“Manufacturing sales fell 1.4% to $57.3 billion in November, the second consecutive monthly decrease,” Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday.
Key takeaways from the press release
- The decline in November mainly reflected lower sales of petroleum and coal products.
- Excluding this industry, manufacturing sales rose 0.2%.
- Sales of non-durable goods fell 3.4% to $27.2 billion, while sales of durable goods rose 0.5% to $30.1 billion.
- In volume terms, manufacturing sales decreased 0.9%.
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