PTDA's November 2009 Market Outlook Report show Canadian sales remain flat
Written by Dan Comand February 11, 2010
Following gains in October 2009, U.S. manufacturers’ sales decreased while Canadian manufacturers posted no change in November 2009 according to sales data released by the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) in its Market Outlook Report. U.S. manufacturers’ sales dropped 6.1 percent from October 2009 sales, following three months of increasing sales.
Year-to-date sales figures comparisons between November 2009 and November 2008 still reflect sales declines. U.S. manufacturers’ year-to-date sales are down 27.9 percent compared to sales at this time last year; Canadian manufacturers’ year-to-year sales are off 25.8 percent.
Confidence in the U.S. market has been in a negative position since January 2009 and has been stalled at 4.7 (as measured on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being most optimistic) for five consecutive months. Canadian manufacturers’ confidence dropped slightly after the spike in October 2009, moving back to a negative position of 4.1.
Month-to-month sales for nine product categories between October 2009 and November 2009 for U.S. and Canadian manufacturers are reported below.
U.S. Manufacturer Percent Change in Product Sales
(October 2009 vs. November 2009)
Product | Percent Change |
Standard Industrial Motors | -7.4% |
Unmounted Bearings | -7.4% |
Mounted Bearings | -6.5% |
Mechanical Drive Systems and Other PT Products | -4.8% |
Gear Products | -4.7% |
Shaft Couplings | -2.6% |
Variable Speed Drives | -0.1% |
Clutches & Brakes | 3.8% |
Positioning Systems/Linear Motion Products | 5.2% |
Canadian Manufacturer Percent Change in Product Sales
(October 2009 vs. November 2009)
Product | Percent Change |
Standard Industrial Motors | -43.2% |
Variable Speed Drives | -35.6% |
Mechanical Drive Systems and Other PT Products | -4.0% |
Gear Products | -2.0% |
Clutches & Brakes | 2.5% |
Positioning Systems/Linear Motion Products | 3.1% |
Unmounted Bearings | 5.9% |
Shaft Couplings | 17.9% |
Mounted Bearings | 19.6% |
The Market Outlook Report is published monthly by the Power Transmission Distributors Association. The full report includes U.S. and Canadian manufacturer data for sales and order trends for mounted bearings, unmounted bearings, standard industrial motors, variable speed drives, positioning systems/linear motion products, gear products, clutches and brakes, shaft couplings and mechanical drive systems and other PT products.
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