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Wholesale merchants' inventories and inventory-to-sales ratio
March 2006
December 2006r
January 2007r
February 2007r
March 2007p
February to March 2007
March 2006 to March 2007
February 2007r
March 2007p
Wholesale inventories
Inventory-to-sales ratio
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Inventories 49,996 53,541 54,258 54,211 54,221 0.0 8.5 1.25 1.23
Farm products
160 187 184 182 183 1.0 14.5 0.38 0.36
Food products
4,236 4,264 4,351 4,339 4,449 2.5 5.0 0.61 0.62
Alcohol and tobacco
274 281 312 289 302 4.6 10.2 0.47 0.48
Apparel
1,516 1,728 1,682 1,659 1,643 -1.0 8.4 2.10 2.10
Household and personal products
3,654 3,874 3,947 3,809 3,861 1.4 5.7 1.40 1.41
Pharmaceuticals
3,039 3,122 3,153 3,237 3,336 3.1 9.8 1.14 1.18
Motor vehicles
4,745 5,039 5,184 5,321 4,762 -10.5 0.4 0.80 0.67
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
3,201 3,288 3,387 3,393 3,392 0.0 6.0 2.18 2.16
Building supplies
5,484 5,840 5,853 5,839 5,893 0.9 7.5 1.59 1.58
Metal products
2,458 3,070 2,995 2,967 2,939 -0.9 19.6 2.17 2.08
Lumber and millwork
1,065 1,158 1,225 1,158 1,174 1.4 10.2 1.08 1.08
Machinery and equipment
10,155 11,481 11,564 11,525 11,671 1.3 14.9 2.75 2.65
Computer and other electronic equipment
1,506 1,624 1,644 1,697 1,733 2.1 15.0 0.61 0.63
Office and professional equipment
2,420 2,629 2,652 2,620 2,582 -1.5 6.7 1.32 1.31
Other products
6,082 5,958 6,124 6,177 6,302 2.0 3.6 1.15 1.16
Wholesale merchants' sales
March 2006
December 2006r
January 2007r
February 2007r
March 2007p
February to March 2007
March 2006 to March 2007
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Total, wholesale sales 41,164 43,006 42,804 43,239 44,081 1.9 7.1
Farm products 413 456 464 472 511 8.2 23.9
Food, beverages and tobacco products 7,425 7,542 7,555 7,760 7,791 0.4 4.9
Food products
6,738 6,913 6,939 7,142 7,167 0.4 6.4
Alcohol and tobacco
687 629 616 618 624 0.9 -9.2
Personal and household goods 5,921 6,470 6,159 6,355 6,346 -0.1 7.2
Apparel
724 830 821 791 782 -1.2 8.1
Household and personal products
2,571 2,825 2,617 2,724 2,737 0.5 6.5
Pharmaceuticals
2,627 2,814 2,720 2,840 2,826 -0.5 7.6
Automotive products 7,839 8,308 8,043 8,224 8,673 5.5 10.6
Motor vehicles
6,311 6,771 6,494 6,665 7,103 6.6 12.6
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
1,528 1,537 1,549 1,558 1,570 0.8 2.7
Building materials 5,924 6,057 6,228 6,108 6,233 2.1 5.2
Building supplies
3,547 3,619 3,659 3,673 3,737 1.8 5.4
Metal products
1,212 1,389 1,396 1,364 1,414 3.7 16.7
Lumber and millwork
1,166 1,049 1,173 1,071 1,082 1.0 -7.2
Machinery and electronic equipment 8,848 8,881 8,948 8,968 9,110 1.6 3.0
Machinery and equipment
4,162 4,234 4,244 4,189 4,396 4.9 5.6
Computer and other electronic equipment
2,625 2,661 2,718 2,786 2,737 -1.8 4.3
Office and professional equipment
2,062 1,985 1,986 1,992 1,977 -0.8 -4.1
Other products 4,794 5,292 5,407 5,353 5,417 1.2 13.0
Total, excluding automobiles 33,325 34,697 34,761 35,016 35,408 1.1 6.2
Sales, province and territory
Newfoundland and Labrador
219 263 252 242 262 8.2 19.4
Prince Edward Island
36 40 42 40 41 3.5 15.0
Nova Scotia
518 529 577 563 592 5.1 14.2
New Brunswick
406 420 439 431 426 -1.1 4.9
Quebec
7,731 8,066 7,888 8,103 8,340 2.9 7.9
Ontario
20,824 21,899 21,460 21,633 22,000 1.7 5.6
Manitoba
956 1,028 1,066 1,045 1,055 1.0 10.4
Saskatchewan
1,087 1,267 1,279 1,295 1,364 5.3 25.4
Alberta
5,124 5,203 5,418 5,453 5,569 2.1 8.7
British Columbia
4,226 4,260 4,342 4,396 4,396 0.0 4.0
Yukon
14 10 14 13 12 -12.6 -19.0
Northwest Territories
20 20 25 22 24 12.7 23.3
Nunavut
2 2 2 3 2 -22.9 13.0
