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Wholesale merchants' inventories and inventory-to-sales ratio
February 2007
November 2007r
December 2007r
January 2008r
February 2008p
January to February 2008
February 2007 to February 2008
January 2008r
February 2008p
Wholesale inventories
Inventory-to-sales ratio
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Inventories 54,248 54,718 54,511 54,251 54,303 0.1 0.1 1.25 1.28
Farm products
185 172 163 161 149 -7.6 -19.5 0.37 0.33
Food products
3,949 4,196 4,119 4,236 4,250 0.3 7.6 0.62 0.63
Alcohol and tobacco
280 323 318 351 341 -3.0 21.8 0.58 0.53
Apparel
1,614 1,814 1,802 1,801 1,777 -1.3 10.1 2.14 2.21
Household and personal products
3,781 4,178 4,054 4,021 4,035 0.4 6.7 1.46 1.49
Pharmaceuticals
3,288 3,537 3,557 3,571 3,620 1.4 10.1 1.14 1.18
Motor vehicles
5,352 4,633 4,645 4,542 4,598 1.2 -14.1 0.78 0.83
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
3,394 3,251 3,221 3,185 3,189 0.1 -6.1 2.10 2.12
Building supplies
5,829 5,982 6,114 6,014 6,012 0.0 3.1 1.59 1.63
Metal products
3,121 2,771 2,799 2,765 2,724 -1.5 -12.7 1.94 1.89
Lumber and millwork
1,272 1,164 1,137 1,120 1,096 -2.2 -13.9 1.15 1.21
Machinery and equipment
11,745 11,739 11,643 11,586 11,590 0.0 -1.3 2.54 2.51
Computer and other electronic equipment
1,699 1,725 1,659 1,640 1,618 -1.4 -4.8 0.61 0.62
Office and professional equipment
2,622 2,663 2,667 2,651 2,650 0.0 1.1 1.30 1.32
Other products
6,119 6,571 6,613 6,607 6,657 0.8 8.8 1.11 1.15
r revised
p preliminary
Note: Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Wholesale merchants' sales
February 2007
November 2007r
December 2007r
January 2008r
February 2008p
January to February 2008
February 2007 to February 2008
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Total, wholesale sales 43,202 43,687 42,571 43,340 42,556 -1.8 -1.5
Farm products 482 443 447 431 450 4.3 -6.7
Food, beverages and tobacco products 7,292 7,525 7,341 7,389 7,441 0.7 2.0
Food products
6,693 6,873 6,675 6,787 6,797 0.2 1.6
Alcohol and tobacco
599 653 666 603 643 6.7 7.4
Personal and household goods 6,486 6,591 6,598 6,724 6,566 -2.4 1.2
Apparel
793 798 809 842 805 -4.4 1.5
Household and personal products
2,810 2,795 2,744 2,749 2,706 -1.6 -3.7
Pharmaceuticals
2,883 2,999 3,045 3,133 3,055 -2.5 6.0
Automotive products 8,338 8,044 7,341 7,345 7,051 -4.0 -15.4
Motor vehicles
6,753 6,501 5,842 5,826 5,549 -4.8 -17.8
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
1,586 1,543 1,499 1,519 1,502 -1.1 -5.3
Building materials 6,381 6,229 6,149 6,174 6,036 -2.2 -5.4
Building supplies
3,770 3,772 3,740 3,774 3,693 -2.1 -2.0
Metal products
1,522 1,408 1,440 1,423 1,439 1.1 -5.4
Lumber and millwork
1,089 1,050 968 977 903 -7.6 -17.1
Machinery and electronic equipment 9,057 9,405 9,177 9,310 9,247 -0.7 2.1
Machinery and equipment
4,385 4,593 4,536 4,568 4,620 1.1 5.3
Computer and other electronic equipment
2,666 2,745 2,622 2,698 2,624 -2.8 -1.6
Office and professional equipment
2,006 2,067 2,019 2,044 2,004 -2.0 -0.1
Other products 5,166 5,449 5,518 5,966 5,766 -3.4 11.6
Total, excluding automobiles 34,864 35,643 35,230 35,995 35,505 -1.4 1.8
Sales, province and territory
Newfoundland and Labrador
237 247 248 257 280 9.1 18.3
Prince Edward Island
41 40 36 38 39 1.7 -5.2
Nova Scotia
558 580 552 572 578 1.0 3.6
New Brunswick
425 429 433 428 428 0.0 0.7
Quebec
8,096 8,012 7,911 8,110 8,264 1.9 2.1
Ontario
22,056 22,085 21,485 21,728 20,662 -4.9 -6.3
Manitoba
1,013 1,082 1,014 1,105 1,113 0.7 9.8
Saskatchewan
1,158 1,305 1,281 1,433 1,379 -3.8 19.1
Alberta
5,105 5,288 5,184 5,259 5,377 2.3 5.3
British Columbia
4,454 4,538 4,353 4,345 4,360 0.4 -2.1
Yukon
10 17 11 12 15 18.2 45.5
Northwest Territories
46 59 60 52 58 12.6 25.1
Nunavut
3 3 3 3 3 1.9 -16.2
r revised
p preliminary
Note: Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
