Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| August 2016 |
July 2017r |
August 2017p |
July to August 2017 | August 2016 to August 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 73,745 | 80,628 | 80,778 | 0.2 | 9.5 |
| Farm product | 188E | 188 | 186 | -1.0 | -0.8 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 7,698 | 8,059 | 8,180 | 1.5 | 6.3 |
| Food | 7,052 | 7,432 | 7,546 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| Beverage | 411 | 415 | 406 | -2.1 | -1.2 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 235 | 212 | 228 | 7.2 | -3.0 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,595 | 14,461 | 14,626 | 1.1 | 7.6 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,753 | 3,545E | F | F | F |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 864 | 1,069 | 1,106 | 3.4 | 27.9 |
| Home furnishings | 1,196 | 1,215 | 1,282 | 5.5 | 7.2 |
| Personal goods | 1,886 | 2,098 | 2,047 | -2.4 | 8.5 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,913 | 5,680 | 5,659 | -0.4 | -4.3 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 983 | 853 | 1,007 | 18.0 | 2.4 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 11,321 | 12,469 | 12,408 | -0.5 | 9.6 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,777 | 7,502 | 7,459 | -0.6 | 10.1 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,463 | 4,888 | 4,869 | -0.4 | 9.1 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 81 | 79 | 80 | 1.7 | -0.8 |
| Building material and supplies | 11,899 | 13,164 | 13,385 | 1.7 | 12.5 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,630 | 3,952 | 3,983 | 0.8 | 9.7 |
| Metal service centres | 3,081 | 3,423 | 3,562 | 4.1 | 15.6 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,188 | 5,788 | 5,840 | 0.9 | 12.6 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 20,945 | 22,412 | 22,369 | -0.2 | 6.8 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,236 | 5,902 | 5,734 | -2.9 | 9.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 9,898 | 9,538 | 9,597 | 0.6 | -3.0 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,071 | 2,413 | 2,338 | -3.1 | 12.9 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,740 | 4,559 | 4,699 | 3.1 | 25.6 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,098 | 9,875 | 9,625 | -2.5 | 18.8 |
| Recyclable material | 527 | 841 | 824E | -2.0 | 56.3 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 777 | 754 | 759 | 0.6 | -2.4 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,044 | 3,863 | 3,690 | -4.5 | 21.2 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,344 | 1,342 | 1,347 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,406 | 3,075 | 3,004 | -2.3 | 24.9 |
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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