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NAICS 32532 - Pesticides and other agricultural chemicals

These statistics are for the Pesticides and other agricultural chemicals industry, based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 32532.

Principal statistics**
	Establishments	Shipments, $M	Employment	Imports, $M	Exports, $M
1995	13	337	652	668	131
1996	14	272	702	660	126
1997	15	343	894	796	128
1998	23	393	1 049	1 001	166
1999	21	312	1 198	852	144
2000	26	291	634	753	189
2001	26	376	700	880	215
2002	26	404	577	920	172
2003	27	496	702	816	161
2004	26*	613*	700*	867	153

Source: Statistics Canada

* Industry Canada estimates
** Beginning in 2000, data includes very small establishments. This accounts for the large jump in establishments, and for part of the increase in shipments and employment.

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing agricultural chemicals, except fertilizers. Establishments engaged in manufacturing household pest control products are included.

Exclusion(s): Establishments primarily engaged in:

manufacturing basic chemicals requiring further processing or formulation before use as agriculture chemicals (3251, Basic Chemical Manufacturing)
manufacturing agricultural lime products (32741, Lime Manufacturing)

Examples:

Exterminating chemical products (e.g., fungicides, insecticides, pesticides)
Fungicides
Herbicides
Insecticides
Nicotine insecticides
Pesticides
Plant growth regulators
Rodenticides
Soil conditioning preparations
Tick powder or spray


		Created: 2005-05-24 Updated: 2005-10-03	Top of Page	Important Notices