Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| September 2020 |
August 2021r |
September 2021p |
August to September 2021 | September 2020 to September 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 90,852 | 97,239 | 98,562 | 1.4 | 8.5 |
| Farm product | 207 | 258 | 261 | 1.3 | 25.8 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,335 | 11,223 | 11,415 | 1.7 | 10.4 |
| Food | 9,172 | 9,879 | 10,068 | 1.9 | 9.8 |
| Beverage | 583 | 753 | 748 | -0.6 | 28.4 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 400 | 377 | 400 | 6.3 | 0.1 |
| Cannabis | 180 | 215 | 199 | -7.7 | 10.0 |
| Personal and household goods | 16,076 | 16,254 | 16,401 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,689 | 3,308 | 3,303 | -0.2 | -10.5 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 724 | 977 | 995 | 1.8 | 37.4 |
| Home furnishings | 1,251 | 1,610E | 1,500 | -6.8 | 19.9 |
| Personal goods | 2,000 | 1,998 | 2,179 | 9.1 | 9.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 7,391 | 7,275 | 7,299 | 0.3 | -1.2 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,022 | 1,087 | 1,126 | 3.6 | 10.2 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,747 | 11,116 | 10,768 | -3.1 | -8.3 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,096 | 6,034 | 5,639 | -6.5 | -20.5 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,570 | 4,964 | 5,009 | 0.9 | 9.6 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 14,043 | 18,137 | 18,443 | 1.7 | 31.3 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 3,993 | 4,850 | 4,915 | 1.3 | 23.1 |
| Metal service centres | 3,579 | 4,655 | 4,814 | 3.4 | 34.5 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,472 | 8,632 | 8,714 | 0.9 | 34.6 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 26,805 | 26,797 | 27,567 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,455 | 5,644 | 5,785 | 2.5 | 6.0 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,592 | 11,758 | 12,227 | 4.0 | -2.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,824 | 3,438 | 3,518 | 2.3 | 24.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,934 | 5,958 | 6,037 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,637 | 13,454 | 13,707 | 1.9 | 17.8 |
| Recyclable material | 953 | 1,231 | 1,288 | 4.6 | 35.1 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 948 | 1,156 | 1,142 | -1.3 | 20.4 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,773 | 5,585 | 5,765 | 3.2 | 20.8 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,475 | 1,563 | 1,655 | 5.9 | 12.2 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,487 | 3,919 | 3,857 | -1.6 | 10.6 |
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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