(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Milano, 15 mag - In March, Canadian manufacturing sales reached their highest level since January 2025, rising 3.0% month on month to 73.6 billion local dollars, according to Statistics Canada.

Sales rose in 9 of the 21 subsectors, led by the petroleum and coal product, up 22.7%, and transportation equipment , up 6.0%, subsectors. Excluding the petroleum and coal product subsector, total manufacturing sales rose 0.7% in March.

Total manufacturing sales on a year-over-year basis increased 3.5%.

In real terms, total sales increased 1.0% month on month in March.

On a quarterly basis, manufacturing sales edged up 0.1% to 214.1 billion dollars in the first quarter of 2026, the third.

consecutive quarterly increase.

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