Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry—seasonally adjusted
| March 2024 |
February 2025r |
March 2025p |
February to March 2025 | March 2024 to March 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 140,174 | 142,952 | 141,882 | -0.7 | 1.2 |
| Total, wholesale inventories (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain) | 126,139 | 130,928 | 129,696 | -0.9 | 2.8 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 407 | 391 | 399 | 2.1 | -1.9 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 12,873 | 13,739 | 13,572 | -1.2 | 5.4 |
| Food | 11,320 | 12,107 | 11,937 | -1.4 | 5.5 |
| Beverage | 858 | 938 | 933 | -0.5 | 8.6 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 407 | 416 | 418 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
| Cannabis | 288 | 278 | 284 | 1.9 | -1.6 |
| Personal and household goods | 20,502 | 21,225 | 20,811 | -1.9 | 1.5 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 4,011 | 3,910 | 3,355 | -14.2 | -16.4 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,249 | 1,491 | 1,459 | -2.1 | 16.8 |
| Home furnishings | 1,793 | 1,778E | 1,830 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Personal goods | 3,006 | 2,620 | 2,753 | 5.1 | -8.4 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 9,196 | 10,266 | 10,255 | -0.1 | 11.5 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,248 | 1,160 | 1,159 | -0.1 | -7.1 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 16,871 | 17,751 | 17,825 | 0.4 | 5.7 |
| Motor vehicle | 10,784 | 11,636 | 11,625 | -0.1 | 7.8 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,947 | 5,967 | 6,067 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 22,027 | 22,925 | 22,614 | -1.4 | 2.7 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 6,599 | 7,684 | 7,200 | -6.3 | 9.1 |
| Metal service centres | 5,882 | 5,610 | 5,769E | 2.8 | -1.9 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 9,546 | 9,631 | 9,645 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 38,605 | 40,244 | 39,936 | -0.8 | 3.4 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 10,072 | 10,808 | 10,928 | 1.1 | 8.5 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 18,289 | 18,129 | 18,046 | -0.5 | -1.3 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,144 | 3,753 | 3,716 | -1.0 | 18.2 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 7,101 | 7,554 | 7,246 | -4.1 | 2.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 14,852 | 14,652 | 14,538 | -0.8 | -2.1 |
| Recyclable material | 945 | 1,042 | 1,027 | -1.4 | 8.7 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,386 | 1,285 | 1,367 | 6.4 | -1.3 |
| Agricultural supplies | 6,649 | 6,658 | 6,567 | -1.4 | -1.2 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,591 | 1,771 | 1,781 | 0.6 | 12.0 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | 263 | 272 | 279 | 2.6 | 6.1 |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood | 72 | 102 | 94 | -7.8 | 31.2 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,947 | 3,522 | 3,422 | -2.8 | -13.3 |
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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