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| Canada’s Trade with Australia (C$) | |||||
| January - December | January - September | ||||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | ||
| Exports | 1,636,653,672 | 1,598,248,091 | 1,257,024,748 | 1,276,257,880 | |
| Imports | 1,625,109,296 | 1,615,721,408 | 1,223,858,732 | 1,326,206,382 | |
| Trade Balance | 11,544,376 | -17,473,317 | 33,166,016 | -49,948,502 | |
Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada.
| Canada’s Merchandise Trade with Australia, 2010 | ||||
| Canadian Imports from Australia | Canadian Exports to Australia | |||
| Merchandise Classification | % | Merchandise Classification | % | |
| 1 | Ores, slag and ash | 25.75 | Boilers, mechanical appliances, etc. | 24.84 |
| 2 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 16.07 | Aircraft and spacecraft | 9.63 |
| 3 | Inorganic chemicals, precious metals | 14.71 | Meat and edible meat offal | 7.42 |
| 4 | Boilers, mechanical appliances, etc. | 8.12 | Electrical machinery and equipment | 5.39 |
| 5 | Optical, medical, scientific, technical instrumentation | 5.42 | Motor vehicles, trailers, bicycles, motorcycles | 4.23 |
| 6 | Meat and edible meat offal | 5.18 | Optical, medical, scientific, technical instrumentation | 4.22 |
| 7 | Pharmaceutical products | 4.07 | Salt, sulfur, earths, lime, stone, cement | 4.09 |
| 8 | Pearls, precious stones or metals | 2.45 | Woodpulp; paper or paperboard scraps | 3.45 |
| 9 | Motor vehicles, trailers, bicycles, motorcycles | 2.33 | Rail transportation, tramways, traffic signalling equipment | 3.24 |
| 10 | Iron and steel | 1.95 | Plastics and plastics articles | 2.87 |
| Top 10 as % of total from Australia | 86.05 | Top 10 as % of total to Australia | 69.39 | |
| Australian imports as % of Cdn total | 0.40 | Australian exports as % of Cdn total | 0.43 | |
Source: Trade Data Online. Industry Canada. 19 March 2011. http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/ibi-iai.nsf/en/bi18710e.html
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