Details of the report:
Motor vehicle industry sales increased 11.1%.Petroleum and coal product sales grew 4.7%.Chemical product sales fell 7.4% to $5.0 billion, the largest decline.Year-over-year total manufacturing sales rose 3.0% in January.Looking at the different industries:
Sales increased in eight provinces, with Ontario and Alberta leading the gains, while Newfoundland and Labrador saw the biggest decline.
Ontario sales rose 1.7% to $31.1 billion, driven by motor vehicles (+12.6%) and motor vehicle parts (+6.1%).
Motor vehicle sales reached the highest level since November 2023.Year-over-year: Motor vehicle sales up 0.8%, motor vehicle parts up 0.2%.Alberta sales increased 2.9% to $9.0 billion, the highest since September 2023.
Growth driven by petroleum and coal (+4.9%) and food (+2.8%), partially offset by a 5.0% decline in chemical products.Year-over-year: Sales up 8.2%.Newfoundland and Labrador sales fell 26.9% to $329 million, due to a 38.1% drop in non-durable goods.
Year-over-year: Sales still 11.7% higher in January.Looking at inventories
Total inventories increased 1.2% to $121.2 billion in January.Raw material inventories rose 2.1%, and finished product inventories grew 1.6%.Goods in process inventories declined 0.6%.Largest inventory increases: Miscellaneous products +29.1%Aerospace products and parts +5.3%Food +2.5%Largest inventory decline: Machinery subsector -2.1%.Inventory-to-sales ratio decreased slightly from 1.67 in December to 1.66 in January. This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com. Read More Details
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