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• Canada–U.S. trade supported 5.2 million U.S. jobs
• Total Canada–U.S. merchandise trade: $461 billion
• Canada–Missouri trade supported 108,000 U.S. jobs
• Canadians made more than 114,500 visits to Missouri, spending $51 million
• Missouri residents made more than 119,500 visits to Canada, spending $70 million

Canada: Missouri's Most Important Foreign Market
In 2005, Missouri sold more merchandise to Canada, its principal foreign market than to its next nine export destinations combined. Canada purchased 41% of Missouri's export total. Missouri delivered $4.1 billion in goods to Canadian customers and bought $3.2 billion worth, for a bilateral total of $7.3 billion.

Driving in the Same Lane
Bilateral trade in transportation products — Missouri's principal import and export sectors — exemplifies the integrated Canada–U.S. marketplace. Companies in Missouri and Canada make cars together contributing to various stages of motor vehicle production with many parts crossing the border multiple times. Transportation products dominated the exchange in 2005. Missouri exports to Canada totaled $2.5 billion, representing 60% of the state's foreign sales. Missouri's imports from Canada totaled $1.3 billion or 42% its total imports. Missouri's leading export commodity was finished automobiles totaling $1.3 billion, followed by trucks worth $755 million and motor vehicle parts (excluding engines) worth $246 million. The integrated marketplace in transportation goods coupled with 'just in time' inventories benefited consumers and provided jobs on both sides of the border.

Powerful Chemicals
Missouri and Canada exchanged half a billion dollars worth of chemicals in 2005. Missouri sold $370 million in chemicals and chemical products to Canada, an increase of 13% from the previous year; including $60 million in organic chemicals and $51 million in plastic film and sheet. Missouri bought $204 million worth from Canada, with basic plastic shapes and forms valued at $84 million as the top purchase.

Canadian Lumber Frames Missouri Homes
Missouri imported $352 million worth of Canadian forest products: softwood lumber, valued at $141 million, and $87 million in newsprint. Missouri supplied Canada with $35 million in forest products.

Traveling the Gateway to the West
From the Gateway Arch to the Ozark Trail, Canadians traveled in Missouri in increasing numbers. In fact, they made 114,500 visits to the state in 2005, which generated $51 million, an increase of 31%. An equal number of Missourians traveled north, making 119,500 visits and spending $70 million in Canada.

Missouri's Leading Exports to Canada
2005, in millions of U.S. dollars

• Automobiles ($1,306)
• Trucks ($755)
• Motor vehicle parts* ($246)
• Organic chemicals ($60)
• Plastic film & sheet ($51)
• Books & pamphlets ($49)
• Air conditioning & refrigeration equipment ($49)
• Motor vehicle engine parts ($49)
• Containers ($44)
• Medicine, in dosage ($43)

*not including engines

Missouri's Leading Imports from Canada
2005, in millions of U.S. dollars

• Motor vehicle parts* ($601)
• Motor vehicle engines & parts ($395)
• Aircraft ($150)
• Softwood lumber ($141)
• Metal fabricated basic products ($115)
• Aluminum, including alloys ($111)
• Trucks ($90)
• Basic plastic shapes & forms ($84)
• Containers ($74)
• Newsprint ($73)

*not including engines

Canada-Missouri Success Stories

Reliable Canadian Energy
St. Louis Missouri meets more than 13% of its automotive fuel needs with Canadian oil. ConocoPhillips' Wood River refinery currently supplies St. Louis with 50% of its automotive fuel. ConocoPhillips obtains one-third of its product from Canada and the remainder from U.S. sources. TransCanada Corp. of Calgary has announced that it wants to build the 1,840-mile, $2.1 billion Keystone pipeline across several U.S. states, including Missouri, to carry up to 435,000 barrels of Canadian crude oil daily from Alberta to the ConocoPhillips refinery in Wood River. Oil not refined at Wood River could be sent on to Patoka, Ill., where existing pipelines would redistribute the Canadian crude to other refineries. Oil output in Alberta is forecast to triple to about 3 million barrels a day, in the next nine years. The oil sands are estimated to contain 175 billion barrels of recoverable oil, second only to Saudi Arabia. Canada is the largest oil supplier to the U.S.

Focal Point of Security Cooperation
St. Louis-based Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and the Canadian Armed Forces have a tradition of cooperating in important equipment projects which maintain Canada's military strength. Boeing is currently involved in the modernization of the avionics of the F-18 Hornet, Canada's main combat jet fighter. In June 2006 the Canadian Defence Minister announced competitions for acquiring the following equipment for the Canadian Air Force: four new long range strategic lift aircraft at a cost of $1.8 billion; 17 new tactical lift aircraft at a cost of $3.2 billion; and, 16 new medium helicopters at a cost of $2 billion. These acquisitions will demonstrate that Canada is taking a leadership role among its allies. Canada and the United States are allies in both NORAD and NATO. Our two countries cooperate in the war against terrorism in several parts of the world. 2300 Canadian soldiers are serving in Afghanistan where they will be stationed until 2009.

Mid-America Rail Corridor Link
Canadian National Railway spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico including the ports of New Orleans, Mobile (Alabama), Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Montreal and Halifax. St. Louis is an important link in the CN rail network. Through its relationship with Kansas City, Southern Railway CN now has links between Prince Rupert and Mexico.

Missouri-Canada Facts at a Glance:

• State jobs supported by Canada–U.S. trade: 108,000

July 2006

For more information on Canada's trade with Missouri, please contact:

Consulate General of Canada
180 N. Stetson Avenue, Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60601-6714
Phone: (312) 616-1860   •   Fax: (312) 616-1878
http://www.chicago.gc.ca/

Sources: Merchandise trade and tourism figures are from Statistics Canada, converted at the rate of US$1.00=C$1.2116. Merchandise trade data is customs-based for the year 2005. Job numbers are based on 2001 data from a 2003 study by Trade Partnership Worldwide commissioned by the Canadian Embassy. Canada's export ranking is from the World Institute for Strategic Economic Research (WISER). All figures are in U.S. dollars. Figures may not add up due to rounding.

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