Canada's Merchandise Trade with Vietnam
| Canada’s Trade with Vietnam (C$) | ||||
| January - December | January - December | |||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2011 | 2012 | |
| Exports | 247,593,853 | 317,374,706 | 317,374,706 | 351,897,664 |
| Imports | 1,173,393,940 | 1,332,231,040 | 1,332,231,040 | 1,617,162,051 |
| Trade Balance | -925,800,087 | -1,014,856,334 | -1,014,856,334 | -1,265,264,387 |
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 Vietnam, 2012 | ||||
| Canadian Imports from Vietnam | Canadian Exports to Vietnam | |||
| Merchandise Classification | % | Merchandise Classification | % | |
| 1 | Furniture and stuffed furnishings | 12.74 | Fertilizers | 21.51 |
| 2 | Woven clothing and apparel articles | 12.43 | Fish, crustaceans, molluscs | 9.77 |
| 3 | Footwear | 12.13 | Oil seeds and misc. fruit, grain, etc. | 9.16 |
| 4 | Knitted or crocheted apparel | 11.51 | Cereals | 7.64 |
| 5 | Electrical machinery and equipment | 8.13 | Boilers, mechanical appliances, etc. | 6.88 |
| 6 | Fish, crustaceans, molluscs | 6.60 | Food industries wastes, prepared animal fodder | 5.99 |
| 7 | Boilers, mechanical appliances, etc. | 6.35 | Iron and steel | 5.42 |
| 8 | Iron or steel articles | 4.09 | Aircraft and spacecraft | 3.79 |
| 9 | Edible fruits and nuts | 3.05 | Pearls, precious stones or metals | 3.75 |
| 10 | Leather articles | 2.34 | Raw hides, skins and leather | 3.22 |
| Top 10 as % of total from Vietnam | 79.36 | Top 10 as % of total to Vietnam | 77.14 | |
| Vietnamese imports as % of Cdn total | 0.35 | Vietnamese exports as % of Cdn total | 0.08 | |
Source: Trade Data Online. Industry Canada. 12 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