Table 3 
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  December
2018
November
2019r
December
2019p
November to December 2019 December 2018 to December 2019
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total, wholesale inventories 88,918 91,839 92,230 0.4 3.7
Farm product 169 169 176 4.4 4.6
Food, beverage and tobacco 8,897 8,874 8,824 -0.6 -0.8
Food 7,964 7,980 7,949 -0.4 -0.2
Beverage 597 645 648 0.4 8.5
Cigarette and tobacco product 336 249 227 -8.7 -32.3
Personal and household goods 14,839 16,062 16,096 0.2 8.5
Textile, clothing and footwear 2,837 3,600 3,435 -4.6 21.1
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance 1,005 1,081 1,085 0.4 7.9
Home furnishings 1,399 1,425 1,414 -0.8 1.0
Personal goods 2,114 2,049 2,083 1.6 -1.5
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies 6,395 6,789 6,948 2.4 8.7
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries 1,088 1,118 1,132 1.2 4.0
Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories 12,199 13,389 13,474 0.6 10.4
Motor vehicle 7,070 8,106 8,213 1.3 16.2
New motor vehicle parts and accessories 5,043 5,178 5,162 -0.3 2.3
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories 86 F 99E F 14.9
Building material and supplies 15,376 14,978 14,943 -0.2 -2.8
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies 4,120 4,428 4,388 -0.9 6.5
Metal service centres 4,841 4,165 4,049 -2.8 -16.4
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies 6,416 6,384 6,506 1.9 1.4
Machinery, equipment and supplies 26,014 26,991 26,899 -0.3 3.4
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 7,015 6,858 6,966 1.6 -0.7
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies 11,678 12,539 12,349 -1.5 5.7
Computer and communications equipment and supplies 2,601 2,683 2,598 -3.2 -0.1
Other machinery, equipment and supplies 4,719 4,911 4,986 1.5 5.6
Miscellaneous 11,424 11,375 11,817 3.9 3.4
Recyclable material 877 877 858 -2.1 -2.1
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product 888 912 967 6.0 8.8
Agricultural supplies 4,808 4,587 4,933 7.5 2.6
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product 1,582 1,680 1,724 2.6 9.0
Other miscellaneous 3,270 3,319 3,335 0.5 2.0
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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