Statistics Canada’s annual survey released October 9 found that Canadian wholesalers sold $1.4 trillion in commodities, excluding commissions, in 2024, down 0.3% from a year earlier. Sales rose in 34 of 66 commodity subclasses, but the increases did not offset the overall decline.
The largest dollar drop was in automobiles, light trucks and vans, down $9.5 billion or 7.7%. Oilseeds and grains declined $5.8 billion, or 11.8%. Petroleum and petroleum products remained the largest subclass at $372.6 billion and accounted for 26.1% of wholesale sales.
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Emirates Global Aluminium said half of the reduction cells at its Abu Dhabi smelter had restarted by 21 October. The cell count tracks restoration progress; it does not by itself show that half of production capacity is back.
Egypt’s petroleum ministry says a new national charter with the World Bank will pursue legal, financial, geological-data and digital reforms; the 6% GDP figure is a target, not a current contribution.
Source: Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources — World Bank mining charter
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