Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry—seasonally adjusted
| February 2022 |
January 2023r |
February 2023p |
January to February 2023 | February 2022 to February 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 108,871 | 129,186 | 130,207 | 0.8 | 19.6 |
| Farm product | 268 | 2,096 | 2,146 | 2.4 | 701.1 |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 11,424 | 14,401 | 14,512 | 0.8 | 27.0 |
| Food | 10,076 | 12,778 | 12,962 | 1.4 | 28.6 |
| Beverage | 763 | 849 | 781 | -8.0 | 2.3 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 378 | 507 | 503 | -0.8 | 32.9 |
| Cannabis | 207 | 266 | 267 | 0.1 | 28.9 |
| Personal and household goods | 17,816 | 21,680 | 21,945 | 1.2 | 23.2 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,353 | 5,325 | 5,391 | 1.3 | 60.8 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,225 | 1,426 | 1,525 | 7.0 | 24.5 |
| Home furnishings | 1,708E | 2,258 | 2,212 | -2.0 | 29.5 |
| Personal goods | 2,499 | 2,984 | 3,052 | 2.3 | 22.1 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 7,859 | 8,569 | 8,602 | 0.4 | 9.5 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,172 | 1,118 | 1,163 | 4.0 | -0.8 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 12,550 | 13,790 | 14,095 | 2.2 | 12.3 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,737 | 7,935 | 8,087 | 1.9 | 20.0 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,695 | 5,735 | 5,839 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 21,252 | 24,552 | 23,847 | -2.9 | 12.2 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 5,997 | 6,979 | 6,934 | -0.6 | 15.6 |
| Metal service centres | 5,853 | 6,456 | 6,099 | -5.5 | 4.2 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 9,402 | 11,118 | 10,813 | -2.7 | 15.0 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 30,353 | 35,496 | 36,008 | 1.4 | 18.6 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 5,742 | 6,865 | 6,925 | 0.9 | 20.6 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 13,903 | 16,443 | 16,663 | 1.3 | 19.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,040 | 4,268 | 4,398 | 3.0 | 8.8 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 6,668 | 7,920 | 8,022 | 1.3 | 20.3 |
| Miscellaneous | 15,209 | 17,171 | 17,654 | 2.8 | 16.1 |
| Recyclable material | 1,305 | 978E | 1,069E | 9.3 | -18.1 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,270 | 1,474 | 1,504 | 2.1 | 18.4 |
| Agricultural supplies | 6,659 | 8,122 | 8,383 | 3.2 | 25.9 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,791 | 2,015 | 2,011 | -0.2 | 12.3 |
| Other miscellaneous | 4,183 | 4,325 | 4,357 | 0.7 | 4.2 |
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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