Variant of NAPCS Canada 2017 Version 2.0 - Manufacturing and Logging - Background information

Status

This variant of the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2017 V2.0 was approved as a departmental standard on October 16, 2017. It replaces the NAPCS 2017 Version 1.0 Manufacturing and Logging variant.

The Annual Survey of Manufacturing and Logging Industries (ASML) is a survey of the manufacturing and logging industries in Canada. It is intended to cover all establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing and logging activities as well as some sales offices and warehouses which support these establishments.

The details collected include principal industrial statistics (such as revenue, salaries and wages, cost of materials and supplies used, cost of energy and water utility, inventories, etc.), as well as information about the commodities produced and consumed. Data collected by the ASML industries help measure the production of Canada's industrial and primary resource sectors, as well as provide an indication of the well-being of each industry covered by the survey and its contribution to the Canadian and Provincial economy.

Within Statistics Canada, the data are used by the Canadian System of National Accounts, the Monthly Survey of Manufacturing and Prices programs. The data are also used by the business community, trade associations, federal and provincial departments, as well as international organizations and associations to profile the manufacturing and logging industries, undertake market studies, forecast demand and develop trade and tariff policies. The manufacturing variant was created to capture additional details on products that NAPCS Canada 2017 Version 1.0 would otherwise not have collected. By adding an extra (eighth) digit to the classification, additional detail can be collected. In NAPCS Canada 2017 Version 2.0, some of those eight digit variant codes were brought up to the standard seven digit level. Those products include tobacco (see NAPCS Canada code 212112 - Cigars, chewing and smoking tobacco), chemicals (see codes 26321 - Petrochemicals, 27113 - Basic organic chemicals, n.e.c., 27211 - Ammonia and chemical fertilizers and 28111 - Plastic resins), cement (see code 46511 - Cement) and asphalt (see code 26211 - Asphalt (except natural) and asphalt products). The variant 8 digits codes left in Version 2.0 are for wood products, such as codes under NAPCS Canada 1451221 - Fuel products of waste wood, 157112 - Waste and scrap of wood, 24122 - Reconstituted wood products, 24124 - Other sawmill products, and treated wood products, and 462134 - Other wood millwork products.

Changes to the Variant of NAPCS Canada 2017 Version 2.0 - Manufacturing and Logging

The Variant of NAPCS Canada version 2.0 – Manufacturing and Logging has been updated this December 11 2020, to help the Annual Survey of Manufacturing and Logging Industries (ASML) program with improving the measurement of the use and production of plastic in the manufacturing industries. The updated variant was renamed Variant of NAPCS Canada version 2.0 – Manufacturing and Logging Rev.1 (for Revision 1). There are four (4) variant codes that have been expanded to twelve (12) codes, along with title changes to five (5) other codes, as shown below:

The Variant of NAPCS Canada version 2.0 – Manufacturing and Logging has been updated this December 11 2020, to help the Annual Survey of Manufacturing and Logging Industries (ASML) program with improving the measurement of the use and production of plastic in the manufacturing industries. There are four variant codes that have been expanded to 12 codes, along with title changes to 5 other codes, as shown below:
Old ASML variant Code Old ASML variant English Title Updated ASML variant Code Updated ASML variant English Title GSIM Type of Change
28111110 Polyester resins 28111111 Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins RC4.1 - Breakdown
28111110 Polyester resins 28111112 Other thermoplastic polyester resins RC4.1 - Breakdown
28111210 Polyethylene, low-density 28111210 Low-density polyethylene resins VC2 - Name change
28111220 Polyethylene, linear low-density 28111220 Linear low-density polyethylene resins VC2 - Name change
28111230 Polyethylene, high-density 28111230 High-density polyethylene resins VC2 - Name change
28111410 Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene 28111410 Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resins VC2 - Name change
28111420 Polyvinyl chloride 28111420 Polyvinyl chloride resins VC2 - Name change
28111430 All other thermoplastic resins 28111431 Polypropylene resins RC4.2 - Split off
28111430 All other thermoplastic resins 28111432 Thermoplastic polyurethane resins RC4.2 - Split off
28111430 All other thermoplastic resins 28111433 Polyamide (nylon) resins RC4.2 - Split off
28111430 All other thermoplastic resins 28111434 All other thermoplastic resins, n.e.c. RC4.2 - Split off
28111510 Phenol-formaldehyde resins 28111511 Phenolic resins RC4.1 - Breakdown
28111510 Phenol-formaldehyde resins 28111512 Urea formaldehyde resins RC4.1 - Breakdown
28111510 Phenol-formaldehyde resins 28111513 All other formaldehyde based resins RC4.1 - Breakdown
28111610 Other thermosetting resins 28111611 Unsaturated polyester (thermosetting) resins RC4.2 - Split off
28111610 Other thermosetting resins 28111612 Thermosetting  polyurethane resins RC4.2 - Split off
28111610 Other thermosetting resins 28111613 Other thermosetting resins, n.e.c. RC4.2 - Split off

Description of changes in the classification, including Codes, Titles, Classes, Subclasses and Detailed categories (Based on GSIM)

Hierarchical structure

The structure of the NAPCS Canada 2017 variant for Manufacturing and Logging is hierarchical. It is composed of five levels.

  • level 1: group (three- digit standard codes)
  • level 2: class (five-digit standard codes)
  • level 3: subclass (six-digit standard codes)
  • level 4: detail (seven-digit standard codes)
  • level 5: detail (eight-digit variant codes)
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