Canada - Changes in inventories

Changes in inventories (current US$)

The latest value for Changes in inventories (current US$) in Canada was ($16,543,230,000) as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $14,086,980,000 in 2017 and ($16,543,230,000) in 2020.

Definition: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

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Year Value
1970 $241,751,400
1971 $385,654,600
1972 $830,408,100
1973 $1,963,812,000
1974 $3,865,709,000
1975 $1,415,505,000
1976 $2,488,268,000
1977 $1,844,761,000
1978 $878,409,700
1979 $4,307,492,000
1980 ($611,241,000)
1981 $852,448,100
1982 ($8,319,689,000)
1983 ($2,742,616,000)
1984 $2,857,694,000
1985 $3,030,392,000
1986 $2,441,886,000
1987 $1,376,320,000
1988 $4,470,626,000
1989 $3,679,054,000
1990 ($2,386,013,000)
1991 ($5,649,821,000)
1992 ($5,990,734,000)
1993 ($1,048,756,000)
1994 $703,720,000
1995 $6,259,108,000
1996 $762,742,900
1997 $6,014,011,000
1998 $3,108,190,000
1999 $3,349,263,000
2000 $7,559,087,000
2001 ($3,549,845,000)
2002 ($1,790,607,000)
2003 $4,066,805,000
2004 $5,221,368,000
2005 $9,320,020,000
2006 $9,375,881,000
2007 $8,355,833,000
2008 $9,372,071,000
2009 ($4,776,485,000)
2010 $335,885,600
2011 $11,494,470,000
2012 $6,826,336,000
2013 $13,304,050,000
2014 $8,692,487,000
2015 ($451,209,100)
2016 ($171,995,600)
2017 $14,086,980,000
2018 $11,022,580,000
2019 $12,273,200,000
2020 ($16,543,230,000)

Changes in inventories (current LCU)

The value for Changes in inventories (current LCU) in Canada was -22,187,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18,284,000,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of -22,187,000,000 in 2020.

Definition: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1970 252,606,000
1971 389,434,000
1972 822,021,000
1973 1,964,008,000
1974 3,780,663,000
1975 1,439,852,000
1976 2,453,432,000
1977 1,961,903,000
1978 1,002,002,000
1979 5,045,796,000
1980 -714,663,000
1981 1,022,000,000
1982 -10,264,000,000
1983 -3,380,000,000
1984 3,701,000,000
1985 4,138,000,000
1986 3,393,000,000
1987 1,825,000,000
1988 5,502,000,000
1989 4,356,000,000
1990 -2,784,000,000
1991 -6,473,000,000
1992 -7,241,000,000
1993 -1,353,000,000
1994 961,000,000
1995 8,590,000,000
1996 1,040,000,000
1997 8,327,000,000
1998 4,611,000,000
1999 4,976,000,000
2000 11,226,000,000
2001 -5,498,000,000
2002 -2,810,000,000
2003 5,698,000,000
2004 6,793,000,000
2005 11,294,000,000
2006 10,636,000,000
2007 8,975,000,000
2008 10,000,000,000
2009 -5,460,000,000
2010 346,000,000
2011 11,371,000,000
2012 6,822,000,000
2013 13,705,000,000
2014 9,603,000,000
2015 -577,000,000
2016 -228,000,000
2017 18,284,000,000
2018 14,283,000,000
2019 16,284,000,000
2020 -22,187,000,000

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts