OTTAWA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Manufacturing sales rose 2.1 percent to 58 billion Canadian dollars (43 billion U.S. dollars) in March as transportation equipment, petroleum and coal product, and primary metal industries saw gains, Statistics Canada said on Thursday.
Overall, sales were up in 12 of 21 industries, representing 56.4 percent of the Canadian manufacturing sector. In volume terms, overall manufacturing sales rose 1.6 percent.
Sales of transportation equipment increased 4.5 percent, petroleum and coal product sales rose 8.2 percent and primary metal sales rose 5.3 percent in March.
Meanwhile, sales increased in the aerospace product and parts with 7.1 percent, machinery 2.2 percent, miscellaneous 7.2 percent and computer and electronic product 3.8 percent.
However, those increases were partially offset by declines in the industries of paper with 2.2 percent, electric equipment, appliance and component with 4.6 percent and plastic and rubber product 1.3 percent.
