Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| March 2019 |
February 2020r |
March 2020p |
February to March 2020 | March 2019 to March 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 90,418 | 91,923 | 91,975 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Farm product | 156 | 195 | 216 | 11.2 | 38.8 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 9,010 | 9,042 | 9,205 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| Food | 8,113 | 8,149 | 8,236 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Beverage | 588 | 630 | 606 | -3.9 | 3.0 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 309 | 261 | 362 | 38.4 | 17.1 |
| Personal and household goods | 15,566 | 16,420 | 15,999 | -2.6 | 2.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,285 | 3,661 | 3,721E | 1.6 | 13.3 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,064 | 1,062 | 1,053 | -0.8 | -1.0 |
| Home furnishings | 1,453 | 1,410 | 1,340 | -5.0 | -7.7 |
| Personal goods | 2,069 | 2,053E | 2,042 | -0.5 | -1.3 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,635 | 7,112 | 6,725 | -5.4 | 1.4 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,061 | 1,122 | 1,117 | -0.5 | 5.3 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 12,788 | 13,278 | 12,576 | -5.3 | -1.7 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,424 | 8,126 | 7,417 | -8.7 | -0.1 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,278 | 5,052 | 5,060 | 0.2 | -4.1 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 86 | 100E | 100E | -0.4 | 15.5 |
| Building material and supplies | 15,325 | 14,538 | 14,775 | 1.6 | -3.6 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,229 | 4,294 | 4,444 | 3.5 | 5.1 |
| Metal service centres | 4,662 | 3,857 | 3,929 | 1.9 | -15.7 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,434 | 6,387 | 6,402 | 0.2 | -0.5 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 26,342 | 26,866 | 27,573 | 2.6 | 4.7 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,902 | 6,404 | 6,566 | 2.5 | -4.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,132 | 12,706 | 13,011 | 2.4 | 7.2 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,576 | 2,634 | 2,717 | 3.2 | 5.5 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,732 | 5,122 | 5,278 | 3.0 | 11.5 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,232 | 11,584 | 11,630 | 0.4 | 3.5 |
| Recyclable material | 863 | F | 953 | F | 10.4 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 856 | 918 | 917 | -0.1 | 7.1 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,817 | 4,712 | 4,759 | 1.0 | -1.2 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,495 | 1,756 | 1,774 | 1.0 | 18.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,201 | 3,279 | 3,228 | -1.6 | 0.8 |
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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