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TRANSPORTATION AND TRADE
Both domestic and international trade
continue to have a huge impact
on Canadian transportation. Continuing globalization of the world
economy
will only enhance transportation's vital role in all trade activity.
Transportation is critical to any trade transaction. Canada's
open economy needs transportation for shipping commodities to,
and receiving them from, other countries, as well as for moving
goods within or between provinces. The close link between trade
and transportation therefore means that the growth and structure
of trade influence not only the growth in transport demand,
but also the choice of modes.
This chapter examines Canada's domestic and international trade
and its relationship with transportation, primarily for the period
of 1992-1998. Domestic trade is looked at in terms of goods and
servicesNote
1 moved within and between provinces.Note 2 International
trade with the US and other countries is examined both in terms
of composition of goods and services carried, and in modal choice.
This chapter will explore how trade has a direct influence on
the type of transportation used.
NOTES
1
"Goods" consist of primary and manufactured products.
"Services" refer to activities such as transportation
and storage, communication services, wholesale and retail trade
services, finance, insurance and real estate services, business
and personal, and miscellaneous services.
2
Interprovincial trade flows are estimated using the provincial
National Accounts Information System, which is based on inputs
and outputs. Statistics Canada recently issued a new time series
up to 1998, but this does not include a modal breakdown of the
provincial trade flows.
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