment and supplies 1,511 1,747 1,838 5.2 21.6
Other machinery, equipment and supplies 3,246 3,209 3,166 -1.3 -2.5
Recyclable material 314 547 570 4.3 81.5
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product 631 630 649 3.2 3.0
Agricultural supplies 2,518 2,619 2,650 1.2 5.2
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product 812 960 914 -4.8 12.5
Other miscellaneous 2,252 2,559 2,417 -5.6 7.3
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.