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The Daily. Wednesday, May 24, 2000
Manufacturers shipped 2 192 837 square metres of R12 factor (RSI 2.1) mineral wool batts in April, down 30.8% from 3 167 955 square metres in April 1999 but up 31.7% from 1 664 584 square metres in March.
Year-to-date shipments to the end of April totalled 7 914 335 square metres, a 27.5% decrease from the same period in 1999.
Available on CANSIM: matrices 40 and 122 (series 32 and 33).
The April issue of Mineral wool including fibrous glass insulation (44-004-XIB,$5/$47) is now available. See How to order publications.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Bob Traversy (613-951-3531; travrob@statcan.gc.ca), Manufacturing, Construction and Energy Division.