Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| September 2017 |
August 2018r |
September 2018p |
August to September 2018 | September 2017 to September 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 81,025 | 86,738 | 87,263 | 0.6 | 7.7 |
| Farm product | 157 | 155 | 152 | -2.5 | -3.2 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 8,161 | 8,172 | 8,094 | -1.0 | -0.8 |
| Food | 7,423 | 7,403 | 7,331 | -1.0 | -1.2 |
| Beverage | 497 | 515 | 511 | -0.8 | 2.8 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 240 | 254 | 252 | -0.9 | 4.6 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,848 | 14,705 | 14,793 | 0.6 | 6.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,566 | F | F | F | F |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,121 | 1,077 | 1,076 | -0.1 | -4.0 |
| Home furnishings | 1,427 | F | F | F | F |
| Personal goods | 1,841 | F | 1,961 | F | 6.5 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,866 | 5,656 | 6,145 | 8.6 | 4.8 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,028 | F | F | F | F |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 12,500 | 12,301 | 12,185 | -0.9 | -2.5 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,463 | 7,242 | 7,066 | -2.4 | -5.3 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,962 | 4,980 | 5,043 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 74 | 78 | 76 | -2.3 | 2.8 |
| Building material and supplies | 13,911 | 14,861 | 15,210 | 2.4 | 9.3 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,010 | 4,293 | 4,314 | 0.5 | 7.6 |
| Metal service centres | 3,658 | 4,275 | 4,532 | 6.0 | 23.9 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,243 | 6,293 | 6,363 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 22,724 | 25,252 | 25,537 | 1.1 | 12.4 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,142 | 6,979 | 6,894 | -1.2 | 12.2 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 9,787 | 11,132 | 11,388 | 2.3 | 16.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,320 | 2,346 | 2,462 | 5.0 | 6.1 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,474 | 4,795 | 4,794 | -0.0 | 7.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,724 | 11,293 | 11,292 | -0.0 | 16.1 |
| Recyclable material | 917 | 987 | F | F | F |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 795 | 815 | 884 | 8.4 | 11.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,678 | 4,858 | 4,787 | -1.4 | 30.2 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,304 | 1,491 | 1,502 | 0.7 | 15.2 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,031 | 3,142 | 3,208 | 2.1 | 5.8 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 20-10-0076-01.
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