NAICS 326114 Plastic Film and Sheet
These statistics are based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
| 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. |
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| 2003 | 122 | 1657 | 6291 | 1470 | 1191 |
| 2004 | 145 | 1746 | 5972 | 1472 | 1292 |
| 2005 | 134 | 1685 | 5280 | 1473 | 1314 |
| 2006 | 140 | 1736 | 5296 | 1486 | 1385 |
| 2007 | 147 | 1724 | 5196 | 1306 | 1272 |
| 2008 | 152 | 1722 | 5046 | 1399 | 1308 |
| 2009 | 143 | 1572 | 4610 | 1230 | 1252 |
| 2010 | 1431 | 16201 | 46801 | 1288 | 1249 |
This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in converting plastics resins into unsupported plastic film and sheet.
Examples:
- Acrylic film and unlaminated sheet
- Plastic packaging film, single or multi-web
- Photographic, micrographic and X-ray plastics sheet and film (except sensitized)
- Plastics film and unlaminated sheet
- Polyester film and unlaminated sheet
- Polyethylene film and unlaminated sheet
- Polypropylene film and unlaminated sheet
- Vinyl and vinyl copolymer film and unlaminated sheet
Exclusion(s): Establishments primarily engaged in:
- manufacturing film or sheet of plastic coated or laminated with other materials (322220, Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing)
- manufacturing laminated plastic sheets (326130, Laminated Plastic Plate, Sheet and Shape Manufacturing).