Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| October 2018 |
September 2019r |
October 2019p |
September to October 2019 | October 2018 to October 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 87,382 | 92,075 | 91,575 | -0.5 | 4.8 |
| Farm product | 158 | 168 | 173 | 2.9 | 9.6 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 8,280 | 8,734 | 8,786 | 0.6 | 6.1 |
| Food | 7,464 | 7,825 | 7,898 | 0.9 | 5.8 |
| Beverage | 511 | 659 | 636 | -3.4 | 24.5 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 305 | 251 | 252 | 0.6 | -17.3 |
| Personal and household goods | 14,829 | 16,073 | 15,996 | -0.5 | 7.9 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,922 | 3,323 | 3,423 | 3.0 | 17.1 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,128 | 1,240 | 1,107 | -10.8 | -1.9 |
| Home furnishings | 1,434 | 1,668 | 1,477 | -11.5 | 3.0 |
| Personal goods | 1,973 | 2,079 | 1,947 | -6.3 | -1.3 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,362 | 6,611 | 6,918 | 4.6 | 8.7 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,009 | 1,151 | 1,124 | -2.3 | 11.4 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 12,021 | 12,991 | 13,265 | 2.1 | 10.4 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,043 | 7,725 | 7,986 | 3.4 | 13.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,891 | 5,167 | 5,182 | 0.3 | 5.9 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 86 | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 15,365 | 15,208 | 15,024 | -1.2 | -2.2 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,350 | 4,297 | 4,359 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
| Metal service centres | 4,610 | 4,498 | 4,304 | -4.3 | -6.6 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,405 | 6,413 | 6,361 | -0.8 | -0.7 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 25,329 | 27,392 | 26,844 | -2.0 | 6.0 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,803 | 7,107 | 6,757 | -4.9 | -0.7 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,311 | 12,844 | 12,617 | -1.8 | 11.6 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,507 | 2,653 | 2,759 | 4.0 | 10.0 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,707 | 4,788 | 4,711 | -1.6 | 0.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,401 | 11,509 | 11,485 | -0.2 | 0.7 |
| Recyclable material | 929E | 870 | 825 | -5.2 | -11.2 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 880 | 896 | 860 | -3.9 | -2.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,768 | 4,769 | 4,709 | -1.3 | -1.2 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,443 | 1,603 | 1,634 | 1.9 | 13.3 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,382 | 3,371 | 3,457 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
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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