Statistics Canada reports manufacturing sales fell 1.3% in July

Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 1.3 per cent to $57.2 billion in July as sales in the primary metal and motor vehicle industries moved lower.

The agency says sales were down in 11 industries in July, representing 66.8 per cent of total manufacturing sales.

Economists had expected a decline of 0.2 per cent...

Statistics Canada says primary metal industry sales fell 7.3 per cent in July as every primary metal industry except alumina and aluminum production and processing reported lower sales...

This was excerpted from 17 September 2019 edition of the CBC News.