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Friday, August 18, 1995
For release at 8:30 a.m.
Second quarter 1995
The machinery and equipment price index (1986=100) was at a preliminary level of 118.3 in the second quarter of 1995, down 0.5% from the first quarter of 1995, but up 3.9% from the second quarter of 1994. Compared with the first quarter of 1995, the domestic component increased 0.6%, whereas the import component fell 1.5%.
Among the industry divisions, the largest contributors (in decreasing order of relative impact) to the net quarterly price decrease were: manufacturing (-0.7%); transportation, communications, storage and utilities (-0.6%); community, business and personal services (-0.9%); and, mines, quarries and oil wells (-1.1%). The effect of those decreases was reduced by an increase in agriculture (+0.6%).
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Table: Machinery and equipment price indexes
(1986=100)
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Second(p) Second First
quarter 1995 quarter 1994 quarter 1995
to Second to Second
quarter 1995 quarter 1995
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% change
Machinery and
equipment price index 118.3 3.9 -0.5
Industry
Agriculture 139.5 8.4 0.6
Forestry 129.1 5.1 0.3
Fishing 119.6 3.9 -0.8
Mines, quarries and
oil wells 117.4 3.0 -1.1
Manufacturing 122.1 3.7 -0.7
Construction 121.0 3.3 -1.2
Transportation,
communications,
storage and utilities 113.1 2.5 -0.6
Trade 110.2 3.6 -0.6
Finance, insurance and
real estate 104.0 1.7 -0.4
Community, business
and personal services 103.4 3.5 -0.9
Public administration 117.0 3.1 -0.8
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(p) Preliminary figures.
Comparing the second quarters of 1994 and 1995, the industry divisions that contributed most to the annual price increase were: manufacturing (+3.7%); transportation, communications, storage and utilities (+2.5%); and, community, business and personal services (+3.5%).
Available on CANSIM: matrices 2026-2027.
The third quarter 1995 issue of Construction price statistics (62-007, $23/$76) will be available in December. See "How to order publications".
For further information on this release, contact Paul-Roméo Danis (613-951-3350, fax: 613-951-2848), Client Services Unit, Prices Division.
1993 interim report
According to the 1993 Local Government Waste Management Survey, recycling programs were provided in 91% of all municipalities in Canada.
Residential waste collection averaged 330 kilograms per person in 1993. Smaller municipalities (5,000 to 29,999 residents) collected 414 kilograms per person. In medium-sized municipalities (30,000 to 99,999 residents), 304 kilograms per person was collected, while municipalities with 100,000 or more residents collected 303 kilograms per person.
Since 1990, there have been increases in both the rate of access to recycling programs as well as the range of household waste collected for recycling. The share of the country's population with access to recycling programs went from 80% in 1990 to 91% in 1993. Municipalities in Quebec made the largest gains: their access rate grew from 61% to 85%. Only the Atlantic provinces showed a decrease, from 52% in 1990 to 46% in 1993.
In municipalities representing 48% of the country's population, all collection of household recyclables was contracted to private companies. For municipalities representing 43% of the population, these services were provided only by municipal employees or by municipal employees and private companies.
The interim report from the Local Government Waste Management Survey is now available. It provides 1993 data on waste collection, disposal and diversion practices in 642 Canadian municipalities. The report is available on Statistics Canada's World Wide Web service (http://www.statcan.ca).
For further information on this release, contact the National Accounts and Environment Division at 613-951-3640.
Table: Percentage of the population with access to recycling programs
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1990 1993
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%
Atlantic provinces 52 46
Quebec 61 85
Ontario 96 98
Prairie provinces 77 89
British Columbia,
Yukon and the
Northwest Territories 86 96
Canada 80 91
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Note: Data refer to surveyed municipalities only.
July 1995
Canadian manufacturers made 2.26 billion cigarettes in July, a 2.2% decrease from 2.31 billion in July 1994. Shipments in July totalled 4.00 billion cigarettes, slightly more than the 3.91 billion shipped in July 1994.
The July levels for both production and shipments are traditionally low because manufacturers close plants for summer holidays. Production fell 57.7% from 5.35 billion cigarettes in June, while shipments were down 18.9% to 4.94 billion cigarettes. Sales exceeded production, so inventories were reduced to 4.95 billion cigarettes.
Domestic sales made a small gain compared with July 1994, but exports dropped substantially. The domestic share (95% of total shipments) gained 4.4%, while exports declined 36.4%.
Data on domestic shipments are an aggregate of shipments reported by Canadian manufacturers, and are not data on retail sales or final consumption. Data on cigarette consumption are available from the quarterly Survey on Smoking in Canada. For further information on that survey, contact Lecily Hunter (613-951-0597), Special Surveys Division.
Available on CANSIM: matrix 46.
The July 1995 issue of Production and disposition of tobacco products (32-022, $6/$60) will be available shortly. See "How to order publications".
For further information on this release, contact Peter Zylstra (613-951-3511), Industry Division.
July 1995
The construction union wage rate index (including supplements) remained unchanged in July 1995 at June's level of 136.9. On a year-over-year basis, the composite index increased 0.1% from 136.8 in July 1994 to 136.9 in July 1995.
Construction union wage rates and indexes (1986=100) comprise union wage rates for 16 trades in 22 metropolitan areas (including the basic rate and rates that include selected supplementary payments) and indexes for those cities where most trades are covered by collective agreements.
Available on CANSIM: matrices 956, 958 and 2033-2038.
The third quarter 1995 issue of Construction price statistics (62-007, $23/$76) will be available in December. See "How to order publications".
For further information on this release, contact Paul-Roméo Danis (613-951-3350, fax: 613-951-2848), Client Services Unit, Prices Division.
July 1995
The July 1995 data are now available for selected financial indexes (1986=100).
Available on CANSIM: matrix 2031.
The third quarter 1995 issue of Construction price statistics (62-007, $23/$76) will be available in December. See "How to order publications".
For further information on this release, contact Paul-Roméo Danis (613-951-3350, fax: 613-951-2848), Client Services Unit, Prices Division.
June 1995
The table in yesterday's release contained incorrect figures in the column labelled "June 1994 to June 1995, % change". The entire table is reproduced here, with the correct figures for that column.
For further information on this release, contact Suzie Carpentier (613-951-9647), Marketing and Client Services Section, International Trade Division (1-800-294-5583).
Table: Merchandise trade of Canada
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April 1995 May 1995 June 1995
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$ millions
Principal trading
partners
Exports
United States 16,425 16,419 16,618
Japan 963 985 1,058
European Union 1,186 1,144 1,060
Other OECD countries(1) 339 207 244
All other countries 1,514 1,626 1,593
Total 20,427 20,381 20,573
Imports
United States 13,851 13,692 13,319
Japan 875 733 675
European Union 1,599 2,045 2,211
Other OECD countries(1) 698 760 765
All other countries 1,655 1,872 1,734
Total 18,678 19,102 18,705
Balance
United States 2,574 2,727 3,299
Japan 88 252 383
European Union -413 -901 -1,151
Other OECD countries(1) -359 -553 -521
All other countries -141 -246 -141
Total 1,749 1,279 1,868
Principal commodity
groupings(2)
Exports
Agricultural and
fishing products 1,482 1,552 1,586
Energy products 2,031 2,120 2,119
Forestry products 3,192 3,174 3,311
Industrial goods and
materials 3,920 3,849 3,913
Machinery and equipment 4,130 4,124 4,120
Automotive products 5,185 4,995 4,959
Other consumer goods 560 535 571
Special transactions
trade(3) 836 834 864
Imports
Agricultural and
fishing products 1,099 1,134 1,146
Energy products 510 965 720
Forestry products 194 179 175
Industrial goods and
materials 3,865 3,786 3,703
Machinery and equipment 6,131 6,509 6,361
Automotive products 4,071 4,106 3,843
Other consumer goods 2,202 2,189 2,245
Special transactions
trade(3) 473 457 427
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April 1995 May 1995 to January-June
to May 1995 June 1995 1994
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% change
Principal trading
partners
Exports
United States 0.0 1.2 82,377
Japan 2.3 7.4 4,376
European Union -3.5 -7.3 5,302
Other OECD countries(1) -38.9 17.9 1,652
All other countries 7.4 -2.0 6,895
Total -0.2 0.9 100,601
Imports
United States -1.1 -2.7 71,087
Japan -16.2 -7.9 4,184
European Union 27.9 8.1 7,653
Other OECD countries(1) 8.9 0.7 2,798
All other countries 13.1 -7.4 10,184
Total 2.3 -2.1 95,906
Balance
United States ... ... 11,290
Japan ... ... 192
European Union ... ... -2,351
Other OECD countries(1) ... ... -1,146
All other countries ... ... -3,289
Total ... ... 4,695
Principal commodity
groupings(2)
Exports
Agricultural and
fishing products 4.7 2.2 8,372
Energy products 4.4 0.0 10,008
Forestry products -0.6 4.3 14,420
Industrial goods and
materials -1.8 1.7 18,064
Machinery and equipment -0.1 -0.1 20,028
Automotive products -3.7 -0.7 26,164
Other consumer goods -4.5 6.7 2,753
Special transactions
trade(3) -0.2 3.6 4,329
Imports
Agricultural and
fishing products 3.2 1.1 5,909
Energy products 89.2 -25.4 3,346
Forestry products -7.7 -2.2 842
Industrial goods and
materials -2.0 -2.2 17,963
Machinery and equipment 6.2 -2.3 30,475
Automotive products 0.9 -6.4 23,157
Other consumer goods -0.6 2.6 11,276
Special transactions
trade(3) -3.4 -6.6 2,404
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January-June January-June June 1994 to
1995 1994 to June 1995
January-June
1995
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seasonally adjusted, $ current
$ millions % change
Principal trading
partners
Exports
United States 100,343 21.8 12.0
Japan 5,713 30.6 10.8
European Union 7,220 36.2 19.6
Other OECD countries(1) 1,826 10.5 -19.2
All other countries 9,503 37.8 20.2
Total 124,606 23.9 12.4
Imports
United States 84,225 18.5 6.0
Japan 4,719 12.8 -13.6
European Union 10,599 38.5 67.4
Other OECD countries(1) 4,313 54.1 25.0
All other countries 10,378 1.9 -1.3
Total 114,234 19.1 9.8
Balance
United States 16,118 ... ...
Japan 994 ... ...
European Union -3,379 ... ...
Other OECD countries(1) -2,487 ... ...
All other countries -875 ... ...
Total 10,372 ... ...
Principal commodity
groupings(2)
Exports
Agricultural and
fishing products 9,412 12.4 -7.1
Energy products 11,863 18.5 20.6
Forestry products 18,850 30.7 26.4
Industrial goods and
materials 24,078 33.3 17.5
Machinery and equipment 25,049 25.1 17.1
Automotive products 32,223 23.2 0.5
Other consumer goods 3,318 20.5 17.5
Special transactions
trade(3) 5,120 18.3 12.5
Imports
Agricultural and
fishing products 6,739 14.0 9.6
Energy products 4,408 31.7 10.8
Forestry products 1,062 26.1 15.1
Industrial goods and
materials 22,899 27.5 13.6
Machinery and equipment 37,507 23.1 17.1
Automotive products 26,012 12.3 -6.2
Other consumer goods 13,025 15.5 14.6
Special transactions
trade(3) 2,643 9.9 5.7
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(1) Includes Australia, Iceland, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland
and Turkey.
(2) Figures not adjusted to balance of payments basis.
(3) Mainly, these are low-valued transactions, value of repairs to equipment
and goods returned to country of origin.
(...) Figures not appropriate or not applicable.
August 1995
The August 1995 issue of Canadian economic observer , Statistics Canada's flagship publication for economic statistics, presents a summary of current economic conditions and major events in July. This month's feature article examines purchasing power parities.
A separate statistical summary contains a wide range of tables and graphs on the principal economic indicators for Canada, the provinces, and the major industrial nations.
The August 1995 issue of Canadian economic observer (11-010, $22/$220) is now available. See "How to order publications".
For further information on this release, contact Cynthia Bloskie (613-951-3634, the Internet: ceo@statcan.ca), Current Analysis Group.
Canadian economic observer, August 1995
Catalogue number 11-010
(Canada: $22/$220; United States: US$27/US$264; other countries:
US$31/US$308).
Monthly production of soft drinks, July 1995
Catalogue number 32-001
(Canada: $3/$30; United States: US$4/US$36; other countries:
US$5/US$42).
Restaurant, caterer and tavern statistics, March 1995
Catalogue number 63-011
(Canada: $7/$70; United States: US$9/US$84; other countries:
US$10/US$98).
Restaurant, caterer and tavern statistics, April 1995
Catalogue number 63-011
(Canada: $7/$70; United States: US$9/US$84; other countries:
US$10/US$98).
Touriscope: International travel, advance information,
June 1995, vol. 11, no. 6
Catalogue number 66-001P
(Canada: $7/$70; United States: US$9/US$84; other countries:
US$10/US$98).
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RELEASE DATES
August 21-25
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Release date Title Reference period
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21 Farm cash receipts Second quarter 1995
22 Consumer price index July 1995
22 Retail trade June 1995
23 Wholesale trade June 1995
23 Television viewing 1993/94
24 Crop production estimates July 31, 1995
24 Canada's international transactions in June 1995
securities
25 Quarterly financial statistics for Second quarter 1995
enterprises