Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| December 2019 |
November 2020r |
December 2020p |
November to December 2020 | December 2019 to December 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 91,553 | 90,043 | 89,956 | -0.1 | -1.7 |
| Farm product | 183 | 211 | 217 | 3.0 | 18.9 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 9,074 | 10,005 | 10,134 | 1.3 | 11.7 |
| Food | 8,111 | 8,814 | 8,931 | 1.3 | 10.1 |
| Beverage | 583 | 637 | 651 | 2.2 | 11.7 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 233 | 325 | 298 | -8.5 | 27.7 |
| Cannabis | 148 | 230 | 255 | 11.0 | 72.5 |
| Personal and household goods | 15,650 | 16,196 | 15,786 | -2.5 | 0.9 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,227 | 3,844E | 3,762 | -2.1 | 16.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,078 | 731 | 747 | 2.2 | -30.7 |
| Home furnishings | 1,395 | 1,266 | 1,306 | 3.1 | -6.4 |
| Personal goods | 2,113 | 1,865 | 1,897E | 1.7 | -10.2 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,699 | 7,413 | 6,987 | -5.7 | 4.3 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,138 | 1,076 | 1,086 | 0.9 | -4.5 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 12,933 | 11,387 | 11,652 | 2.3 | -9.9 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,893 | 6,681 | 6,961 | 4.2 | -11.8 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,943 | 4,626 | 4,608 | -0.4 | -6.8 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 96E | F | 83E | F | -13.9 |
| Building material and supplies | 14,854 | 14,135 | 14,473 | 2.4 | -2.6 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,380 | 4,048 | 4,178 | 3.2 | -4.6 |
| Metal service centres | 3,888 | 3,323 | 3,412 | 2.7 | -12.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,586 | 6,765 | 6,883 | 1.7 | 4.5 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 26,962 | 26,568 | 26,244 | -1.2 | -2.7 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,816 | 5,593 | 5,505 | -1.6 | -19.2 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,571 | 12,272 | 12,146 | -1.0 | -3.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,588 | 2,860 | 2,771 | -3.1 | 7.0 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 4,987 | 5,843 | 5,822 | -0.3 | 16.7 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,898 | 11,540 | 11,451 | -0.8 | -3.8 |
| Recyclable material | 867 | 999E | 1,078E | 7.9 | 24.3 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 976 | 968 | 993 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| Agricultural supplies | 5,101 | 4,574 | 4,535 | -0.9 | -11.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,517 | 1,350 | 1,314 | -2.7 | -13.4 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,438 | 3,649 | 3,532 | -3.2 | 2.7 |
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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