Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| December 2020 |
November 2021r |
December 2021p |
November to December 2021 | December 2020 to December 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 90,883 | 104,168 | 107,235 | 2.9 | 18.0 |
| Farm product | 217 | 262 | 273 | 4.3 | 25.7 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,376 | 11,373 | 11,262 | -1.0 | 8.5 |
| Food | 9,118 | 9,995 | 9,869 | -1.3 | 8.2 |
| Beverage | 659 | 743 | 755 | 1.7 | 14.6 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 344 | 425 | 409 | -3.8 | 19.0 |
| Cannabis | 255 | 209 | 229 | 9.3 | -10.3 |
| Personal and household goods | 15,821 | 17,882 | 18,665 | 4.4 | 18.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,725 | 3,686 | 3,563 | -3.3 | -4.4 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 866 | 1,107 | 1,152 | 4.0 | 33.0 |
| Home furnishings | 1,285 | 1,677 | 1,795 | 7.0 | 39.7 |
| Personal goods | 1,927 | 2,204 | 2,207 | 0.1 | 14.5 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 6,976 | 8,089 | 8,869 | 9.6 | 27.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,043 | 1,119 | 1,080 | -3.5 | 3.5 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,712 | 11,774 | 12,802 | 8.7 | 9.3 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,990 | 6,463 | 7,354 | 13.8 | 5.2 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,634 | 5,186 | 5,332 | 2.8 | 15.1 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 89E | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 14,694 | 19,917 | 20,649 | 3.7 | 40.5 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,265 | 5,058 | 5,381 | 6.4 | 26.2 |
| Metal service centres | 3,517 | 6,183 | 6,132 | -0.8 | 74.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 6,912 | 8,676 | 9,136 | 5.3 | 32.2 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 26,306 | 28,325 | 28,689 | 1.3 | 9.1 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,637 | 5,593 | 5,794 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,026 | 12,919 | 12,870 | -0.4 | 7.0 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 2,807 | 3,741 | 3,907 | 4.5 | 39.2 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,836 | 6,072 | 6,118 | 0.8 | 4.8 |
| Miscellaneous | 11,756 | 14,636 | 14,894 | 1.8 | 26.7 |
| Recyclable material | 1,106 | 1,401 | 1,375 | -1.8 | 24.4 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,052 | 1,147 | 1,180 | 2.9 | 12.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,689 | 6,386 | 6,574 | 2.9 | 40.2 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,329 | 1,628 | 1,646 | 1.1 | 23.9 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,580 | 4,074 | 4,119 | 1.1 | 15.0 |
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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