Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| May 2018 |
April 2019r |
May 2019p |
April to May 2019 | May 2018 to May 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 83,954 | 90,543 | 91,574 | 1.1 | 9.1 |
| Farm product | 176 | 160 | 176 | 9.5 | 0.0 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 7,935 | 8,929 | 9,243 | 3.5 | 16.5 |
| Food | 7,193 | 8,007 | 8,344 | 4.2 | 16.0 |
| Beverage | 464 | 612 | 621 | 1.4 | 33.8 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 278 | 310 | 278 | -10.3 | -0.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 14,571 | 15,646 | 15,860 | 1.4 | 8.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,642 | 3,455 | 3,571 | 3.4 | 35.2 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 987 | 1,016 | 1,110 | 9.3 | 12.5 |
| Home furnishings | 1,416 | 1,469 | 1,471 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
| Personal goods | 2,419E | 2,038 | 2,145 | 5.2 | -11.3 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,977 | 6,611 | 6,520 | -1.4 | 9.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,131 | 1,057 | 1,044 | -1.3 | -7.7 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 12,182 | 12,695 | 12,877 | 1.4 | 5.7 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,180 | 7,265 | 7,420 | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,912 | 5,318 | 5,343 | 0.5 | 8.8 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 90 | 112E | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 14,301 | 15,458 | 15,455 | 0.0 | 8.1 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,031 | 4,234 | 4,267 | 0.8 | 5.9 |
| Metal service centres | 4,098 | 4,878 | 4,749 | -2.6 | 15.9 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,173 | 6,347 | 6,439 | 1.4 | 4.3 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 23,914 | 26,548 | 26,741 | 0.7 | 11.8 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,646 | 6,983 | 7,029 | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,486 | 12,303 | 12,187 | -0.9 | 16.2 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,233 | 2,577 | 2,621 | 1.7 | 17.4 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,550 | 4,685 | 4,904 | 4.7 | 7.8 |
| Miscellaneous | 10,875 | 11,106 | 11,223 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| Recyclable material | 962E | 901 | 872E | -3.2 | -9.4 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 808 | 919 | 964 | 4.9 | 19.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,477 | 4,732 | 4,882 | 3.2 | 9.0 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,390 | 1,457 | 1,438 | -1.3 | 3.5 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,237 | 3,097 | 3,067 | -1.0 | -5.2 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
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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