Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| July 2021 |
June 2022r |
July 2022p |
June to July 2022 | July 2021 to July 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 96,051 | 119,966 | 121,456 | 1.2 | 26.4 |
| Farm product | 248 | 299 | 295 | -1.1 | 19.2 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,905 | 13,055 | 13,326 | 2.1 | 22.2 |
| Food | 9,550 | 11,611 | 11,799 | 1.6 | 23.5 |
| Beverage | 735 | 776 | 822 | 5.9 | 11.9 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 384 | 426 | 454 | 6.6 | 18.2 |
| Cannabis | 236 | 242 | 251 | 3.8 | 6.5 |
| Personal and household goods | 16,481 | 19,548 | 19,709 | 0.8 | 19.6 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,351 | 3,692 | 3,499 | -5.2 | 4.4 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 970 | 1,454 | 1,496 | 3.0 | 54.2 |
| Home furnishings | 1,441 | 1,988 | 1,994E | 0.3 | 38.3 |
| Personal goods | 1,957 | 2,849 | 2,910 | 2.1 | 48.7 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 7,630 | 8,429 | 8,651 | 2.6 | 13.4 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,131 | 1,135 | 1,159 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,411 | 12,567 | 13,000 | 3.4 | 13.9 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,438 | 6,600 | 6,827 | 3.4 | 6.0 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,865 | 5,857 | 6,008 | 2.6 | 23.5 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | 110E | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 17,429 | 23,569 | 23,618 | 0.2 | 35.5 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,753 | 6,629 | 6,812 | 2.8 | 43.3 |
| Metal service centres | 4,226 | 6,587 | 6,806 | 3.3 | 61.0 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 8,450 | 10,353 | 10,001 | -3.4 | 18.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 26,732 | 32,515 | 33,019 | 1.5 | 23.5 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,509 | 6,416 | 6,687 | 4.2 | 21.4 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,001 | 14,600 | 14,777 | 1.2 | 23.1 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,199 | 4,648 | 4,689 | 0.9 | 46.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 6,023 | 6,851 | 6,866 | 0.2 | 14.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 12,846 | 18,414 | 18,489 | 0.4 | 43.9 |
| Recyclable material | 1,187E | 1,228 | 1,170 | -4.7 | -1.4 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,099 | 1,279 | 1,270 | -0.6 | 15.6 |
| Agricultural supplies | 5,177 | 9,143 | 9,118 | -0.3 | 76.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,510 | 1,954 | 1,930 | -1.2 | 27.8 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,873 | 4,810 | 5,001 | 4.0 | 29.1 |
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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