Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| January 2014 |
December 2014r |
January 2015p |
December 2014 to January 2015 | January 2014 to January 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 62,327 | 69,278 | 70,183 | 1.3 | 12.6 |
| Farm product | 240E | 277E | F | F | F |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 5,680 | 6,440 | 6,407 | -0.5 | 12.8 |
| Food | 5,086 | 5,806 | 5,839 | 0.6 | 14.8 |
| Beverage | 353 | 343 | 330 | -3.6 | -6.3 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 242 | 292 | 238 | -18.4 | -1.5 |
| Personal and household goods | 11,149 | 11,777 | 11,928 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,959 | 2,053 | 2,090 | 1.8 | 6.7 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 783 | 768 | 784 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| Home furnishings | 1,162 | 1,236 | 1,229 | -0.6 | 5.8 |
| Personal goods | 1,458 | 1,387 | 1,482 | 6.8 | 1.7 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,014 | 5,631 | 5,632 | 0.0 | 12.3 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 773 | 701 | 711 | 1.4 | -8.1 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 8,048 | 9,378 | 9,636 | 2.8 | 19.7 |
| Motor vehicle | 4,380 | 5,170 | 5,403 | 4.5 | 23.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 3,554 | 4,100 | 4,128 | 0.7 | 16.2 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 114 | 107 | 105 | -2.7 | -8.4 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,374 | 12,716 | 12,794 | 0.6 | 12.5 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,038 | 3,243 | 3,287 | 1.3 | 8.2 |
| Metal service centres | 3,242 | 3,910 | 3,908 | -0.0 | 20.6 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,094 | 5,562 | 5,599 | 0.7 | 9.9 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 18,040 | 19,808 | 20,205 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 4,044 | 4,393 | 4,516 | 2.8 | 11.7 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 8,884 | 9,828 | 9,988 | 1.6 | 12.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,620 | 1,843 | 1,896 | 2.9 | 17.0 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,492 | 3,744 | 3,806 | 1.7 | 9.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 7,796 | 8,882 | 8,926 | 0.5 | 14.5 |
| Recyclable material | 507 | 634 | 624 | -1.5 | 23.2 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 701 | 704 | 717 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,104 | 3,744 | 3,778 | 0.9 | 21.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 980 | 1,300 | 1,315 | 1.2 | 34.3 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,504 | 2,500 | 2,491 | -0.4 | -0.5 |
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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