Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| September 2013 |
August 2014r |
September 2014p |
August to September 2014 | September 2013 to September 2014 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 61,517 | 66,808 | 67,144 | 0.5 | 9.1 |
| Farm product | F | 250E | F | F | F |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 5,608 | 6,143 | 6,247 | 1.7 | 11.4 |
| Food | 5,063 | 5,540 | 5,646 | 1.9 | 11.5 |
| Beverage | 308 | 361 | 358 | -0.8 | 16.3 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 238 | 243 | 243 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 10,818 | 11,583 | 11,578 | -0.0 | 7.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,948 | 2,090 | 2,095 | 0.2 | 7.5 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 736 | 771 | 756 | -2.0 | 2.7 |
| Home furnishings | 1,065 | 1,187 | 1,195 | 0.6 | 12.1 |
| Personal goods | 1,430 | 1,352 | 1,340 | -0.9 | -6.3 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,927 | 5,461 | 5,515 | 1.0 | 11.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 712 | 723 | 678 | -6.2 | -4.7 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 8,131 | 8,896 | 9,003 | 1.2 | 10.7 |
| Motor vehicle | 4,264 | 4,695 | 4,806 | 2.4 | 12.7 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 3,751 | 4,095 | 4,089 | -0.1 | 9.0 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 116 | 106 | 107 | 1.2 | -7.5 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,072 | 11,812 | 11,912 | 0.8 | 7.6 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,973 | 3,151 | 3,178 | 0.9 | 6.9 |
| Metal service centres | 3,243 | 3,581 | 3,652 | 2.0 | 12.6 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,856 | 5,081 | 5,082 | 0.0 | 4.6 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 17,904 | 19,422 | 19,284 | -0.7 | 7.7 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 3,983 | 4,297 | 4,312 | 0.3 | 8.2 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 8,971 | 9,754 | 9,515 | -2.5 | 6.1 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,563 | 1,757 | 1,768 | 0.6 | 13.1 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,386 | 3,614 | 3,689 | 2.1 | 9.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 7,737 | 8,702 | 8,873 | 2.0 | 14.7 |
| Recyclable material | 541 | 578 | 605 | 4.6 | 11.8 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 677 | 730 | 739 | 1.3 | 9.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,012 | 3,788 | 3,938 | 4.0 | 30.8 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,015 | 1,172 | 1,182 | 0.8 | 16.5 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,493 | 2,435 | 2,410 | -1.0 | -3.3 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
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