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Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time

MAJOR RELEASES

Financial statistics for enterprises, second quarter 2003 
Corporate profits fell 7.3% to $40.4 billion in the second quarter, from a record high of $43.6 billion in the first. This decline followed five consecutive quarters of growth, including a 12.4 % jump in the first quarter.

International travel account, second quarter 2003 
Canada's international travel deficit reached its highest level in nine years in the second quarter, mainly because of a plunge in spending by foreign visitors to Canada.

Characteristics of international travellers, first quarter 2003 
Almost 2.7 million tourists from foreign countries came to Canada from January to March, down 5.7% from the same three months of 2002. Canadian residents took close to 4.5 million overnight trips outside Canada, up 4.9% from the first quarter of 2002.

OTHER RELEASES

Industrial product and raw materials price indexes: New release date, July 2003

Placement of hatchery chicks and turkey poults, July 2003 

Deliveries of major grains, July 2003

Production and value of ranch-raised pelts, 2002 

Production and value of wildlife pelts, 2000  and 2001 

Steel primary forms - weekly data, week ending August 16, 2003 

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