Table 6-6b Top Canadian Merchandise Trade Commodities by Mode With the United States: 1996
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Table 6-6b
Top Canadian Merchandise Trade Commodities by Mode With the United States: 1996
(Current value in millions of U.S. dollars)
| 1996 | |
|---|---|
| Overall exports | |
| Vehicles other than railway (87) | 40,847 |
| Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) | 19,151 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 15,369 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 9,274 |
| Wood and Articles (44) | 8,970 |
| Overall imports | |
| Vehicles other than railway (87) | 25,835 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 22,321 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 13,232 |
| Plastics (39) | 4,670 |
| Measuring and testing instruments (90) | 3,714 |
| Air exports | |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 1,973 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 1,481 |
| Aircraft, spacecraft and parts (88) | 1,108 |
| Special transactions trade (99) | 1,047 |
| Pearls, stones, metals and imitation jewelry (71) | 801 |
| Air imports | |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 3,248 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 2,829 |
| Measuring and testing instruments (90) | 1,246 |
| Aircraft, spacecraft and parts (88) | 1,206 |
| Pharmaceutical Products (30) | 424 |
| Road exports | |
| Vehicles other than railway (87) | 22,969 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 12,289 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 7,740 |
| Paper and paperboard (48) | 4,866 |
| Wood and articles (44) | 4,691 |
| Road imports | |
| Vehicles other than railway (87) | 20,034 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 19,109 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 9,829 |
| Plastics (39) | 3,854 |
| Special transactions trade (99) | 2,484 |
| Rail exports | |
| Vehicles other than railway (87) | 17,778 |
| Wood and articles (44) | 4,090 |
| Paper and paperboard (48) | 3,145 |
| Pulp of wood and paperboard (47) | 1,789 |
| Aluminum and articles (76) | 1,290 |
| Rail imports | |
| Vehicles other than railway (87) | 5,700 |
| Plastics (39) | 747 |
| Organic chemicals (29) | 622 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) | 352 |
| Miscellaneous chemical products (38) | 249 |
| Water exports | |
| Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) | 2,402 |
| Paper and paperboard (48) | 740 |
| Organic chemicals (29) | 447 |
| Ores, slag and ash (26) | 388 |
| Salt, sulfur, plaster and cement (25) | 207 |
| Water imports | |
| Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) | 856 |
| Ores, slag and ash (26) | 285 |
| Inorganic chemicals (28) | 228 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) | 73 |
| Cereals (10) | 70 |
NOTE: Commodity description based on the two-digit Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS).
SOURCE: Statistics Canada. International Trade Division. Special tabulations. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).