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Wholesale merchants' inventories, by industries (monthly)

  November 2003 October 2004r November 2004p October 2004 to November 2004 November 2003 to November 2004
  seasonally adjusted
  $ millions % change
All wholesale trade groups 43,428 45,677 46,094 0.9 6.1
Farm products 100 164 165 0.6 64.0
Food products 4,820 4,318 4,310 -0.2 -10.6
Alcohol and tobacco 280 343 318 -7.3 13.7
Apparel 1,433 1,431 1,448 1.2 1.0
Home and personal products 3,240 3,309 3,276 -1.0 1.1
Pharmaceuticals 2,222 2,667 2,707 1.5 21.8
Motor vehicles 4,136 4,071 4,164 2.3 0.7
Motor vehicle parts and accessories 2,967 3,227 3,213 -0.4 8.3
Building supplies 4,362 4,399 4,432 0.7 1.6
Metal products 1,520 2,345 2,420 3.2 59.2
Lumber and millwork 847 1,129 1,076 -4.7 27.0
Machinery and equipment 8,077 8,526 8,738 2.5 8.2
Computers and other electronic equipment 1,684 1,385 1,383 -0.1 -17.9
Office and professional equipment 2,438 2,504 2,471 -1.3 1.4
Other products 5,301 5,860 5,974 1.9 12.7
Note: North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002.
Sources: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 081-0008 and Catalogue no. 63-008-XIB.
Last modified: 2005-01-21.

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