Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| November 2018 |
October 2019r |
November 2019p |
October to November 2019 | November 2018 to November 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 87,607 | 91,534 | 91,855 | 0.4 | 4.8 |
| Farm product | 162 | 174 | 167 | -4.0 | 3.7 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 8,559 | 8,771 | 8,875 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
| Food | 7,664 | 7,882 | 7,978 | 1.2 | 4.1 |
| Beverage | 560 | 638 | 644 | 0.9 | 14.9 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 334 | 252 | 254 | 0.5 | -24.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 14,548 | 15,995 | 16,049 | 0.3 | 10.3 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,873 | 3,466 | 3,662 | 5.7 | 27.5 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,062 | 1,127 | 1,088 | -3.5 | 2.4 |
| Home furnishings | 1,421 | 1,490 | 1,426 | -4.3 | 0.3 |
| Personal goods | 2,080 | 1,968 | 2,013 | 2.3 | -3.2 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,079 | 6,831 | 6,751 | -1.2 | 11.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,033 | 1,112 | 1,109 | -0.3 | 7.4 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 12,569 | 13,254 | 13,417 | 1.2 | 6.7 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,553 | 7,968 | 8,164 | 2.5 | 8.1 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,930 | 5,188 | 5,148 | -0.8 | 4.4 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 86 | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 15,259 | 15,089 | 14,959 | -0.9 | -2.0 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,130 | 4,384 | 4,435 | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| Metal service centres | 4,660 | 4,346 | 4,144 | -4.7 | -11.1 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,469 | 6,358 | 6,379 | 0.3 | -1.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 25,157 | 26,804 | 26,988 | 0.7 | 7.3 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,669 | 6,722 | 6,813 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,491 | 12,641 | 12,593 | -0.4 | 9.6 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,549 | 2,744 | 2,688 | -2.1 | 5.5 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,448 | 4,696 | 4,893 | 4.2 | 10.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,355 | 11,447 | 11,401 | -0.4 | 0.4 |
| Recyclable material | 915E | 823 | 877 | 6.5 | -4.2 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 892 | 853 | 901 | 5.6 | 1.0 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,828 | 4,671 | 4,584 | -1.9 | -5.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,456 | 1,641 | 1,677 | 2.2 | 15.2 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,263 | 3,458 | 3,362 | -2.8 | 3.0 |
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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