Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
December 2012 | November 2013r | December 2013p | November to December 2013 | December 2012 to December 2013 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
Total, wholesale inventories | 60,587 | 61,448 | 61,698 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
Farm product | 176 | 210 | 191 | -9.4 | 8.5 |
Food, beverage and tobacco | 5,560 | 5,699 | 5,755 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
Food | 5,023 | 5,101 | 5,153 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
Beverage | 321 | 368 | 368 | 0.1 | 14.8 |
Cigarette and tobacco product | 216 | 230 | 234 | 1.9 | 8.3 |
Personal and household goods | 10,168 | 10,876 | 11,148 | 2.5 | 9.6 |
Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,795 | 2,002 | 2,024 | 1.1 | 12.8 |
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 749 | 674 | 715 | 6.1 | -4.6 |
Home furnishings | 987 | 1,030 | 1,096 | 6.5 | 11.0 |
Personal goods | 1,370 | 1,412 | 1,347 | -4.6 | -1.6 |
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,590 | 4,921 | 5,114 | 3.9 | 11.4 |
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 676 | 838 | 852 | 1.7 | 26.0 |
Motor vehicle and parts | 8,088 | 7,894 | 7,757 | -1.7 | -4.1 |
Motor vehicle | 4,208 | 4,155 | 4,110 | -1.1 | -2.3 |
New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 3,776 | 3,624 | 3,533 | -2.5 | -6.4 |
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 103 | 114 | 114 | 0.0 | 10.5 |
Building material and supplies | 11,457 | 11,254 | 11,450 | 1.7 | -0.1 |
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,107 | 3,035 | 3,053 | 0.6 | -1.7 |
Metal service centres | 3,509 | 3,381 | 3,419 | 1.2 | -2.6 |
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,841 | 4,839 | 4,978 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
Machinery, equipment and supplies | 17,766 | 17,754 | 17,523 | -1.3 | -1.4 |
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 3,793 | 3,949 | 3,950 | 0.0 | 4.2 |
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 8,857 | 8,775 | 8,453 | -3.7 | -4.6 |
Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,820 | 1,578 | 1,588 | 0.6 | -12.7 |
Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,296 | 3,452 | 3,532 | 2.3 | 7.2 |
Miscellaneous | 7,373 | 7,761 | 7,874 | 1.5 | 6.8 |
Recyclable material | 592 | 572 | 571 | -0.2 | -3.6 |
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 661 | 661 | 673 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
Agricultural supplies | 2,627 | 2,922 | 3,007 | 2.9 | 14.5 |
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,009 | 998 | 994 | -0.4 | -1.5 |
Other miscellaneous | 2,485 | 2,607 | 2,628 | 0.8 | 5.8 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals because of rounding.
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