Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| July 2016 |
June 2017r |
July 2017p |
June to July 2017 | July 2016 to July 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 73,070 | 80,274 | 80,847 | 0.7 | 10.6 |
| Farm product | 192E | 191 | 188 | -1.4 | -2.1 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 7,591 | 8,030 | 8,085 | 0.7 | 6.5 |
| Food | 6,987 | 7,376 | 7,453 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| Beverage | 399 | 432 | 420 | -2.7 | 5.3 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 205 | 222 | 212 | -4.5 | 3.2 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,546 | 14,461 | 14,485 | 0.2 | 6.9 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,732 | 3,550E | 3,583E | 0.9 | 31.2 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 912 | 1,078 | 1,060 | -1.6 | 16.2 |
| Home furnishings | 1,250 | 1,209 | 1,199 | -0.8 | -4.1 |
| Personal goods | 1,831 | 1,886E | 2,101 | 11.4 | 14.7 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,846 | 5,730 | 5,684 | -0.8 | -2.8 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 974 | 1,007 | 858 | -14.8 | -11.9 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 11,181 | 12,401 | 12,619 | 1.8 | 12.9 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,671 | 7,454 | 7,647 | 2.6 | 14.6 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,428 | 4,865 | 4,893 | 0.6 | 10.5 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 82 | 82 | 79 | -2.5 | -2.9 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,635 | 13,281 | 13,161 | -0.9 | 13.1 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,580 | 4,050 | 3,948 | -2.5 | 10.3 |
| Metal service centres | 3,038 | 3,508 | 3,416 | -2.6 | 12.4 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,017 | 5,723 | 5,797 | 1.3 | 15.5 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 20,809 | 22,017 | 22,380 | 1.7 | 7.6 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,146 | 5,647 | 5,891 | 4.3 | 14.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,056 | 9,369 | 9,515 | 1.6 | -5.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,982 | 2,463 | 2,433 | -1.2 | 22.7 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,624 | 4,539 | 4,541 | 0.0 | 25.3 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,116 | 9,894 | 9,928 | 0.3 | 22.3 |
| Recyclable material | 519 | 868E | 847 | -2.4 | 63.3 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 768 | 761 | 752 | -1.2 | -2.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,067 | 3,959 | 3,889 | -1.8 | 26.8 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,327 | 1,343 | 1,347 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,434 | 2,964 | 3,094 | 4.4 | 27.1 |
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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