Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
April 2014 |
March 2015r |
April 2015p |
March to April 2015 | April 2014 to April 2015 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions 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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