Table 3 
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  April
2014
March
2015r
April
2015p
March to April 2015 April 2014 to April 2015
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total, wholesale inventories 64,964 71,467 71,838 0.5 10.6
Farm product 213E 272E F F F
Food, beverage and tobacco 5,862 6,244 6,341 1.6 8.2
Food 5,299 5,663 5,782 2.1 9.1
Beverage 325 340 328 -3.6 0.9
Cigarette and tobacco product 238 240 231 -3.8 -2.9
Personal and household goods 11,087 12,124 11,947 -1.5 7.8
Textile, clothing and footwear 2,048 2,130 2,129 -0.0 4.0
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance 795 803 803 0.0 1.0
Home furnishings 1,206 1,245E 1,236E -0.7 2.5
Personal goods 1,332 1,499 1,469 -2.0 10.2
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies 5,001 5,734 5,602 -2.3 12.0
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries 706 714 709 -0.7 0.4
Motor vehicle and parts 8,634 9,959 9,965 0.1 15.4
Motor vehicle 4,771 5,633 5,565 -1.2 16.7
New motor vehicle parts and accessories 3,760 4,215 4,287 1.7 14.0
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories 103 112 113 0.6 9.7
Building material and supplies 11,649 12,973 13,031 0.5 11.9
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies 3,062 3,431 3,446 0.4 12.5
Metal service centres 3,336 3,812 3,781 -0.8 13.3
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies 5,251 5,730 5,805 1.3 10.5
Machinery, equipment and supplies 19,184 20,856 21,192 1.6 10.5
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 4,283 4,485 4,597 2.5 7.3
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies 9,557 10,504 10,630 1.2 11.2
Computer and communications equipment and supplies 1,723 1,957 2,091 6.8 21.3
Other machinery, equipment and supplies 3,620 3,910 3,874 -0.9 7.0
Miscellaneous 8,335 9,040 9,095 0.6 9.1
Recyclable material 519 574 559 -2.7 7.7
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product 754 794 802 1.0 6.3
Agricultural supplies 3,449 3,744 3,776 0.8 9.5
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product 1,135 1,312 1,323 0.9 16.5
Other miscellaneous 2,478 2,616 2,635 0.7 6.4
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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