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Canada Trade Summary

2008

Canada exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR CANADA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Canada 2008

Exports and imports of Canada in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 455,632 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 408,762 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,489 products were exported to 218 countries and 4,591 products were imported from 220 countries.

Canada top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Canada exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Canada exports to United States worth US$ 353,783 million, with a partner share of 77.65 percent.
  2. Canada exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 12,268 million, with a partner share of 2.69 percent.
  3. Canada exports to Japan worth US$ 10,465 million, with a partner share of 2.30 percent.
  4. Canada exports to China worth US$ 9,881 million, with a partner share of 2.17 percent.
  5. Canada exports to Mexico worth US$ 5,517 million, with a partner share of 1.21 percent.

Top five countries from which Canada imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Canada imports from United States worth US$ 214,046 million, with a partner share of 52.36 percent.
  2. Canada imports from China worth US$ 40,152 million, with a partner share of 9.82 percent.
  3. Canada imports from Mexico worth US$ 16,858 million, with a partner share of 4.12 percent.
  4. Canada imports from Japan worth US$ 14,404 million, with a partner share of 3.52 percent.
  5. Canada imports from Germany worth US$ 11,975 million, with a partner share of 2.93 percent.

Canada Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Canada along with trade value are:

  1. Canada exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 63,663,070.52 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Canada exported Natural gas in gaseous state , worth 30,751,419.81 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Canada exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 25,484,478.77 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Canada exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 16,865,964.41 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Canada exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 7,661,423.53 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Canada along with trade value are

  1. Canada imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 31,982,421.24 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Canada imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 13,962,901.30 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Canada imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 9,880,856.19 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Canada imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 8,822,322.95 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Canada imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 6,768,422.70 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Canada in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 768.88 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 4.14 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 1.54 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 330,564,442.70 and duty free tariff line items share was 58.23 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Canada in 2008 are below

  • Canada GDP in current US dollar was 1,552,990 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 44,940.00 .
  • Canada Trade balance: as % of GDP was 1.77.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 27,432.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 67.02 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.65 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Canada in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.53.
  • Index of export market penetration was 18.39.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Canada Country Growth was -3.89 .