Posted May 16, 2011
Canadian manufacturing sales rise
Manufacturing sales in Canada increased by 1.9% in March to $47.5 billion, following a 1.8% decline in February.
According to Statistics Canada, the transportation equipment industry (+6.3%) accounted for just over half of the gain. Sales also rose in the machinery and paper industries.
Higher sales were reported in 15 of 21 industries, representing 80.0% of total manufacturing.
