Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry—seasonally adjusted
| July 2024 |
June 2025r |
July 2025p |
June to July 2025 | July 2024 to July 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 138,957 | 142,688 | 144,081 | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| Total, wholesale inventories (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain) | 127,083 | 131,844 | 132,576 | 0.6 | 4.3 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 361 | 361 | 368 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 13,121 | 14,459 | 14,775 | 2.2 | 12.6 |
| Food | 11,647 | 12,815 | 13,205 | 3.0 | 13.4 |
| Beverage | 841 | 981 | 927 | -5.5 | 10.1 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 376 | 399 | 383 | -4.2 | 1.7 |
| Cannabis | 256 | 264 | 261 | -1.4 | 1.8 |
| Personal and household goods | 20,063 | 21,534 | 21,541 | 0.0 | 7.4 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,886 | 3,552 | 3,463 | -2.5 | -10.9 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,319 | 1,637 | 1,612 | -1.5 | 22.2 |
| Home furnishings | 1,717E | 1,799E | 1,778E | -1.2 | 3.5 |
| Personal goods | 2,571 | 2,715 | 2,551 | -6.1 | -0.8 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 9,289 | 10,627 | 10,866 | 2.3 | 17.0 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,280 | 1,203 | 1,270 | 5.6 | -0.8 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 17,265 | 17,397 | 17,409 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| Motor vehicle | 10,989 | 10,599 | 10,615 | 0.2 | -3.4 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 6,097 | 6,663 | 6,655 | -0.1 | 9.2 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | 139 | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 22,071 | 23,429 | 23,519 | 0.4 | 6.6 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 6,750 | 7,484 | 7,413 | -1.0 | 9.8 |
| Metal service centres | 5,868 | 5,717 | 5,792E | 1.3 | -1.3 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 9,454 | 10,227 | 10,314 | 0.8 | 9.1 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 39,385 | 39,558 | 39,731 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 10,653 | 10,687 | 10,856 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 18,428 | 18,070 | 17,509 | -3.1 | -5.0 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,452 | 3,535 | 3,704 | 4.8 | 7.3 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 6,852 | 7,267 | 7,662 | 5.4 | 11.8 |
| Miscellaneous | 14,816 | 15,106 | 15,234 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| Recyclable material | 1,091 | 1,177 | 1,249E | 6.1 | 14.5 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,420 | 1,451 | 1,521 | 4.8 | 7.1 |
| Agricultural supplies | 6,515 | 6,676 | 6,735 | 0.9 | 3.4 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,636 | 1,876 | 1,906 | 1.6 | 16.5 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | 309 | 166 | 186 | 12.6 | -39.6 |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood | 90 | 85 | 86 | 0.7 | -4.4 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,756 | 3,675 | 3,551 | -3.4 | -5.5 |
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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