Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| August 2021 |
July 2022r |
August 2022p |
July to August 2022 | August 2021 to August 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 97,686 | 121,464 | 123,241 | 1.5 | 26.2 |
| Farm product | 255 | 290 | 309 | 6.7 | 21.3 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,052 | 13,392 | 13,600 | 1.6 | 23.1 |
| Food | 9,723 | 11,855 | 12,078 | 1.9 | 24.2 |
| Beverage | 735 | 831 | 815 | -1.9 | 11.0 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 380 | 455 | 456 | 0.2 | 19.8 |
| Cannabis | 214 | 251 | 250 | -0.1 | 17.0 |
| Personal and household goods | 16,644 | 19,449 | 19,811 | 1.9 | 19.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,369 | 3,495 | 3,895 | 11.4 | 15.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 993 | 1,501 | 1,499 | -0.1 | 50.9 |
| Home furnishings | 1,622E | 1,987 | 2,015 | 1.4 | 24.3 |
| Personal goods | 1,981 | 2,766 | 2,716 | -1.8 | 37.1 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 7,574 | 8,537 | 8,506 | -0.4 | 12.3 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,106 | 1,163 | 1,181 | 1.6 | 6.8 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,210 | 13,035 | 13,281 | 1.9 | 18.5 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,141 | 6,812 | 7,217 | 5.9 | 17.5 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 4,953 | 6,059 | 5,948 | -1.8 | 20.1 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 18,107 | 23,612 | 24,108 | 2.1 | 33.1 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,877 | 6,826 | 7,081 | 3.7 | 45.2 |
| Metal service centres | 4,533 | 6,780 | 6,945 | 2.4 | 53.2 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 8,697 | 10,006 | 10,082 | 0.8 | 15.9 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 26,892 | 33,075 | 33,647 | 1.7 | 25.1 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,635 | 6,735 | 6,473 | -3.9 | 14.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 11,864 | 14,903 | 15,466 | 3.8 | 30.4 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,450 | 4,705 | 4,560 | -3.1 | 32.2 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 5,944 | 6,731 | 7,149 | 6.2 | 20.3 |
| Miscellaneous | 13,527 | 18,611 | 18,485 | -0.7 | 36.7 |
| Recyclable material | 1,227 | 1,141 | 1,113E | -2.4 | -9.2 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,136 | 1,280 | 1,322 | 3.3 | 16.3 |
| Agricultural supplies | 5,612 | 9,153 | 8,982 | -1.9 | 60.1 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,562 | 1,943 | 1,950 | 0.4 | 24.9 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,990 | 5,095 | 5,118 | 0.5 | 28.3 |
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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