Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| July 2017 |
June 2018r |
July 2018p |
June to July 2018 | July 2017 to July 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 80,129 | 85,900 | 87,080 | 1.4 | 8.7 |
| Farm product | 182 | 172 | 172 | 0.1 | -5.4 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 8,053 | 8,324 | 8,474 | 1.8 | 5.2 |
| Food | 7,336 | 7,508 | 7,656 | 2.0 | 4.4 |
| Beverage | 496 | 512 | 516 | 0.8 | 4.2 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 221 | 304 | 301 | -1.0 | 36.6 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,812 | 14,352 | 14,976 | 4.3 | 8.4 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,838 | 2,818 | 2,928 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,064 | 1,078 | 1,169 | 8.5 | 9.8 |
| Home furnishings | 1,362 | 1,489 | 1,651 | 10.9 | 21.2 |
| Personal goods | 1,991 | 1,982 | 2,272 | 14.6 | 14.1 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,684 | 5,860 | 5,936 | 1.3 | 4.4 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 872 | 1,124 | 1,020 | -9.2 | 17.0 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 12,451 | 12,440 | 12,344 | -0.8 | -0.9 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,511 | 7,279 | 7,159 | -1.6 | -4.7 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,869 | 5,076 | 5,103 | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 72 | 85 | 82 | -3.5 | 14.7 |
| Building material and supplies | 13,169 | 14,833 | 15,155 | 2.2 | 15.1 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,844 | 4,218 | 4,392 | 4.1 | 14.2 |
| Metal service centres | 3,497 | 4,251 | 4,339 | 2.1 | 24.1 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,827 | 6,365 | 6,425 | 0.9 | 10.3 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 22,570 | 24,599 | 24,745 | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,145 | 6,695 | 6,799 | 1.5 | 10.6 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 9,603 | 10,850 | 10,822 | -0.3 | 12.7 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,382 | 2,300 | 2,373 | 3.2 | -0.4 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,440 | 4,753 | 4,751 | -0.0 | 7.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,892 | 11,181 | 11,213 | 0.3 | 13.4 |
| Recyclable material | 899 | 1,049E | 1,061E | 1.2 | 18.0 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 766 | 832 | 802 | -3.5 | 4.8 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,818 | 4,734 | 4,850 | 2.5 | 27.0 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,324 | 1,461 | 1,453 | -0.5 | 9.8 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,086 | 3,106 | 3,046 | -1.9 | -1.3 |
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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