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Canadian Chemical Industry

Canadian Chemical Industry (Industry Canada)
A source of information on the chemical industry in Canada and abroad. Find industry profiles, statistics and market reports.
Chemistry Industry Association of Canada Reports
General statistics on revenue, investments, production and exports in the Canadian chemical industry.

The Conference Board of Canada E-Library » This link opens in a new window
Research and economic indicators on all aspects of Canadian public policy and management; economic trends at national, provincial and international levels.

Chemical Industry Profiles

Business Source Complete » This link opens in a new window
This scholarly business database provides the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content (more than 2,800 journals), with indexing and abstracts (more than 3,700 journals) for the most important business journals. Additional materials include country economic reports, financial data, conference proceedings, investment research reports, market research reports, case studies company profiles, SWOT analyses and industry reports.
IBISWorld » This link opens in a new window
IBISWorld provides hundreds of in-depth Canadian, U.S. and Global industry market research and business environment reports.

ICIS Chemical Business Journal
Search for chemical profile reports in the ICIS Chemical Business journal. Choose either ABI/INFORM Collection or ProQuest One Business from the online options. In the search bar, search (ISSN(1937-5786) OR PUBALL(ICIS+chemical+business)) AND TI(chemical name) to find global chemical profile.

Industry Statistics

Chemical & Engineering News (Magazine)
Published annually in late June or early Look for " Facts & Figures for the Chemical Industry " in the June or July issue of Chemical & Engineering News. These statistics include production, exports and imports, prices, company results, R&D spending, etc.
Industry Canada: Chemical Industry Statistics
Canadian Industry Statistics
Analyses industry data on the number of establishments, gross domestic product and labour productivity for industry sectors belonging to the Canadian Economy using a few of the latest annual data sources from Statistics Canada.
CANSIM
Find reliable and timely statistics about Canada and its ever-changing people.
Canadian Business Patterns
Canadian Business Patterns provide counts of business establishments by NAICS industry classification numbers (2, 3, 4, 6 digits), geography and employment size, and are issued twice yearly from Statistics Canada.

OECD.Stat » This link opens in a new window
OECD's comprehensive statistical service, providing cross-database searching and comparisons, table merging and customization, and downloading of statistical tables and metadata.
E-Data (Conference Board of Canada) » This link opens in a new window
E-Data from the Conference Board of Canada contains seven economic intelligence databases. Long-term economic forecasts are provided for Canada (540 indicators) and the Provinces (1500 indicators), and short-term economic forecasts provided for Canada (economic and financial by industry back as far as 1987), the Provinces, the Territories (90 indicators), 27 Metropolitan areas and the United States (both 100 indicators).
In addition, e-Data contains the quarterly Consumer Confidence and Business Confidence Indexes, as well as Population and Household Formation forecasts (back to 1975, by gender and 5-year age groups, 700 indicators). E-Data also provides valuable retrospective macro-economic "estimates", often resulting in longer historical time-series than on Cansim.
Passport GMID » This link opens in a new window
Passport GMID (Global Market Information Database) is Euromonitor International's global market analysis software platform. Analyses industry trend data, market sizes and market shares from countries around the world. Contains long historic and forecast data series, and allows for comparison of data across countries.
ODESI - Data Service of Scholars Portal » This link opens in a new window
Access data and basic analysis tools for social survey data from Statistics Canada and Canadian polling data as well as the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

Chemical Economics

Bulk Chemical Prices

Bloomberg
In-person access only at the Financial Research and Learning Lab located in the Desmarais Building, 55 Laurier Ave. E, Room 2186
Bloomberg terminals provide access to live and historical market data, news, analytics and reports. Bloomberg may have specialized data or metrics that you can’t access in the other resources.
Bloomberg Commodity Essentials Guide
US Geological Survey
Includes Mineral Commodity Summaries, Minerals Yearbook, and Mineral Industrial Surveys. Primarily production data for minerals and metals, but also includes some related industrial chemicals and pricing. Examples include nickel, aluminum, sodium sulfate, and nitrogen.

FRED - Producer Price Indexes (PPI) for Chemicals and Allied Products
Use this Producer Price Index resource to adjust for older chemical prices
Current bulk chemical prices can be estimated by adjusting older chemical prices to current levels using a Producer Price Index (PPI).
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis lists a number of Producer Price Indices for Chemicals and Allied Products.
Updated Price = Older Price x [(Cost Index at Newer Date) / (Cost Index at Older Date)]

Chemical Plant Prices

Chemical Engineering Journal
Chemical Engineering publishes the Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) and Current Business Indicators for the chemical industry. Search for "economic indicators".
For more information about using the Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index please read Jenkins, S. (2014). Facts at your fingertips. Chemical Engineering, 121(6), 28.