Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| June 2016 |
May 2017r |
June 2017p |
May to June 2017 | June 2016 to June 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 73,227 | 79,128 | 79,614 | 0.6 | 8.7 |
| Farm product | 207E | 206 | 192 | -6.7 | -7.2 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 7,547 | 7,974 | 8,004 | 0.4 | 6.1 |
| Food | 6,936 | 7,287 | 7,335 | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| Beverage | 402 | 441 | 435 | -1.2 | 8.2 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 209 | 247 | 234 | -5.3 | 12.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,563 | 13,767 | 14,209 | 3.2 | 4.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,730 | 3,085E | 3,275E | 6.2 | 20.0 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 947 | 1,061 | 1,079 | 1.7 | 13.9 |
| Home furnishings | 1,228 | 1,155 | 1,214 | 5.1 | -1.2 |
| Personal goods | 1,778 | 1,869E | 1,886E | 0.9 | 6.1 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,918 | 5,643 | 5,749 | 1.9 | -2.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 962 | 955 | 1,007 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 11,147 | 12,549 | 12,395 | -1.2 | 11.2 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,701 | 7,639 | 7,423 | -2.8 | 10.8 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,363 | 4,825 | 4,890 | 1.4 | 12.1 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 83 | 85 | 82 | -3.5 | -1.7 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,688 | 13,261 | 13,057 | -1.5 | 11.7 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,575 | 3,901 | 3,869 | -0.8 | 8.2 |
| Metal service centres | 3,025 | 3,674 | 3,438 | -6.4 | 13.7 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,088 | 5,686 | 5,750 | 1.1 | 13.0 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 20,845 | 21,631 | 21,966 | 1.5 | 5.4 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,118 | 5,425 | 5,580 | 2.9 | 9.0 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,203 | 9,534 | 9,376 | -1.6 | -8.1 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,947 | 2,324 | 2,467 | 6.2 | 26.7 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,578 | 4,348 | 4,542 | 4.4 | 26.9 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,230 | 9,740 | 9,791 | 0.5 | 19.0 |
| Recyclable material | 508 | 903 | 900E | -0.4 | 77.0 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 759 | 783 | 767 | -2.0 | 1.0 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,141 | 4,003 | 3,949 | -1.3 | 25.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,365 | 1,356 | 1,348 | -0.6 | -1.2 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,457 | 2,695 | 2,827 | 4.9 | 15.1 |
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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