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Wholesale merchants' inventories and inventory-to-sales ratio
May 2007
February 2008r
March 2008r
April 2008r
May 2008p
April to May 2008
May 2007 to May 2008
April 2008r
May 2008p
Wholesale inventories
Inventory-to-sales ratio
seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Inventories 54,197 54,215 54,252 54,447 54,761 0.6 1.0 1.25 1.24
Farm products
194 156 165 180 173 -4.1 -10.6 0.41 0.36
Food products
4,169 4,238 4,360 4,320 4,347 0.6 4.3 0.63 0.63
Alcohol and tobacco
298 342 354 347 338 -2.5 13.5 0.53 0.50
Apparel
1,651 1,764 1,759 1,741 1,752 0.7 6.1 2.21 2.22
Household and personal products
3,901 4,038 4,081 4,046 4,071 0.6 4.3 1.49 1.45
Pharmaceuticals
3,461 3,608 3,590 3,800 3,780 -0.5 9.2 1.20 1.20
Motor vehicles
4,666 4,539 4,347 4,322 4,285 -0.9 -8.2 0.78 0.78
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
3,321 3,196 3,259 3,243 3,270 0.8 -1.5 2.09 2.14
Building supplies
5,863 5,989 5,903 5,966 6,028 1.0 2.8 1.60 1.62
Metal products
3,076 2,755 2,776 2,784 2,795 0.4 -9.1 1.79 1.76
Lumber and millwork
1,262 1,088 1,063 1,103 1,078 -2.2 -14.5 1.20 1.14
Machinery and equipment
11,776 11,614 11,570 11,453 11,506 0.5 -2.3 2.38 2.39
Computer and other electronic equipment
1,755 1,573 1,646 1,704 1,712 0.5 -2.4 0.61 0.61
Office and professional equipment
2,617 2,672 2,701 2,661 2,721 2.2 4.0 1.29 1.31
Other products
6,187 6,641 6,680 6,779 6,905 1.9 11.6 1.15 1.07
r revised
p preliminary
Note: Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Wholesale merchants' sales
May 2007
February 2008r
March 2008r
April 2008r
May 2008p
April to May 2008
May 2007 to May 2008
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Total, wholesale sales 42,957 42,550 42,864 43,514 44,203 1.6 2.9
Farm products 469 448 454 442 475 7.3 1.1
Food, beverages and tobacco products 7,371 7,439 7,461 7,518 7,541 0.3 2.3
Food products
6,737 6,791 6,785 6,860 6,863 0.0 1.9
Alcohol and tobacco
634 648 676 658 678 3.1 6.9
Personal and household goods 6,347 6,562 6,463 6,668 6,761 1.4 6.5
Apparel
733 789 747 788 790 0.3 7.8
Household and personal products
2,766 2,730 2,715 2,716 2,811 3.5 1.6
Pharmaceuticals
2,848 3,043 3,001 3,164 3,160 -0.1 11.0
Automotive products 8,071 7,058 7,148 7,114 7,004 -1.5 -13.2
Motor vehicles
6,517 5,558 5,607 5,566 5,478 -1.6 -15.9
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
1,554 1,500 1,542 1,548 1,526 -1.4 -1.8
Building materials 6,336 6,002 6,116 6,206 6,254 0.8 -1.3
Building supplies
3,762 3,630 3,738 3,728 3,727 0.0 -0.9
Metal products
1,454 1,462 1,482 1,558 1,585 1.7 9.0
Lumber and millwork
1,120 911 895 920 942 2.4 -15.9
Machinery and electronic equipment 9,142 9,259 9,477 9,685 9,727 0.4 6.4
Machinery and equipment
4,483 4,641 4,802 4,804 4,820 0.3 7.5
Computer and other electronic equipment
2,581 2,608 2,636 2,816 2,828 0.5 9.6
Office and professional equipment
2,078 2,010 2,040 2,065 2,079 0.6 0.0
Other products 5,219 5,782 5,744 5,881 6,440 9.5 23.4
Total, excluding automobiles 34,885 35,492 35,715 36,400 37,198 2.2 6.6
Sales, province and territory
Newfoundland and Labrador
239 276 257 254 253 -0.4 5.7
Prince Edward Island
41 38 40 40 40 0.5 -2.4
Nova Scotia
560 580 575 589 592 0.4 5.7
New Brunswick
416 426 424 427 433 1.3 4.0
Quebec
8,133 8,172 8,057 8,079 8,199 1.5 0.8
Ontario
21,935 20,711 21,036 21,397 21,665 1.3 -1.2
Manitoba
1,115 1,106 1,062 1,075 1,083 0.8 -2.8
Saskatchewan
1,163 1,414 1,589 1,599 1,691 5.8 45.3
Alberta
4,881 5,368 5,463 5,516 5,774 4.7 18.3
British Columbia
4,394 4,370 4,290 4,447 4,390 -1.3 -0.1
Yukon
12 14 12 14 12 -12.8 6.6
Northwest Territories
64 70 58 74 66 -11.3 2.6
Nunavut
3 3 2 3 4 24.8 25.8
r revised
p preliminary
Note: Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
