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Steel primary forms, weekly data
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Steel primary forms production for the week ending November 18 totalled 238 300 metric tonnes, down 14.7% from 279 362 tonnes a week earlier and down 3.0% from 245 589 tonnes in the same week of 2005.
The year-to-date total as of November 18 was 13 851 777 tonnes, up 2.3% from 13 540 589 tonnes in the same period of 2005.
Note: The release of the data for the week ending December 2, 2006, scheduled for publication in the December 8, 2006 edition of The Daily, will be the last for this survey, which is being discontinued.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2131.
Users will find the steel production data on a monthly and year-to-date basis in the monthly publication Steel, Tubular Products and Steel Wire (41-019-XWE, free) from the Publications module of our website. This publication presents the results of four monthly surveys that measure selected outputs of the Canadian steel manufacturing industry. These surveys cover steel primary forms, steel castings and pig iron; ingots and rolled steel products; steel pipe and tubing; and steel Wire and specified wire products.
For more 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.
