Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| July 2014 |
June 2015r |
July 2015p |
June to July 2015 | July 2014 to July 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 66,943 | 72,529 | 72,950 | 0.6 | 9.0 |
| Farm product | 242E | 261 | F | F | F |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 6,137 | 6,550 | 6,630 | 1.2 | 8.0 |
| Food | 5,542 | 5,873 | 5,953 | 1.4 | 7.4 |
| Beverage | 355 | 364 | 355 | -2.6 | 0.1 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 241 | 313 | 322 | 2.8 | 33.3 |
| Personal and household goods | 11,546 | 12,426 | 12,561 | 1.1 | 8.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,087 | 2,239 | 2,291 | 2.3 | 9.8 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 762 | 797 | 775 | -2.8 | 1.7 |
| Home furnishings | 1,186 | 1,224 | 1,255 | 2.5 | 5.8 |
| Personal goods | 1,346 | 1,586E | 1,613E | 1.7 | 19.8 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,458 | 5,861 | 5,904 | 0.7 | 8.2 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 707 | 719 | 724 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 8,944 | 10,015 | 10,112 | 1.0 | 13.1 |
| Motor vehicle | 4,891 | 5,581 | 5,609 | 0.5 | 14.7 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 3,951 | 4,332 | 4,401 | 1.6 | 11.4 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 102 | 102 | 102 | -0.4 | -0.2 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,996 | 12,736 | 12,493 | -1.9 | 4.1 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,124 | 3,431 | 3,337 | -2.7 | 6.8 |
| Metal service centres | 3,568 | 3,628 | 3,532 | -2.6 | -1.0 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,304 | 5,677 | 5,623 | -1.0 | 6.0 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 19,500 | 21,237 | 21,436 | 0.9 | 9.9 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 4,245 | 4,630 | 4,450 | -3.9 | 4.8 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,034 | 10,585 | 10,923 | 3.2 | 8.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,767 | 2,122 | 2,132 | 0.5 | 20.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,455 | 3,901 | 3,932 | 0.8 | 13.8 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,578 | 9,304 | 9,449 | 1.6 | 10.2 |
| Recyclable material | 561 | 578 | 585 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 770 | 815 | 813 | -0.2 | 5.6 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,670 | 3,849 | 4,020 | 4.4 | 9.5 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,184 | 1,331 | 1,349 | 1.3 | 13.9 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,392 | 2,731 | 2,683 | -1.8 | 12.1 |
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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