Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry—seasonally adjusted
| April 2024 |
March 2025r |
April 2025p |
March to April 2025 | April 2024 to April 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 139,728 | 141,886 | 141,628 | -0.2 | 1.4 |
| Total, wholesale inventories (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain) | 125,415 | 129,595 | 129,382 | -0.2 | 3.2 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 404 | 393 | 374 | -4.8 | -7.5 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 13,237 | 13,604 | 13,557 | -0.3 | 2.4 |
| Food | 11,698 | 11,910 | 11,846 | -0.5 | 1.3 |
| Beverage | 854 | 955 | 986 | 3.2 | 15.4 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 402 | 459 | 449 | -2.1 | 11.7 |
| Cannabis | 283 | 280 | 277 | -1.0 | -2.2 |
| Personal and household goods | 21,018 | 20,914 | 21,015 | 0.5 | -0.0 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,642 | 3,412 | 3,331 | -2.4 | -8.5 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,286 | 1,476 | 1,547 | 4.8 | 20.3 |
| Home furnishings | 1,799 | 1,825 | 1,735 | -5.0 | -3.6 |
| Personal goods | 3,434 | 2,790 | 2,800 | 0.4 | -18.5 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 9,607 | 10,245 | 10,414 | 1.6 | 8.4 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,251 | 1,166 | 1,189 | 2.0 | -5.0 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 16,367 | 17,838 | 17,801 | -0.2 | 8.8 |
| Motor vehicle | 10,206 | 11,673 | 11,635 | -0.3 | 14.0 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 6,019 | 6,036 | 6,014 | -0.4 | -0.1 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | 141E | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 21,578 | 22,574 | 22,408 | -0.7 | 3.8 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 6,589 | 7,118 | 7,129 | 0.2 | 8.2 |
| Metal service centres | 5,435 | 5,797E | F | F | F |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 9,554 | 9,658 | 9,763 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 38,272 | 39,761 | 39,612 | -0.4 | 3.5 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 9,997 | 10,916 | 10,585 | -3.0 | 5.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 18,042 | 17,982 | 18,397 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,390 | 3,677 | 3,720 | 1.2 | 9.7 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 6,843 | 7,187 | 6,911 | -3.8 | 1.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 14,540 | 14,511 | 14,615 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Recyclable material | 1,026E | 1,023 | 1,055 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,362 | 1,396 | 1,407 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| Agricultural supplies | 6,255 | 6,566 | 6,550 | -0.2 | 4.7 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,618 | 1,754 | 1,789 | 2.0 | 10.6 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | 307 | 293 | 298 | 1.5 | -3.1 |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood | 84 | 78 | 76 | -2.4 | -9.1 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,887 | 3,400 | 3,441 | 1.2 | -11.5 |
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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