Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| March 2015r |
February 2016r |
March 2016p |
February to March 2016 | March 2015 to March 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 70,525 | 72,622 | 72,576 | -0.1 | 2.9 |
| Farm product | 238E | 242E | 248E | 2.2 | 4.2 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 6,048 | 6,357 | 6,352 | -0.1 | 5.0 |
| Food | 5,468 | 5,758 | 5,790 | 0.5 | 5.9 |
| Beverage | 345 | 372 | 371 | -0.3 | 7.3 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 235 | 227 | 191 | -15.6 | -18.7 |
| Personal and household goods | 12,123 | 13,433 | 13,497 | 0.5 | 11.3 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,128 | 2,487 | 2,486 | -0.0 | 16.8 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 844 | 921 | 922 | 0.0 | 9.2 |
| Home furnishings | 1,245E | 1,312 | 1,308 | -0.3 | 5.1 |
| Personal goods | 1,457 | 1,568 | 1,642E | 4.7 | 12.7 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,736 | 6,332 | 6,307 | -0.4 | 10.0 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 715 | 813 | 833 | 2.5 | 16.6 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 9,922 | 10,445 | 10,443 | -0.0 | 5.2 |
| Motor vehicle | 5,601 | 5,824 | 5,859 | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,212 | 4,528 | 4,491 | -0.8 | 6.6 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 108 | 94 | 94 | -0.2 | -13.6 |
| Building material and supplies | 12,786 | 11,924 | 11,990 | 0.6 | -6.2 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,381 | 3,288 | 3,325 | 1.1 | -1.7 |
| Metal service centres | 3,793 | 3,076 | 3,047 | -1.0 | -19.7 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,612 | 5,560 | 5,619 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 20,623 | 20,940 | 20,761 | -0.9 | 0.7 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 4,467 | 4,577 | 4,507 | -1.5 | 0.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,341 | 10,438 | 10,296 | -1.4 | -0.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,934 | 1,944 | 1,917 | -1.4 | -0.9 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,881 | 3,981 | 4,042 | 1.5 | 4.2 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,784 | 9,280 | 9,285 | 0.1 | 5.7 |
| Recyclable material | 567 | 450 | 444 | -1.4 | -21.7 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 744 | 840 | 836 | -0.5 | 12.3 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,672 | 3,852 | 3,861 | 0.2 | 5.2 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,272 | 1,366 | 1,374 | 0.6 | 8.1 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,530 | 2,772 | 2,769 | -0.1 | 9.5 |
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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