Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| January 2015 |
December 2015r |
January 2016p |
December 2015 to January 2016 | January 2015 to January 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 70,445 | 72,744 | 72,947 | 0.3 | 3.6 |
| Farm product | F | 243E | F | F | F |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 6,355 | 6,585 | 6,688 | 1.6 | 5.2 |
| Food | 5,779 | 5,979 | 6,047 | 1.1 | 4.6 |
| Beverage | 338 | 370 | 383 | 3.6 | 13.5 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 239 | 236 | 257 | 8.8 | 7.7 |
| Personal and household goods | 11,922 | 13,291 | 13,290 | -0.0 | 11.5 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 2,099 | 2,482 | 2,464 | -0.7 | 17.4 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 796 | 899 | 896 | -0.3 | 12.5 |
| Home furnishings | 1,225 | 1,295 | 1,291 | -0.2 | 5.4 |
| Personal goods | 1,482 | 1,717 | 1,647 | -4.1 | 11.1 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 5,611 | 6,121 | 6,201 | 1.3 | 10.5 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 709 | 778 | 790 | 1.6 | 11.4 |
| Motor vehicle and parts | 9,605 | 10,699 | 10,552 | -1.4 | 9.9 |
| Motor vehicle | 5,357 | 5,996 | 5,853 | -2.4 | 9.3 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,139 | 4,610 | 4,609 | -0.0 | 11.4 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 109 | 93 | 89 | -3.6 | -17.7 |
| Building material and supplies | 12,918 | 12,068 | 11,956 | -0.9 | -7.4 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,393 | 3,278 | 3,208 | -2.1 | -5.5 |
| Metal service centres | 3,885 | 3,163 | 3,124 | -1.2 | -19.6 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 5,639 | 5,628 | 5,624 | -0.1 | -0.3 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 20,295 | 20,544 | 20,794 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 4,499 | 4,495 | 4,554 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 10,128 | 10,086 | 10,288 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 1,929 | 1,997 | 2,035 | 1.9 | 5.5 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 3,739 | 3,967 | 3,918 | -1.2 | 4.8 |
| Miscellaneous | 9,081 | 9,312 | 9,433 | 1.3 | 3.9 |
| Recyclable material | 623 | 464 | 448 | -3.6 | -28.1 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 803 | 822 | 842 | 2.5 | 4.9 |
| Agricultural supplies | 3,808 | 3,861 | 3,962 | 2.6 | 4.0 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,311 | 1,389 | 1,386 | -0.2 | 5.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 2,536 | 2,777 | 2,796 | 0.7 | 10.3 |
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):
CANSIM table 081-0012.
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