CHEM. Page 1 AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, CANADA GENERAL STATISTICS, CANADA UNITS : COSTS OF FUEL & ELECTRICITY IN THOUNSANDS OF DOLLARS

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1 AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, CANADA GENERAL STATISTICS, CANADA UNITS : COSTS OF FUEL & ELECTRICITY IN THOUNSANDS OF DOLLARS SIC MAJOR GROUP AND INDUSTRY CANSIM NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS SERIAL # ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS D COST OF FUEL & ELECTRICITY D ENER. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (1992=10P COST OF FUEL & ELEC. IN CONST $ AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL INDS. NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS COST OF FUEL & ELECTRICITY CHEMICAL FERTILIZER INDS. NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS D COST OF FUEL & ELECTRICITY D AS A % OF TOT. AGRI. CHEM. ENERGY COSTS 94% 93% 94% 91% 92% 92% 90% 3722 MIXED FERTILIZER INDUSTRY NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS D COST OF FUEL & ELECTRICITY D AS A % OF TOT. AGRI. CHEM. ENERGY COSTS 5% 5% 5% 8% 7% 7% 9% 3729 OTHER AGR. CHEMICAL INDS. NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS D COST OF FUEL & ELECTRICITY D AS A % OF TOT. AGRI. CHEM. ENERGY COSTS 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% TOT. ENERGY COSTS AGRI. CHEM. INDS TOTAL COST OF FUEL & ELEC. IN CONST 1992 $ AS A % OF TOT. CONST. MANUF. ENER. COSTS 1.13% 1.06% 1.02% 1.37% 1.45% 1.29% TOTAL MANUF. ENERGY DEMAND IN TJ D CORR. AGRI. CHEM. ENERGY DEMAND IN TJ AS A % OF TOT. CAN. EN. DEM. 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% TOT. CAN. ENERGY DEMAND D Page 1

2 AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES ENERGY CONSUMPTION ( FROM COXWORTH, 1997) FERTILIZERS QUANTITY OF NITROGEN (N), PHOSPHATE (P2O5) AND POTASH (K2O) FERTILIZER NUTRIENTS SOLD IN CANADA UNITS: THOUSANDS OF TONNES YEAR EASTERN CANADA NITROGEN PHOSPHATE POTASH WESTERN CANADA NITROGEN PHOSPHATE POTASH CANADA NITROGEN PHOSPHATE POTASH DATA SOURCE: CANADIAN FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION, SHIPMENTS AND TRADE, 1996 FERTILIZER PRODUCTION ENERGY CONSUMPTION ( INCLUDE PACKAGING, TRANSPORTATION AND APPLICATION) FERTILIZER AND NUTRIENT ENERGY (GJ/T) NITROGEN AMMONIA UREA AMMONIUM NITRATE AMMONIUM-UREA NITRATE (N SOL.) AMMONIUM SULFATE MONOAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE (N ONLY) 59.5 DIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE (N ONLY) 59.5 OTHER NITROGEN FERTILIZERS AVERAGE PHOSPHATE Page 2

3 MONOAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE (P ONLY) DIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE (P ONLY) 12.4 DIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE (P ONLY) OTHER PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS AVERAGE POTASH POTASH DATA SOURCE: COXWORTH, 1995 USING THE ABOVE TABLES, COXWORTH ESTIMATED THE ENERGY CONSUMED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FERTILIZERS ENERGY USED IN FERTILIZERS SOLD IN CANADA, IN TJ. ALL NUTRIENTS NITROGEN PHOSPHATE POTASH USING THE AVERAGE ENERGY INPUT CALCULATED ABOVE, AND THE TOTAL QUANTITIES OF NUTRIENTS FOR CANADA WE GET ALL NUTRIENTS NITROGEN PHOSPHATE POTASH USING THE ESTIMATES OF THE AVERAGE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS FOR NITROGEN, PHOSPHATE AND POTASH FROM MUDAHAR AND HIGNETT, 1982, WE GET THE FOLLOWING ESTIMATES IN GJ/T NITROGEN PHOSPHATE POTASH MULTIPLYING THE ABOVE AVERAGES BY THE TOTAL QUANTITIES OF NUTRIENTS, IN CANADA WE GET THE ENERGY USED IN TJ Page 3

4 ALL NUTRIENTS NITROGEN PHOSPHATE POTASH STATISTICS CANADA, 1995 REPORTS THAT THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY HAS REDUCED ITS ENERGY USE OVER THE PAST DECADE BY ABOUT 34.5%. THUS TAKING 65.5% OF THE ABOVE CALCULATIONS WE GET: USING THE RESULTS BY COXWORTH ALL NUTRIENTS NITROGEN PHOSPHATE POTASH USING THE AVERAGE ENERGY INPUT CALCULATED ABOVE, AND THE TOTAL QUANTITIES OF NUTRIENTS FOR CANADA AND MULTIPLYING BY 65.5% WE GET ALL NUTRIENTS NITROGEN PHOSPHATE POTASH USING THE ESTIMATES OF THE AVERAGE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS FOR NITROGEN, PHOSPHATE AND POTASH FROM MUDAHAR AND HIGNETT, 1982, WE GET THE FOLLOWING ESTIMATES IN GJ/T ALL NUTRIENTS NITROGEN PHOSPHATE POTASH PESTICIDES ENERGY CONSUMPTION GREEN, M. B.,1987 REPORTED THAT THE AVERAGE ENERGY IN THE MANUACTURE OF PESTICIDE WAS ABOUT 1.6% OF TOTAL FARM ENERGY INPUT IN THE U.S.A. IN TOTAL DIR.& IND. ENERGY DEM. AGRI Page 4

5 ENERGY IN PESTICIDES (1.6%) IN TJ SOURCE: ENERGY IN WORLD AGRICULTURE. THESE NUMBERS ARE CLOSE TO THOSE OBTAINED BY COXWORTH (1997) COXWORTH ESTIMATED THE ENERGY IN PESTICIDES USED IN CANADIAN AGRICULTURE FOR THE YEARS 1990 TO ENERGY IN PESTICIDES IN TJ SOURCE: COXWORTH, 1997 Page 5