Table 8.1
Manufacturing shipments, orders and inventories

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Manufacturing shipments, orders and inventories: Part 1
  Shipments Percentage change Non-durables Durables
v800450 v800450 v800451 v800463
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars
2008 596,503 -0.8 289,907 306,595
2009 490,743 -17.7 250,185 240,559
November 2008 47,395 -5.5 22,335 25,060
December 2008 42,878 -10.6 20,705 22,173
January 2009 40,543 -16.2 20,871 19,672
February 2009 41,460 -16.6 20,755 20,704
March 2009 40,430 -17.6 20,611 19,819
April 2009 40,215 -18.9 19,886 20,329
May 2009 38,320 -25.2 20,036 18,284
June 2009 39,354 -24.4 20,652 18,702
July 2009 41,449 -22.1 20,813 20,635
August 2009 40,846 -20.6 20,994 19,853
September 2009 41,323 -18.9 20,984 20,339
October 2009 41,750 -17.4 21,211 20,539
November 2009 42,305 -10.7 21,684 20,621
December 2009 42,748 -0.3 21,687 21,061
January 2010 43,554 7.4 22,075 21,479
February 2010 43,252 4.3 22,043 21,209
March 2010 43,965 8.7 22,241 21,724
April 2010 44,079 9.6 22,235 21,844
May 2010 44,756 16.8 22,279 22,477
June 2010 44,660 13.5 21,951 22,710
July 2010 44,230 6.7 21,932 22,299
August 2010 44,958 10.1 22,089 22,869
September 2010 44,613 8.0 22,317 22,295
October 2010 45,294 8.5 22,473 22,821
November 2010 44,947 6.2 22,694 22,253
Manufacturing shipments, orders and inventories: Part 2
  New orders Ratio of inventories to shipments Period-end unfilled orders Period-end non-durable goods Period-end durable goods
v800913 v803313 v803189 v803190 v803202
  millions of dollars ratio millions of dollars
2008 606,843 1.34 68,187 1,825  66,363 
2009 475,010 1.53 52,403 1,909  50,494 
November 2008 47,880 1.44 69,821 1,789  68,032 
December 2008 41,244 1.55 68,187 1,825  66,363 
January 2009 37,768 1.64 65,412 1,806  63,606 
February 2009 40,999 1.59 64,952 1,821  63,130 
March 2009 40,994 1.60 65,516 1,765  63,750 
April 2009 36,752 1.59 62,053 1,702  60,351 
May 2009 34,540 1.64 58,273 1,759  56,514 
June 2009 40,230 1.59 59,148 1,773  57,375 
July 2009 39,510 1.48 57,210 1,734  55,476 
August 2009 38,389 1.50 54,752 1,686  53,066 
September 2009 40,320 1.44 53,749 1,736  52,013 
October 2009 40,349 1.43 52,347 1,755  50,592 
November 2009 41,228 1.42 51,271 1,792  49,479 
December 2009 43,880 1.39 52,403 1,909  50,494 
January 2010 43,313 1.37 52,162 1,914  50,249 
February 2010 43,958 1.38 52,868 1,987  50,882 
March 2010 43,777 1.35 52,681 1,912  50,769 
April 2010 43,778 1.34 52,379 2,110  50,269 
May 2010 46,029 1.31 53,652 2,102  51,551 
June 2010 45,443 1.32 54,435 2,059  52,376 
July 2010 43,419 1.34 53,624 1,927  51,697 
August 2010 45,868 1.34 54,534 2,011  52,523 
September 2010 43,286 1.35 53,207 2,077  51,130 
October 2010 44,509 1.33 52,422 2,082  50,341 
November 2010 45,213 1.36 52,688 2,144  50,544 
Source(s):
Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, contact : Client services (613-951-9497), (1-866-873-8789). CANSIM table: 304-0014.