Following a 3.6% decline in February, Canadian manufacturing sales increased 0.7% to $72.3 billion in March, led by the motor vehicle (+8.6%), aerospace product and parts (+18.8%), and primary metal (+4.6%) industries. Sales in the petroleum and coal product industry (-2.0%) declined the most. On a quarterly basis, sales were up 1.4% in the first quarter of 2023, mostly due to higher sales in the transportation equipment industry.
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