Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| September 2021 |
August 2022r |
September 2022p |
August to September 2022 | September 2021 to September 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 98,945 | 123,512 | 124,954 | 1.2 | 26.3 |
| Farm product | 257 | 324 | 363 | 12.1 | 41.4 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,414 | 13,642 | 13,856 | 1.6 | 21.4 |
| Food | 9,996 | 12,094 | 12,289 | 1.6 | 22.9 |
| Beverage | 733 | 827 | 822 | -0.6 | 12.2 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 487 | 470 | 507 | 7.9 | 4.0 |
| Cannabis | 198 | 251 | 238 | -5.2 | 20.5 |
| Personal and household goods | 16,767 | 19,832 | 20,118 | 1.4 | 20.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,342 | 3,955 | 4,111 | 3.9 | 23.0 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,015 | 1,457 | 1,414 | -2.9 | 39.3 |
| Home furnishings | 1,517 | 2,024 | 2,066E | 2.1 | 36.2 |
| Personal goods | 2,168 | 2,703 | 2,849 | 5.4 | 31.4 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 7,580 | 8,519 | 8,528 | 0.1 | 12.5 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,145 | 1,176 | 1,150 | -2.2 | 0.4 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 10,518 | 13,446 | 13,628 | 1.4 | 29.6 |
| Motor vehicle | 5,385 | 7,402 | 7,648 | 3.3 | 42.0 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,013 | 5,929 | 5,869 | -1.0 | 17.1 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | 111E | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 18,457 | 24,196 | 24,067 | -0.5 | 30.4 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 4,971 | 7,091 | 7,082 | -0.1 | 42.5 |
| Metal service centres | 4,749 | 6,961 | 6,783 | -2.6 | 42.8 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 8,737 | 10,143 | 10,201 | 0.6 | 16.8 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 27,654 | 33,510 | 34,001 | 1.5 | 22.9 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,835 | 6,449 | 6,550 | 1.6 | 12.2 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,298 | 15,310 | 15,365 | 0.4 | 24.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,483 | 4,646 | 4,824 | 3.8 | 38.5 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 6,038 | 7,106 | 7,262 | 2.2 | 20.3 |
| Miscellaneous | 13,879 | 18,562 | 18,922 | 1.9 | 36.3 |
| Recyclable material | 1,289 | 1,135 | 1,148 | 1.2 | -10.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,147 | 1,318 | 1,354 | 2.7 | 18.1 |
| Agricultural supplies | 5,842 | 9,037 | 9,325 | 3.2 | 59.6 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,681 | 1,939 | 1,988 | 2.5 | 18.3 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,921 | 5,133 | 5,107 | -0.5 | 30.3 |
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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