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TABLE A2-10: CANADA'S MERCHANDISE TRADE—TOP 25 PARTNERS, 20061
  (Millions of dollars)






AAGR: 1996 - 2006
Countries Total exports Ranking Total imports Ranking Total trade Ranking Country share in per cent Cumulative share in per cent Exports Imports
United States 358,417 1 216,432 1 574,849 1 69.1 69.1 4.9 3.3
China, Peoples Republic 7,654 4 34,272 2 41,925 2 5.0 74.1 9.8 21.4
Japan 9,436 3 15,303 4 24,739 3 3.0 77.1 (1.7) 3.9
United Kingdom 10,033 2 10,797 6 20,831 4 2.5 79.6 9.5 6.2
Mexico 4,369 5 15,906 3 20,275 5 2.4 82.0 13.3 10.2
Germany 3,862 6 11,034 5 14,896 6 1.8 83.8 1.5 8.6
Korea, South 3,259 7 5,711 7 8,970 7 1.1 84.9 1.5 7.7
France 2,874 9 4,777 10 7,651 8 0.9 85.8 5.1 3.5
Norway 1,925 11 5,443 8 7,368 9 0.9 86.7 8.5 7.0
Italy 1,890 12 4,623 11 6,513 10 0.8 87.5 3.3 5.5
Taiwan 1,391 16 3,834 12 5,226 11 0.6 88.1 (0.2) 3.0
Algeria 257 46 4,953 9 5,211 12 0.6 88.7 (4.9) 21.0
Brazil 1,336 17 3,397 13 4,733 13 0.6 89.3 (0.7) 11.6
Netherlands 3,055 8 1,534 26 4,589 14 0.6 89.9 6.2 5.2
Belgium 2,263 10 1,943 21 4,206 15 0.5 90.4 3.9 9.0
India 1,670 14 1,903 22 3,573 16 0.4 90.8 16.8 12.2
Malaysia 518 29 2,936 15 3,454 17 0.4 91.2 (0.5) 6.4
Canada2

3,315 14 3,315 18 0.4 91.6
(2.3)
Australia 1,853 13 1,372 30 3,226 19 0.4 92.0 6.2 0.6
Switzerland 1,076 19 2,101 19 3,177 20 0.4 92.4 1.4 8.4
Ireland 378 41 2,547 16 2,925 21 0.4 92.7 5.0 15.7
Sweden 457 34 2,353 17 2,810 22 0.3 93.1 5.0 7.0
Thailand 541 26 2,242 18 2,783 23 0.3 93.4 (0.6) 7.9
Spain 1,187 18 1,327 31 2,514 24 0.3 93.7 8.5 6.8
Peru 288 45 2,085 20 2,373 25 0.3 94.0 5.1 32.4
Other countries 18,940
31,135
50,075
6.0 100.0

Grand Total Trade 438,931
393,274
832,205
100.0
4.8 5.4

Note:  AAGR = Annual average growth rate

  1. Preliminary data for 2006.
  2. Imports from Canada to Canada are goods that were produced in Canada, exported to another country, and returned to Canada for any number of reasons (e.g. wrong size, wrong colour, did not sell, etc.).

Source: Transport Canada, adapted from Statistics Canada, International Trade Database


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