Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| October 2017 |
September 2018r |
October 2018p |
September to October 2018 | October 2017 to October 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 81,430 | 87,171 | 87,990 | 0.9 | 8.1 |
| Farm product | 186 | 152 | 158 | 4.3 | -14.9 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 8,308 | 8,053 | 8,346 | 3.6 | 0.5 |
| Food | 7,557 | 7,284 | 7,513 | 3.1 | -0.6 |
| Beverage | 491 | 512 | 532 | 3.9 | 8.5 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 260 | 256 | 300 | 17.1 | 15.2 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,943 | 14,840 | 14,701 | -0.9 | 5.4 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,653 | F | F | F | F |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,082 | 1,090 | 1,104 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
| Home furnishings | 1,396 | F | 1,568 | F | 12.3 |
| Personal goods | 1,765 | 1,960 | 1,950 | -0.5 | 10.5 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,044 | 6,149 | 6,128 | -0.3 | 1.4 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,004 | F | F | F | F |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 12,327 | 12,203 | 12,297 | 0.8 | -0.2 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,361 | 7,065 | 7,125 | 0.8 | -3.2 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,892 | 5,062 | 5,090 | 0.6 | 4.0 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 74 | 76 | 83 | 8.2 | 12.0 |
| Building material and supplies | 13,823 | 15,112 | 15,320 | 1.4 | 10.8 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,943 | 4,230 | 4,459 | 5.4 | 13.1 |
| Metal service centres | 3,871 | 4,514 | 4,461 | -1.2 | 15.2 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,009 | 6,367 | 6,400 | 0.5 | 6.5 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 23,350 | 25,475 | 25,677 | 0.8 | 10.0 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,375 | 6,898 | 6,935 | 0.5 | 8.8 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,002 | 11,282 | 11,321 | 0.4 | 13.2 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,268 | 2,470 | 2,443 | -1.1 | 7.7 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,705 | 4,825 | 4,978 | 3.2 | 5.8 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,493 | 11,337 | 11,491 | 1.4 | 21.0 |
| Recyclable material | 865E | F | F | F | F |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 795 | 884 | 888 | 0.5 | 11.7 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,541 | 4,819 | 4,897 | 1.6 | 38.3 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,319 | 1,502 | 1,479 | -1.5 | 12.1 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,972 | 3,228 | 3,281 | 1.6 | 10.4 |
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):
Table 20-10-0076-01.
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