40% of Canadian industries ‘highly vulnerable’ to supply shocks: StatCan
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Forty per cent of Canadian industries are 'highly vulnerable' to external demand and supply shocks, Statistics Canada says in a new report.
Forty per cent of Canadian industries are “highly vulnerable” to external demand and supply shocks, Statistics Canada says.
The federal statistic agency said on Friday those industries, which account for 25 per cent of Canada’s economic output, are exposed to risks in global supply chains.
“Manufacturers and firms that imported goods from abroad have identified import supply chain difficulties as a short-term business obstacle,” it said.
“Participation leads to exposure to external demand and supply shocks. Forty per cent of industries accounting for 25 per cent of output are highly vulnerable to both external demand and supply shocks.”
StatCan on Friday released a report entitled “Tracking Canada’s Evolving Supply Chain Links and Their Effects.” It comes after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the limits of the global supply chain and the strain disruptions can cause on economies.
Participation in global supply chains has been associated with higher productivity and wages, StatCan said. Manufacturing firms that participate in global value chains have, on average, 10 per cent higher labour productivity and six per cent higher wages than those that do not.
Aside from the risk of supply shocks, rising import prices accounted for about half of consumer inflation at its peak in the last three quarters of 2022, the agency said.
Canada’s National Supply Chain Task Force called for an overhaul in its final report, released in October 2022.
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