Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted

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Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted

Table summary
This table displays the results of wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – seasonally adjusted november 2010, october 2011, november 2011, october to november 2011 and november 2010 to november 2011, calculated using $ millions and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  November 2010 October 2011Note r: revised November 2011Note p: preliminary October to November 2011 November 2010 to November 2011
  $ millions % change
Total, wholesale inventories 53,125 57,800 57,724 -0.1 8.7
Farm product 162 186 197 6.1 21.6
Food 4,262 4,668 4,743 1.6 11.3
Beverage 232 288 286 -0.7 23.3
Cigarette and tobacco product 233 223 215 -3.5 -7.7
Textile, clothing and footwear 1,790 1,882 1,887 0.3 5.4
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance 806 741 698 -5.8 -13.4
Home furnishings 1,020 1,052 1,028 -2.3 0.8
Personal goods 1,233 1,413 1,342 -5.0 8.9
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies 4,197 4,293 4,359 1.5 3.9
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries 601 689 681 -1.1 13.2
Motor vehicle 3,153 3,942 3,791 -3.8 20.2
New motor vehicle parts and accessories 3,087 3,393 3,334 -1.7 8.0
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories 73 90 92 1.7 26.5
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies 2,889 3,114 3,069 -1.5 6.2
Metal service centres 2,711 2,998 2,967 -1.0 9.4
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies 4,532 4,576 4,567 -0.2 0.8
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 3,223 3,325 3,349 0.7 3.9
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies 7,293 8,247 8,272 0.3 13.4
Computer and communications equipment and supplies 1,624 1,809 1,818 0.5 12.0
Other machinery, equipment and supplies 3,141 3,310 3,256 -1.6 3.7
Recyclable material 511 625 664 6.2 30.0
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product 637 772 787 2.0 23.6
Agricultural supplies 2,567 2,753 2,830 2.8 10.2
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product 861 981 964 -1.8 12.0
Other miscellaneous 2,287 2,432 2,529 4.0 10.6
p preliminary
r revised
Note(s): Figures may not add to totals because of rounding.