Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| February 2021 |
January 2022r |
February 2022p |
January to February 2022 | February 2021 to February 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 92,774 | 106,052 | 107,852 | 1.7 | 16.3 |
| Farm product | 230 | 278 | 288 | 3.3 | 25.2 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 10,527 | 11,299 | 11,267 | -0.3 | 7.0 |
| Food | 9,095 | 9,730 | 9,823 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Beverage | 844 | 912 | 785 | -13.9 | -7.1 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 358 | 438 | 453 | 3.4 | 26.6 |
| Cannabis | 230 | 219 | 206 | -6.0 | -10.3 |
| Personal and household goods | 16,410 | 17,288 | 17,358 | 0.4 | 5.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,714 | 3,207 | 3,325 | 3.7 | -10.5 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 889 | 1,190 | 1,187 | -0.2 | 33.5 |
| Home furnishings | 1,398 | 1,751 | 1,716 | -2.0 | 22.7 |
| Personal goods | 2,096E | 2,170 | 2,305 | 6.2 | 10.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 7,203 | 7,823 | 7,642 | -2.3 | 6.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,109 | 1,147 | 1,183 | 3.1 | 6.6 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,705 | 11,703 | 12,429 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,794 | 6,533 | 6,756 | 3.4 | -0.5 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,822 | 5,059 | 5,551 | 9.7 | 15.1 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 89E | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 14,927 | 21,289 | 21,174 | -0.5 | 41.9 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,200 | 5,494 | 5,941 | 8.1 | 41.4 |
| Metal service centres | 3,521 | 6,417 | 5,835 | -9.1 | 65.7 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 7,205 | 9,378 | 9,398 | 0.2 | 30.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 26,539 | 29,615 | 30,349 | 2.5 | 14.4 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,818 | 5,700 | 5,641 | -1.0 | -3.1 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,898 | 13,905 | 13,859 | -0.3 | 16.5 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,068 | 3,814 | 4,037 | 5.8 | 31.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,755 | 6,196 | 6,813 | 10.0 | 18.4 |
| Miscellaneous | 12,436 | 14,580 | 14,988 | 2.8 | 20.5 |
| Recyclable material | 1,222E | 1,317 | 1,330 | 1.0 | 8.8 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,087 | 1,187 | 1,271 | 7.1 | 16.9 |
| Agricultural supplies | 4,998 | 6,484 | 6,549 | 1.0 | 31.0 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,380 | 1,630 | 1,850 | 13.5 | 34.0 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,750 | 3,962 | 3,989 | 0.7 | 6.4 |
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):
Table 20-10-0076-01.
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