Cement, January 2015
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Released: 2015-03-13
Canadian manufacturers produced 607 000 tonnes of cement in January, down 18.5% from the previous month. Declines are usual for this time of year. Compared with January 2014, cement production was up 38.6%.
Total shipments, own manufactured, decreased 30.6% to 519 000 tonnes. Like production, shipments of cement typically decline this time of year. Shipments, own manufactured, were up 5.7% from the same month a year earlier.
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These data are subject to revision and are not seasonally adjusted.
The Cement Survey measures, on a monthly basis, the quantities of domestic cement that are produced and shipped by Canadian manufacturers. The survey also measures quantities of sales of domestic and imported cement that are distributed by region and exported.
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