Statistics Canada reported September manufacturing sales totalled $80.2 billion, while constant-dollar sales fell 1.5 per cent.
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Manufacturing sales were essentially unchanged in September at $80.2 billion, with sales down in 11 of 21 manufacturing subsectors.
The agency reported a 9.5 per cent decline in primary metal sales and a 7.0 per cent drop in the wood product subsector.
Statistics Canada said petroleum and coal product sales rose 10.0 per cent, a gain it attributed to higher prices.
On a constant dollar basis, manufacturing sales fell 1.5 per cent in September.
In a separate report, Statistics Canada said wholesale sales excluding the petroleum, petroleum products and other hydrocarbons group and the oilseed and grain category rose 0.7 per cent to $92.5 billion in September.
The agency also reported that in volume terms, wholesale sales excluding the same categories fell 0.2 per cent in September.
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