Table 3 
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry—seasonally adjusted 

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Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry—seasonally adjusted
  December
2023		 November
2024r		 December
2024p		 November to December 2024 December 2023 to December 2024
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total, wholesale inventories 140,757 139,461 140,450 0.7 -0.2
Total, wholesale inventories (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain) 127,884 127,386 128,087 0.6 0.2
Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) 372 378 388 2.6 4.3
Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 .. .. .. .. ..
Food, beverage and tobacco 13,479 13,331 13,162 -1.3 -2.3
Food 11,862 11,796 11,632 -1.4 -1.9
Beverage 939 862 820 -4.9 -12.7
Cigarette and tobacco product 410 410 445 8.6 8.6
Cannabis 269 262 266 1.3 -1.0
Personal and household goods 20,978 21,157 21,459 1.4 2.3
Textile, clothing and footwear 3,989 3,897 3,988 2.3 -0.0
Home entertainment equipment and household appliance 1,350 1,425 1,413 -0.8 4.7
Home furnishings 1,720 1,749 1,730 -1.1 0.6
Personal goods 3,079 2,785 2,853 2.5 -7.3
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies 9,683 10,091 10,380 2.9 7.2
Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries 1,158 1,211 1,094 -9.6 -5.5
Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories 17,307 17,129 17,199 0.4 -0.6
Motor vehicle 11,081 10,965 11,313 3.2 2.1
New motor vehicle parts and accessories 6,081 5,999 5,732 -4.5 -5.8
Used motor vehicle parts and accessories F F F F F
Building material and supplies 21,705 22,058 22,671 2.8 4.5
Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies 6,515 6,658 6,873 3.2 5.5
Metal service centres 5,852 5,943 F F F
Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies 9,338 9,457 9,440 -0.2 1.1
Machinery, equipment and supplies 38,864 38,720 38,486 -0.6 -1.0
Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 10,055 10,135 10,122 -0.1 0.7
Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies 17,813 18,000 17,882 -0.7 0.4
Computer and communications equipment and supplies 3,508 3,532 3,565 0.9 1.6
Other machinery, equipment and supplies 7,487 7,054 6,917 -1.9 -7.6
Miscellaneous 15,179 14,613 14,721 0.7 -3.0
Recyclable material 1,208 1,018 1,044 2.5 -13.6
Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product 1,412 1,366 1,346 -1.5 -4.6
Agricultural supplies 6,849 6,662 6,742 1.2 -1.6
Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product 1,629 1,776 1,674 -5.8 2.7
Mineral, ore and precious metal 306 188 168 -10.8 -45.2
Log, wood chips, and other wood 98 109 98 -10.3 0.4
Other miscellaneous 3,678 3,493 3,650 4.5 -0.7
r
revised
p
preliminary
..
not available for a specific reference period
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

Not included in some of the totals for wholesale inventories.
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