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Table 6
Location of revenue sources, raw material expenditures, and machinery and equipment purchases, innovative and non-innovative manufacturing plants, 2004

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Characteristic Innovators Non-innovators
%
Revenues
Plants with some of their revenues from the rest of Canada (outside their province of operation) 76.8 59.1*
Plants with some of their revenues from the United States 77.0 58.2*
Plants with some of their revenues from Mexico 11.7 5.2*
Plants with some of their revenues from Europe 20.2 8.5*
Plants with some of their revenues from the Asia-Pacific region 16.2 7.3*
Plants with some of their revenues from other countries 17.0 9.4*
Raw material expenditures
Plants with expenditure on raw materials from the United States 78.5 59.9*
Plants with expenditure on raw materials from Mexico 5.0 2.4*
Plants with expenditure on raw materials from Europe 22.1 10.8*
Plants with expenditure on raw materials from the Asia-Pacific region 21.8 12.4*
Plants with expenditure on raw materials from other countries 11.4 6.2*
Machinery and equipment purchases
Plants that bought new machinery or equipment 74.2 46.7*
Plants that bought new machinery or equipment from Canadian-based firms 36.8 24.9*
Plants that bought new machinery or equipment from the United States 56.1 38.5*
* Difference is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Data source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Innovation, 2005.
Table source: Statistics Canada, Innovation Analysis Bulletin, 2009, Catalogue no. 88-003-X, Vol. 11, no. 1.