Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| November 2021 |
October 2022r |
November 2022p |
October to November 2022 | November 2021 to November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 104,856 | 126,685 | 126,047 | -0.5 | 20.2 |
| Farm product | 260 | 335 | 355 | 6.1 | 36.3 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,450 | 14,455 | 14,419 | -0.3 | 25.9 |
| Food | 10,068 | 12,866 | 12,683 | -1.4 | 26.0 |
| Beverage | 748 | 829 | 823 | -0.6 | 10.1 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 424 | 503 | 532 | 5.7 | 25.4 |
| Cannabis | 210 | 257 | 380 | 47.9 | 81.3 |
| Personal and household goods | 18,135 | 20,715 | 20,167 | -2.6 | 11.2 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,628 | 4,715 | 4,508E | -4.4 | 24.3 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,097 | 1,457 | 1,429 | -1.9 | 30.3 |
| Home furnishings | 1,670 | 2,131 | 2,165 | 1.6 | 29.7 |
| Personal goods | 2,148 | 2,890 | 2,877 | -0.4 | 34.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 8,453 | 8,362 | 8,038 | -3.9 | -4.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,139 | 1,160 | 1,150 | -0.9 | 1.0 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,812 | 14,199 | 14,286 | 0.6 | 20.9 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,528 | 7,925 | 7,986 | 0.8 | 22.3 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,157 | 6,139 | 6,178 | 0.6 | 19.8 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 20,000 | 24,627 | 23,806 | -3.3 | 19.0 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 5,156 | 7,247 | 6,943 | -4.2 | 34.7 |
| Metal service centres | 6,158 | 6,845 | 6,609 | -3.5 | 7.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 8,686 | 10,535 | 10,253 | -2.7 | 18.0 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 28,647 | 34,157 | 34,969 | 2.4 | 22.1 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,583 | 6,544 | 6,927 | 5.9 | 24.1 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 13,102 | 15,818 | 16,089 | 1.7 | 22.8 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,687 | 4,487 | 4,445 | -0.9 | 20.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 6,275 | 7,308 | 7,508 | 2.7 | 19.7 |
| Miscellaneous | 14,551 | 18,197 | 18,046 | -0.8 | 24.0 |
| Recyclable material | 1,365 | 1,181 | 1,123 | -4.9 | -17.7 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,160 | 1,417 | 1,457 | 2.8 | 25.6 |
| Agricultural supplies | 6,338 | 8,700 | 8,465 | -2.7 | 33.6 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,667 | 1,957 | 1,977 | 1.0 | 18.6 |
| Other miscellaneous | 4,021 | 4,941 | 5,023 | 1.7 | 24.9 |
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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