Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
December 2018 |
November 2019r |
December 2019p |
November to December 2019 | December 2018 to December 2019 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions 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):
Table 20-10-0076-01.
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