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Wholesale merchants' inventories and inventory-to-sales ratio
July 2006
April 2007r
May 2007r
June 2007r
July 2007p
June to July 2007
July 2006 to July 2007
June 2007r
July 2007p
Wholesale inventories
Inventory-to-sales ratio
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Inventories 52,216 54,605 54,185 54,127 54,444 0.6 4.3 1.25 1.23
Farm products
191 183 191 199 197 -1.1 3.4 0.42 0.44
Food products
4,323 4,550 4,596 4,599 4,592 -0.1 6.2 0.64 0.64
Alcohol and tobacco
292 313 307 310 309 -0.4 5.9 0.47 0.49
Apparel
1,641 1,678 1,675 1,677 1,675 -0.1 2.1 2.23 2.13
Household and personal products
3,946 3,899 3,937 3,913 3,912 0.0 -0.9 1.44 1.41
Pharmaceuticals
3,175 3,499 3,490 3,544 3,645 2.8 14.8 1.26 1.22
Motor vehicles
4,761 4,651 4,503 4,560 4,622 1.4 -2.9 0.72 0.69
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
3,302 3,325 3,302 3,314 3,376 1.9 2.2 2.12 2.17
Building supplies
5,586 5,868 5,790 5,848 5,884 0.6 5.3 1.59 1.58
Metal products
2,875 3,036 3,024 2,990 2,904 -2.9 1.0 2.09 1.95
Lumber and millwork
1,028 1,139 1,113 1,108 1,111 0.2 8.0 0.98 1.00
Machinery and equipment
10,838 11,668 11,645 11,639 11,650 0.1 7.5 2.62 2.47
Computer and other electronic equipment
1,603 1,768 1,789 1,748 1,724 -1.4 7.6 0.63 0.63
Office and professional equipment
2,620 2,664 2,631 2,628 2,653 1.0 1.3 1.27 1.28
Other products
6,034 6,362 6,192 6,050 6,189 2.3 2.6 1.15 1.18
Wholesale merchants' sales
July 2006
April 2007r
May 2007r
June 2007r
July 2007p
June to July 2007
July 2006 to July 2007
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Total, wholesale sales 41,980 42,835 43,225 43,284 44,144 2.0 5.2
Farm products 422 483 445 470 453 -3.8 7.3
Food, beverages and tobacco products 7,578 7,887 7,828 7,823 7,760 -0.8 2.4
Food products
6,940 7,271 7,176 7,160 7,125 -0.5 2.7
Alcohol and tobacco
638 616 652 663 635 -4.2 -0.5
Personal and household goods 5,878 6,363 6,391 6,283 6,532 4.0 11.1
Apparel
751 763 711 753 786 4.4 4.7
Household and personal products
2,487 2,744 2,815 2,710 2,769 2.2 11.3
Pharmaceuticals
2,641 2,856 2,865 2,820 2,977 5.5 12.7
Automotive products 8,627 7,948 7,976 7,901 8,288 4.9 -3.9
Motor vehicles
7,053 6,393 6,419 6,338 6,730 6.2 -4.6
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
1,574 1,555 1,557 1,564 1,559 -0.3 -0.9
Building materials 5,732 6,165 6,215 6,239 6,323 1.3 10.3
Building supplies
3,482 3,723 3,705 3,682 3,731 1.3 7.2
Metal products
1,285 1,378 1,396 1,428 1,485 4.0 15.6
Lumber and millwork
966 1,064 1,113 1,128 1,106 -1.9 14.6
Machinery and electronic equipment 8,904 8,883 9,136 9,287 9,547 2.8 7.2
Machinery and equipment
4,141 4,164 4,329 4,444 4,715 6.1 13.9
Computer and other electronic equipment
2,739 2,713 2,699 2,778 2,754 -0.9 0.5
Office and professional equipment
2,023 2,006 2,109 2,065 2,078 0.6 2.7
Other products 4,840 5,107 5,233 5,280 5,242 -0.7 8.3
Total, excluding automobiles 33,353 34,887 35,249 35,382 35,855 1.3 7.5
Sales, province and territory
Newfoundland and Labrador
223 252 258 273 293 7.4 31.4
Prince Edward Island
31 43 43 41 37 -9.6 18.4
Nova Scotia
550 559 556 567 564 -0.4 2.6
New Brunswick
403 435 429 429 420 -2.1 4.3
Quebec
7,755 8,162 8,328 8,228 8,312 1.0 7.2
Ontario
21,668 21,490 21,668 21,428 21,965 2.5 1.4
Manitoba
959 1,058 1,082 990 1,077 8.7 12.3
Saskatchewan
1,098 1,325 1,294 1,261 1,251 -0.8 14.0
Alberta
5,119 5,162 5,103 5,430 5,480 0.9 7.0
British Columbia
4,146 4,319 4,421 4,600 4,703 2.2 13.4
Yukon
10 8 11 10 10 -1.1 -1.4
Northwest Territories
17 20 28 21 22 4.5 33.5
Nunavut
2 3 3 3 10 238.2 373.1
