Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| September 2018 |
August 2019r |
September 2019p |
August to September 2019 | September 2018 to September 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 86,153 | 93,008 | 92,348 | -0.7 | 7.2 |
| Farm product | 153 | 177 | 166 | -6.3 | 8.7 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 8,004 | 9,059 | 8,795 | -2.9 | 9.9 |
| Food | 7,233 | 8,151 | 7,880 | -3.3 | 8.9 |
| Beverage | 518 | 680 | 662 | -2.6 | 27.8 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 253 | 228 | 253 | 11.0 | 0.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 14,661 | 16,073 | 16,163 | 0.6 | 10.2 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,909 | 3,215 | 3,306 | 2.8 | 13.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,019 | 1,264 | 1,306 | 3.3 | 28.2 |
| Home furnishings | 1,442 | 1,615 | 1,699 | 5.2 | 17.8 |
| Personal goods | 1,972 | 2,233 | 2,122 | -5.0 | 7.6 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,339 | 6,655 | 6,585 | -1.1 | 3.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 981 | 1,091 | 1,146 | 5.0 | 16.8 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,876 | 13,324 | 12,970 | -2.7 | 9.2 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,905 | 8,000 | 7,702 | -3.7 | 11.5 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,892 | 5,225 | 5,167 | -1.1 | 5.6 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 79 | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 15,160 | 15,313 | 15,220 | -0.6 | 0.4 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,131 | 4,290 | 4,286 | -0.1 | 3.8 |
| Metal service centres | 4,664 | 4,556 | 4,502 | -1.2 | -3.5 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,365 | 6,467 | 6,432 | -0.6 | 1.1 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 25,002 | 27,433 | 27,520 | 0.3 | 10.1 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,823 | 7,108 | 7,162 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,107 | 12,822 | 12,923 | 0.8 | 16.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,497 | 2,674 | 2,641 | -1.2 | 5.8 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,575 | 4,828 | 4,794 | -0.7 | 4.8 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,297 | 11,629 | 11,514 | -1.0 | 1.9 |
| Recyclable material | 912E | 942E | 883 | -6.3 | -3.3 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 874 | 895 | 906 | 1.3 | 3.7 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,713 | 4,936 | 4,767 | -3.4 | 1.2 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,465 | 1,575 | 1,598 | 1.5 | 9.1 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,333 | 3,281 | 3,359 | 2.4 | 0.8 |
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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