Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
January 2012 | December 2012r | January 2013p | December 2012 to January 2013 | January 2012 to January 2013 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
Total, wholesale inventories | 58,206 | 60,728 | 61,470 | 1.2 | 5.6 |
Farm product | 203 | 172 | 164 | -4.5 | -19.1 |
Food | 4,919 | 5,076 | 5,052 | -0.5 | 2.7 |
Beverage | 267 | 322 | 312 | -3.1 | 16.7 |
Cigarette and tobacco product | 216 | 218 | 263 | 21.1 | 22.0 |
Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,936 | 1,827 | 1,892 | 3.6 | -2.3 |
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 749 | 737 | 775 | 5.1 | 3.5 |
Home furnishings | 936 | 989 | 992 | 0.4 | 6.0 |
Personal goods | 1,553 | 1,370 | 1,513 | 10.4 | -2.6 |
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,448 | 4,675 | 4,667 | -0.2 | 4.9 |
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 713 | 645 | 666 | 3.2 | -6.6 |
Motor vehicle | 3,666 | 4,118 | 4,140 | 0.5 | 12.9 |
New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 3,250 | 3,831 | 3,905 | 1.9 | 20.1 |
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 94 | 109 | 109 | 0.4 | 15.9 |
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,026 | 3,110 | 3,179 | 2.2 | 5.0 |
Metal service centres | 3,060 | 3,384 | 3,366 | -0.5 | 10.0 |
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,399 | 4,835 | 4,851 | 0.3 | 10.3 |
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 3,404 | 3,801 | 3,839 | 1.0 | 12.8 |
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 8,690 | 8,846 | 8,981 | 1.5 | 3.4 |
Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,549 | 1,828 | 1,848 | 1.1 | 19.3 |
Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,276 | 3,343 | 3,392 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
Recyclable material | 558 | 593 | 537 | -9.5 | -3.7 |
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 746 | 708 | 716 | 1.2 | -4.0 |
Agricultural supplies | 2,988 | 2,617 | 2,743 | 4.8 | -8.2 |
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 985 | 1,033 | 1,044 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
Other miscellaneous | 2,576 | 2,540 | 2,523 | -0.7 | -2.1 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
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