Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry—seasonally adjusted
| August 2022 |
July 2023r |
August 2023p |
July to August 2023 | August 2022 to August 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 123,561 | 144,525 | 145,125 | 0.4 | 17.5 |
| Total, wholesale inventories (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons) | 123,465 | 127,812 | 128,479 | 0.5 | 4.1 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 321 | 359 | 337 | -6.0 | 5.2 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 13,661 | 13,434 | 13,752 | 2.4 | 0.7 |
| Food | 12,110 | 11,600 | 11,820 | 1.9 | -2.4 |
| Beverage | 826 | 904 | 912 | 0.9 | 10.3 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 474 | 680 | 752 | 10.5 | 58.5 |
| Cannabis | 251 | 251 | 269 | 7.5 | 7.3 |
| Personal and household goods | 19,814 | 21,262 | 20,711 | -2.6 | 4.5 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,974 | 4,733 | 4,534 | -4.2 | 14.1 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,463 | 1,362 | 1,351 | -0.8 | -7.6 |
| Home furnishings | 2,031 | 1,765 | 1,734 | -1.8 | -14.6 |
| Personal goods | 2,696 | 2,860 | 2,807 | -1.9 | 4.1 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 8,476 | 9,405 | 9,173 | -2.5 | 8.2 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,175 | 1,138 | 1,112 | -2.3 | -5.3 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 13,511 | 16,142 | 16,405 | 1.6 | 21.4 |
| Motor vehicle | 7,433 | 10,262 | 10,438 | 1.7 | 40.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,963 | 5,736 | 5,845 | 1.9 | -2.0 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 24,257 | 23,046 | 23,688 | 2.8 | -2.3 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 7,098 | 6,937 | 7,110 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
| Metal service centres | 6,961 | 6,449 | 6,780 | 5.1 | -2.6 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 10,198 | 9,659 | 9,799 | 1.5 | -3.9 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 33,524 | 37,758 | 38,160 | 1.1 | 13.8 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 6,465 | 8,221 | 8,137 | -1.0 | 25.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 15,345 | 18,534 | 18,897 | 2.0 | 23.1 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 4,598 | 3,459 | 3,450 | -0.3 | -25.0 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 7,116 | 7,544 | 7,675 | 1.7 | 7.9 |
| Miscellaneous | 18,472 | 15,811 | 15,426 | -2.4 | -16.5 |
| Recyclable material | 1,133 | 1,279 | 1,371E | 7.2 | 21.0 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,329 | 1,425 | 1,410 | -1.1 | 6.1 |
| Agricultural supplies | 8,949 | 7,040 | 6,713 | -4.6 | -25.0 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,931 | 1,746 | 1,744 | -0.1 | -9.7 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | .. | 229 | 213 | -7.1 | .. |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood | .. | 76 | 75 | 0.4 | .. |
| Other miscellaneous | 5,130 | 4,017 | 3,900 | -2.9 | -24.0 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
..
not available for a specific reference period
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.
Table note 1
Unadjusted and not included in wholesale sales calculation.
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