Monthly Production and Disposition of Tobacco Products Survey

Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)

This information is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

Completion of this questionnaire is a legal requirement under this Act.

Introduction

Survey purpose

The main purpose of this paper questionnaire is to report revisions to previous reporting periods. Please make sure to specify the month the revision applies to in the Reporting period section of this questionnaire. Follow instructions supplied in the Attach files module of the electronic questionnaire to submit the revisions or fax them to Statistics Canada at 1-800-755-5514. You can also mail the filled questionnaire to

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Confidentiality

By law, Statistics Canada is prohibited from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent, or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes only.

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes.
Information on confidentiality, data-sharing agreements and record linkages can be found on the last page of this questionnaire.

Please return the questionnaire by the 10th of the month following the month under review.

For reporting data for the most recent month under review, the preferred collection method is the electronic questionnaire.

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Reporting instructions

  • Please print in ink.
  • When precise figures are not available, please provide your best estimates.

Business or organization and contact information

1. Please provide the business or organization's legal and operating name.

  • Legal name
  • Operating name (if applicable)

2. Please provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire.

Note: The designated contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire.
The designated contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire.

  • First name
  • Last name
  • Title
  • Preferred language of communication
    1. English
    2. French
  • Mailing address (number and street)
  • City
  • Province, territory or state
  • Postal code or ZIP code
    Example: A9A 9A9 or 12345-1234
  • Country
  • Email address
    Example: user@example.gov.ca
  • Telephone number (including area code)
    Example: 123-123-1234
  • Extension number (if applicable)
  • Fax number (including area code)
    Example: 123-123-1234

3. Please provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name.

  1. Operational Go to question 4
  2. Not currently operational
    e.g., temporarily or permanently closed, change of ownership
    Why is this business or organization not currently operational?
    1. Seasonal operations Go to question 3a.
    2. Ceased operations Go to question 3b.
    3. Sold operations Go to question 3c.
    4. Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations Go to question 3d.
    5. Temporarily inactive but will re-open Go to question 3e.
    6. No longer operating due to other reasons Go to question 3f.

3a. Seasonal operations

  1. When did this business or organization close for the season?
    • Date
  2. When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
    • Date Go to question 4

3b. Ceased operations

  1. When did this business or organization cease operations?
    • Date
  2. Why did this business or organization cease operations?
    1. Bankruptcy Go to question 4
    2. Liquidation Go to question 4
    3. Dissolution Go to question 4
    4. Other reasons — specify: Go to question 4

3c. Sold operations

  1. When was this business or organization sold?
    • Date
  2. What is the legal name of the buyer? Go to question 4

3d. Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations

  1. When did this business or organization amalgamate?
    • Date
  2. What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
  3. What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations? Go to question 4

3e. Temporarily inactive but will re-open

  1. When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive?
    • Date
  2. When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
    • Date
  3. Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive? Go to question 4

3f. No longer operating due to other reasons

  1. When did this business or organization cease operations?
    • Date
  2. Why did this business or organization cease operations?

4. Please verify or provide the current main activity of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name.

Note: The described activity was assigned using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

  1. This is the current main activity. Go to next section
  2. This is not the current main activity.
    Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity.
    e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

5. When did the main activity change?

  • Date

Reporting period information

1. What are the start and end dates of this business's reporting period for January, 2018.

  • Start date:
  • End date:

2. What is (are) the reason(s) the reporting period does not cover at least 28 days?

Select all that apply.

  1. Seasonal operations
  2. New business
  3. Change of ownership
  4. Temporarily inactive
  5. Change of accounting method
  6. Ceased operations
  7. Other reason the reporting period does not cover at least 28 days — specify other reason

Tobacco products

1. For the reporting period, what commodities did your plant produce, ship and/or hold in inventory?

Mark all that apply.

  1. Cigarettes Go to question 2
    Include cigarettes containing tobacco, regular, king size, filter, plain.
  2. Cigars Go to question 3
    Include cigars, cigarillos, cheroots and similar products.
  3. Manufactured tobacco — fine cut Go to question 4
    Include fine cut smoking tobacco intended for manufactured cigarettes.
  4. Manufactured tobacco — pipe tobacco Go to question 5
    Include pipe smoking tobacco.
  5. Non-manufactured tobacco — leaf Go to question 6
    Include unmanufactured leaf tobacco packaged for retail sale.

Cigarettes

2. For the reporting period of January 2018, please provide the quantity of cigarettes for the following:

Include cigarettes containing tobacco, regular, king size, filter, plain.

Report in thousands of cigarettes.

  1. Opening inventory
    Include inventory held in Canada only, on the first day of the reporting period. Any inventories held outside Canada should be recorded as export in the month when transfer into inventory took place.
    Note: opening inventory for the month under review should be equal to the closing inventory of the previous month.
  2. Total production
    Include all Canadian production for sales in Canada or for export to any destination within or outside North America.

Sales

  1. In Canada
    Include sales in Canada of goods invoiced to wholesalers, retailers and institutions, less returned goods credited to same. Samples are also to be included.
  2. In Canada — duty-free
    Include sales in Canada to ship, air, border and international airports stores, as well as foreign embassies in Canada.
  3. Export bulk shipments
    Include cross border shipments, shipments to diplomats outside Canada, transfers to inventories held outside Canada in the month the transfer took place.
    Exclude sales from inventories held outside Canada.

Total sales (c. + d. + e.)

  1. Adjustments (+/-)
    Include all non-sale transactions, such as goods damaged, destroyed, stolen and reworked as well as stock adjustments.

Closing inventory (a. + b. - (c.+ d. + e.) + f.)
Include inventory held in Canada only, on the last day of the reporting period. Any inventories held outside Canada should be recorded as export in the month when transfer into inventory took place.

Cigars

3. For the reporting period of January 2018, please provide the quantity of cigars for the following:

Include cigars, cigarillos, cheroots and similar products.

Report in thousands of cigars.

  1. Opening inventory
    Include inventory held in Canada only, on the first day of the reporting period. Any inventories held outside Canada should be recorded as export in the month when transfer into inventory took place.
    Note: opening inventory for the month under review should be equal to the closing inventory of the previous month.
  2. Total production
    Include all Canadian production for sales in Canada or for export to any destination within or outside North America.

Sales

  1. In Canada
    Include sales in Canada of goods invoiced to wholesalers, retailers and institutions, less returned goods credited to same. Samples are also to be included.
  2. In Canada — duty-free
    Include sales in Canada to ship, air, border and international airports stores, as well as foreign embassies in Canada.
  3. Export bulk shipments
    Include cross border shipments, shipments to diplomats outside Canada, transfers to inventories held outside Canada in the month the transfer took place.
    Exclude sales from inventories held outside Canada.

Total sales (c. + d. + e.)

  1. Adjustments (+/-)
    Include all non-sale transactions, such as goods damaged, destroyed, stolen and reworked as well as stock adjustments.

Closing inventory (a. + b. - (c.+ d. + e.) + f.)
Include inventory held in Canada only, on the last day of the reporting period. Any inventories held outside Canada should be recorded as export in the month when transfer into inventory took place.

Manufactured tobacco — fine cut

4. For the reporting period of January 2018, please provide the quantity of manufactured fine cut tobacco for the following:

Include fine cut smoking tobacco intended for cigarettes.

Report in kilograms.

  1. Opening inventory
    Include inventory held in Canada only, on the first day of the reporting period. Any inventories held outside Canada should be recorded as export in the month when transfer into inventory took place.
    Note: opening inventory for the month under review should be equal to the closing inventory of the previous month.
  2. Total production
    Include all Canadian production for sales in Canada or for export to any destination within or outside North America.

Sales

  1. In Canada
    Include sales in Canada of goods invoiced to wholesalers, retailers and institutions, less returned goods credited to same. Samples are also to be included.
  2. In Canada — duty-free
    Include sales in Canada to ship, air, border and international airports stores, as well as foreign embassies in Canada.
  3. Export bulk shipments
    Include cross border shipments, shipments to diplomats outside Canada, transfers to inventories held outside Canada in the month the transfer took place.
    Exclude sales from inventories held outside Canada.

Total sales (c. + d. + e.)

  1. Adjustments (+/-)
    Include all non-sale transactions, such as goods damaged, destroyed, stolen and reworked as well as stock adjustments.

Closing inventory (a. + b. - (c.+ d. + e.) + f.)
Include inventory held in Canada only, on the last day of the reporting period. Any inventories held outside Canada should be recorded as export in the month when transfer into inventory took place.

Manufactured tobacco — pipe tobacco

5. For the reporting period of January 2018, please provide the quantity of manufactured pipe tobacco for the following:

Include pipe smoking tobacco.

Report in kilograms.

  1. Opening inventory
    Include inventory held in Canada only, on the first day of the reporting period. Any inventories held outside Canada should be recorded as export in the month when transfer into inventory took place.
    Note: opening inventory for the month under review should be equal to the closing inventory of the previous month.
  2. Total production
    Include all Canadian production for sales in Canada or for export to any destination within or outside North America.

Sales

  1. In Canada
    Include sales in Canada of goods invoiced to wholesalers, retailers and institutions, less returned goods credited to same. Samples are also to be included.
  2. In Canada — duty-free
    Include sales in Canada to ship, air, border and international airports stores, as well as foreign embassies in Canada.
  3. Export bulk shipments
    Include cross border shipments, shipments to diplomats outside Canada, transfers to inventories held outside Canada in the month the transfer took place.
    Exclude sales from inventories held outside Canada.

Total sales (c. + d. + e.)

  1. Adjustments (+/-)
    Include all non-sale transactions, such as goods damaged, destroyed, stolen and reworked as well as stock adjustments.

Closing inventory (a. + b. - (c.+ d. + e.) + f.)
Include inventory held in Canada only, on the last day of the reporting period. Any inventories held outside Canada should be recorded as export in the month when transfer into inventory took place.

Non-manufactured tobacco — leaf

6. For the reporting period of January 2018, please provide the quantity of non-manufactured leaf tobacco for the following:

Include unmanufactured leaf tobacco packaged for retail sale.

Report in kilograms.

  1. Opening inventory
    Include inventory held in Canada only, on the first day of the reporting period. Any inventories held outside Canada should be recorded as export in the month when transfer into inventory took place.
    Note: opening inventory for the month under review should be equal to the closing inventory of the previous month.
  2. Total production
    Include all Canadian production for sales in Canada or for export to any destination within or outside North America.

Sales

  1. In Canada
    Include sales in Canada of goods invoiced to wholesalers, retailers and institutions, less returned goods credited to same. Samples are also to be included.
  2. In Canada — duty-free
    Include sales in Canada to ship, air, border and international airports stores, as well as foreign embassies in Canada.
  3. Export bulk shipments
    Include cross border shipments, shipments to diplomats outside Canada, transfers to inventories held outside Canada in the month the transfer took place.
    Exclude sales from inventories held outside Canada.

Total sales (c. + d. + e.)

  1. Adjustments (+/-)
    Include all non-sale transactions, such as goods damaged, destroyed, stolen and reworked as well as stock adjustments.

Closing inventory (a. + b. - (c.+ d. + e.) + f.)
Include inventory held in Canada only, on the last day of the reporting period. Any inventories held outside Canada should be recorded as export in the month when transfer into inventory took place.

Reporting changes and events that affected the business

7. Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business, compared to the last reporting period.

Mark all that apply.

  1. Strike or lock-out
    • How many days of the reference month was your plant open?
  2. Exchange rate impact
  3. Price changes in goods sold
  4. Contracting out
  5. Organisational change
  6. Price changes in labour or raw materials
  7. Natural disaster
    • How many days of the reference month was your plant open?
  8. Recession
  9. Change in product line
  10. Sold business units
  11. Expansion
  12. New/lost contract
  13. Vacation and/or maintenance periods
    • How many days of the reference month was your plant open?
  14. Acquisition of business units
  15. Equipment failure
  16. Seasonal operations
  17. Increased or decreased market demand
  18. Other change or event – specify:
    OR
  19. No change or event

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General information

Confidentiality

Your answers are confidential.

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes.

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon. The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician and returning it with the completed questionnaire. Please specify the organizations with which you do not want to share your data.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Record linkages

To enhance the data from this survey and to minimize the reporting burden, Statistics Canada may combine it with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

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