Manufacturing sales declined 0.6% to $57.8 billion in April, following a 2.6% increase in March. The largest declines were in the transportation equipment and primary metal industries. Excluding transportation equipment, manufacturing sales rose 0.8%. Sales were down in 8 of 21 industries, representing 36.1% of total Canadian manufacturing. In volume terms, manufacturing sales were down 0.8%. Sales of transportation equipment decreased 6.7% to $10.2 billion in April, the fourth decline in five months. All seven industries posted declines led by motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts. Motor vehicle manufacturing ... (full story)