Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| May 2020 |
April 2021r |
May 2021p |
April to May 2021 | May 2020 to May 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 91,232 | 93,044 | 94,968 | 2.1 | 4.1 |
| Farm product | 208 | 250 | 245 | -2.1 | 17.6 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 9,654 | 10,615 | 10,865 | 2.4 | 12.5 |
| Food | 8,521 | 9,356 | 9,595 | 2.6 | 12.6 |
| Beverage | 549 | 701 | 697 | -0.5 | 27.0 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 405 | 339 | 344 | 1.4 | -15.2 |
| Cannabis | 178 | 220 | 229 | 4.3 | 28.6 |
| Personal and household goods | 16,200 | 17,237 | 16,424 | -4.7 | 1.4 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,770 | 3,948E | 3,312E | -16.1 | -12.2 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 893 | 944 | 966 | 2.3 | 8.2 |
| Home furnishings | 1,248 | 1,506 | 1,528E | 1.4 | 22.4 |
| Personal goods | 1,930 | 2,370 | 2,077E | -12.4 | 7.6 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 7,269 | 7,369 | 7,439 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,089 | 1,100 | 1,101 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 12,528 | 11,853 | 12,284 | 3.6 | -1.9 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,441 | 7,108 | 7,480 | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,008 | 4,652 | 4,688 | 0.8 | -6.4 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 14,782 | 15,764 | 16,648 | 5.6 | 12.6 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,324 | 4,401 | 4,428 | 0.6 | 2.4 |
| Metal service centres | 4,020 | 3,789 | 3,910 | 3.2 | -2.7 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,438 | 7,574 | 8,310 | 9.7 | 29.1 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 26,350 | 25,299 | 25,779 | 1.9 | -2.2 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,935 | 5,049 | 5,101 | 1.0 | -14.0 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,393 | 11,578 | 11,927 | 3.0 | -3.8 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,617 | 3,060 | 3,173 | 3.7 | 21.2 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,404 | 5,611 | 5,577 | -0.6 | 3.2 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,510 | 12,025 | 12,724 | 5.8 | 10.5 |
| Recyclable material | 831 | 1,309E | 1,345 | 2.7 | 61.8 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,050 | 1,063 | 1,079 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,786 | 4,634 | 5,022 | 8.4 | 4.9 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,553 | 1,453 | 1,432 | -1.5 | -7.8 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,290 | 3,566 | 3,847 | 7.9 | 16.9 |
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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