Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| July 2020 |
June 2021r |
July 2021p |
June to July 2021 | July 2020 to July 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 90,042 | 95,103 | 95,703 | 0.6 | 6.3 |
| Farm product | 200 | 241 | 252 | 4.7 | 25.9 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 9,472 | 10,940 | 10,938 | -0.0 | 15.5 |
| Food | 8,332 | 9,604 | 9,587 | -0.2 | 15.1 |
| Beverage | 563 | 692 | 725 | 4.8 | 28.9 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 409 | 377 | 368 | -2.5 | -10.1 |
| Cannabis | 168 | 265 | 257 | -3.0 | 53.5 |
| Personal and household goods | 15,951 | 16,145 | 16,196 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,599 | 3,270E | 3,330E | 1.8 | -7.5 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 759 | 956 | 962 | 0.6 | 26.7 |
| Home furnishings | 1,382 | 1,447 | 1,431 | -1.1 | 3.6 |
| Personal goods | 1,926 | 1,857 | 1,887 | 1.6 | -2.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 7,231 | 7,533 | 7,475 | -0.8 | 3.4 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,054 | 1,082 | 1,110 | 2.6 | 5.3 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 12,139 | 11,890 | 11,392 | -4.2 | -6.2 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,496 | 6,762 | 6,489 | -4.0 | -13.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,555 | 5,029 | 4,797 | -4.6 | 5.3 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 14,496 | 16,781 | 17,386 | 3.6 | 19.9 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,087 | 4,538 | 4,680 | 3.1 | 14.5 |
| Metal service centres | 3,996 | 3,922 | 4,342 | 10.7 | 8.6 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,413 | 8,322 | 8,364 | 0.5 | 30.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 26,126 | 26,424 | 26,774 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,717 | 5,495 | 5,459 | -0.6 | -4.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,145 | 11,753 | 12,164 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,661 | 3,258 | 3,176 | -2.5 | 19.4 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,603 | 5,918 | 5,974 | 0.9 | 6.6 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,658 | 12,682 | 12,766 | 0.7 | 9.5 |
| Recyclable material | 928E | 1,334 | 1,376 | 3.2 | 48.3 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,005 | 1,088 | 1,108 | 1.9 | 10.3 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,745 | 4,965 | 5,125 | 3.2 | 8.0 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,539 | 1,486 | 1,470 | -1.0 | -4.5 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,440 | 3,810 | 3,686 | -3.3 | 7.1 |
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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