Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| February 2014 |
January 2015r |
February 2015p |
January to February 2015 | February 2014 to February 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 62,766 | 70,353 | 70,748 | 0.6 | 12.7 |
| Farm product | 259E | F | F | F | F |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 5,617 | 6,412 | 6,422 | 0.2 | 14.3 |
| Food | 5,022 | 5,840 | 5,847 | 0.1 | 16.4 |
| Beverage | 349 | 334 | 340 | 1.9 | -2.6 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 247 | 238 | 235 | -1.2 | -4.7 |
| Personal and household goods | 10,987 | 11,950 | 12,180 | 1.9 | 10.9 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 1,974 | 2,091 | 2,110 | 0.9 | 6.9 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 799 | 801 | 820 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| Home furnishings | 1,193 | 1,228 | 1,247E | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| Personal goods | 1,305 | 1,482 | 1,490 | 0.6 | 14.2 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 4,937 | 5,646 | 5,823 | 3.1 | 17.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 780 | 703 | 690 | -1.8 | -11.5 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 8,304 | 9,595 | 9,574 | -0.2 | 15.3 |
| Motor vehicle | 4,549 | 5,381 | 5,416 | 0.6 | 19.1 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 3,642 | 4,106 | 4,049 | -1.4 | 11.2 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 114 | 108 | 109 | 1.1 | -4.0 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,198 | 12,821 | 12,825 | 0.0 | 14.5 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,033 | 3,307 | 3,325 | 0.5 | 9.6 |
| Metal service centres | 3,235 | 3,873 | 3,842 | -0.8 | 18.8 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 4,930 | 5,641 | 5,658 | 0.3 | 14.8 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 18,429 | 20,209 | 20,260 | 0.3 | 9.9 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 4,164 | 4,497 | 4,453 | -1.0 | 6.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 9,109 | 10,009 | 10,069 | 0.6 | 10.5 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,621 | 1,911 | 1,954 | 2.3 | 20.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,535 | 3,792 | 3,784 | -0.2 | 7.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 7,972 | 9,064 | 9,155 | 1.0 | 14.8 |
| Recyclable material | 529 | 627 | 576 | -8.2 | 8.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 711 | 717 | 721 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,156 | 3,868 | 3,914 | 1.2 | 24.0 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,038 | 1,315 | 1,346 | 2.4 | 29.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,538 | 2,536 | 2,598 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
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):
CANSIM table 081-0012.
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