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Wholesale merchants' sales
March 2007
December 2007r
January 2008r
February 2008r
March 2008p
February to March 2008
March 2007 to March 2008
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Total, wholesale sales 43,972 42,571 43,336 42,437 42,692 0.6 -2.9
Farm products 511 447 431 449 459 2.2 -10.3
Food, beverages and tobacco products 7,397 7,344 7,382 7,431 7,456 0.3 0.8
Food products
6,788 6,676 6,778 6,785 6,795 0.1 0.1
Alcohol and tobacco
609 667 605 646 661 2.3 8.6
Personal and household goods 6,364 6,591 6,726 6,532 6,457 -1.1 1.5
Apparel
771 805 839 786 764 -2.8 -0.9
Household and personal products
2,762 2,750 2,753 2,730 2,726 -0.2 -1.3
Pharmaceuticals
2,830 3,036 3,135 3,015 2,967 -1.6 4.8
Automotive products 8,722 7,335 7,324 7,065 7,099 0.5 -18.6
Motor vehicles
7,124 5,838 5,809 5,574 5,611 0.7 -21.2
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
1,598 1,497 1,515 1,491 1,487 -0.2 -6.9
Building materials 6,436 6,154 6,182 5,988 6,114 2.1 -5.0
Building supplies
3,816 3,743 3,779 3,634 3,758 3.4 -1.5
Metal products
1,538 1,443 1,428 1,453 1,468 1.0 -4.5
Lumber and millwork
1,082 968 976 901 887 -1.5 -18.0
Machinery and electronic equipment 9,274 9,188 9,328 9,226 9,384 1.7 1.2
Machinery and equipment
4,645 4,551 4,595 4,636 4,758 2.6 2.4
Computer and other electronic equipment
2,623 2,618 2,691 2,591 2,604 0.5 -0.7
Office and professional equipment
2,005 2,019 2,042 2,000 2,022 1.1 0.8
Other products 5,269 5,513 5,962 5,747 5,724 -0.4 8.6
Total, excluding automobiles 35,250 35,236 36,012 35,372 35,593 0.6 1.0
Sales, province and territory
Newfoundland and Labrador
250 247 255 278 262 -5.5 5.0
Prince Edward Island
42 36 38 38 39 2.6 -7.6
Nova Scotia
585 552 571 576 564 -2.1 -3.6
New Brunswick
413 433 428 425 424 -0.3 2.7
Quebec
8,300 7,924 8,087 8,164 8,055 -1.3 -3.0
Ontario
22,266 21,469 21,742 20,665 20,993 1.6 -5.7
Manitoba
1,044 1,013 1,101 1,105 1,060 -4.1 1.5
Saskatchewan
1,239 1,290 1,448 1,408 1,571 11.6 26.8
Alberta
5,292 5,183 5,265 5,340 5,411 1.3 2.2
British Columbia
4,472 4,349 4,336 4,354 4,241 -2.6 -5.2
Yukon
11 11 12 14 11 -21.2 5.6
Northwest Territories
56 61 50 68 59 -14.1 5.0
Nunavut
3 3 3 3 2 -20.9 -19.8
r revised
p preliminary
Note: Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Wholesale merchants' inventories and inventory-to-sales ratio
March 2007
December 2007r
January 2008r
February 2008r
March 2008p
February to March 2008
March 2007 to March 2008
February 2008r
March 2008p
Wholesale inventories
Inventory-to-sales ratio
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Inventories 54,234 54,504 54,231 54,228 54,322 0.2 0.2 1.28 1.27
Farm products
189 166 165 155 171 10.5 -9.1 0.35 0.37
Food products
4,075 4,124 4,240 4,239 4,336 2.3 6.4 0.62 0.64
Alcohol and tobacco
292 318 350 344 357 3.9 22.5 0.53 0.54
Apparel
1,619 1,800 1,800 1,768 1,773 0.3 9.5 2.25 2.32
Household and personal products
3,816 4,053 4,022 4,036 4,058 0.6 6.3 1.48 1.49
Pharmaceuticals
3,454 3,552 3,563 3,589 3,565 -0.7 3.2 1.19 1.20
Motor vehicles
4,887 4,637 4,528 4,570 4,442 -2.8 -9.1 0.82 0.79
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
3,385 3,225 3,191 3,198 3,261 2.0 -3.7 2.15 2.19
Building supplies
5,881 6,105 5,996 5,984 5,883 -1.7 0.0 1.65 1.57
Metal products
3,089 2,806 2,775 2,754 2,773 0.7 -10.2 1.90 1.89
Lumber and millwork
1,262 1,133 1,109 1,082 1,059 -2.2 -16.1 1.20 1.19
Machinery and equipment
11,729 11,643 11,588 11,641 11,613 -0.2 -1.0 2.51 2.44
Computer and other electronic equipment
1,735 1,660 1,642 1,569 1,632 4.0 -6.0 0.61 0.63
Office and professional equipment
2,598 2,673 2,660 2,680 2,750 2.6 5.9 1.34 1.36
Other products
6,222 6,608 6,601 6,617 6,646 0.4 6.8 1.15 1.16
r revised
p preliminary
Note: Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
