Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| January 2020 |
December 2020r |
January 2021p |
December 2020 to January 2021 | January 2020 to January 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 91,455 | 90,265 | 90,912 | 0.7 | -0.6 |
| Farm product | 211 | 222 | 227 | 2.2 | 7.3 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 9,165 | 10,208 | 10,296 | 0.9 | 12.3 |
| Food | 8,079 | 9,018 | 9,088 | 0.8 | 12.5 |
| Beverage | 572 | 652 | 623 | -4.5 | 8.8 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 381 | 283 | 360 | 27.2 | -5.4 |
| Cannabis | 133 | 255 | 225 | -11.7 | 68.8 |
| Personal and household goods | 16,033 | 15,739 | 15,910 | 1.1 | -0.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,514 | 3,713 | 3,655E | -1.6 | 4.0 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,038 | 759 | 792 | 4.5 | -23.6 |
| Home furnishings | 1,343 | 1,280 | 1,279 | -0.1 | -4.7 |
| Personal goods | 2,142 | 1,896 | F | F | F |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,827 | 6,997 | 7,236 | 3.4 | 6.0 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,170 | 1,095 | 1,111 | 1.4 | -5.0 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 13,096 | 11,720 | 11,806 | 0.7 | -9.9 |
| Motor vehicle | 8,012 | 7,005 | 6,990 | -0.2 | -12.8 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,986 | 4,629 | 4,730 | 2.2 | -5.1 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 98E | 85E | 86E | 0.2 | -12.7 |
| Building material and supplies | 14,709 | 14,603 | 14,817 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,320 | 4,256 | 4,160 | -2.2 | -3.7 |
| Metal service centres | 3,865 | 3,404 | 3,472 | 2.0 | -10.2 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,523 | 6,943 | 7,185 | 3.5 | 10.2 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 26,698 | 26,065 | 25,853 | -0.8 | -3.2 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,504 | 5,588 | 5,777 | 3.4 | -11.2 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,479 | 11,978 | 11,594 | -3.2 | -7.1 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,646 | 2,747 | 2,932 | 6.7 | 10.8 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,068 | 5,752 | 5,550 | -3.5 | 9.5 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,543 | 11,708 | 12,002 | 2.5 | 4.0 |
| Recyclable material | F | 1,085 | 1,074 | -1.1 | F |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 942 | 1,020 | 1,068 | 4.7 | 13.4 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,846 | 4,703 | 4,729 | 0.6 | -2.4 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,502 | 1,333 | 1,355 | 1.7 | -9.8 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,352 | 3,566 | 3,776 | 5.9 | 12.6 |
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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