Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| October 2014 |
September 2015r |
October 2015p |
September to October 2015 | October 2014 to October 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 67,766 | 72,810 | 73,163 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| Farm product | 245 | 250E | F | F | F |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 6,310 | 6,577 | 6,532 | -0.7 | 3.5 |
| Food | 5,725 | 5,966 | 5,946 | -0.3 | 3.9 |
| Beverage | 352 | 362 | 358 | -1.2 | 1.6 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 234 | 249 | 229 | -8.3 | -2.2 |
| Personal and household goods | 11,543 | 12,933 | 13,236 | 2.3 | 14.7 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,080 | 2,406 | 2,449 | 1.8 | 17.8 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 768 | 833 | 839 | 0.8 | 9.3 |
| Home furnishings | 1,207 | 1,279 | 1,305 | 2.0 | 8.1 |
| Personal goods | 1,381 | 1,690 | 1,741E | 3.0 | 26.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,411 | 5,980 | 6,117 | 2.3 | 13.0 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 696 | 746 | 785 | 5.2 | 12.8 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 9,174 | 10,262 | 10,605 | 3.3 | 15.6 |
| Motor vehicle | 4,930 | 5,662 | 5,956 | 5.2 | 20.8 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,137 | 4,499 | 4,551 | 1.2 | 10.0 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 107 | 101 | 98 | -3.2 | -8.3 |
| Building material and supplies | 12,420 | 12,191 | 12,020 | -1.4 | -3.2 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,151 | 3,283 | 3,239 | -1.3 | 2.8 |
| Metal service centres | 3,789 | 3,372 | 3,264 | -3.2 | -13.9 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,481 | 5,535 | 5,517 | -0.3 | 0.7 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 19,309 | 21,181 | 21,325 | 0.7 | 10.4 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 4,385 | 4,530 | 4,518 | -0.3 | 3.0 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 9,523 | 10,528 | 10,715 | 1.8 | 12.5 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,843 | 2,114 | 2,035 | -3.8 | 10.4 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,559 | 4,009 | 4,058 | 1.2 | 14.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,765 | 9,415 | 9,200 | -2.3 | 5.0 |
| Recyclable material | 590 | 532 | 513 | -3.5 | -12.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 806 | 839 | 867 | 3.3 | 7.5 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,789 | 3,966 | 3,814 | -3.8 | 0.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,199 | 1,359 | 1,351 | -0.6 | 12.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,381 | 2,719 | 2,654 | -2.4 | 11.5 |
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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