Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| April 2020 |
March 2021r |
April 2021p |
March to April 2021 | April 2020 to April 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 92,228 | 93,346 | 93,351 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Farm product | 215 | 237 | 254 | 7.0 | 18.1 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 9,845 | 10,701 | 10,436 | -2.5 | 6.0 |
| Food | 8,684 | 9,423 | 9,176 | -2.6 | 5.7 |
| Beverage | 555 | 708 | 701 | -1.0 | 26.2 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 417 | 354 | 339 | -4.2 | -18.7 |
| Cannabis | 188 | 216 | 220 | 1.9 | 16.9 |
| Personal and household goods | 16,177 | 16,621 | 17,172 | 3.3 | 6.2 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,703 | 3,734 | 3,873E | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 898 | 898 | 955 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Home furnishings | 1,258 | 1,489 | 1,504 | 1.0 | 19.5 |
| Personal goods | 1,948E | 2,233E | 2,375 | 6.3 | 21.9 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 7,256 | 7,161 | 7,363 | 2.8 | 1.5 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,113 | 1,105 | 1,101 | -0.3 | -1.1 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 12,280 | 11,653 | 11,758 | 0.9 | -4.2 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,132 | 6,828 | 7,014 | 2.7 | -1.6 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,053 | 4,725 | 4,651 | -1.6 | -8.0 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 95E | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 15,061 | 15,144 | 15,943 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,517 | 4,184 | 4,391 | 4.9 | -2.8 |
| Metal service centres | 4,009 | 3,721 | 3,910 | 5.1 | -2.5 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,534 | 7,238 | 7,642 | 5.6 | 17.0 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 27,189 | 26,534 | 25,602 | -3.5 | -5.8 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,182 | 5,647 | 5,487 | -2.8 | -11.2 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,856 | 11,721 | 11,431 | -2.5 | -11.1 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,703 | 3,004 | 3,033 | 1.0 | 12.2 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,447 | 6,163 | 5,652 | -8.3 | 3.8 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,461 | 12,457 | 12,186 | -2.2 | 6.3 |
| Recyclable material | 790 | 1,479 | 1,372E | -7.3 | 73.6 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 966 | 1,079 | 1,060 | -1.7 | 9.8 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,794 | 4,812 | 4,662 | -3.1 | -2.8 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,605 | 1,409 | 1,439 | 2.1 | -10.4 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,306 | 3,677 | 3,653 | -0.7 | 10.5 |
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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