Canada October factory sales down 1.0% on chemicals, wood
9:37 am Monday, December 15th, 2025
Dec 15 (Reuters) – Canadian factory sales fell by 1.0% in October from September on lower sales in both the chemical and wood products subsectors, Statistics Canada said on Monday.
Excluding motor vehicles and parts, manufacturing sales were down 1.1%.
Month/month change (%)
Oct Sep(rev) Sep(prev)
Sales -1.0 +3.6 +3.3
Sales ex-autos -1.1 +3.0 +2.7
Inventories -0.7 +0.1 0.0
Unfilled orders +0.1 -0.3 -1.0
New orders -0.4 +2.0 +2.5
Oct Sep(rev) Sep(prev)
Inv/sales ratio 1.70 1.69 1.70
NOTE: All figures are seasonally adjusted. Analysts surveyed by Reuters forecast factory sales to decline 1.1% in October from September.
(Reporting by Dale Smith; Editing by Promit Mukherjee) ((promit.mukherjee@tr.com))
Keywords: CANADA ECONOMY/MANUFACTURING
