Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
October 2013 |
September 2014r |
October 2014p |
September to October 2014 | October 2013 to October 2014 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
Total, wholesale inventories | 61,629 | 67,400 | 68,190 | 1.2 | 10.6 |
Farm product | 232E | 249E | F | F | F |
Food, beverage and tobacco | 5,754 | 6,242 | 6,349 | 1.7 | 10.3 |
Food | 5,181 | 5,645 | 5,758 | 2.0 | 11.1 |
Beverage | 339 | 355 | 358 | 0.7 | 5.5 |
Cigarette and tobacco product | 234 | 242 | 233 | -3.6 | -0.2 |
Personal and household goods | 10,825 | 11,561 | 11,570 | 0.1 | 6.9 |
Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,944 | 2,094 | 2,091 | -0.2 | 7.6 |
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 733 | 757 | 745 | -1.6 | 1.6 |
Home furnishings | 1,064 | 1,193 | 1,197 | 0.3 | 12.5 |
Personal goods | 1,426 | 1,342 | 1,381 | 2.9 | -3.2 |
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,915 | 5,497 | 5,456 | -0.7 | 11.0 |
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 742 | 677 | 700 | 3.3 | -5.7 |
Motor vehicle and parts | 8,009 | 9,059 | 9,198 | 1.5 | 14.8 |
Motor vehicle | 4,247 | 4,841 | 4,928 | 1.8 | 16.1 |
New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 3,648 | 4,109 | 4,161 | 1.2 | 14.1 |
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 114 | 108 | 109 | 0.7 | -4.8 |
Building material and supplies | 11,166 | 11,969 | 12,285 | 2.6 | 10.0 |
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 2,994 | 3,198 | 3,211 | 0.4 | 7.3 |
Metal service centres | 3,275 | 3,665 | 3,731 | 1.8 | 13.9 |
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,898 | 5,105 | 5,344 | 4.7 | 9.1 |
Machinery, equipment and supplies | 17,731 | 19,476 | 19,760 | 1.5 | 11.4 |
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 4,085 | 4,306 | 4,375 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 8,655 | 9,693 | 9,953 | 2.7 | 15.0 |
Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,561 | 1,791 | 1,833 | 2.3 | 17.4 |
Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,430 | 3,686 | 3,600 | -2.3 | 5.0 |
Miscellaneous | 7,912 | 8,844 | 8,766 | -0.9 | 10.8 |
Recyclable material | 547 | 600 | 621 | 3.5 | 13.4 |
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 662 | 734 | 735 | 0.1 | 11.0 |
Agricultural supplies | 3,154 | 3,946 | 3,844 | -2.6 | 21.9 |
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,004 | 1,177 | 1,180 | 0.2 | 17.6 |
Other miscellaneous | 2,545 | 2,387 | 2,386 | -0.0 | -6.2 |
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):
CANSIM table 081-0012.
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