Manufacturing sales rose 1.6% to $58.9 billion in May, following a 0.4% decline in April. The increase was mainly due to higher sales in the transportation equipment industry. Sales were up in 12 of 21 industries, representing 66.2% of total Canadian manufacturing. Constant dollar sales rose 1.7%, indicating that a higher volume of products was sold in May. Transportation equipment industry posts the largest increase Sales in the transportation equipment industry rose 8.1% to $11.2 billion in May, following a 5.8% decline in April. This increase was due to higher sales in the motor vehicle (+13.3%) and motor vehicle ... (full story)