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Other basic chemical manufacturing

Industry definition
Output, supply, demand
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Data
Deflation

Industry definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial organic and inorganic gases in compressed, liquid and solid forms; manufacturing synthetic organic and inorganic dyes, pigments, lakes and toners; manufacturing basic inorganic chemicals; manufacturing basic organic chemicals. Establishments primarily engaged in coal tar distillation, the distillation of wood products or the manufacture of ethanol (ethyl alcohol) for non-beverage use are included. The main products of this industry are vinyl chloride, methanol, alicyclic hydrocarbon, ethylene glycol, fatty acids and esters. (NAICS: 32512–32519)

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Output, supply, demand

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Millions of 1997 current dollars
Output	6,533
Value added at basic prices	2,633
Share of Manufacturing sector	1.85%
Share of total economy	0.32%
Significant products of this industry
Methyl alcohol	x
Sodium chlorate	510
Ethylene polymers	x
Other metallic salts and peroxysalts	324
Ether, alcohol peroxides, etc.	317
Organic acids and derivatives	304
Caustic soda	299
Total supply of these products
Domestic production	5,060
Imports	2,242
Total	7,302
Major users of these products
Exports	3,086
Unsupported plastic film, sheet and bag manufacturing	613
Resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial and synthetic fibres	463
Pulp mills	377
Miscellaneous plastic product manufacturing	285
Total	4,824

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Monthly projector

Changes in constant price output are used as indicators of the growth rates in constant price value added. The movement in constant price output is assumed to be represented by the month-to-month growth rates in constant price shipments adjusted by the change in constant price inventories of goods in process (GIP) and finished products (FP).

Constant price output of this industry is derived by separately calculating and summing constant price outputs at the following level of industry detail:
(the percentage is their approximate share of total output)

NAICS: 325120	Industrial gas manufacturing	6%
NAICS: 325130	Synthetic dye and pigment manufacturing	10%
NAICS: 325180	Other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing	39%
NAICS: 325190	Other basic organic chemical manufacturing	46%

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Data

Current price shipments, inventory of goods in process and inventory of finished products, measured in thousands of dollars.

Source
Monthly Survey of Manufacturing,
Monthly, CANSIM table 304-0014,
Statistics Canada

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Deflation

Deflators for shipments are weighted averages of price indexes of Principal Commodity Groups (PCG) that are produced by the industry. Weights are PCG values, obtained from annual input-output tables.

The following PCGs account for the largest weights:
(the percentage represents the PCG's relative importance)

NAICS: 325120	Industrial gas manufacturing
PCG 4002	oxygen	37%
PCG 4003	nitrogen	25%
PCG 4111	acetylene	13%
PCG 4006	hydrogen	7%
PCG 4024	inorganic acids and oxygen comp	6%

NAICS: 325130	Synthetic dye and pigment manufacturing
PCG 4034	titanium dioxide	53%
PCG 4262	pigments, lakes and toners, prop	46%

NAICS: 325180	Other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing
PCG 4046	sodium chlorate	19%
PCG 4029	caustic soda (sodium hydroxide)	11%
PCG 4093	radio-active chemical element	7%
PCG 4095	inorganic chemicals, n.e.s.	7%

NAICS: 325190	Other basic organic chemical manufacturing
PCG 4132	methyl alcohol	20%
PCG 4234	polyethylene resins	14%
PCG 4152	ethers, alcohol peroxides, etc.	12%
PCG 4122	vinyl chloride monomer	9%

Deflators of closing inventories of GIP and FP are moving averages of the deflator for shipments. Deflators of opening inventories are equal to deflators of closing inventories in the previous month.

Source
Industry Price Indexes,
Monthly, Catalogue no. 62-011,
Statistics Canada

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