Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| September 2016 |
August 2017r |
September 2017p |
August to September 2017 | September 2016 to September 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 74,429 | 80,657 | 81,143 | 0.6 | 9.0 |
| Farm product | 202E | 181 | 167 | -8.0 | -17.3 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 7,807 | 8,184 | 8,162 | -0.3 | 4.5 |
| Food | 7,193 | 7,550 | 7,496 | -0.7 | 4.2 |
| Beverage | 402 | 405 | 429 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 212 | 228 | 238 | 4.1 | 11.9 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,566 | 14,556 | 14,330 | -1.5 | 5.6 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,814 | F | 3,156E | F | 12.2 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 989 | 1,089 | 1,133 | 4.1 | 14.6 |
| Home furnishings | 1,213 | 1,257 | 1,246 | -0.9 | 2.7 |
| Personal goods | 1,763 | 2,051 | 1,932 | -5.8 | 9.6 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,789 | 5,677 | 5,848 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 999 | 957 | 1,015 | 6.1 | 1.6 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 11,375 | 12,480 | 12,250 | -1.8 | 7.7 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,913 | 7,519 | 7,185 | -4.4 | 3.9 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,382 | 4,880 | 4,982 | 2.1 | 13.7 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 80 | 81 | 82 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| Building material and supplies | 12,154 | 13,414 | 13,880 | 3.5 | 14.2 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,713 | 4,027 | 4,157 | 3.2 | 11.9 |
| Metal service centres | 3,152 | 3,567 | 3,550 | -0.5 | 12.6 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,289 | 5,821 | 6,173 | 6.1 | 16.7 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 21,252 | 22,130 | 22,683 | 2.5 | 6.7 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,298 | 5,516 | 5,923 | 7.4 | 11.8 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,104 | 9,553 | 9,618 | 0.7 | -4.8 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,053 | 2,360 | 2,397 | 1.6 | 16.8 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,798 | 4,701 | 4,745 | 0.9 | 24.9 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,073 | 9,712 | 9,671 | -0.4 | 19.8 |
| Recyclable material | 659 | 901 | 923 | 2.4 | 40.0 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 768 | 766 | 779 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Agricultural supplies | 2,920 | 3,696 | 3,642 | -1.4 | 24.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,363 | 1,337 | 1,311 | -1.9 | -3.8 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,363 | 3,012 | 3,016 | 0.1 | 27.6 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 081-0012.
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