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The Daily. Tuesday, January 16, 2001
Oriented strandboard production in November totalled 651 668 cubic metres, up 4.7% from 622 530 cubic metres in November 1999. Particleboard production reached 223 714 cubic metres, an increase of 9.0% from 205 158 cubic metres in November 1999. Fibreboard production totalled 72 583 cubic metres, down 13.3% from 83 706 cubic metres in November 1999.
From January to November, year-to-date oriented strandboard production totalled 7 180 111 cubic metres, a 1.6% increase from 7 067 557 cubic metres for the same period in 1999. Year-to-date particleboard production reached 2 348 058 cubic metres, up 4.9% from 2 238 641 cubic metres compared with the same period in 1999. Year-to-date fibreboard production reached 938 021 cubic metres, down 0.9% from 946 793 cubic metres during the same period in 1999.
Available on CANSIM: matrices 31 (series 2, 3, 5) and 122 (series 8).
The November 2000 issue of Particleboard, oriented strandboard and fibreboard (36-003-XIB, $5/$47) is now available. See How to order products.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Gilles Simard (613-951-3516; simales@statcan.gc.ca), Manufacturing, Construction and Energy Division.