Manufacturing sales fell 0.4% to $58.6 billion in August, following three consecutive monthly increases.

The decline was mainly due to lower motor vehicle sales. Excluding this industry, manufacturing sales rose 0.4% in August.

Sales were down in 7 of 21 industries, representing 50.9% of the Canadian manufacturing sector.

After taking price changes into account, the volume of sales in the manufacturing sector edged down 0.3% in Augu