Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| October 2016 |
September 2017r |
October 2017p |
September to October 2017 | October 2016 to October 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 75,275 | 81,385 | 82,063 | 0.8 | 9.0 |
| Farm product | 221E | 162 | 180 | 11.2 | -18.8 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 7,817 | 8,208 | 8,364 | 1.9 | 7.0 |
| Food | 7,177 | 7,558 | 7,714 | 2.1 | 7.5 |
| Beverage | 427 | 421 | 414 | -1.6 | -3.0 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 213 | 230 | 236 | 2.5 | 10.5 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,777 | 14,283 | 14,427 | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,779 | 3,175E | 3,314E | 4.4 | 19.3 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,015 | 1,122 | 1,095 | -2.3 | 7.9 |
| Home furnishings | 1,216 | 1,254 | 1,301 | 3.8 | 7.0 |
| Personal goods | 1,843E | 1,910 | 1,869 | -2.1 | 1.4 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,922 | 5,862 | 5,867 | 0.1 | -0.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,001 | 961 | 980 | 2.0 | -2.1 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 11,341 | 12,503 | 12,401 | -0.8 | 9.3 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,785 | 7,465 | 7,388 | -1.0 | 8.9 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,478 | 4,955 | 4,931 | -0.5 | 10.1 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 78 | 82 | 82 | -0.5 | 5.2 |
| Building material and supplies | 12,260 | 13,880 | 13,731 | -1.1 | 12.0 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,724 | 4,132 | 4,062 | -1.7 | 9.1 |
| Metal service centres | 3,207 | 3,574 | 3,730 | 4.4 | 16.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,329 | 6,174 | 5,939 | -3.8 | 11.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 21,608 | 22,745 | 23,550 | 3.5 | 9.0 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,491 | 5,948 | 6,187 | 4.0 | 12.7 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,132 | 9,654 | 9,993 | 3.5 | -1.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,137 | 2,386 | 2,406 | 0.8 | 12.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,848 | 4,757 | 4,964 | 4.3 | 29.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,250 | 9,604 | 9,410 | -2.0 | 14.1 |
| Recyclable material | 671E | 896 | 838E | -6.5 | 24.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 751 | 779 | 780 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,990 | 3,641 | 3,537 | -2.8 | 18.3 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,388 | 1,303 | 1,317 | 1.1 | -5.2 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,450 | 2,986 | 2,939 | -1.6 | 19.9 |
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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