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Wholesale merchants' inventories and inventory-to-sales ratio
September 2007
June 2008r
July 2008r
August 2008r
September 2008p
August to September 2008
September 2007 to September 2008
August 2008r
September 2008p
Wholesale inventories
Inventory-to-sales ratio
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Inventories 54,509 55,848 56,580 56,956 57,326 0.7 5.2 1.25 1.24
Farm products
190 183 182 191 189 -0.9 -0.5 0.40 0.40
Food products
4,200 4,404 4,487 4,501 4,526 0.6 7.8 0.64 0.64
Alcohol and tobacco
305 358 359 369 365 -1.2 19.5 0.54 0.52
Apparel
1,782 1,824 1,837 1,890 1,894 0.2 6.2 2.30 2.33
Household and personal products
3,963 4,234 4,252 4,132 4,068 -1.6 2.6 1.50 1.45
Pharmaceuticals
3,561 3,872 3,899 3,883 3,896 0.3 9.4 1.19 1.19
Motor vehicles
4,718 4,396 4,562 4,542 4,576 0.7 -3.0 0.83 0.80
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
3,308 3,331 3,306 3,269 3,281 0.3 -0.8 2.12 1.92
Building supplies
5,920 5,978 6,041 6,014 6,077 1.1 2.6 1.55 1.52
Metal products
2,872 2,933 3,004 3,071 3,136 2.1 9.2 1.75 1.82
Lumber and millwork
1,142 1,136 1,186 1,216 1,224 0.7 7.2 1.25 1.27
Machinery and equipment
11,668 11,611 11,627 11,682 11,863 1.5 1.7 2.21 2.21
Computer and other electronic equipment
1,755 1,738 1,780 1,900 1,838 -3.2 4.7 0.67 0.64
Office and professional equipment
2,689 2,780 2,806 2,816 2,836 0.7 5.5 1.34 1.34
Other products
6,434 7,070 7,251 7,480 7,559 1.1 17.5 1.11 1.13
r revised
p preliminary
Note: Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Wholesale merchants' sales
September 2007
June 2008r
July 2008r
August 2008r
September 2008p
August to September 2008
September 2007 to September 2008
Seasonally adjusted
$ millions % change
Total, wholesale sales 43,302 45,188 46,376 45,673 46,338 1.5 7.0
Farm products 450 461 471 479 475 -0.7 5.5
Food, beverages and tobacco products 7,629 7,706 7,562 7,753 7,819 0.9 2.5
Food products
6,971 7,008 6,871 7,064 7,116 0.7 2.1
Alcohol and tobacco
658 698 691 689 703 2.1 6.9
Personal and household goods 6,535 6,883 6,890 6,847 6,883 0.5 5.3
Apparel
793 802 810 821 813 -1.1 2.5
Household and personal products
2,763 2,846 2,847 2,755 2,808 1.9 1.6
Pharmaceuticals
2,980 3,235 3,234 3,270 3,263 -0.2 9.5
Automotive products 7,780 7,681 7,924 6,997 7,415 6.0 -4.7
Motor vehicles
6,218 6,069 6,287 5,452 5,707 4.7 -8.2
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
1,562 1,612 1,637 1,545 1,708 10.5 9.4
Building materials 6,263 6,441 6,766 6,619 6,672 0.8 6.5
Building supplies
3,805 3,856 3,943 3,892 3,986 2.4 4.7
Metal products
1,484 1,645 1,842 1,752 1,722 -1.7 16.0
Lumber and millwork
973 940 981 975 964 -1.2 -1.0
Machinery and electronic equipment 9,185 9,802 10,149 10,222 10,362 1.4 12.8
Machinery and equipment
4,570 4,957 5,253 5,277 5,359 1.6 17.3
Computer and other electronic equipment
2,606 2,814 2,819 2,850 2,890 1.4 10.9
Office and professional equipment
2,009 2,031 2,078 2,095 2,114 0.9 5.2
Other products 5,460 6,215 6,615 6,757 6,711 -0.7 22.9
Total, excluding automobiles 35,523 37,507 38,452 38,676 38,922 0.6 9.6
Sales, province and territory
Newfoundland and Labrador
257 266 267 282 280 -0.4 9.0
Prince Edward Island
41 40 40 40 41 1.9 -0.5
Nova Scotia
560 595 591 606 622 2.6 11.2
New Brunswick
421 442 457 468 493 5.4 16.9
Quebec
8,292 8,403 8,480 8,716 8,806 1.0 6.2
Ontario
21,710 22,485 23,226 21,687 22,520 3.8 3.7
Manitoba
1,032 1,095 1,139 1,115 1,114 0.0 8.0
Saskatchewan
1,242 1,758 1,918 1,980 1,866 -5.8 50.2
Alberta
5,236 5,626 5,767 6,087 5,969 -1.9 14.0
British Columbia
4,442 4,398 4,403 4,618 4,548 -1.5 2.4
Yukon
14 13 12 12 13 12.0 -4.2
Northwest Territories
54 58 62 57 59 4.5 10.0
Nunavut
3 9 13 6 6 6.8 130.1
r revised
p preliminary
Note: Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
