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Wholesale merchants' inventories and inventory-to-sales ratio
July 2007
April 2008r
May 2008r
June 2008r
July 2008p
June to July 2008
July 2007 to July 2008
June 2008r
July 2008p
Wholesale inventories
Inventory-to-sales ratio
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Inventories 54,001 54,550 54,951 55,702 56,390 1.2 4.4 1.23 1.22
Farm products
191 180 174 182 179 -1.5 -6.4 0.39 0.38
Food products
4,156 4,329 4,373 4,397 4,460 1.4 7.3 0.63 0.66
Alcohol and tobacco
293 348 341 357 359 0.6 22.6 0.51 0.52
Apparel
1,689 1,747 1,768 1,815 1,813 -0.1 7.3 2.27 2.25
Household and personal products
3,900 4,070 4,128 4,234 4,308 1.8 10.5 1.48 1.50
Pharmaceuticals
3,410 3,803 3,806 3,878 3,911 0.8 14.7 1.20 1.21
Motor vehicles
4,705 4,334 4,250 4,389 4,583 4.4 -2.6 0.72 0.72
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
3,388 3,250 3,283 3,336 3,317 -0.6 -2.1 2.07 2.04
Building supplies
5,918 5,958 6,007 5,989 6,071 1.4 2.6 1.55 1.54
Metal products
2,959 2,802 2,820 2,915 2,958 1.5 0.0 1.75 1.60
Lumber and millwork
1,192 1,112 1,092 1,109 1,132 2.1 -5.0 1.17 1.14
Machinery and equipment
11,614 11,455 11,544 11,596 11,599 0.0 -0.1 2.34 2.23
Computer and other electronic equipment
1,718 1,707 1,714 1,730 1,754 1.4 2.1 0.62 0.62
Office and professional equipment
2,644 2,663 2,729 2,775 2,793 0.7 5.7 1.37 1.36
Other products
6,225 6,791 6,924 7,001 7,152 2.2 14.9 1.13 1.09
r revised
p preliminary
Note: Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Wholesale merchants' sales
July 2007
April 2008r
May 2008r
June 2008r
July 2008p
June to July 2008
July 2007 to July 2008
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Total, wholesale sales 43,718 43,663 44,352 45,222 46,249 2.3 5.8
Farm products 463 444 462 462 472 2.2 2.0
Food, beverages and tobacco products 7,443 7,525 7,566 7,686 7,489 -2.6 0.6
Food products
6,818 6,865 6,886 6,989 6,799 -2.7 -0.3
Alcohol and tobacco
625 660 680 697 690 -1.0 10.4
Personal and household goods 6,550 6,687 6,784 6,899 6,914 0.2 5.6
Apparel
791 790 802 801 805 0.5 1.8
Household and personal products
2,813 2,727 2,806 2,862 2,875 0.5 2.2
Pharmaceuticals
2,946 3,170 3,176 3,236 3,233 -0.1 9.7
Automotive products 8,076 7,191 7,117 7,734 7,950 2.8 -1.6
Motor vehicles
6,508 5,631 5,601 6,125 6,324 3.2 -2.8
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
1,567 1,560 1,517 1,609 1,626 1.1 3.8
Building materials 6,381 6,244 6,281 6,468 6,780 4.8 6.3
Building supplies
3,791 3,750 3,778 3,856 3,940 2.2 3.9
Metal products
1,486 1,567 1,543 1,665 1,846 10.8 24.2
Lumber and millwork
1,104 927 960 946 995 5.1 -9.9
Machinery and electronic equipment 9,479 9,702 9,732 9,782 10,082 3.1 6.4
Machinery and equipment
4,777 4,833 4,866 4,945 5,198 5.1 8.8
Computer and other electronic equipment
2,641 2,819 2,832 2,811 2,824 0.5 6.9
Office and professional equipment
2,061 2,051 2,034 2,026 2,060 1.7 -0.1
Other products 5,326 5,871 6,409 6,192 6,561 6.0 23.2
Total, excluding automobiles 35,642 36,472 37,235 37,488 38,299 2.2 7.5
Sales, province and territory
Newfoundland and Labrador
261 258 264 265 263 -0.6 0.8
Prince Edward Island
36 40 41 40 40 -0.3 11.8
Nova Scotia
544 590 595 594 593 -0.1 8.9
New Brunswick
413 429 440 439 457 4.1 10.8
Quebec
8,007 8,099 8,205 8,375 8,452 0.9 5.6
Ontario
22,442 21,548 21,778 22,583 23,172 2.6 3.3
Manitoba
1,025 1,075 1,091 1,097 1,140 3.9 11.2
Saskatchewan
1,188 1,605 1,699 1,749 1,931 10.4 62.5
Alberta
5,110 5,485 5,766 5,621 5,766 2.6 12.8
British Columbia
4,614 4,438 4,395 4,378 4,340 -0.9 -5.9
Yukon
10 14 12 14 14 0.7 30.3
Northwest Territories
55 77 59 58 65 11.0 17.0
Nunavut
12 4 6 10 16 60.7 41.0
r revised
p preliminary
Note: Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
