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Free AccessAnalysis: Canada Jun Mfg Sales -1.8%,Disappoint But +6.2% Y/Y>
By Yali N'Diaye
OTTAWA (MNI) - Canadian manufacturing sales fell 1.8% in June, the
largest decline since November 2014, disappointing analysts'
expectations, which had centered on a 1.2% decrease in a MNI survey,
data from Statistics Canada showed Thursday.
Sales volumes were down 1.0%, showing June's weakness was only
partly a price story.
Inventories edged down 0.2%, and the inventory-to-sales ratio rose
to 1.36 from 1.34.
Adding to the weak picture was the widespread nature of declines in
June, with 15 of 21 industries posting lower sales, representing 72.1%
of the manufacturing sector.
On a regional basis, weakness was also widespread as sales
contracted in eight provinces, led by Ontario and Quebec, the
manufacturing heart of Canada.
June's performance is handing off a poor start to the third
quarter, while forward-looking indicators were not encouraging: unfilled
orders were down 2.1%, the largest drop since February 2016, and new
orders were down 3.0%, both posting their second consecutive month of
decline.
Notwithstanding the disappointment, the Bank of Canada is more
likely to stick to its outlook than not, since it has already factored
in an economic slowdown in the third quarter, when it sees the
annualized real GDP growth slowing to 2.0% from 3.0% in the second
quarter.
Besides, June's 1.8% drop comes on the back of three consecutive
months on gains. And the 1.0% decrease in real sales, while being the
largest since October 2016, came after gains of 1.2% in May and 0.2% in
April.
Furthermore, manufacturing sales estimates were revised up over the
previous three months, by 0.2 percentage points in May to 1.3%, by 0.4
points in April to 0.8%, and by 0.1 point in March to 0.9%.
Despite June's decrease, manufacturing sales were up 1.5% in the
second quarter from the first quarter, and rose 0.5% in constant
dollars. Both nominal and real sales posted their fourth consecutive
quarterly increase, with year-over-year gains of 5.5% and 3.3%,
respectively.
Nominal sales were still up 6.2% year-over-year and real sales were
still up 3.6% from June 2016.
On average, manufacturing sales rose 0.1% per month over the first
half of 2017, compared to a 0.2% average decrease over the first half of
2016. Real sales were flat on average each month, still an improvement
from a 0.1% average monthly decline between January and June 2016.
On a sector basis, although most industries posted declines,
machinery was up 1.8%, a positive sign for investment activity.
The monthly decrease was led by petroleum and coal (-7.1%),
transportation equipment (-2.3%), and chemical products (-4.5%).
Excluding transportation, sales were still down 1.7%, and they were
down 1.3% excluding petroleum.
Non-durable sales fell 2.2% on the month and durable sales were
down 1.5%.
--MNI Ottawa Bureau; email: yali.ndiaye@marketnews.com
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