Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| December 2021 |
November 2022r |
December 2022p |
November to December 2022 | December 2021 to December 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 107,519 | 125,952 | 126,630 | 0.5 | 17.8 |
| Farm product | 273 | 347 | 345 | -0.6 | 26.4 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,275 | 14,307 | 14,323 | 0.1 | 27.0 |
| Food | 9,861 | 12,658 | 12,694 | 0.3 | 28.7 |
| Beverage | 765 | 820 | 846 | 3.1 | 10.5 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 419 | 528 | 504 | -4.4 | 20.4 |
| Cannabis | 230 | 301 | 279 | -7.4 | 21.4 |
| Personal and household goods | 18,530 | 20,112 | 20,696 | 2.9 | 11.7 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,491E | 4,533 | 4,712 | 4.0 | 35.0 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,169 | 1,432 | 1,459 | 1.9 | 24.8 |
| Home furnishings | 1,777 | 2,172 | 2,186 | 0.7 | 23.1 |
| Personal goods | 2,189 | 2,878 | 2,975 | 3.4 | 35.9 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 8,802 | 7,972 | 8,237 | 3.3 | -6.4 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,103 | 1,126 | 1,126 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 12,980 | 14,180 | 14,094 | -0.6 | 8.6 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,536 | 7,960 | 7,929 | -0.4 | 5.2 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,329 | 6,101 | 6,047 | -0.9 | 13.5 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 20,610 | 23,786 | 24,225 | 1.8 | 17.5 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 5,433 | 6,944 | 6,848 | -1.4 | 26.0 |
| Metal service centres | 6,123 | 6,600 | 6,769 | 2.6 | 10.6 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 9,055 | 10,242 | 10,608 | 3.6 | 17.2 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 28,962 | 35,208 | 35,192 | -0.0 | 21.5 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,818 | 6,929 | 6,753 | -2.5 | 16.1 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,959 | 16,389 | 16,376 | -0.1 | 26.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,835 | 4,333 | 4,301 | -0.7 | 12.2 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 6,349 | 7,557 | 7,762 | 2.7 | 22.3 |
| Miscellaneous | 14,889 | 18,011 | 17,755 | -1.4 | 19.2 |
| Recyclable material | 1,337 | 1,089 | 1,045 | -4.1 | -21.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,171 | 1,471 | 1,505 | 2.3 | 28.6 |
| Agricultural supplies | 6,586 | 8,425 | 8,149 | -3.3 | 23.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,704 | 1,999 | 2,048 | 2.4 | 20.2 |
| Other miscellaneous | 4,092 | 5,026 | 5,009 | -0.3 | 22.4 |
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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