NAICS 325189 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals

These statistics are for the Other basic inorganic chemicals industry, based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 325189.

Principal Statistics
Year Establishments Shipments
($ millions)
Employment Imports
($ millions)
Exports
($ millions)
1 Industry Canada estimates
Source: Statistics Canada
Note: The step change in establishments observed in 2004 was due to a change by Statistics Canada in the minimum threshold size necessary for inclusion of establishments in the annual data. This change had only a minor impact on other principal statistics.
2003 112 2 198 3 947 1 186 1 893
2004 127 2 692 4 365 1 309 2 139
2005 127 2 676 3 892 1 542 3 007
2006 123 2 866 3 699 1 636 3 489
2007 123 2 935 3 605 1 793 5 426
2008 116 3 068 3 944 1 900 4 129
2009 117 2 714 3 752 1 533 3 129
2010  1171  2 7601  3 2501 1 896 3 630

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in manufacturing inorganic chemicals.

Examples:

  • Aluminum compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Alums (for example, aluminum ammonium sulphate, aluminum potassium sulphate)
  • Ammonium chloride
  • Ammonium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Arsenic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Barium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Bleaching agents, inorganic
  • Bone black
  • Boron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Calcium hypochlorite
  • Calcium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Carbides (for example, boron, calcium, silicon, tungsten)
  • Carbon black
  • Carbon inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Cesium and cesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Chlorine compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Chromium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Cobalt compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Copper compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Copper sulphate
  • Fluorine
  • Fuel propellants, solid inorganic, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Heavy water (deuterium oxide)
  • Hydrazine
  • Hydrochloric acid
  • Hydrogen peroxide
  • Iodine, crude or resublimed
  • Iron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Isotopes, radioactive
  • Lamp black
  • Lithium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Magnesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Manganese dioxide
  • Mercury compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Nickel compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Nuclear fuel scrap reprocessing
  • Nuclear fuels, inorganic
  • Oleum (fuming sulphuric acid)
  • Peroxides, inorganic
  • Phosphorus compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Potassium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Potassium salts
  • Potassium sulphate
  • Radioactive elements
  • Radioactive isotopes
  • Rare earth compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Selenium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Silver compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Sodium chlorate
  • Sodium hypochlorite
  • Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Sodium phosphate
  • Sodium silicate
  • Sodium sulphate
  • Strontium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Sulphides and sulphites
  • Sulphur and sulphur compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Sulphur dioxide
  • Sulphur, recovering or refining (except from sour natural gas)
  • Sulphuric acid
  • Tin compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Titanium dioxide
  • Tungsten compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Uranium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Uranium oxide
  • Uranium, enriched
  • Zinc compounds, not specified elsewhere by process
  • Zinc oxide