Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| December 2017 |
November 2018r |
December 2018p |
November to December 2018 | December 2017 to December 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 82,346 | 88,620 | 90,315 | 1.9 | 9.7 |
| Farm product | 198 | 165 | 171 | 3.5 | -13.6 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 8,714 | 8,654 | 9,231 | 6.7 | 5.9 |
| Food | 7,931 | 7,689 | 8,244 | 7.2 | 3.9 |
| Beverage | 500 | 594 | 621 | 4.6 | 24.1 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 283 | 371 | 366 | -1.4 | 29.4 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,447 | 14,790 | 14,912 | 0.8 | 10.9 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,579 | 2,909 | 2,856E | -1.8 | 10.8 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,064 | 1,150 | 1,103 | -4.1 | 3.6 |
| Home furnishings | 1,293 | 1,563 | 1,522 | -2.6 | 17.7 |
| Personal goods | 1,763 | 2,120 | 2,215 | 4.5 | 25.7 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,696 | 6,034 | 6,157 | 2.0 | 8.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,052 | 1,014 | 1,059 | 4.4 | 0.6 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 12,192 | 12,578 | 12,558 | -0.2 | 3.0 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,183 | 7,370 | 7,181 | -2.6 | -0.0 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,933 | 5,124 | 5,293 | 3.3 | 7.3 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 75 | 83 | 84 | 1.0 | 11.5 |
| Building material and supplies | 14,164 | 15,283 | 15,371 | 0.6 | 8.5 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,962 | 4,242 | 4,239 | -0.1 | 7.0 |
| Metal service centres | 4,084 | 4,507 | 4,634 | 2.8 | 13.5 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,118 | 6,534 | 6,499 | -0.5 | 6.2 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 23,725 | 25,662 | 26,600 | 3.7 | 12.1 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,434 | 6,729 | 7,076 | 5.2 | 10.0 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,642 | 11,640 | 11,811 | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,227 | 2,560 | 2,624 | 2.5 | 17.8 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,422 | 4,732 | 5,088 | 7.5 | 15.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,906 | 11,489 | 11,472 | -0.1 | 15.8 |
| Recyclable material | 858 | 911E | 854 | -6.3 | -0.4 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 779 | 901 | 899 | -0.1 | 15.5 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,941 | 4,984 | 4,966 | -0.3 | 26.0 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,416 | 1,498 | 1,547 | 3.3 | 9.3 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,912 | 3,195 | 3,205 | 0.3 | 10.1 |
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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