Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| April 2017 |
March 2018r |
April 2018p |
March to April 2018 | April 2017 to April 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 78,624 | 82,542 | 82,630 | 0.1 | 5.1 |
| Farm product | 189 | 199 | 200 | 0.6 | 5.9 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 7,978 | 8,508 | 8,295 | -2.5 | 4.0 |
| Food | 7,234 | 7,720 | 7,531 | -2.4 | 4.1 |
| Beverage | 510 | 502 | 482 | -4.1 | -5.6 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 234 | 285 | 282 | -1.3 | 20.6 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,385 | 13,830 | 13,633 | -1.4 | 1.9 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,599 | 2,502 | 2,505 | 0.1 | -3.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,102 | 1,075 | 1,063 | -1.1 | -3.5 |
| Home furnishings | 1,311 | 1,378 | 1,310 | -4.9 | -0.1 |
| Personal goods | 1,843 | 1,835 | 1,896E | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,623 | 6,020 | 5,780 | -4.0 | 2.8 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 908 | 1,020 | 1,079 | 5.8 | 18.9 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 12,356 | 12,033 | 12,112 | 0.7 | -2.0 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,300 | 6,949 | 7,029 | 1.1 | -3.7 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,984 | 5,007 | 5,008 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 72 | 77 | 76 | -1.1 | 5.0 |
| Building material and supplies | 13,022 | 13,855 | 14,052 | 1.4 | 7.9 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,754 | 4,045 | 4,079 | 0.8 | 8.6 |
| Metal service centres | 3,540 | 3,834 | 3,869 | 0.9 | 9.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,727 | 5,977 | 6,104 | 2.1 | 6.6 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 21,994 | 23,938 | 23,809 | -0.5 | 8.3 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,904 | 6,637 | 6,642 | 0.1 | 12.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 9,396 | 10,537 | 10,451 | -0.8 | 11.2 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,342 | 2,299 | 2,219 | -3.5 | -5.3 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,352 | 4,465 | 4,497 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,700 | 10,179 | 10,529 | 3.4 | 8.6 |
| Recyclable material | 772 | 943 | 957 | 1.5 | 23.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 792 | 780 | 782 | 0.2 | -1.3 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,782 | 4,234 | 4,449 | 5.1 | 17.6 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,351 | 1,426 | 1,426 | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,002 | 2,797 | 2,916 | 4.2 | -2.9 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 20-10-0076-01.
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