While much of the economy continues to wallow, manufacturing sales made improvements, albeit small ones, this summer.
Statistics Canada reported this morning that manufacturing sales in this country edged up 0.1% in July to $50.7 billion, adding that higher sales in the food, petroleum and coal products, and primary metals industries were largely offset by a decrease in the production of aerospace product and parts, and by lower machinery sales.
The nation's number-crunchers also reported that overall sales were up in nine of 21 industries, representing about 54% of the manufacturing sector. Non-durable goods rose 1.0% to $23.6 billion, while durable goods decreased 0.7% to $27.0 billion.
Constant dollar sales increased 0.6%, indicating that a higher volume of goods was sold in July.
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