Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry—seasonally adjusted
| July 2022 |
June 2023r |
July 2023p |
June to July 2023 | July 2022 to July 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 121,630 | 145,391 | 147,277 | 1.3 | 21.1 |
| Total, wholesale inventories (excluding Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons) | 121,609 | 127,825 | 128,362 | 0.4 | 5.6 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 291 | 2,583 | 2,728 | 5.6 | 839.2 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 13,462 | 13,710 | 13,360 | -2.6 | -0.8 |
| Food | 11,917 | 12,026 | 11,579 | -3.7 | -2.8 |
| Beverage | 832 | 916 | 924 | 0.9 | 11.1 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 462 | 505 | 595 | 17.9 | 28.7 |
| Cannabis | 251 | 263 | 262 | -0.5 | 4.4 |
| Personal and household goods | 19,496 | 21,388 | 21,283 | -0.5 | 9.2 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,536 | 4,550 | 4,797 | 5.4 | 35.7 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,490 | 1,413 | 1,371 | -3.0 | -8.0 |
| Home furnishings | 1,993 | 1,915 | 1,753 | -8.5 | -12.0 |
| Personal goods | 2,781 | 3,106 | 2,801 | -9.8 | 0.7 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 8,535 | 9,259 | 9,421 | 1.7 | 10.4 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,160 | 1,145 | 1,138 | -0.6 | -1.9 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 13,095 | 15,947 | 16,203 | 1.6 | 23.7 |
| Motor vehicle | 6,856 | 9,965 | 10,334 | 3.7 | 50.7 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 6,076 | 5,838 | 5,725 | -1.9 | -5.8 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 23,630 | 23,221 | 23,385 | 0.7 | -1.0 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 6,814 | 6,960 | 6,911 | -0.7 | 1.4 |
| Metal service centres | 6,780 | 6,271 | 6,469 | 3.2 | -4.6 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 10,036 | 9,991 | 10,006 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 33,045 | 37,236 | 37,812 | 1.5 | 14.4 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,733 | 8,502 | 8,413 | -1.1 | 25.0 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 14,855 | 17,738 | 18,508 | 4.3 | 24.6 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,727 | 3,574 | 3,424 | -4.2 | -27.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 6,729 | 7,422 | 7,468 | 0.6 | 11.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 18,612 | 15,945 | 15,946 | 0.0 | -14.3 |
| Recyclable material | 1,142 | 1,094 | 1,229 | 12.4 | 7.6 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,286 | 1,456 | 1,430 | -1.8 | 11.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 9,153 | 7,113 | 7,143 | 0.4 | -22.0 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,938 | 1,681 | 1,717 | 2.2 | -11.4 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | .. | 200 | 230 | 14.9 | .. |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood | .. | 76 | 77 | 1.0 | .. |
| Other miscellaneous | 5,093 | 4,325 | 4,121 | -4.7 | -19.1 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
..
not available for a specific reference period
...
not applicable
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.
Table note 1
Unadjusted and not included in wholesale sales calculation.
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