Table 3 
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted 

Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
  November
2020
October
2021r
November
2021p
October to November 2021 November 2020 to November 2021
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total, wholesale inventories 90,473 99,286 103,516 4.3 14.4
Farm product 208 261 259 -0.8 24.6
Food, beverage and tobacco 10,233 11,267 11,219 -0.4 9.6
Food 8,959 9,858 9,796 -0.6 9.3
Beverage 643 729 737 1.0 14.5
Cigarette and tobacco product 401 474 475 0.2 18.4
Cannabis 230 205 211 3.1 -7.9
Personal and household goods 16,121 16,090 17,885 11.2 10.9
Textile, clothing and footwear 3,810E 3,531 3,716 5.2 -2.5
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance 746 1,007 1,097 8.9 47.0
Home furnishings 1,250 1,490 1,686 13.2 35.0
Personal goods 1,870 2,183 2,213 1.3 18.3
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies 7,417 6,767 8,058 19.1 8.7
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries 1,028 1,112 1,114 0.2 8.4
Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories 11,455 10,981 11,777 7.2 2.8
Motor vehicle 6,721 5,738 6,401 11.6 -4.8
New motor vehicle parts and accessories 4,650 5,118 5,248 2.5 12.9
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories F F F F F
Building material and supplies 14,200 18,302 19,710 7.7 38.8
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies 4,062 4,967 5,031 1.3 23.8
Metal service centres 3,354 5,118 6,080 18.8 81.3
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies 6,784 8,218 8,599 4.6 26.7
Machinery, equipment and supplies 26,640 27,966 28,203 0.8 5.9
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 5,647 5,806 5,567 -4.1 -1.4
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies 12,249 12,503 12,954 3.6 5.8
Computer and communications equipment and supplies 2,870 3,653 3,654 0.0 27.3
Other machinery, equipment and supplies 5,874 6,004 6,028 0.4 2.6
Miscellaneous 11,616 14,419 14,463 0.3 24.5
Recyclable material 1,023E 1,342 1,416 5.5 38.5
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product 969 1,159 1,147 -1.1 18.3
Agricultural supplies 4,632 6,399 6,236 -2.5 34.6
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product 1,356 1,595 1,637 2.6 20.7
Other miscellaneous 3,636 3,924 4,028 2.7 10.8
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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