Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| June 2019 |
May 2020r |
June 2020p |
May to June 2020 | June 2019 to June 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 92,883 | 91,238 | 90,630 | -0.7 | -2.4 |
| Farm product | 184 | 209 | 201 | -3.9 | 9.0 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 9,214 | 9,422 | 9,251 | -1.8 | 0.4 |
| Food | 8,199 | 8,330 | 8,154 | -2.1 | -0.6 |
| Beverage | 571 | 546 | 527 | -3.5 | -7.7 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 246 | 367 | 387 | 5.4 | 57.4 |
| Cannabis | 198 | 178 | 183 | 3.0 | -7.4 |
| Personal and household goods | 15,540 | 16,445 | 15,666 | -4.7 | 0.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,157 | 3,672 | 3,505 | -4.6 | 11.0 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,150 | 927 | 862 | -7.0 | -25.1 |
| Home furnishings | 1,540 | 1,259 | 1,229 | -2.4 | -20.2 |
| Personal goods | 2,286 | 1,960 | 1,845 | -5.9 | -19.3 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,337 | 7,443 | 7,259 | -2.5 | 14.6 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,070 | 1,184 | 967 | -18.3 | -9.6 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 13,012 | 12,376 | 12,765 | 3.1 | -1.9 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,628 | 7,240 | 7,809 | 7.9 | 2.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,280 | 5,053 | 4,881 | -3.4 | -7.6 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 15,518 | 14,782 | 14,276 | -3.4 | -8.0 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,240 | 4,324 | 4,180 | -3.3 | -1.4 |
| Metal service centres | 4,488 | 3,971 | 4,031 | 1.5 | -10.2 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,790 | 6,487 | 6,064 | -6.5 | -10.7 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 27,497 | 26,172 | 26,551 | 1.5 | -3.4 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 7,119 | 5,993 | 5,850 | -2.4 | -17.8 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,699 | 12,196 | 12,724 | 4.3 | 0.2 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,611 | 2,613 | 2,601 | -0.5 | -0.4 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,069 | 5,370 | 5,377 | 0.1 | 6.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,918 | 11,832 | 11,920 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Recyclable material | 861 | 851 | 995E | 16.9 | 15.5 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 952 | 1,031 | 1,050 | 1.8 | 10.3 |
| Agricultural supplies | 5,260 | 5,122 | 5,016 | -2.1 | -4.6 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,509 | 1,571 | 1,560 | -0.7 | 3.4 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,337 | 3,257 | 3,300 | 1.3 | -1.1 |
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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