Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry—seasonally adjusted
| February 2024 |
January 2025r |
February 2025p |
January to February 2025 | February 2024 to February 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 138,521 | 140,429 | 142,669 | 1.6 | 3.0 |
| Total, wholesale inventories (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain) | 125,054 | 127,890 | 130,642 | 2.2 | 4.5 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 373 | 376 | 390 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 12,723 | 13,459 | 13,716 | 1.9 | 7.8 |
| Food | 11,168 | 11,864 | 12,069 | 1.7 | 8.1 |
| Beverage | 845 | 893 | 938 | 5.0 | 11.1 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 423 | 416 | 409 | -1.6 | -3.3 |
| Cannabis | 288 | 286 | 300 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| Personal and household goods | 20,026 | 21,033 | 21,306 | 1.3 | 6.4 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,785 | 3,957 | 3,879 | -2.0 | 2.5 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,299 | 1,437 | 1,500 | 4.4 | 15.5 |
| Home furnishings | 1,759 | 1,758 | 1,772E | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Personal goods | 2,860 | 2,739 | 2,660 | -2.9 | -7.0 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 9,114 | 10,095 | 10,321 | 2.2 | 13.3 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,209 | 1,048 | 1,173 | 12.0 | -3.0 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 16,685 | 17,566 | 17,684 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
| Motor vehicle | 10,449 | 11,507 | 11,580 | 0.6 | 10.8 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 6,098 | 5,902 | 5,951 | 0.8 | -2.4 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 21,752 | 22,465 | 22,929 | 2.1 | 5.4 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 6,552 | 7,023 | 7,661 | 9.1 | 16.9 |
| Metal service centres | 5,802 | 5,972E | 5,677 | -4.9 | -2.1 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 9,398 | 9,471 | 9,590 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 38,062 | 38,389 | 39,986 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 9,970 | 10,272 | 10,690 | 4.1 | 7.2 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 17,805 | 17,190 | 18,135 | 5.5 | 1.9 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,165 | 3,540 | 3,620 | 2.3 | 14.4 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 7,122 | 7,387 | 7,541 | 2.1 | 5.9 |
| Miscellaneous | 15,433 | 14,602 | 14,630 | 0.2 | -5.2 |
| Recyclable material | 1,056 | 1,039 | 1,047 | 0.7 | -0.9 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,400 | 1,324 | 1,293 | -2.4 | -7.7 |
| Agricultural supplies | 7,101 | 6,895 | 6,733 | -2.4 | -5.2 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,583 | 1,741 | 1,736 | -0.3 | 9.7 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | 346 | 193 | 169 | -12.6 | -51.1 |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood | 70 | 96 | 102 | 6.2 | 46.5 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,876 | 3,312 | 3,550 | 7.2 | -8.4 |
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
Not included in some of the totals for wholesale inventories.
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