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Positive trend for Alberta manufacturing sector

Sales in February reached $6.2 billion. That was up 0.7% from January and 8.7% higher than a year ago

Jumped 13.6% to $71.3 billion in 2017, according to StatsCan

The gain was largely attributable to higher sales in petroleum and coal product, and the chemical industries: StatsCan

Nationally, sales declined 0.3 per cent in December to $55.5 billion but they were still 3.7 per cent higher than a year ago

Employment in Alberta grew by 55,000 jobs last year. ATB Financial says manufacturing led the way with 18,000 new jobs

The province’s manufacturing sector may find itself even less competitive soon due to developments in the United States