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| Inventories to sales ratio | |||||||||
| Decemberp 2003 |
Novemberr 2003 |
Octoberr 2003 |
Septemberr 2003 |
December 2002 |
November 2002 |
October 2002 |
September 2002 |
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| Trade Group - Canada | |||||||||
| Food products | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.59 | |
| Beverage, drug and tobacco products | 1.08 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.09 | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.17 | 1.15 | |
| Apparel and dry goods | 2.01 | 2.07 | 2.05 | 2.01 | 2.02 | 2.00 | 2.04 | 1.93 | |
| Household goods | 1.69 | 1.68 | 1.65 | 1.63 | 1.63 | 1.71 | 1.67 | 1.62 | |
| Motor vehicles, parts and accessories | 1.00 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.07 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.94 | |
| Metals, hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies | 1.70 | 1.71 | 1.71 | 1.71 | 1.76 | 1.74 | 1.74 | 1.72 | |
| Lumber and building materials | 1.49 | 1.50 | 1.47 | 1.46 | 1.54 | 1.57 | 1.53 | 1.52 | |
| Farm machinery, equipment and supplies | 3.04 | 3.05 | 3.08 | 2.96 | 2.58 | 2.68 | 2.75 | 2.82 | |
| Industrial and other machinery, equipment and supplies | 1.95 | 1.95 | 1.97 | 2.00 | 2.09 | 2.11 | 2.10 | 2.10 | |
| Computers, packaged software and other electronic machinery | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.70 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.76 | |
| Other products | 1.19 | 1.19 | 1.17 | 1.18 | 1.20 | 1.19 | 1.23 | 1.23 | |
| Total, all trade groups | 1.25 | 1.26 | 1.25 | 1.26 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.26 | |