Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| March 2018r |
February 2019r |
March 2019p |
February to March 2019 | March 2018 to March 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 81,877 | 89,604 | 89,979 | 0.4 | 9.9 |
| Farm product | 192 | 157 | 156 | -1.0 | -18.6 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 8,223 | 8,947 | 9,025 | 0.9 | 9.8 |
| Food | 7,462 | 8,039 | 8,134 | 1.2 | 9.0 |
| Beverage | 478 | 589 | 581 | -1.3 | 21.6 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 283 | 320 | 309 | -3.2 | 9.4 |
| Personal and household goods | 13,997 | 15,081 | 15,392 | 2.1 | 10.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,582 | 3,037 | 3,204 | 5.5 | 24.1 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,004 | 1,026 | 1,020 | -0.6 | 1.6 |
| Home furnishings | 1,399 | 1,439 | 1,444 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
| Personal goods | 1,847 | 2,095 | 2,014 | -3.9 | 9.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,147 | 6,501 | 6,658 | 2.4 | 8.3 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,018 | 984 | 1,052 | 7.0 | 3.4 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,866 | 12,918 | 12,597 | -2.5 | 6.2 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,866 | 7,462 | 7,425 | -0.5 | 8.2 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,920 | 5,373 | 5,087 | -5.3 | 3.4 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 81 | 83 | 85 | 2.2 | 5.3 |
| Building material and supplies | 13,845 | 15,248 | 15,326 | 0.5 | 10.7 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,957 | 4,177 | 4,261 | 2.0 | 7.7 |
| Metal service centres | 3,912 | 4,779 | 4,644 | -2.8 | 18.7 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,976 | 6,292 | 6,421 | 2.1 | 7.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 23,581 | 25,975 | 26,299 | 1.2 | 11.5 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,665 | 6,907 | 6,900 | -0.1 | 3.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,327 | 11,897 | 12,135 | 2.0 | 17.5 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,229 | 2,525 | 2,548 | 0.9 | 14.3 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,359 | 4,647 | 4,715 | 1.5 | 8.2 |
| Miscellaneous | 10,172 | 11,276 | 11,185 | -0.8 | 10.0 |
| Recyclable material | 954 | 820 | 860 | 4.8 | -9.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 782 | 888 | 834 | -6.0 | 6.7 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,153 | 4,760 | 4,726 | -0.7 | 13.8 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,375 | 1,526 | 1,511 | -1.0 | 9.9 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,908 | 3,282 | 3,253 | -0.9 | 11.9 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
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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