Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
September 2012 | August 2013r | September 2013p | August to September 2013 | September 2012 to September 2013 | |
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millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
Total, wholesale inventories | 61,235 | 61,887 | 61,770 | -0.2 | 0.9 |
Farm product | 166 | 182 | 194 | 6.4 | 17.0 |
Food, beverage and tobacco | 5,546 | 5,545 | 5,597 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Food | 4,991 | 4,981 | 5,054 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
Beverage | 324 | 338 | 307 | -9.0 | -5.3 |
Cigarette and tobacco product | 231 | 227 | 236 | 4.0 | 2.2 |
Personal and household goods | 10,396 | 10,898 | 11,018 | 1.1 | 6.0 |
Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,851 | 2,041 | 2,047 | 0.3 | 10.6 |
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 713 | 742 | 726 | -2.2 | 1.9 |
Home furnishings | 991 | 1,063 | 1,067 | 0.4 | 7.6 |
Personal goods | 1,521 | 1,440 | 1,472 | 2.2 | -3.2 |
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,628 | 4,847 | 4,939 | 1.9 | 6.7 |
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 692 | 764 | 767 | 0.4 | 10.8 |
Motor vehicle and parts | 8,322 | 8,479 | 8,283 | -2.3 | -0.5 |
Motor vehicle | 4,338 | 4,549 | 4,356 | -4.2 | 0.4 |
New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 3,882 | 3,813 | 3,806 | -0.2 | -2.0 |
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 102 | 116 | 121 | 4.0 | 18.1 |
Building material and supplies | 11,375 | 11,392 | 11,218 | -1.5 | -1.4 |
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,130 | 2,964 | 2,958 | -0.2 | -5.5 |
Metal service centres | 3,405 | 3,571 | 3,396 | -4.9 | -0.3 |
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,840 | 4,857 | 4,865 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Machinery, equipment and supplies | 17,993 | 17,767 | 17,833 | 0.4 | -0.9 |
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 3,763 | 3,975 | 3,982 | 0.2 | 5.8 |
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 9,260 | 8,931 | 8,901 | -0.3 | -3.9 |
Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,655 | 1,587 | 1,581 | -0.4 | -4.5 |
Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,314 | 3,274 | 3,367 | 2.9 | 1.6 |
Miscellaneous | 7,436 | 7,624 | 7,627 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
Recyclable material | 612 | 533 | 549 | 3.0 | -10.3 |
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 689 | 686 | 671 | -2.2 | -2.6 |
Agricultural supplies | 2,645 | 2,840 | 2,869 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,149 | 991 | 1,004 | 1.3 | -12.6 |
Other miscellaneous | 2,341 | 2,574 | F | F | F |
r
revised
p
preliminary
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals because of rounding.
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