Canada December Manufacturing Sales Report (Text)
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The following is the text of Canada’s manufacturing shipments report for December released by Statistics Canada.
Manufacturing sales declined 3.1% in December to $48.0 billion, the largest decline since May 2009. Just over half of the decrease reflected lower sales in the transportation equipment industry. Sales were also down in the chemical, petroleum and coal product as well as the fabricated metal product industries.