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Wholesale merchants' inventories and inventory-to-sales ratio
April 2007
January 2008r
February 2008r
March 2008r
April 2008p
March to April 2008
April 2007 to April 2008
March 2008r
April 2008p
Wholesale inventories
Inventory-to-sales ratio
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Inventories 54,533 54,207 54,206 54,232 54,378 0.3 -0.3 1.27 1.25
Farm products
190 164 156 164 168 2.5 -11.9 0.36 0.38
Food products
4,106 4,243 4,242 4,357 4,340 -0.4 5.7 0.64 0.63
Alcohol and tobacco
300 350 343 356 350 -1.7 16.6 0.53 0.54
Apparel
1,639 1,795 1,762 1,755 1,726 -1.7 5.3 2.35 2.20
Household and personal products
3,894 4,019 4,041 4,086 4,093 0.2 5.1 1.51 1.53
Pharmaceuticals
3,528 3,566 3,595 3,580 3,629 1.4 2.9 1.20 1.15
Motor vehicles
4,741 4,513 4,542 4,350 4,316 -0.8 -9.0 0.77 0.77
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
3,346 3,190 3,196 3,258 3,253 -0.1 -2.8 2.11 2.09
Building supplies
5,907 5,995 5,984 5,895 5,943 0.8 0.6 1.58 1.60
Metal products
3,100 2,776 2,754 2,776 2,782 0.2 -10.3 1.88 1.82
Lumber and millwork
1,241 1,112 1,090 1,066 1,101 3.3 -11.3 1.20 1.21
Machinery and equipment
11,772 11,575 11,627 11,584 11,521 -0.5 -2.1 2.41 2.39
Computer and other electronic equipment
1,764 1,648 1,573 1,647 1,708 3.7 -3.2 0.63 0.61
Office and professional equipment
2,627 2,655 2,673 2,702 2,693 -0.3 2.5 1.32 1.29
Other products
6,378 6,607 6,628 6,657 6,755 1.5 5.9 1.17 1.18
r revised
p preliminary
Note: Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Wholesale merchants' sales
April 2007
January 2008r
February 2008r
March 2008r
April 2008p
March to April 2008
April 2007 to April 2008
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Total, wholesale sales 42,919 43,359 42,499 42,784 43,389 1.4 1.1
Farm products 489 429 446 450 440 -2.2 -10.0
Food, beverages and tobacco products 7,505 7,395 7,442 7,468 7,552 1.1 0.6
Food products
6,894 6,791 6,796 6,792 6,899 1.6 0.1
Alcohol and tobacco
610 604 646 676 653 -3.4 7.0
Personal and household goods 6,364 6,723 6,554 6,444 6,629 2.9 4.2
Apparel
768 838 788 747 785 5.1 2.2
Household and personal products
2,745 2,748 2,721 2,702 2,683 -0.7 -2.3
Pharmaceuticals
2,851 3,137 3,045 2,995 3,162 5.6 10.9
Automotive products 8,046 7,327 7,070 7,172 7,153 -0.3 -11.1
Motor vehicles
6,465 5,807 5,567 5,625 5,595 -0.5 -13.5
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
1,581 1,520 1,503 1,546 1,558 0.7 -1.4
Building materials 6,393 6,183 5,995 6,102 6,166 1.0 -3.6
Building supplies
3,820 3,774 3,632 3,739 3,724 -0.4 -2.5
Metal products
1,495 1,431 1,458 1,475 1,532 3.8 2.5
Lumber and millwork
1,079 977 906 888 910 2.5 -15.6
Machinery and electronic equipment 9,024 9,347 9,257 9,475 9,715 2.5 7.7
Machinery and equipment
4,456 4,601 4,643 4,804 4,815 0.2 8.0
Computer and other electronic equipment
2,602 2,698 2,603 2,627 2,817 7.2 8.3
Office and professional equipment
1,966 2,048 2,012 2,044 2,084 2.0 6.0
Other products 5,098 5,956 5,736 5,673 5,734 1.1 12.5
Total, excluding automobiles 34,873 36,033 35,429 35,612 36,237 1.8 3.9
Sales, province and territory
Newfoundland and Labrador
239 254 277 259 255 -1.5 6.9
Prince Edward Island
42 38 38 40 40 1.1 -4.8
Nova Scotia
560 573 579 574 587 2.4 5.0
New Brunswick
427 428 426 424 426 0.4 -0.3
Quebec
8,117 8,086 8,170 8,056 8,103 0.6 -0.2
Ontario
21,885 21,746 20,691 21,013 21,385 1.8 -2.3
Manitoba
1,055 1,101 1,106 1,062 1,075 1.3 1.9
Saskatchewan
1,218 1,455 1,411 1,574 1,587 0.9 30.3
Alberta
4,919 5,264 5,344 5,422 5,420 0.0 10.2
British Columbia
4,391 4,348 4,370 4,289 4,420 3.1 0.7
Yukon
9 12 15 12 14 23.6 57.5
Northwest Territories
54 50 69 58 74 27.4 37.8
Nunavut
3 3 3 2 3 27.8 5.6
r revised
p preliminary
Note: Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
