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Total cigarettes sold in October by Canadian manufacturers increased 19.9% from September to 1.6 billion cigarettes, down 17.2% compared with October 2006.
Cigarette production in October increased 11.0% from September to 1.6 billion cigarettes, down 21.7% from October 2006.
At 1.7 billion cigarettes, the level of closing inventories for October decreased 2.3% from September and down 2.3% from October 2006.
Note: This survey collects data on the production of tobacco products in Canada by Canadian manufacturers and the disposition or sales of this production. It does not collect data on imported tobacco products. Therefore, sales information in this release is not a proxy for domestic consumption of tobacco products.
Available on CANSIM: table 303-0062.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2142.
The October 2007 issue of Production and Disposition of Tobacco Products, Vol. 36, no. 10 (32-022-XWE), is now available from the Publications module of our website.
For general 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.
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