Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| June 2014 |
May 2015r |
June 2015p |
May to June 2015 | June 2014 to June 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 65,968 | 71,757 | 72,538 | 1.1 | 10.0 |
| Farm product | 232E | 268E | 276E | 3.1 | 19.1 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 6,058 | 6,488 | 6,582 | 1.4 | 8.7 |
| Food | 5,473 | 5,878 | 5,899 | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| Beverage | 343 | 352 | 368 | 4.5 | 7.3 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 241 | 258 | 315 | 22.0 | 30.4 |
| Personal and household goods | 11,225 | 12,220 | 12,406 | 1.5 | 10.5 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,093 | 2,137 | 2,210 | 3.4 | 5.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 760 | 803 | 809 | 0.6 | 6.4 |
| Home furnishings | 1,211 | 1,224 | 1,217 | -0.6 | 0.4 |
| Personal goods | 1,288 | 1,541E | 1,583E | 2.7 | 22.9 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,162 | 5,791 | 5,874 | 1.4 | 13.8 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 710 | 723 | 713 | -1.4 | 0.4 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 8,694 | 9,845 | 9,976 | 1.3 | 14.7 |
| Motor vehicle | 4,721 | 5,502 | 5,551 | 0.9 | 17.6 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 3,869 | 4,243 | 4,322 | 1.9 | 11.7 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 104 | 100 | 103 | 3.0 | -1.4 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,815 | 12,861 | 12,789 | -0.6 | 8.2 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,102 | 3,396 | 3,446 | 1.5 | 11.1 |
| Metal service centres | 3,477 | 3,747 | 3,629 | -3.1 | 4.4 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,236 | 5,718 | 5,713 | -0.1 | 9.1 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 19,489 | 21,052 | 21,200 | 0.7 | 8.8 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 4,257 | 4,535 | 4,603 | 1.5 | 8.1 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 9,876 | 10,565 | 10,602 | 0.4 | 7.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,780 | 2,083 | 2,119 | 1.7 | 19.0 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,575 | 3,869 | 3,877 | 0.2 | 8.4 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,456 | 9,023 | 9,309 | 3.2 | 10.1 |
| Recyclable material | 535 | 559 | 582 | 4.1 | 8.7 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 756 | 807 | 857 | 6.2 | 13.3 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,597 | 3,672 | 3,819 | 4.0 | 6.2 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,153 | 1,328 | 1,329 | 0.1 | 15.2 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,414 | 2,658 | 2,723 | 2.5 | 12.8 |
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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