U.S. manufacturers face similar challenges
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In 2009, the manufacturing sector in the United States reported patterns of sales similar to Canada's.
Manufacturers' sales fell 15.6% to US$4.4 trillion south of the border, while Canadian manufacturers' sales dropped 17.4% to CAN$494.2 billion. In 2009, all 21 manufacturing industries in the United States posted sales losses, compared with 18 of 21 in Canada.
The petroleum and coal products and the primary metals industries led the U.S. sales declines, with drops around 35%. In Canada, the largest manufacturing sales declines in 2009 were also in the primary metals (36.9%) and the petroleum and coal products industries (28.1%).
U.S. manufacturers' sales of automobiles and light trucks dropped more than 30% in 2009. Canada's factory sales of motor vehicles were down 25.0% to $35.1 billion, a 17-year low.
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