Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| February 2020 |
January 2021r |
February 2021p |
January to February 2021 | February 2020 to February 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | percent change | percent change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 91,272 | 91,216 | 92,243 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Farm product | 192 | 221 | 229 | 3.7 | 19.3 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 9,357 | 10,299 | 10,295 | -0.0 | 10.0 |
| Food | 8,259 | 9,082 | 9,046 | -0.4 | 9.5 |
| Beverage | 585 | 632 | 657 | 4.0 | 12.3 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 369 | 360 | 363 | 0.7 | -1.8 |
| Cannabis | 145 | 225 | 230 | 2.1 | 58.7 |
| Personal and household goods | 16,031 | 16,119 | 16,429 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,449 | 3,694 | 3,771E | 2.1 | 9.3 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,039 | 901 | 875 | -2.9 | -15.8 |
| Home furnishings | 1,389 | 1,300 | 1,350 | 3.8 | -2.8 |
| Personal goods | 2,042E | 1,878E | 2,134E | 13.7 | 4.5 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,978 | 7,265 | 7,196 | -1.0 | 3.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,134 | 1,082 | 1,104 | 2.1 | -2.6 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 13,055 | 11,813 | 11,616 | -1.7 | -11.0 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,962 | 6,994 | 6,744 | -3.6 | -15.3 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,993 | 4,733 | 4,784 | 1.1 | -4.2 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 99E | 87E | 87E | 0.9 | -12.1 |
| Building material and supplies | 14,556 | 14,790 | 14,854 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,277 | 4,137 | 4,129 | -0.2 | -3.5 |
| Metal service centres | 3,782 | 3,465 | 3,469 | 0.1 | -8.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,497 | 7,188 | 7,256 | 0.9 | 11.7 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 26,708 | 25,967 | 26,592 | 2.4 | -0.4 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,362 | 5,801 | 5,800 | -0.0 | -8.8 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,647 | 11,634 | 11,906 | 2.3 | -5.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,629 | 2,951 | 3,077 | 4.3 | 17.0 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,071 | 5,581 | 5,810 | 4.1 | 14.6 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,373 | 12,007 | 12,229 | 1.8 | 7.5 |
| Recyclable material | F | 1,075 | 1,173E | 9.1 | F |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 950 | 1,068 | 1,045 | -2.2 | 10.1 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,752 | 4,774 | 4,923 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,472 | 1,363 | 1,387 | 1.8 | -5.8 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,324 | 3,726 | 3,701 | -0.7 | 11.4 |
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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