Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| November 2013 |
October 2014r |
November 2014p |
October to November 2014 | November 2013 to November 2014 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 61,109 | 68,194 | 68,248 | 0.1 | 11.7 |
| Farm product | 240E | F | 254E | F | 6.2 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 5,647 | 6,338 | 6,401 | 1.0 | 13.3 |
| Food | 5,056 | 5,747 | 5,807 | 1.0 | 14.8 |
| Beverage | 361 | 357 | 355 | -0.6 | -1.6 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 230 | 234 | 239 | 2.1 | 3.6 |
| Personal and household goods | 10,715 | 11,560 | 11,494 | -0.6 | 7.3 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,949 | 2,073 | 2,060 | -0.6 | 5.7 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 704 | 754 | 768 | 1.8 | 9.0 |
| Home furnishings | 1,039 | 1,195 | 1,193 | -0.2 | 14.8 |
| Personal goods | 1,388 | 1,380 | 1,352 | -2.0 | -2.6 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,885 | 5,453 | 5,414 | -0.7 | 10.8 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 750 | 705 | 708 | 0.4 | -5.6 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 7,898 | 9,225 | 9,311 | 0.9 | 17.9 |
| Motor vehicle | 4,180 | 4,960 | 5,112 | 3.1 | 22.3 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 3,609 | 4,157 | 4,091 | -1.6 | 13.3 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 108 | 109 | 109 | -0.4 | 0.1 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,046 | 12,342 | 12,493 | 1.2 | 13.1 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,013 | 3,216 | 3,238 | 0.7 | 7.5 |
| Metal service centres | 3,182 | 3,761 | 3,804 | 1.1 | 19.5 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,851 | 5,366 | 5,451 | 1.6 | 12.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 17,743 | 19,720 | 19,537 | -0.9 | 10.1 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 3,939 | 4,372 | 4,324 | -1.1 | 9.8 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 8,766 | 9,924 | 9,737 | -1.9 | 11.1 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,584 | 1,817 | 1,824 | 0.4 | 15.1 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,454 | 3,608 | 3,652 | 1.2 | 5.7 |
| Miscellaneous | 7,821 | 8,754 | 8,758 | 0.0 | 12.0 |
| Recyclable material | 514 | 620 | 623 | 0.4 | 21.2 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 674 | 735 | 722 | -1.8 | 7.1 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,100 | 3,828 | 3,786 | -1.1 | 22.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,006 | 1,188 | 1,220 | 2.7 | 21.3 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,527 | 2,382 | 2,408 | 1.1 | -4.7 |
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.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 081-0012.
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