StatCan reports manufacturing sales essentially unchanged in September

Summary

• Manufacturing sales remained essentially unchanged in September at $80.2 billion.
• Sales declined in 11 of 21 subsectors, including a 9.5% drop in primary metals & a 7.0% drop in wood products.
• Petroleum & coal product sales increased 10.0% due to higher prices.
• On a constant dollar basis, manufacturing sales fell 1.5% in September.
• Wholesale sales excluding petroleum & hydrocarbons rose 0.7% to $92.5 billion.
• Wholesale sales in volume terms excluding the same categories fell 0.2%.