Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| May 2021 |
April 2022r |
May 2022p |
April to May 2022 | May 2021 to May 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 95,758 | 112,391 | 115,236 | 2.5 | 20.3 |
| Farm product | 229 | 266 | 271 | 2.0 | 18.2 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,889 | 12,215 | 12,631 | 3.4 | 16.0 |
| Food | 9,606 | 10,789 | 11,152 | 3.4 | 16.1 |
| Beverage | 699 | 782 | 811 | 3.7 | 16.0 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 355 | 430 | 438 | 1.8 | 23.2 |
| Cannabis | 229 | 214 | 230 | 7.8 | 0.7 |
| Personal and household goods | 16,325 | 19,194 | 19,291 | 0.5 | 18.2 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,360 | 3,827 | 3,802E | -0.7 | 13.2 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 947 | 1,352 | 1,371 | 1.4 | 44.7 |
| Home furnishings | 1,399 | 1,865 | 1,878 | 0.7 | 34.2 |
| Personal goods | 1,946 | 2,676 | 2,665 | -0.4 | 37.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 7,554 | 8,336 | 8,458 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,119 | 1,138 | 1,118 | -1.8 | -0.1 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 12,451 | 12,456 | 12,962 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,577 | 6,840 | 6,697 | -2.1 | -11.6 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,757 | 5,508 | 6,165 | 11.9 | 29.6 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | 108E | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 16,519 | 21,505 | 22,036 | 2.5 | 33.4 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,468 | 6,277 | 6,452 | 2.8 | 44.4 |
| Metal service centres | 3,749 | 5,743 | 6,087 | 6.0 | 62.4 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 8,301 | 9,485 | 9,496 | 0.1 | 14.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 26,525 | 30,477 | 31,079 | 2.0 | 17.2 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,529 | 5,977 | 6,279 | 5.1 | 13.6 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,039 | 13,626 | 13,736 | 0.8 | 14.1 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,236 | 4,131 | 4,310 | 4.3 | 33.2 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,721 | 6,743 | 6,753 | 0.2 | 18.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 12,819 | 16,279 | 16,967 | 4.2 | 32.4 |
| Recyclable material | 1,239E | 1,455 | 1,343 | -7.7 | 8.4 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,050 | 1,291 | 1,305 | 1.1 | 24.3 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,998 | 7,203 | 7,851 | 9.0 | 57.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,480 | 1,809 | 1,852 | 2.4 | 25.1 |
| Other miscellaneous | 4,052 | 4,522 | 4,616 | 2.1 | 13.9 |
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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