Posted January 19, 2011
Canada manufacturing sales decline
Manufacturing sales declined 0.8% in November to $44.9 billion, led by decreases in the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts industries.
According to Statistics Canada, excluding the motor vehicle industries, manufacturing sales edged up 0.2% in November compared with October.
Constant dollar manufacturing sales fell 1.4% in November. Constant dollar sales have been relatively stable over the past six months.
Higher sales were reported in 12 of 21 industries, representing 55.2% of total manufacturing.
