Canada June factory sales up 0.1% on chemicals, autos

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Canadian factory sales grew by 0.1% in June from May on higher sales of chemicals, as well as transportation equipment, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Excluding motor vehicles and parts, manufacturing sales were down 0.2%. Month/month change (%) Jun May(rev) May(prev) Sales +0.1 +1.6 +1.3 Sales ex-autos -0.2 +1.1 +0.8 Inventories +0.6 +0.5 +0.5 Unfilled orders +1.2 +6.1 +6.7 New orders -6.8 +9.8 +9.5 Jun May(rev) May(prev) Inv/sales ratio 1.61 1.60 1.61 NOTE: All figures are seasonally adjusted. Analysts surveyed by Reuters forecast manufacturing sales to decrease 0.1% in June from May. (Reporting by Dale Smith; editing by Promit Mukherjee) ((promit.mukherjee@tr.com)) Keywords: CANADA ECONOMY/MANUFACTURING