Statistics Canada : Production and disposition of tobacco products, December 2016

Released: 2017-01-26

Canadian manufacturers produced 1.4 billion cigarettes in December, down 34.8% from November. Cigarette production increased 7.2% from the same month a year earlier.

Compared to November 2016, the total number of cigarettes sold increased 6.7% to 2.0 billion. This was an increase of 9.3% compared with December 2015.

Note to readers

These data are subject to revision and are not seasonally adjusted.

The monthly survey, Production and Disposition of Tobacco Products, measures the quantities of tobacco products that are produced and sold by Canadian manufacturers.

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