Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| November 2016 |
October 2017r |
November 2017p |
October to November 2017 | November 2016 to November 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 75,555 | 82,074 | 81,106 | -1.2 | 7.3 |
| Farm product | 214E | 187 | 202 | 7.6 | -5.7 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 8,034 | 8,415 | 8,512 | 1.2 | 6.0 |
| Food | 7,379 | 7,755 | 7,828 | 0.9 | 6.1 |
| Beverage | 436 | 418 | 436 | 4.5 | 0.2 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 220 | 242 | 248 | 2.5 | 13.0 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,327 | 14,425 | 14,106 | -2.2 | 5.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,772 | 3,301E | F | F | F |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 913 | 1,077 | 1,052 | -2.3 | 15.2 |
| Home furnishings | 1,203 | 1,307 | 1,262 | -3.4 | 4.9 |
| Personal goods | 1,602E | 1,870 | 1,715 | -8.3 | 7.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,829 | 5,887 | 5,664 | -3.8 | -2.8 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,007 | 982 | 1,047 | 6.6 | 3.9 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 11,638 | 12,273 | 11,777 | -4.0 | 1.2 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,835 | 7,303 | 6,899 | -5.5 | 0.9 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,724 | 4,889 | 4,799 | -1.8 | 1.6 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 79 | 82 | 79 | -2.7 | 0.2 |
| Building material and supplies | 12,200 | 13,778 | 14,088 | 2.2 | 15.5 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,721 | 4,065 | 4,065 | -0.0 | 9.2 |
| Metal service centres | 3,148 | 3,757 | 3,876 | 3.2 | 23.1 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,331 | 5,956 | 6,147 | 3.2 | 15.3 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 21,707 | 23,553 | 22,766 | -3.3 | 4.9 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,612 | 6,230 | 5,833 | -6.4 | 3.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,084 | 10,014 | 10,119 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,104 | 2,303 | 2,272 | -1.3 | 8.0 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,907 | 5,006 | 4,542 | -9.3 | 16.2 |
| Miscellaneous | 8,434 | 9,442 | 9,655 | 2.3 | 14.5 |
| Recyclable material | 706E | 862E | 915E | 6.2 | 29.5 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 746 | 784 | 801 | 2.2 | 7.5 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,074 | 3,571 | 3,701 | 3.6 | 20.4 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,417 | 1,319 | 1,336 | 1.3 | -5.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,491 | 2,906 | 2,902 | -0.2 | 16.5 |
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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