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Wood Kitchen Cabinets Review — 2006 — Long Descriptions

Figure 1: Wood Kitchen Cabinet Total Shipments

This bar graph represents Canadian wood kitchen cabinet shipments, in billion of Canadian dollars, from 1997 to 2006. In 2006, Canadian kitchen cabinet shipments were $2.63 billion.

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Figure 2: Wood Kitchen Cabinet Domestic Shipments and Export

This bar graph shows how much of Canadian wood kitchen cabinet shipments was sold to the domestic market and how much was exported, on a yearly basis, from 1997 to 2006. The unit of measurement is Candian billions of dollars. In 2006, domestic shipments reached $1.55 billion, while exports were of $1.08 billion.

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Figure 3: Wood Kitchen Cabinet Exports to the U.S. by Region

This bar graph shows the breakdown of Canadian wood kitchen cabinet exports to the four regions of the United States: the West, the Midwest, the South and the Northeast. For each region, the evolution over the latest four years is presented (2003–2006). Exports are expressed in millions of Canadian dollars.

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Figure 4: Share of U.S. Wooden Kitchen Furniture Imports

This graph shows the percentage shares of U.S. wooden kitchen furniture imports that Canada, China, the European Union and other countries held from 1997 to 2006. In 2006, Canada accounted for 52 per cent of U.S. wooden kitchen furniture imports.

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Figure 5: Wood Kitchen Cabinet Exports by Province, 2006

This bar graph shows the distribution of Canadian wood kitchen cabinet exports by province of origin, for 2006, in millions of Canadian dollars. 

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Figure 6: Wood Kitchen Cabinet Imports

The bar on this graph show the value of wood kitchen cabinet imports in Canada, in millions of Canadian dollars, from 1997 to 2006. In 2006, Canada imported $128 million worth of wood kitchen cabinets. The graph also includes lines showing the evolution of Canadian wood kitchen cabinet imports from the U.S. and China.

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Figure 7: Canadian Housing Starts

This graph shows Canadian housing starts, in thousands, from 1997 to 2006. In 2006, housing starts in Canada reached 227 395.

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Figure 8: U.S. Housing Starts 2006 — Total 1 800 900

This is a map of the United States showing total housing starts in the four main regions of the country for 2006. The U.S. Midwest had 279 500 housing starts, the U.S. Northeast had 167 200, the U.S. West had 443 800 and the U.S. South had 910 300.

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