Sales (seasonally adjusted) for the December 2016 quarter compared with the September 2016 quarter:
Total manufacturing fell 1.8 percent.
Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, sales fell 0.6 percent.
Meat and dairy product manufacturing fell 5.7 percent.
Total manufacturing rose 0.8 percent.
Excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, sales rose 0.5 percent.
Meat and dairy product manufacturing rose 5.2 percent.