Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| November 2019 |
October 2020r |
November 2020p |
October to November 2020 | November 2019 to November 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 91,595 | 90,189 | 89,622 | -0.6 | -2.2 |
| Farm product | 172 | 224 | 217 | -3.3 | 26.1 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 9,110 | 10,087 | 10,041 | -0.5 | 10.2 |
| Food | 8,120 | 8,980 | 8,827 | -1.7 | 8.7 |
| Beverage | 586 | 586 | 647 | 10.4 | 10.3 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 267 | 335 | 337 | 0.8 | 26.2 |
| Cannabis | 136 | 187 | 230 | 22.8 | 69.2 |
| Personal and household goods | 15,607 | 16,010 | 15,918 | -0.6 | 2.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,376 | 3,573 | 3,555E | -0.5 | 5.3 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,075 | 710 | 715 | 0.7 | -33.4 |
| Home furnishings | 1,412 | 1,366 | 1,238 | -9.3 | -12.3 |
| Personal goods | 2,056 | 1,872 | 1,851 | -1.1 | -10.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,559 | 7,286 | 7,456 | 2.3 | 13.7 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,130 | 1,202 | 1,102 | -8.4 | -2.5 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 12,917 | 11,289 | 11,233 | -0.5 | -13.0 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,835 | 6,682 | 6,549 | -2.0 | -16.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,982 | 4,523 | 4,606 | 1.8 | -7.5 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | 84E | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 15,147 | 14,088 | 14,051 | -0.3 | -7.2 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,432 | 3,960 | 3,947 | -0.3 | -10.9 |
| Metal service centres | 4,047 | 3,438 | 3,308 | -3.8 | -18.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,669 | 6,691 | 6,796 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 27,174 | 26,902 | 26,615 | -1.1 | -2.1 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,742 | 5,424 | 5,535 | 2.0 | -17.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,794 | 12,780 | 12,312 | -3.7 | -3.8 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,675 | 2,909 | 2,913 | 0.1 | 8.9 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,963 | 5,788 | 5,856 | 1.2 | 18.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,468 | 11,590 | 11,548 | -0.4 | 0.7 |
| Recyclable material | 886 | 920E | 1,032E | 12.2 | 16.5 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 912 | 975 | 962 | -1.4 | 5.5 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,740 | 4,764 | 4,566 | -4.2 | -3.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,515 | 1,391 | 1,346 | -3.2 | -11.1 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,415 | 3,540 | 3,642 | 2.9 | 6.7 |
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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