Table 2
Operating expenses for the book publishers industry, Canada, 2008 to 2010

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Operating expenses for the book publishers industry, Canada, 2008 to 2010


Table summary
This table displays the results of operating expenses for the book publishers industry 2008, 2009 and 2010, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  2008Note r: revised 2009Note r: revised 2010Note p: preliminary
  percent
Salaries, wages and benefits 21.0 20.7 21.1
Commissions paid to non-employees Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Professional and business services
fees		 1.5 1.3 1.4
Subcontract expenses 6.6 7.3 7.4
Charges for services provided
by head offices		 1.7 1.5 1.5
Cost of goods sold 35.8 35.8 35.2
Office supplies Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Rental and leasing 1.8 1.7 1.9
Repair and maintenance Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Insurance Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Advertising, marketing and promotions 6.2 6.8 6.9
Travel, meals and entertainment 1.3 1.2 1.2
Utilities and telecommunications
expenses		 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Property and business taxes,
licences and permits		 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Royalties, rights, licensing
and franchise fees		 7.6 7.8 7.8
Delivery, warehousing, postage
and courier		 3.9 4.2 4.0
Financial services fees Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Amortization and depreciation
of tangible and intangible assets		 3.5 4.0 4.0
Bad debts Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
All other expenses 3.5 2.8 3.2
p preliminary
r revised
F too unreliable to be published
Note(s): The results in this table are for firms classified under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) category 51113. See "Data sources, definitions and methodology" at the end of tables for definitions of terms. Data presented in this table are from the surveyed portion only. The survey portion excludes the smallest firms in terms of revenues earned. These firms account for a relatively small portion of total industry revenues and are not included in the estimates of this table.
Note(s):
The results in this table are for firms classified under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) category 51113. See "Data sources, definitions and methodology" at the end of tables for definitions of terms. Data presented in this table are from the surveyed portion only. The survey portion excludes the smallest firms in terms of revenues earned. These firms account for a relatively small portion of total industry revenues and are not included in the estimates of this table.
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