Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| July 2019 |
June 2020r |
July 2020p |
June to July 2020 | July 2019 to July 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 93,065 | 90,458 | 90,062 | -0.4 | -3.2 |
| Farm product | 174 | 199 | 193 | -2.8 | 10.8 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 9,273 | 9,240 | 9,235 | -0.1 | -0.4 |
| Food | 8,250 | 8,147 | 8,139 | -0.1 | -1.4 |
| Beverage | 558 | 533 | 551 | 3.3 | -1.4 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 265 | 376 | 378 | 0.4 | 42.5 |
| Cannabis | 199 | 183 | 168 | -8.6 | -15.8 |
| Personal and household goods | 15,661 | 15,424 | 16,105 | 4.4 | 2.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,047 | 3,440 | 3,452 | 0.4 | 13.3 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,181 | 843 | 814 | -3.3 | -31.0 |
| Home furnishings | 1,534 | 1,307 | 1,392 | 6.5 | -9.3 |
| Personal goods | 2,388 | 1,738 | 2,027E | 16.7 | -15.1 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,439 | 7,069 | 7,296 | 3.2 | 13.3 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,073 | 1,027E | 1,123E | 9.3 | 4.6 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 13,191 | 12,514 | 12,136 | -3.0 | -8.0 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,884 | 7,633 | 7,401 | -3.0 | -6.1 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,205 | 4,802 | 4,642 | -3.3 | -10.8 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 15,653 | 14,460 | 14,390 | -0.5 | -8.1 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,282 | 4,175 | 4,039 | -3.2 | -5.7 |
| Metal service centres | 4,488 | 4,181 | 3,912 | -6.4 | -12.8 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,883 | 6,104 | 6,439 | 5.5 | -6.5 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 27,204 | 26,658 | 26,004 | -2.5 | -4.4 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 7,066 | 5,779 | 5,710 | -1.2 | -19.2 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,826 | 12,918 | 12,156 | -5.9 | -5.2 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,554 | 2,606 | 2,644 | 1.4 | 3.5 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,758 | 5,356 | 5,494 | 2.6 | 15.5 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,907 | 11,964 | 12,000 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Recyclable material | 857E | 993 | 901E | -9.2 | 5.1 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 930 | 1,023 | 1,000 | -2.2 | 7.5 |
| Agricultural supplies | 5,087 | 5,045 | 5,101 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,601 | 1,560 | 1,556 | -0.3 | -2.8 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,432 | 3,344 | 3,441 | 2.9 | 0.3 |
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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