Table 3 
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  June
2018
May
2019r
June
2019p
May to June 2019 June 2018 to June 2019
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total, wholesale inventories 85,236 91,887 93,268 1.5 9.4
Farm product 171 175 185 6.0 8.5
Food, beverage and tobacco 8,143 9,216 9,323 1.2 14.5
Food 7,334 8,316 8,361 0.5 14.0
Beverage 508 622 640 2.8 26.0
Cigarette and tobacco product 302 278 322 16.2 6.8
Personal and household goods 14,835 15,950 16,250 1.9 9.5
Textile, clothing and footwear 2,836 3,631 3,592 -1.1 26.7
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance 1,002 1,104 1,122 1.6 12.0
Home furnishings 1,431 1,483 1,560 5.2 9.0
Personal goods 2,346 2,180 2,305 5.8 -1.7
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies 6,101 6,529 6,612 1.3 8.4
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries 1,120 1,024 1,058 3.3 -5.6
Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories 12,071 12,968 13,437 3.6 11.3
Motor vehicle 7,049 7,496 7,910 5.5 12.2
New motor vehicle parts and accessories 4,934 5,360 5,429 1.3 10.0
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories 87 F F F F
Building material and supplies 14,722 15,560 15,421 -0.9 4.7
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies 4,101 4,261 4,246 -0.3 3.5
Metal service centres 4,371 4,842 4,618 -4.6 5.7
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies 6,250 6,457 6,556 1.5 4.9
Machinery, equipment and supplies 24,203 26,731 26,990 1.0 11.5
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 6,724 7,061 7,136 1.1 6.1
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies 10,632 12,148 12,173 0.2 14.5
Computer and communications equipment and supplies 2,303 2,611 2,611 0.0 13.4
Other machinery, equipment and supplies 4,544 4,912 5,070 3.2 11.6
Miscellaneous 11,091 11,287 11,662 3.3 5.1
Recyclable material 1,004E 886E 872 -1.5 -13.1
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product 825 973 1,002 3.1 21.5
Agricultural supplies 4,647 4,916 5,066 3.0 9.0
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product 1,415 1,431 1,490 4.1 5.3
Other miscellaneous 3,200 3,082 3,232 4.9 1.0
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):
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