Table 1
Machinery and equipment price indexes

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Machinery and equipment price indexes
Industries Relative importance1 Fourth quarter 2009 Third quarter 2010p Fourth quarter 2010p Third quarter to fourth quarter 2010 Fourth quarter 2009 to fourth quarter 2010
  % (1997=100) % change
Total Machinery and Equipment Price Index 100.00 91.1 90.0 88.9 -1.2 -2.4
Domestic 32.03 107.7 107.5 107.3 -0.2 -0.4
Imported 67.97 83.3 81.8 80.2 -2.0 -3.7
Crop and animal production 4.07 103.2 102.8 102.2 -0.6 -1.0
Forestry and logging 0.27 100.7 98.7 97.8 -0.9 -2.9
Fishing, hunting and trapping 0.08 112.5 113.1 112.8 -0.3 0.3
Support activities for agriculture and forestry 0.10 101.0 100.4 99.8 -0.6 -1.2
Mines, quarries and oil wells 4.26 108.6 107.0 105.6 -1.3 -2.8
Utilities 3.55 100.8 100.2 98.3 -1.9 -2.5
Construction 3.54 98.2 97.3 95.8 -1.5 -2.4
All manufacturing 22.34 97.4 96.7 95.1 -1.7 -2.4
Trade 8.38 88.2 87.3 86.3 -1.1 -2.2
Transportation (excluding pipeline transportation) 7.66 103.9 103.9 102.8 -1.1 -1.1
Pipeline transportation 1.18 106.2 105.7 103.9 -1.7 -2.2
Warehousing and storage 0.26 107.8 106.9 105.7 -1.1 -1.9
Finance, insurance and real estate 19.90 83.3 81.3 80.5 -1.0 -3.4
Private education services 0.12 75.1 73.6 72.1 -2.0 -4.0
Education services (excluding private), health care and social assistance 2.09 85.8 85.0 83.8 -1.4 -2.3
Other services (excluding public administration) 16.39 77.9 76.6 75.5 -1.4 -3.1
Public administration 5.81 84.1 83.3 82.3 -1.2 -2.1
preliminary
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The relative importance in the MEPI represent shares of capital investment by industry for the year 1997. They are derived from the final demand matrix of the input-output table, compiled by the Canadian System of National Accounts.