Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| March 2017 |
February 2018r |
March 2018p |
February to March 2018 | March 2017 to March 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 77,553 | 82,625 | 82,571 | -0.1 | 6.5 |
| Farm product | 191 | 206 | 200 | -2.9 | 4.8 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 7,859 | 8,512 | 8,543 | 0.4 | 8.7 |
| Food | 7,104 | 7,717 | 7,752 | 0.5 | 9.1 |
| Beverage | 516 | 521 | 506 | -2.8 | -2.0 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 239 | 274 | 285 | 4.2 | 19.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,091 | 13,883 | 13,804 | -0.6 | 5.4 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,497 | 2,505 | 2,513 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,007 | 1,089 | 1,068 | -2.0 | 6.0 |
| Home furnishings | 1,225 | 1,407 | 1,393 | -1.0 | 13.8 |
| Personal goods | 1,824 | 1,938E | 1,819 | -6.1 | -0.3 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,608 | 5,913 | 5,993 | 1.3 | 6.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 930 | 1,029 | 1,018 | -1.1 | 9.5 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 12,121 | 12,202 | 12,043 | -1.3 | -0.6 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,062 | 7,109 | 6,892 | -3.0 | -2.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,989 | 5,017 | 5,075 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 71 | 75 | 76 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| Building material and supplies | 13,020 | 13,828 | 13,941 | 0.8 | 7.1 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,766 | 4,145 | 4,046 | -2.4 | 7.4 |
| Metal service centres | 3,666 | 3,672 | 3,842 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,588 | 6,012 | 6,054 | 0.7 | 8.3 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 21,755 | 23,910 | 23,905 | -0.0 | 9.9 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,821 | 6,476 | 6,685 | 3.2 | 14.8 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 9,221 | 10,634 | 10,498 | -1.3 | 13.8 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,443 | 2,313 | 2,311 | -0.1 | -5.4 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,270 | 4,486 | 4,411 | -1.7 | 3.3 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,515 | 10,085 | 10,133 | 0.5 | 6.5 |
| Recyclable material | 816 | 804 | 933 | 16.0 | 14.3 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 784 | 804 | 768 | -4.4 | -2.0 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,643 | 4,170 | 4,212 | 1.0 | 15.6 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,362 | 1,425 | 1,426 | 0.1 | 4.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,910 | 2,882 | 2,794 | -3.0 | -4.0 |
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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