Table 3 
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  June
2020
May
2021r
June
2021p
May to June 2021 June 2020 to June 2021
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total, wholesale inventories 90,457 95,230 94,623 -0.6 4.6
Farm product 203 233 236 1.3 16.0
Food, beverage and tobacco 9,465 10,998 10,895 -0.9 15.1
Food 8,328 9,615 9,578 -0.4 15.0
Beverage 544 806 685 -15.0 26.1
Cigarette and tobacco product 409 348 368 5.9 -10.0
Cannabis 183 229 263 14.9 43.5
Personal and household goods 15,301 16,375 16,158 -1.3 5.6
Textile, clothing and footwear 3,508 3,361E 3,266E -2.8 -6.9
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance 819 944 955 1.1 16.6
Home furnishings 1,271 1,519E 1,506 -0.9 18.5
Personal goods 1,697 2,038E 1,897 -6.9 11.8
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies 7,013 7,424 7,463 0.5 6.4
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries 992 1,088 1,071 -1.6 8.0
Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories 12,570 12,448 11,864 -4.7 -5.6
Motor vehicle 7,717 7,602 6,840 -10.0 -11.4
New motor vehicle parts and accessories 4,778 4,732 4,927 4.1 3.1
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories F F F F F
Building material and supplies 14,517 16,638 16,724 0.5 15.2
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies 4,194 4,443 4,538 2.1 8.2
Metal service centres 4,254 3,831 3,861 0.8 -9.2
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies 6,069 8,364 8,325 -0.5 37.2
Machinery, equipment and supplies 26,663 25,852 26,124 1.1 -2.0
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 5,699 5,021 5,363 6.8 -5.9
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies 13,002 11,901 11,566 -2.8 -11.0
Computer and communications equipment and supplies 2,610 3,255 3,299 1.3 26.4
Other machinery, equipment and supplies 5,352 5,674 5,896 3.9 10.2
Miscellaneous 11,739 12,686 12,622 -0.5 7.5
Recyclable material 1,013 1,295 1,304 0.7 28.7
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product 1,065 1,056 1,064 0.8 -0.1
Agricultural supplies 4,732 5,018 4,957 -1.2 4.7
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product 1,557 1,457 1,474 1.2 -5.3
Other miscellaneous 3,372 3,860 3,823 -1.0 13.4
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):
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