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Canada/United States Manufacturing Perspective

Annex V - Logistics Outsourcing Data

Outsourcing in Logistics - percentage of inputs
  Gap Canada U.S.
Food and beverage and tobacco products 60% 2.1% 3.37%
Textile mills and textile product mills 597% 0.6% 4.18%
Apparel and leather and allied products 433% 0.4% 2.13%
Wood products 104% 2.1% 4.29%
Paper products 10% 4.4% 4.85%
Printing and related support activities 124% 1.5% 3.36%
Petroleum and coal products 75% 0.8% 1.40%
Chemical products 74% 1.7% 2.96%
Plastics and rubber products 340% 1.0% 4.40%
Nonmetallic mineral products 175% 2.6% 7.15%
Primary metals 160% 2.2% 5.73%
Fabricated metal products 50% 1.5% 2.25%
Machinery 94% 1.0% 1.94%
Computer and electronic products 135% 0.6% 1.41%
Electrical equipment, appliances and components 102% 1.0% 2.02%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing   0.63%  
Motor vehicle manufacturing   1.17%  
Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing   1.49%  
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing   1.10%  
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing   0.52%  
Other transportation equipment 193% 0.6% 1.76%
Furniture and related products 145% 1.1% 2.69%
Miscellaneous manufacturing 143% 0.8% 1.94%
Total Manufacturing 79% 1.6% 2.86%
Notes: Canadian logistics includes transportation margins, both exclude pipelines
Source: Statistics Canada, BEA, Jacobson Calculation and Author Calculations

Created: 2006-10-17
Updated: 2007-03-01
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