Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| April 2019 |
March 2020r |
April 2020p |
March to April 2020 | April 2019 to April 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 90,695 | 91,902 | 93,039 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| Farm product | 162 | 223 | 224 | 0.1 | 38.3 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 8,924 | 9,240 | 9,435 | 2.1 | 5.7 |
| Food | 7,996 | 8,255 | 8,539 | 3.4 | 6.8 |
| Beverage | 612 | 623 | 603 | -3.2 | -1.6 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 316 | 361 | 292 | -19.2 | -7.7 |
| Personal and household goods | 15,701 | 15,915 | 17,017 | 6.9 | 8.4 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,435 | 3,743 | 3,900E | 4.2 | 13.5 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,020 | 1,013 | 945 | -6.7 | -7.3 |
| Home furnishings | 1,481 | 1,332 | 1,291 | -3.0 | -12.8 |
| Personal goods | 2,088 | 2,050 | 2,029 | -1.0 | -2.8 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,613 | 6,664 | 7,666 | 15.0 | 15.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,064 | 1,113 | 1,186 | 6.5 | 11.5 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 12,749 | 12,717 | 12,474 | -1.9 | -2.2 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,315 | 7,546 | 7,252 | -3.9 | -0.9 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,322 | 5,070 | 5,120 | 1.0 | -3.8 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 113E | 100E | 102E | 2.0 | -9.4 |
| Building material and supplies | 15,475 | 14,823 | 14,870 | 0.3 | -3.9 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,236 | 4,464 | 4,509 | 1.0 | 6.4 |
| Metal service centres | 4,878 | 3,931 | 3,893 | -1.0 | -20.2 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,361 | 6,428 | 6,468 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 26,555 | 27,436 | 27,422 | -0.1 | 3.3 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,999 | 6,475 | 6,281 | -3.0 | -10.3 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,333 | 13,003 | 12,859 | -1.1 | 4.3 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,570 | 2,651 | 2,732 | 3.1 | 6.3 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,653 | 5,307 | 5,551 | 4.6 | 19.3 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,128 | 11,547 | 11,598 | 0.4 | 4.2 |
| Recyclable material | 906 | 892 | 796 | -10.8 | -12.1 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 916 | 934 | 964 | 3.3 | 5.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,740 | 4,741 | 4,723 | -0.4 | -0.3 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,467 | 1,748 | 1,836 | 5.0 | 25.1 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,099 | 3,231 | 3,278 | 1.4 | 5.8 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
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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