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| Canada’s Trade with Hong Kong, SAR (C$) | |||||
| January - December | January - September | ||||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | ||
| Exports | 1,343,115,311 | 1,725,953,175 | 1,217,692,717 | 1,836,075,558 | |
| Imports | 363,243,741 | 369,381,950 | 273,249,581 | 251,441,065 | |
| Trade Balance | 979,871,570 | 1,356,571,225 | 944,443,136 | 1,584,634,493 | |
Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada.
| Canada’s Merchandise Trade with Hong Kong, SAR, 2010 | ||||
| Canadian Imports from Hong Kong, SAR | Canadian Exports to Hong Kong, SAR | |||
| Merchandise Classification | % | Merchandise Classification | % | |
| 1 | Electrical machinery and equipment | 32.82 | Pearls, precious stones or metals | 12.51 |
| 2 | Pearls, precious stones or metals | 12.43 | Meat and edible meat offal | 10.23 |
| 3 | Printed books, newspapers, etc. | 7.61 | Nickel and nickel articles | 9.15 |
| 4 | Boilers, mechanical appliances, etc. | 6.96 | Furskins and artificial fur | 8.91 |
5 | Toys, games, sports equipment | 3.25 | Electrical machinery and equipment | 8.44 |
| 6 | Woven clothing and apparel articles | 3.07 | Oil seeds and misc. fruit, grain, etc. | 7.48 |
| 7 | Clocks, watches and parts | 2.70 | Fish, crustaceans, molluscs | 6.06 |
| 8 | Knitted or crocheted apparel | 2.50 | Paper and paperboard | 4.45 |
9 | Prepared food: cereals, flour, bread, pastry | 2.39 | Plastics and plastics articles | 4.28 |
| 10 | Optical, medical, scientific, technical instrumentation | 2.36 | Boilers, mechanical appliances, etc. | 3.37 |
| Top 10 as % of total from HK, SAR | 77.08 | Top 10 as % of total to HK, SAR | 74.88 | |
| HK, SAR imports as % of Cdn total | 0.09 | HK, SAR exports as % of Cdn total | 0.46 | |
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