Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| October 2021 |
September 2022r |
October 2022p |
September to October 2022 | October 2021 to October 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 100,142 | 125,119 | 125,842 | 0.6 | 25.7 |
| Farm product | 263 | 373 | 360 | -3.4 | 37.0 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,339 | 13,890 | 14,284 | 2.8 | 26.0 |
| Food | 9,926 | 12,337 | 12,702 | 3.0 | 28.0 |
| Beverage | 739 | 820 | 838 | 2.3 | 13.4 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 469 | 497 | 489 | -1.7 | 4.3 |
| Cannabis | 206 | 236 | 255 | 8.1 | 23.8 |
| Personal and household goods | 16,274 | 20,262 | 20,763 | 2.5 | 27.6 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,453 | 4,192 | 4,685 | 11.8 | 35.7 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,009 | 1,505 | 1,433 | -4.8 | 42.0 |
| Home furnishings | 1,464 | 2,070 | 2,131 | 3.0 | 45.6 |
| Personal goods | 2,162 | 2,841 | 2,911 | 2.5 | 34.6 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 7,054 | 8,504 | 8,439 | -0.8 | 19.6 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,132 | 1,151 | 1,164 | 1.1 | 2.8 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,128 | 13,676 | 14,041 | 2.7 | 26.2 |
| Motor vehicle | 5,927 | 7,699 | 7,782 | 1.1 | 31.3 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,077 | 5,866 | 6,121 | 4.3 | 20.6 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | 111E | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 18,496 | 24,301 | 24,552 | 1.0 | 32.7 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 5,019 | 7,089 | 7,240 | 2.1 | 44.2 |
| Metal service centres | 5,137 | 6,748 | 6,787 | 0.6 | 32.1 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 8,339 | 10,464 | 10,525 | 0.6 | 26.2 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 28,183 | 33,831 | 33,590 | -0.7 | 19.2 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,865 | 6,538 | 6,476 | -1.0 | 10.4 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 12,617 | 15,268 | 15,294 | 0.2 | 21.2 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,657 | 4,750 | 4,533 | -4.6 | 23.9 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 6,044 | 7,274 | 7,287 | 0.2 | 20.6 |
| Miscellaneous | 14,460 | 18,786 | 18,251 | -2.8 | 26.2 |
| Recyclable material | 1,308 | 1,137 | 1,203 | 5.9 | -8.0 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,154 | 1,378 | 1,411 | 2.4 | 22.3 |
| Agricultural supplies | 6,429 | 9,259 | 8,759 | -5.4 | 36.2 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,605 | 1,936 | 1,958 | 1.1 | 22.0 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,963 | 5,076 | 4,919 | -3.1 | 24.1 |
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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