The Monthly Survey of Manufacturing (MSM) publishes statistical series for manufacturers - sales of goods manufactured, inventories, unfilled orders, new orders and capacity utilization rate.With the release on March 17, 2017, the MSM has published industry-level estimates by industry for real (price deflated) sales of goods manufactured, orders, inventory owned and inventory to sales ratios. The industry-level real data are now available in table 16-10-0013-01.Results from this survey are used by both the private and public sectors including federal and provincial government departments, the Bank of Canada, the System of National Accounts, the manufacturing community, consultants and research organizations in Canada, the United States and abroad, and the business press. Data collected by the MSM provides a current ’snapshot’ of sales of goods manufactured values by the Canadian manufacturing sector, enabling analysis of the state of the Canadian economy, as well as the health of specific industries in the short- to medium-term.Reference period: MonthCollection period: Collection of the data begins approximately 7 working days after the end of the reference month, and continues for the duration of that calendar month.