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| TABLE 1: CANADIAN PAPER INDUSTRY SALES AND EARNINGS. |
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Fourth quarter ($000) |
Full year ($000) |
| Companies |
Sales 1997 |
% change 1997/96 |
Earnings 1997 |
% change 1997/96 |
Sales 1997 |
% change 1997/96 |
Earnings 1997 |
% change 1997/96 |
| Abitibi-Consolidated* |
$1,060,000 |
14.2 |
$40,000 |
n.m. |
$3,747,000 |
פ.2 |
$4,000 |
㫺.6 |
| Alliance* |
261,100 |
192.1 |
13,100 |
254.1 |
823,300 |
94.2 |
26,500 |
㫌.7 |
| Avenor* |
522,400 |
4.3 |
4,500 |
n.m |
1,991,700 |
ן.4 |
(54,400) |
n.m. |
| Canfor* |
408,100 |
㪥.6 |
(32,100) |
n.m. |
1,840,600 |
2.8 |
(10,500) |
n.m. |
| Cascades* |
599,051 |
21.6 |
15,000 |
18.7. |
2,208,257 |
5.1 |
39,800 |
㫄.7 |
| Domtar* |
516,000 |
8.6 |
25,000 |
n.m. |
1,938,000 |
מ.0 |
8,000 |
㫙.2 |
| Donohue |
443,900 |
13.3 |
50,400 |
65.2 |
1,744,700 |
6.5 |
155,500 |
㪭.4 |
| Fletcher Challenge* |
37,400 |
㫭.4 |
(26,700) |
n.m. |
188,900 |
㫖.6 |
(36,500) |
n.m. |
| Harmac Pacific |
55,200 |
33.3 |
(6,400) |
n.m. |
226,400 |
6.7 |
(11,400) |
n.m. |
| MacMillan Bloedel* |
1,067,000 |
1.1 |
4,000 |
n.m. |
4,521,000 |
6.0 |
(28,000) |
n.m. |
| Noranda Forest* |
589,000 |
6.3 |
21,000 |
162.5 |
2,272,000 |
ם.0 |
38,000 |
㪻.6 |
| Repap* |
165,300 |
23.6 |
(8,000) |
n.m. |
609,900 |
8.1 |
(137,300) |
n.m. |
| Rolland |
169,071 |
55.7 |
3,292 |
ע.4 |
577,227 |
40.8 |
11,295 |
20.2 |
| Slocan |
239,400 |
26.3 |
(3,700) |
n.m. |
944,400 |
17.6 |
2,100 |
㫰.1 |
| Tembec* |
351,900 |
36.7 |
11,500 |
n.m. |
1,348,600 |
36.1 |
(7,600) |
n.m. |
| West Fraser |
422,600 |
9.2 |
5,100 |
㫢.6 |
1,869,800 |
13.9 |
69,500 |
㪰.7 |
| Totals |
$6,907,422 |
9.1 |
$115,992 |
n.m. |
$26,851,784 |
4.2 |
$68,995 |
㫲.1 |
Note: Earnings represent income after taxes from continuing operations, excluding most nonrecurring and extraordinary items.
*Indicates special gains or charges. ( ) = loss. n.m. = not meaningful due to loss. |
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