Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| March 2020 |
February 2021r |
March 2021p |
February to March 2021 | March 2020 to March 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 91,615 | 92,498 | 93,122 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Farm product | 213 | 227 | 229 | 0.9 | 7.6 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 9,522 | 10,489 | 10,779 | 2.8 | 13.2 |
| Food | 8,312 | 9,073 | 9,385 | 3.4 | 12.9 |
| Beverage | 552 | 827 | 820 | -0.9 | 48.4 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 487 | 360 | 359 | -0.2 | -26.3 |
| Cannabis | 170 | 230 | 216 | -6.0 | 27.2 |
| Personal and household goods | 15,426 | 16,328 | 16,360 | 0.2 | 6.1 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,602E | 3,682 | 3,714 | 0.9 | 3.1 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 984 | 881 | 885 | 0.5 | -10.0 |
| Home furnishings | 1,296 | 1,363 | 1,552 | 13.9 | 19.7 |
| Personal goods | 1,923 | 2,102E | 2,199E | 4.6 | 14.3 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,573 | 7,168 | 6,905 | -3.7 | 5.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,047 | 1,132 | 1,104 | -2.5 | 5.4 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 12,606 | 11,634 | 11,708 | 0.6 | -7.1 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,528 | 6,746 | 6,863 | 1.7 | -8.8 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,982 | 4,799 | 4,745 | -1.1 | -4.8 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 96E | 89E | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 14,913 | 14,887 | 15,060 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,448 | 4,163 | 4,173 | 0.2 | -6.2 |
| Metal service centres | 3,941 | 3,521 | 3,683 | 4.6 | -6.5 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,525 | 7,203 | 7,204 | 0.0 | 10.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 27,528 | 26,546 | 26,728 | 0.7 | -2.9 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,660 | 5,832 | 5,681 | -2.6 | -14.7 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,910 | 11,898 | 11,826 | -0.6 | -8.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,639 | 3,058 | 3,006 | -1.7 | 13.9 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,320 | 5,759 | 6,215 | 7.9 | 16.8 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,408 | 12,386 | 12,258 | -1.0 | 7.5 |
| Recyclable material | 889 | 1,186E | 1,317E | 11.0 | 48.1 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 916 | 1,086 | 1,078 | -0.8 | 17.7 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,894 | 4,989 | 4,751 | -4.8 | -2.9 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,445 | 1,378 | 1,414 | 2.6 | -2.2 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,264 | 3,746 | 3,699 | -1.2 | 13.3 |
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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