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NAICS 32592 - Explosives

These statistics are for the Explosives industry, based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 32592.

Principal statistics**
  Establishments Shipments, $M Employment Imports, $M Exports, $M
1995 22 280 1 426 93 93
1996 23 297 1 501 118 89
1997 25 293 1 745 113 108
1998 28 252 1 498 118 110
1999 23 225 1 521 108 104
2000 33 291 1 382 128 115
2001 34 222 1 345 114 116
2002 35 224 1 221 90 108
2003 37 270 593 103 106
2004 35* 325* 590* 136 134

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 explosive preparations, detonators for explosives, and explosive devices, except ammunition.

Exclusion(s): Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • manufacturing pyrotechnics (32599, All Other Chemical Product Manufacturing)
  • manufacturing ammunition and detonators for ammunition (33299, All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing)

Examples: 

  • Azides explosive materials
  • Blasting accessories (e.g., blasting caps, fuses, ignitors, squibbs)
  • Blasting powders
  • Caps, blasting and detonating
  • Detonators (except ammunition)
  • Dynamite
  • Fuses, detonating and safety
  • Gunpowder
  • Nitroglycerin explosives
  • TNT (trinitrotoluene)
Created: 2005-05-24
Updated: 2005-10-03
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