Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
December 2013 |
November 2014r |
December 2014p |
November to December 2014 | December 2013 to December 2014 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
Total, wholesale inventories | 61,065 | 68,403 | 69,058 | 1.0 | 13.1 |
Farm product | 231E | 255E | 276E | 8.2 | 19.3 |
Food, beverage and tobacco | 5,636 | 6,362 | 6,439 | 1.2 | 14.2 |
Food | 5,037 | 5,772 | 5,798 | 0.5 | 15.1 |
Beverage | 362 | 352 | 351 | -0.4 | -3.2 |
Cigarette and tobacco product | 237 | 238 | 289 | 21.4 | 22.2 |
Personal and household goods | 10,925 | 11,557 | 11,632 | 0.7 | 6.5 |
Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,968 | 2,051 | 2,044 | -0.3 | 3.9 |
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 727 | 762 | 763 | 0.1 | 4.9 |
Home furnishings | 1,139 | 1,200 | 1,206 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
Personal goods | 1,319 | 1,370 | 1,365 | -0.4 | 3.5 |
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,006 | 5,460 | 5,555 | 1.7 | 11.0 |
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 767 | 713 | 699 | -2.1 | -8.9 |
Motor vehicle and parts | 7,753 | 9,322 | 9,251 | -0.8 | 19.3 |
Motor vehicle | 4,147 | 5,116 | 5,048 | -1.3 | 21.7 |
New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 3,496 | 4,098 | 4,094 | -0.1 | 17.1 |
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 111 | 108 | 109 | 0.2 | -2.2 |
Building material and supplies | 11,224 | 12,489 | 12,658 | 1.4 | 12.8 |
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,013 | 3,222 | 3,218 | -0.1 | 6.8 |
Metal service centres | 3,199 | 3,827 | 3,936 | 2.9 | 23.1 |
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,012 | 5,440 | 5,503 | 1.2 | 9.8 |
Machinery, equipment and supplies | 17,408 | 19,577 | 19,846 | 1.4 | 14.0 |
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 3,881 | 4,312 | 4,329 | 0.4 | 11.5 |
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 8,425 | 9,765 | 9,919 | 1.6 | 17.7 |
Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,612 | 1,854 | 1,895 | 2.2 | 17.5 |
Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,490 | 3,646 | 3,704 | 1.6 | 6.1 |
Miscellaneous | 7,887 | 8,841 | 8,956 | 1.3 | 13.6 |
Recyclable material | 532 | 618 | 647 | 4.6 | 21.5 |
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 691 | 715 | 705 | -1.4 | 2.0 |
Agricultural supplies | 3,147 | 3,816 | 3,761 | -1.4 | 19.5 |
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 993 | 1,241 | 1,342 | 8.1 | 35.3 |
Other miscellaneous | 2,524 | 2,451 | 2,501 | 2.0 | -0.9 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 081-0012.
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