Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry—seasonally adjusted
| December 2022 |
November 2023r |
December 2023p |
November to December 2023 | December 2022 to December 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 126,810 | 142,380 | 143,359 | 0.7 | 13.1 |
| Total, wholesale inventories (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons) | 128,002 | 128,003 | 129,513 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 340 | 380 | 359 | -5.8 | 5.5 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 14,370 | 14,447 | 14,493 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Food | 12,730 | 12,236 | 12,165 | -0.6 | -4.4 |
| Beverage | 852 | 1,559 | 1,621 | 4.0 | 90.3 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 509 | 392 | 437 | 11.5 | -14.1 |
| Cannabis | 279 | 260 | 270 | 3.9 | -3.3 |
| Personal and household goods | 20,781 | 20,314 | 20,414 | 0.5 | -1.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 4,903 | 4,191 | 4,011 | -4.3 | -18.2 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,463 | 1,333 | 1,316 | -1.3 | -10.1 |
| Home furnishings | 2,111 | 1,697 | 1,646 | -3.0 | -22.0 |
| Personal goods | 2,967 | 2,927 | 3,060 | 4.5 | 3.1 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 8,200 | 8,968 | 9,190 | 2.5 | 12.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,137 | 1,198 | 1,191 | -0.6 | 4.7 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 14,219 | 17,433 | 17,648 | 1.2 | 24.1 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,104 | 11,193 | 11,299 | 0.9 | 39.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,994 | 6,094 | 6,202 | 1.8 | 3.5 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 24,204 | 21,711 | 21,740 | 0.1 | -10.2 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 6,799 | 6,638 | 6,529 | -1.6 | -4.0 |
| Metal service centres | 6,787 | 5,658 | 5,815 | 2.8 | -14.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 10,619 | 9,415 | 9,397 | -0.2 | -11.5 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 35,113 | 38,106 | 39,523 | 3.7 | 12.6 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,785 | 9,261 | 10,068 | 8.7 | 48.4 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 16,215 | 18,089 | 18,269 | 1.0 | 12.7 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,339 | 3,307 | 3,557 | 7.6 | -18.0 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 7,774 | 7,450 | 7,628 | 2.4 | -1.9 |
| Miscellaneous | 17,783 | 15,612 | 15,337 | -1.8 | -13.8 |
| Recyclable material | 989 | 1,222 | 1,246 | 2.0 | 25.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,510 | 1,333 | 1,310 | -1.7 | -13.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 8,175 | 7,265 | 6,937 | -4.5 | -15.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 2,123 | 1,712 | 1,704 | -0.4 | -19.7 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | .. | 257 | 313 | 22.0 | .. |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood | .. | 123 | 98 | -20.8 | .. |
| Other miscellaneous | 4,828 | 3,701 | 3,730 | 0.8 | -22.7 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
..
not available for a specific reference period
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.
Table note 1
Unadjusted and not included in wholesale sales calculation.
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