Canadian manufacturing sales unchanged in September

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But petroleum and coal product sales rose 10 per cent, helped by higher prices

Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales were essentially unchanged in September at $80.2-billion.

The agency says sales were down in 11 of the 21 subsectors including a 9.5 per cent drop in primary metal sales, while the wood product subsector dropped 7 per cent.

Petroleum and coal product sales rose 10 per cent, helped by higher prices.

On a constant dollar basis, manufacturing sales fell 1.5 per cent in September.

In a separate report, Statistics Canada says 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.

However, in volume terms, wholesale sales, excluding the same categories, fell 0.2 per cent in September.

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