Table 9 Transportation Commodities as a Share of Exports
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Table 9
Transportation Commodities as a Share of Exports
Millions of Canadian dollars
Commodities | 1971 | 1976 | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | ||||||
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Dollars | % | Dollars | % | Dollars | % | Dollars | % | Dollars | % | Dollars | % | |
Transportation equipment | ||||||||||||
Aircraft, parts, and repairs | 326 | 1.5 | 527 | 1.2 | 2,055 | 2.1 | 3,208 | 2.2 | 5,186 | 3.0 | 7,501 | 2.3 |
Automobiles, including passenger vans | 2,091 | 9.9 | 3,794 | 8.6 | 5,535 | 5.7 | 17,297 | 12.1 | 15,455 | 9.0 | 33,827 | 10.5 |
Trucks, road tractors, and chassis | 554 | 2.6 | 1,305 | 2.9 | 3,020 | 3.1 | 5,253 | 3.7 | 7,027 | 4.1 | 10,645 | 3.3 |
Other complete equipment | 165 | 0.8 | 203 | 0.5 | 558 | 0.6 | 819 | 0.6 | 1,049 | 0.6 | 3,168 | 1.0 |
Motor vehicle parts, including bodies and tires | 1,354 | 6.4 | 3,134 | 7.1 | 5,076 | 5.2 | 11,485 | 8.0 | 9,321 | 5.4 | 18,173 | 5.7 |
Railroad equipment and parts | 35 | 0.2 | 117 | 0.3 | 463 | 0.5 | 567 | 0.4 | 563 | 0.3 | 1,422 | 0.4 |
Shipbuilding and ship repair | 4 | 0.0 | 230 | 0.5 | 208 | 0.2 | 153 | 0.1 | 37 | 0.0 | 117 | 0.0 |
Total | 4,529 | 21.5 | 9,310 | 21.0 | 16,915 | 17.4 | 38,782 | 27.2 | 38,638 | 22.4 | 74,853 | 23.3 |
Transportation fuels | ||||||||||||
Motor gasoline | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 0.1 | 232 | 0.2 | 392 | 0.3 | 919 | 0.5 | 1,252 | 0.4 |
Diesel and fuel oil, aviation fuel | 85 | 0.4 | 268 | 0.6 | 1,114 | 1.1 | 864 | 0.6 | 1,350 | 0.8 | 1,775 | 0.6 |
Total | 85 | 0.4 | 294 | 0.7 | 1,346 | 1.4 | 1,256 | 0.9 | 2,269 | 1.3 | 3,027 | 0.9 |
Transportation industries | ||||||||||||
Air | 5 | 0.0 | 24 | 0.1 | 746 | 0.8 | 1,040 | 0.7 | 1,198 | 0.7 | 2,210 | 0.7 |
Railway | 67 | 0.3 | 90 | 0.2 | 208 | 0.2 | 226 | 0.2 | 208 | 0.1 | 231 | 0.1 |
Water | 142 | 0.7 | 248 | 0.6 | 724 | 0.7 | 638 | 0.4 | 914 | 0.5 | 1,528 | 0.5 |
Truck | 79 | 0.4 | 143 | 0.3 | 132 | 0.1 | 561 | 0.4 | 1,237 | 0.7 | 2,552 | 0.8 |
Surface passenger | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 82 | 0.1 | 174 | 0.1 | 207 | 0.1 | 308 | 0.1 |
Other transportation services | 12 | 0.1 | 24 | 0.1 | 247 | 0.3 | 397 | 0.3 | 542 | 0.3 | 641 | 0.2 |
Pipeline | 21 | 0.1 | 79 | 0.2 | 487 | 0.5 | 424 | 0.3 | 888 | 0.5 | 1,557 | 0.5 |
Total | 326 | 1.5 | 608 | 1.4 | 2,626 | 2.7 | 3,460 | 2.4 | 5,194 | 3.0 | 9,027 | 2.8 |
Transportation margins | 1,067 | 5.1 | 2,048 | 4.6 | 4,270 | 4.4 | 5,872 | 4.1 | 6,202 | 3.6 | 9,061 | 2.8 |
Rental of automobiles and trucks | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 102 | 0.1 | 256 | 0.2 | 293 | 0.2 | 477 | 0.1 |
Total, transportation | 6,007 | 28.5 | 12,260 | 27.7 | 25,259 | 26.0 | 49,626 | 34.8 | 52,596 | 30.6 | 96,445 | 30.0 |
Total, exports | 21,109 | 44,291 | 97,027 | 142,757 | 172,159 | 320,988 |