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Chemicals

NAICS 325991 Custom Compounding

These statistics are for the Custom compounding industry, based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 325991.

Principal Statistics
Year Establishments Shipments
($ millions)
Employment Imports
($ millions)
Exports
($ millions)
1 Industry Canada estimates
Source: Statistics Canada
Note: Principal Statistics — The step changes in establishments observed in 2000 and 2004 were due to changes by Statistics Canada in the minimum threshold size necessary for inclusion of establishments in the annual data. These changes had only minor impacts on other principal statistics.
2000 41 932 1 501 470 60
2001 45 847 1 522 426 45
2002 44 875 1 306 478 46
2003 43 840 1 424 477 34
2004 58 816 1 206 486 34
2005 54 847 1 175 487 30
2006 54 877 1 206 466 25
2007 51 781 1 127 435 20
2008 511 7901 1 080 1 355 14
2009 511 7001 9601 253 14

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the custom mixing and blending of purchased plastics resins; and compounding plastics resins from recycled plastics products.

Exclusion(s): Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • manufacturing synthetic resins from basic organic chemicals (325210, Resin and Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing)