Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| May 2017 |
April 2018r |
May 2018p |
April to May 2018 | May 2017 to May 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 79,030 | 82,778 | 83,971 | 1.4 | 6.3 |
| Farm product | 196 | 194 | 183 | -5.4 | -6.6 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 8,010 | 8,199 | 8,040 | -1.9 | 0.4 |
| Food | 7,248 | 7,438 | 7,268 | -2.3 | 0.3 |
| Beverage | 515 | 483 | 488 | 1.1 | -5.3 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 247 | 278 | 284 | 2.2 | 15.2 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,407 | 13,629 | 13,811 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,636 | 2,483 | 2,491 | 0.3 | -5.5 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,074 | 1,059 | 1,037 | -2.1 | -3.4 |
| Home furnishings | 1,296 | 1,305 | 1,437 | 10.1 | 10.8 |
| Personal goods | 1,815E | 1,896E | 1,946E | 2.6 | 7.2 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,621 | 5,776 | 5,779 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 965 | 1,109 | 1,122 | 1.2 | 16.3 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 12,544 | 12,171 | 12,409 | 2.0 | -1.1 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,697 | 7,095 | 7,300 | 2.9 | -5.2 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,773 | 5,000 | 5,020 | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 74 | 76 | 89 | 17.2 | 20.6 |
| Building material and supplies | 13,314 | 14,072 | 14,348 | 2.0 | 7.8 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,818 | 4,087 | 4,119 | 0.8 | 7.9 |
| Metal service centres | 3,738 | 3,860 | 4,007 | 3.8 | 7.2 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,758 | 6,125 | 6,222 | 1.6 | 8.0 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 21,746 | 23,922 | 24,302 | 1.6 | 11.8 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,614 | 6,601 | 6,598 | -0.0 | 17.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 9,480 | 10,556 | 10,650 | 0.9 | 12.3 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,316 | 2,222 | 2,296 | 3.3 | -0.9 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,337 | 4,543 | 4,758 | 4.7 | 9.7 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,812 | 10,593 | 10,877 | 2.7 | 10.9 |
| Recyclable material | 852 | 964 | 1,004E | 4.2 | 17.8 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 800 | 785 | 807 | 2.8 | 0.9 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,863 | 4,468 | 4,562 | 2.1 | 18.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,340 | 1,428 | 1,439 | 0.7 | 7.4 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,957 | 2,947 | 3,066 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
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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