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| Canada’s Trade with China (C$) | |||||
| January - December | January - September | ||||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | ||
| Exports | 10,936,795,643 | 12,865,867,338 | 8,489,319,223 | 11,342,668,362 | |
| Imports | 39,655,228,678 | 44,404,585,635 | 32,309,608,831 | 34,787,739,177 | |
| Trade Balance | -28,719,033,035 | -31,538,718,297 | -23,820,289,608 | -23,445,070,815 | |
Source: Trade Data Online. Industry Canada. 10 December 2011. 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 China, 2010 | ||||
| Canadian Imports from China | Canadian Exports to China | |||
| Merchandise Classification | % | Merchandise Classification | % | |
| 1 | Electrical machinery and equipment | 22.61 | Woodpulp; paper or paperboard scraps | 16.52 |
| 2 | Boilers, mechanical appliances, etc. | 19.58 | Ores, slag and ash | 10.46 |
| 3 | Toys, games, sports equipment | 6.77 | Mineral fuels, oils | 9.78 |
| 4 | Furniture and stuffed furnishings | 6.23 | Fats, oils and waxes | 7.45 |
| 5 | Woven clothing and apparel articles | 4.56 | Oil seeds and misc. fruit, grain, etc. | 6.58 |
6 | Knitted or crocheted apparel | 4.55 | Wood and wood articles, charcoal | 6.48 |
| 7 | Iron or steel articles | 3.74 | Nickel and nickel articles | 5.68 |
| 8 | Footwear | 3.13 | Boilers, mechanical appliances, etc. | 4.13 |
| 9 | Plastic and plastic articles | 2.98 | Organic chemicals | 3.50 |
| 10 | Motor vehicles, trailers, bicycles, motorcycles | 2.46 | Copper and copper articles | 3.28 |
| Top 10 as % of total from China | 76.61 | Top 10 as % of total to China | 73.86 | |
| Chinese imports as % of Cdn total | 11.01 | Chinese exports as % of Cdn total | 3.44 | |
Source: Trade Data Online. Industry Canada. 19 March 2011. 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