Canada's Merchandise Trade with Philippines
| Canada’s Trade with Philippines (C$) | ||||
| January - December | January - December | |||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2011 | 2012 | |
| Exports | 669,946,313 | 541,192,614 | 541,192,614 | 509,458,471 |
| Imports | 888,997,295 | 915,975,411 | 915,975,411 | 991,099,114 |
| Trade Balance | -219,050,982 | -374,782,797 | -374,782,797 | -481,640,643 |
Source: Trade Data Online. Industry Canada. 20 February 2013. http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home.
Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada.
| Canada’s Merchandise Trade with the Philippines, 2012 | ||||
| Canadian Imports from Philippines | Canadian Exports to Philippines | |||
| Merchandise Classification | % | Merchandise Classification | % | |
| 1 | Electrical machinery and equipment | 54.04 | Ores, slag and ash | 17.57 |
| 2 | Boilers, mechanical appliances, etc. | 5.94 | Meat and edible meat offal | 15.17 |
| 3 | Optical, medical, scientific, technical instrumentation | 5.34 | Wood and wood articles, charcoal | 10.62 |
| 4 | Rubber and rubber articles | 5.05 | Boilers, mechanical appliances, etc. | 8.04 |
| 5 | Knitted or crocheted apparel | 3.32 | Cereals | 8.00 |
| 6 | Fats, oils and waxes | 3.09 | Fertilizers | 7.22 |
| 7 | Woven clothing and apparel articles | 3.06 | Food industries wastes, prepared animal fodder | 3.98 |
| 8 | Prepared food: vegetable, fruit, etc. | 2.61 | Aircraft and spacecraft | 3.40 |
| 9 | Iron or steel articles | 2.40 | Electrical machinery and equipment | 2.54 |
| 10 | Edible fruits and nuts | 1.79 | Plastic and plastic articles | 2.08 |
| Top 10 as % of total from Philippines | 86.64 | Top 10 as % of total to Philippines | 78.62 | |
| Philippines imports as % of Cdn total | 0.21 | Philippines exports as % of Cdn total | 0.12 | |
Source: Trade Data Online. Industry Canada. 9 March 2013. http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home
Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada.
Note: All merchandise is assigned Harmonised System (HS)
codes in order that accurate trade records can be kept, tariffs
collected appropriately, customs procedures followed, and so forth. The HS
system of codes, at its most disaggregated, assigns a 10-digit code to a
given item. As the degree of aggregation increases, the number of
digits in the code decreases. Thus, for example, the 6-digit HS
code assigned to a motor vehicle with a spark-type ignition and a
cylinder capacity of more than 3000 cc is 870323. The 2-digit HS
code (in this case it is 87) includes not only this type of vehicle,
but also many other types of vehicles and a wide variety of vehicle
accessories and parts. The table above is based on Harmonised System (HS) codes at the 2-digit level. To learn more about the HS Code system used by Statistics Canada go to http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/h_00048.html