Table 7-5a Top Canadian International Trade Commodities by Weight: 1996 (Excluding Trade With the United States and Mexico)
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Table 7-5a
Top Canadian International Trade Commodities by Weight: 1996 (Excluding Trade With the United States and Mexico)
(Thousands of U.S. short tons)
| 1996 | |
|---|---|
| Overall exports | |
| Special transactions-trade (99) | 66,977 |
| Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) | 38,313 |
| Ores, slag and ash (26) | 21,608 |
| Cereals (10) | 19,882 |
| Pulp of wood and paperboard (47) | 6,775 |
| Overall imports | |
| Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) | 42,279 |
| Special transactions-trade (99) | 4,490 |
| Ores, slag and ash (26) | 3,833 |
| Inorganic chemicals (28) | 3,245 |
| Iron and steel (72) | 2,792 |
| Air exports | |
| Iron and steel (72) | 68 |
| Special transactions-trade (99) | 64 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 39 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 35 |
| Fish and crustaceans (03) | 16 |
| Air imports | |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 125 |
| Special classification provisions (98) | 116 |
| Live trees and plants (06) | 113 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 93 |
| Ores, slag and ash (26) | 60 |
| Land exports (road only) | |
| Ores, slag and ash (26) | 330 |
| Paper and paperboard (48) | 170 |
| Edible vegetables and roots (07) | 111 |
| Vehicles other than railway (87) | 101 |
| Other made up textile articles (63) | 77 |
| Land imports (road only) | |
| Edible fruit and nuts (08) | 647 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 370 |
| Special classification provisions (98) | 284 |
| Iron and steel (72) | 256 |
| Toys, games and sporting equipment (95) | 227 |
| Water exports | |
| Special transactions-trade (99) | 66,849 |
| Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) | 38,304 |
| Ores, slag and ash (26) | 21,278 |
| Cereals (10) | 19,849 |
| Pulp of wood and paperboard (47) | 6,710 |
| Water imports | |
| Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) | 32,015 |
| Special transactions-trade (99) | 4,413 |
| Ores, slag and ash (26) | 3,619 |
| Inorganic chemicals (28) | 3,218 |
| Iron and steel (72) | 2,533 |
NOTES
Merchandise trade with the United States and Mexico is excluded from these data.
Commodity code: Description based on the two-digit Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS).
All land modes: Canada export data for all land modes represent transshipments (e.g., trade shipments between Canada and a thirdcountry that were transshipped via the United States). Canadian import data are based on the last mode of transport by which thecargo was transported to the port of clearance in Canada.
SOURCE: Statistics Canada. International Trade Division. Special tabulations. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).