Data source for Chart 23.1
Selected manufacturing statistics, 2001 to 2011
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Chart 23.1 is a line chart showing the average annual percentage change in manufacturing sales, unfilled orders and total inventory from 2001 to 2011.
Manufacturing sales rose annually from 2002 to 2006, in a range from 0.7% to 3.4%. Sales then declined annually for three years. In 2007, sales fell 1.3%; in 2009, they dropped 17.8%. In 2010 and 2011, sales increased about 8% annually.
Unfilled orders followed a different pattern. Their annual percentage change was negative from 2002 to 2004, in a range from minus 18.8% to minus 0.3%. Growth was then positive from 2005 to 2008, in a range from 9.7% to 20.3%. Unfilled orders then declined by about 9% in both 2009 and 2010, and increased by 10.4% in 2011.
The total inventory of manufacturing goods varied relatively little from 2001 to 2008. In 2009, it decreased 6.5% and in 2010, it decreased 5.1%. In 2011, total inventory rose 7.3%.
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| average annual % change | |||||||||||
| Sales | -3.2 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.1 | -1.3 | -1 | -17.8 | 8.9 | 7.8 |
| Unfilled orders | 1.2 | -8 | -18.8 | -0.3 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 20.3 | 19.9 | -9.3 | -9.1 | 10.4 |
| Total inventory | 5.1 | -2.4 | -2.3 | 1 | 3.8 | -0.3 | -0.2 | 2 | -6.5 | -5.1 | 7.3 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 304-0014. | |||||||||||
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