Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry—seasonally adjusted
| August 2023 |
July 2024r |
August 2024p |
July to August 2024 | August 2023 to August 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 143,938 | 138,841 | 139,184 | 0.2 | -3.3 |
| Total, wholesale inventories (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain) | 127,847 | 126,967 | 127,313 | 0.3 | -0.4 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 335 | 357 | 395 | 10.6 | 17.8 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 13,340 | 13,112 | 13,071 | -0.3 | -2.0 |
| Food | 11,662 | 11,638 | 11,621 | -0.2 | -0.4 |
| Beverage | 922 | 845 | 826 | -2.3 | -10.5 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 487 | 373 | 373 | 0.2 | -23.3 |
| Cannabis | 270 | 256 | 251 | -1.9 | -6.8 |
| Personal and household goods | 20,745 | 20,136 | 20,581 | 2.2 | -0.8 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 4,603 | 3,907 | 3,988 | 2.1 | -13.4 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,346 | 1,309 | 1,274 | -2.7 | -5.4 |
| Home furnishings | 1,757 | 1,705E | 1,664 | -2.4 | -5.3 |
| Personal goods | 2,815 | 2,647 | 3,037 | 14.7 | 7.9 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 9,111 | 9,289 | 9,306 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,112 | 1,280 | 1,313 | 2.5 | 18.1 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 16,476 | 17,235 | 17,389 | 0.9 | 5.5 |
| Motor vehicle | 10,461 | 10,954 | 11,185 | 2.1 | 6.9 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,897 | 6,107 | 6,070 | -0.6 | 2.9 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 23,714 | 22,042 | 22,270 | 1.0 | -6.1 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 7,105 | 6,763 | 6,724 | -0.6 | -5.4 |
| Metal service centres | 6,767 | 5,868 | 6,222 | 6.0 | -8.1 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 9,842 | 9,412 | 9,324 | -0.9 | -5.3 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 37,993 | 39,291 | 39,146 | -0.4 | 3.0 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 8,103 | 10,591 | 10,202 | -3.7 | 25.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 19,013 | 18,428 | 18,689 | 1.4 | -1.7 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,321 | 3,420 | 3,541 | 3.5 | 6.6 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 7,555 | 6,852 | 6,713 | -2.0 | -11.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 15,245 | 14,793 | 14,462 | -2.2 | -5.1 |
| Recyclable material | 1,319E | 1,096 | 1,070E | -2.4 | -18.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,416 | 1,415 | 1,386 | -2.1 | -2.1 |
| Agricultural supplies | 6,746 | 6,497 | 6,206 | -4.5 | -8.0 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,679 | 1,633 | 1,662 | 1.8 | -1.0 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | 241 | 309 | 265 | -14.3 | 9.9 |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood | 70 | 90 | 101 | 11.8 | 42.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,774 | 3,753 | 3,772 | 0.5 | -0.0 |
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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