Table 1
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| January 2022 |
December 2022r |
January 2023p |
December 2022 to January 2023 | January 2022 to January 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 106,784 | 126,666 | 128,622 | 1.5 | 20.5 |
| Farm product | 272 | 339 | 1,529 | 351.2 | 462.4 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,275 | 14,420 | 14,413 | -0.1 | 27.8 |
| Food | 9,804 | 12,781 | 12,802 | 0.2 | 30.6 |
| Beverage | 901 | 850 | 829 | -2.4 | -7.9 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 350 | 509 | 513 | 0.8 | 46.4 |
| Cannabis | 220 | 279 | 268 | -4.1 | 21.8 |
| Personal and household goods | 17,966 | 20,799 | 21,598 | 3.8 | 20.2 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,228 | 4,872 | 5,282 | 8.4 | 63.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,233 | 1,452 | 1,386 | -4.5 | 12.4 |
| Home furnishings | 1,773 | 2,177 | 2,266 | 4.1 | 27.8 |
| Personal goods | 2,318 | 2,957 | 2,965 | 0.3 | 27.9 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 8,266 | 8,212 | 8,591 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,148 | 1,128 | 1,107 | -1.8 | -3.5 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 11,762 | 14,073 | 13,609 | -3.3 | 15.7 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,501 | 7,991 | 7,759 | -2.9 | 19.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,151 | 5,963 | 5,730 | -3.9 | 11.2 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 21,291 | 24,199 | 24,924 | 3.0 | 17.1 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 5,563 | 6,808 | 6,998 | 2.8 | 25.8 |
| Metal service centres | 6,392 | 6,787 | 6,827 | 0.6 | 6.8 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 9,337 | 10,604 | 11,098 | 4.7 | 18.9 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 29,641 | 35,025 | 35,304 | 0.8 | 19.1 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,755 | 6,782 | 6,963 | 2.7 | 21.0 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 13,811 | 16,155 | 16,273 | 0.7 | 17.8 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,799 | 4,346 | 4,244 | -2.3 | 11.7 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 6,275 | 7,742 | 7,825 | 1.1 | 24.7 |
| Miscellaneous | 14,577 | 17,812 | 17,245 | -3.2 | 18.3 |
| Recyclable material | 1,289 | 986 | 967 | -1.9 | -25.0 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,178 | 1,506 | 1,489 | -1.1 | 26.4 |
| Agricultural supplies | 6,506 | 8,207 | 8,218 | 0.1 | 26.3 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,634 | 2,132 | 2,010 | -5.7 | 23.0 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,970 | 4,823 | 4,321 | -10.4 | 8.8 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
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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