Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| August 2018 |
July 2019r |
August 2019p |
July to August 2019 | August 2018 to August 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 85,877 | 93,597 | 93,357 | -0.3 | 8.7 |
| Farm product | 156 | 178 | 180 | 1.1 | 14.9 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 8,115 | 9,296 | 9,268 | -0.3 | 14.2 |
| Food | 7,337 | 8,321 | 8,259 | -0.7 | 12.6 |
| Beverage | 518 | 638 | 689 | 8.1 | 32.9 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 259 | 338 | 321 | -5.1 | 23.7 |
| Personal and household goods | 14,605 | 16,136 | 16,079 | -0.4 | 10.1 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,914 | 3,309 | 3,206 | -3.1 | 10.0 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,024 | 1,157 | 1,213 | 4.9 | 18.5 |
| Home furnishings | 1,435 | 1,555 | 1,586 | 2.0 | 10.5 |
| Personal goods | 2,256 | 2,372 | 2,288 | -3.5 | 1.5 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,842 | 6,682 | 6,683 | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,134 | 1,062 | 1,103 | 3.8 | -2.8 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,983 | 13,629 | 13,495 | -1.0 | 12.6 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,038 | 8,197 | 8,119 | -1.0 | 15.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,863 | 5,333 | 5,276 | -1.1 | 8.5 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 82 | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 14,952 | 15,376 | 15,348 | -0.2 | 2.7 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,174 | 4,304 | 4,293 | -0.3 | 2.9 |
| Metal service centres | 4,491 | 4,560 | 4,581 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,287 | 6,512 | 6,474 | -0.6 | 3.0 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 24,831 | 27,228 | 27,367 | 0.5 | 10.2 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,960 | 7,132 | 7,054 | -1.1 | 1.3 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,925 | 12,715 | 12,811 | 0.8 | 17.3 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,358 | 2,558 | 2,676 | 4.6 | 13.5 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,587 | 4,823 | 4,825 | 0.1 | 5.2 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,235 | 11,755 | 11,621 | -1.1 | 3.4 |
| Recyclable material | 959 | 923E | 987E | 7.0 | 2.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 821 | 931 | 905 | -2.8 | 10.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,726 | 4,976 | 4,960 | -0.3 | 5.0 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,459 | 1,578 | 1,505 | -4.6 | 3.1 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,270 | 3,348 | 3,265 | -2.5 | -0.2 |
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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