Table 3 
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  November
2021
October
2022r
November
2022p
October to November 2022 November 2021 to November 2022
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total, wholesale inventories 104,856 126,685 126,047 -0.5 20.2
Farm product 260 335 355 6.1 36.3
Food, beverage and tobacco 11,450 14,455 14,419 -0.3 25.9
Food 10,068 12,866 12,683 -1.4 26.0
Beverage 748 829 823 -0.6 10.1
Cigarette and tobacco product 424 503 532 5.7 25.4
Cannabis 210 257 380 47.9 81.3
Personal and household goods 18,135 20,715 20,167 -2.6 11.2
Textile, clothing and footwear 3,628 4,715 4,508E -4.4 24.3
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance 1,097 1,457 1,429 -1.9 30.3
Home furnishings 1,670 2,131 2,165 1.6 29.7
Personal goods 2,148 2,890 2,877 -0.4 34.0
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies 8,453 8,362 8,038 -3.9 -4.9
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries 1,139 1,160 1,150 -0.9 1.0
Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories 11,812 14,199 14,286 0.6 20.9
Motor vehicle 6,528 7,925 7,986 0.8 22.3
New motor vehicle parts and accessories 5,157 6,139 6,178 0.6 19.8
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories F F F F F
Building material and supplies 20,000 24,627 23,806 -3.3 19.0
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies 5,156 7,247 6,943 -4.2 34.7
Metal service centres 6,158 6,845 6,609 -3.5 7.3
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies 8,686 10,535 10,253 -2.7 18.0
Machinery, equipment and supplies 28,647 34,157 34,969 2.4 22.1
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 5,583 6,544 6,927 5.9 24.1
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies 13,102 15,818 16,089 1.7 22.8
Computer and communications equipment and supplies 3,687 4,487 4,445 -0.9 20.6
Other machinery, equipment and supplies 6,275 7,308 7,508 2.7 19.7
Miscellaneous 14,551 18,197 18,046 -0.8 24.0
Recyclable material 1,365 1,181 1,123 -4.9 -17.7
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product 1,160 1,417 1,457 2.8 25.6
Agricultural supplies 6,338 8,700 8,465 -2.7 33.6
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product 1,667 1,957 1,977 1.0 18.6
Other miscellaneous 4,021 4,941 5,023 1.7 24.9
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.
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