Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| December 2016 |
November 2017r |
December 2017p |
November to December 2017 | December 2016 to December 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 76,722 | 81,478 | 82,833 | 1.7 | 8.0 |
| Farm product | 202 | 202 | 201 | -0.1 | -0.2 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 8,155 | 8,526 | 9,002 | 5.6 | 10.4 |
| Food | 7,418 | 7,845 | 8,227 | 4.9 | 10.9 |
| Beverage | 444 | 433 | 447 | 3.3 | 0.8 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 293 | 248 | 328 | 32.1 | 11.8 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,519 | 14,116 | 13,969 | -1.0 | 3.3 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,914E | F | F | F | F |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,012 | 1,053 | 1,043 | -1.0 | 3.0 |
| Home furnishings | 1,175 | 1,301 | 1,312 | 0.8 | 11.6 |
| Personal goods | 1,678 | 1,716 | 1,725 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,741 | 5,658 | 5,749 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 998 | 1,059 | 962 | -9.2 | -3.6 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 12,096 | 11,867 | 12,142 | 2.3 | 0.4 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,141 | 7,001 | 7,121 | 1.7 | -0.3 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,872 | 4,786 | 4,941 | 3.2 | 1.4 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 83 | 80 | 80 | -0.1 | -3.9 |
| Building material and supplies | 12,266 | 14,091 | 14,014 | -0.5 | 14.2 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,777 | 4,077 | 4,128 | 1.2 | 9.3 |
| Metal service centres | 3,113 | 3,892 | 3,907 | 0.4 | 25.5 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,376 | 6,121 | 5,979 | -2.3 | 11.2 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 21,868 | 22,756 | 23,568 | 3.6 | 7.8 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,699 | 5,800 | 6,161 | 6.2 | 8.1 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 9,947 | 10,157 | 10,672 | 5.1 | 7.3 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,271 | 2,274 | 2,275 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,951 | 4,525 | 4,460 | -1.4 | 12.9 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,616 | 9,921 | 9,936 | 0.1 | 15.3 |
| Recyclable material | 783E | 898E | 850 | -5.3 | 8.5 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 752 | 800 | 761 | -5.0 | 1.1 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,190 | 3,821 | 3,902 | 2.1 | 22.3 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,399 | 1,504 | 1,597 | 6.1 | 14.1 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,491 | 2,898 | 2,826 | -2.5 | 13.5 |
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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