Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| February 2016 |
January 2017r |
February 2017p |
January to February 2017 | February 2016 to February 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 72,549 | 73,949 | 74,112 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| Farm product | 242E | F | F | F | F |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 6,366 | 6,913 | 6,827 | -1.2 | 7.2 |
| Food | 5,764 | 6,245 | 6,203 | -0.7 | 7.6 |
| Beverage | 375 | 399 | 391 | -2.1 | 4.3 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 228 | 268 | 234 | -12.9 | 2.8 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,425 | 13,714 | 13,624 | -0.7 | 1.5 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,482 | 2,498 | 2,357 | -5.7 | -5.0 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 918 | 980 | 981 | 0.2 | 6.9 |
| Home furnishings | 1,313 | 1,304 | 1,322 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| Personal goods | 1,568 | 1,448E | 1,450 | 0.1 | -7.5 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,330 | 6,595 | 6,618 | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 813 | 890 | 897 | 0.8 | 10.2 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 10,458 | 11,255 | 11,328 | 0.6 | 8.3 |
| Motor vehicle | 5,806 | 6,243 | 6,316 | 1.2 | 8.8 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,558 | 4,922 | 4,924 | 0.0 | 8.0 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 94 | 90 | 88 | -2.1 | -6.0 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,911 | 11,918 | 11,891 | -0.2 | -0.2 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,284 | 3,266 | 3,215 | -1.6 | -2.1 |
| Metal service centres | 3,074 | 2,914 | 2,975 | 2.1 | -3.2 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,552 | 5,739 | 5,701 | -0.7 | 2.7 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 20,908 | 21,087 | 21,206 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 4,577 | 4,598 | 4,740 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,420 | 9,994 | 9,893 | -1.0 | -5.1 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,961 | 2,420 | 2,481 | 2.5 | 26.5 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,950 | 4,074 | 4,091 | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,239 | 8,818 | 8,988 | 1.9 | -2.7 |
| Recyclable material | 453 | 513E | 502E | -2.1 | 10.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 839 | 803 | 795 | -1.1 | -5.3 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,812 | 3,596 | 3,720 | 3.4 | -2.4 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,368 | 1,357 | 1,403 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,767 | 2,549 | 2,568 | 0.7 | -7.2 |
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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