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Steel primary forms production for the week ending December 2 totalled 295 186 metric tonnes, up 4.5% from 282 544 tonnes a week earlier and up 7.2% from 275 401 tonnes in the same week of 2005.
The year-to-date total as of December 2 was 14 429 507 tonnes, up 2.2% from 14 125 126 tonnes in the same period of 2005.
Note: The release of the data for the week ending December 2, 2006 is the last for this survey, which was discontinued.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2131.
Users will find the steel production data on a monthly and year-to-date basis in the monthly publication Steel, Tubular Products and Steel Wire (41-019-XWE, free) from the Publications module of our website. This publication presents the results of four monthly surveys that measure selected outputs of the Canadian steel manufacturing industry. These surveys cover steel primary forms, steel castings and pig iron; ingots and rolled steel products; steel pipe and tubing; and steel wire and specified wire products.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact the dissemination officer (toll-free 1-866-873-8789; 613-951-9497; manufact@statcan.gc.ca), Manufacturing, Construction and Energy Division.
