Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| February 2015 |
January 2016r |
February 2016p |
January to February 2016 | February 2015 to February 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 70,722 | 73,044 | 73,159 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| Farm product | 294E | 243E | 242E | -0.5 | -17.9 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 6,366 | 6,627 | 6,600 | -0.4 | 3.7 |
| Food | 5,780 | 6,006 | 5,993 | -0.2 | 3.7 |
| Beverage | 349 | 383 | 380 | -0.8 | 8.8 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 237 | 237 | 226 | -4.7 | -4.5 |
| Personal and household goods | 12,132 | 13,360 | 13,382 | 0.2 | 10.3 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,101 | 2,460 | 2,470 | 0.4 | 17.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 813 | 892 | 885 | -0.8 | 8.8 |
| Home furnishings | 1,237E | 1,310 | 1,319 | 0.7 | 6.7 |
| Personal goods | 1,443 | 1,644 | 1,573 | -4.3 | 9.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,830 | 6,258 | 6,345 | 1.4 | 8.8 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 707 | 796 | 791 | -0.7 | 11.9 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 9,542 | 10,520 | 10,541 | 0.2 | 10.5 |
| Motor vehicle | 5,360 | 5,864 | 5,887 | 0.4 | 9.8 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,073 | 4,564 | 4,562 | -0.0 | 12.0 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 109 | 92 | 93 | 1.2 | -14.8 |
| Building material and supplies | 12,930 | 12,020 | 11,978 | -0.3 | -7.4 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,381 | 3,259 | 3,302 | 1.3 | -2.3 |
| Metal service centres | 3,854 | 3,140 | 3,079 | -1.9 | -20.1 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,695 | 5,621 | 5,597 | -0.4 | -1.7 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 20,323 | 20,772 | 20,937 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 4,429 | 4,583 | 4,618 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,177 | 10,308 | 10,417 | 1.1 | 2.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,966 | 1,972 | 1,978 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,752 | 3,908 | 3,924 | 0.4 | 4.6 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,135 | 9,503 | 9,479 | -0.2 | 3.8 |
| Recyclable material | 591 | 451 | 446E | -1.0 | -24.5 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 792 | 846 | 855 | 1.1 | 8.0 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,825 | 4,054 | 3,983 | -1.7 | 4.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,334 | 1,377 | 1,353 | -1.7 | 1.5 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,593 | 2,775 | 2,841 | 2.4 | 9.6 |
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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