Manufacturing sales in Canada were unchanged in September at $70.4 billion, according to Statistics Canada.
The Ottawa-based agency said gains in sales of durable goods such as aerospace products and parts, and primary metals and machinery were offset by a drop in non-durable goods such as petroleum and coal, and food.
Canada saw a 11.1% gain for aerospace products and parts to $1.7 billion, which helped sales of durable goods rise 1% to $34.1 billion.
Sales of primary metals increased 2.9% to $5.6 billion, and the machinery sector increased 3.6% to $4.3 billion.
At the same time, sales of non-durable goods fell 0.9% to $36.3 billion in September, as sales of petroleum and coal products dropped 2.4% to $9.5 billion and food sales declined 1.8% to $11.9 billion.
Sales in constant dollars fell 0.2% in September, Statistics Canada said.
Separately, Statistics Canada said that Canada’s wholesale sales rose 0.1% to $81.8 billion in September as sales rose in five of seven categories.
Overall, wholesale sales fell 0.2% in constant dollars during September.
