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Table 4. Wholesale Merchants Inventories, Seasonally Adjusted, by Trade Group

  Inventories Change from previous month Change from previous year
 
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millions $ millions $ millions $ millions $ % % % % % % % %  
                         
Trade Group - Canada                          
Food products 3,426 3,442 3,405 3,333 -0.4 1.1 2.2 -0.3 7.9 7.9 6.5 4.1  
Beverage, drug and tobacco products 3,443 3,480 3,385 3,402 -1.0 2.8 -0.5 2.0 10.0 16.6 20.2 17.4  
Apparel and dry goods 1,287 1,292 1,286 1,284 -0.4 0.5 0.2 1.3 5.2 3.1 3.6 -0.9  
Household goods 1,745 1,713 1,669 1,676 1.9 2.7 -0.4 0.6 17.1 11.8 8.9 8.7  
Motor vehicles, parts and accessories 6,659 6,623 6,636 6,533 0.5 -0.2 1.6 0.8 -0.1 1.3 5.6 0.8  
Metals, hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies 3,728 3,720 3,690 3,713 0.2 0.8 -0.6 -2.8 4.2 3.6 2.4 3.0  
Lumber and building materials 4,384 4,369 4,346 4,347 0.3 0.5 0.0 1.4 8.2 6.6 6.1 5.7  
Farm machinery, equipment and supplies 1,829 1,828 1,847 1,896 0.0 -1.0 -2.6 -0.9 1.6 0.0 0.1 2.4  
Industrial and other machinery, equipment and supplies 10,240 10,226 10,218 10,266 0.1 0.1 -0.5 -0.1 -5.7 -6.3 -5.2 -5.8  
Computers, packaged software and other electronic machinery 2,041 2,024 1,998 1,995 0.8 1.3 0.1 -1.7 7.6 5.1 2.2 4.9  
Other products 5,894 5,937 5,949 5,886 -0.7 -0.2 1.1 0.7 5.0 5.0 5.6 3.0  
Total, all trade groups 44,676 44,652 44,429 44,332 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 2.7 2.6 3.4 1.9  
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