Canadian Government Executive - Volume 25 - Issue 02

April/May 2019 // Canadian Government Executive / 23 Exports Imports The dashboard Source: Global Affairs Canada - Canada’s State of Trade: Trade and Investment Update – 2018. E D P R O D U C T S , 2 0 1 7 CANADA’S TOP MERCHANDISE TRADE PARTNERS, 2017 CANADA’S TRADE DIVERSIFICATION, 2017 AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS MECHANICAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT PRECIOUS STONES & METALS WOOD & ARTICLES ELECTRICAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT PLASTICS & ARTICLES ALUMINUM & ARTICLES AIRCRAFT OIL SEEDS ENERGY 109.8 96.2 82.3 55.5 38.6 20.8 16.0 15.2 12.7.8 12.6 12.0 81.0 42.0 SHARE (%) MERCHANDISE EXPORTS ($B) MERCHANDISE IMPORTS ($B) SHARE (%) 24.4 18.3 16.8 16.3 12.7 12.6 1.9% 2.3% 3.0% 3.1% 3.3% 4.5% 7.7% 14.8% 20.1% 17.1% 14.7% 9.9% 6.9% 3.7% 2.8% 2.7% 2.3% 2.3% 2.1% 2.3% 10.2 MECHANICAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT ELECTRICAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT ENERGY PLASTICS & ARTICLES SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL INSTRUMENTS PHARMACEUTICALS ARTICLES OF IRON & STEEL PRECIOUS STONES & METALS FURNITURE AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS Countries Value ($B) Share (%) Rank United States 414.9 76.0 1 China 23.6 4.3 2 United Kingdom 17.6 3.2 3 Japan 11.8 2.2 4 Mexico 7.8 1.4 5 South Korea 5.2 1.0 6 India 4.2 0.8 7 Germany 4.1 0.8 8 Belgium 3.5 0.6 9 France 3.4 0.6 10 Countries Value ($B) Share (%) Rank Unites States 288.0 51.3 1 China 70.9 12.6 2 Mexico 35.5 6.3 3 Germany 17.9 3.2 4 Japan 17.5 3.1 5 United Kingdom 8.9 1.6 6 South Korea 8.7 1.6 7 Italy 8.2 1.5 8 France 6.2 1.1 9 Taiwan 5.4 1.0 10 T O P 1 0 E X P O R T S D E S T I N A T I O N S , 2 0 1 7 9 0 . 8 4 % T O P 1 0 E X P O R T S D E S T I N A T I O N S , 2 0 1 6 9 0 . 8 7 % T O P 1 0 I M P O R T S S O U R C E S , 2 0 1 7 8 3 . 2 8 % T O P 1 0 I M P O R T S S O U R C E S , 2 0 1 6 8 3 . 6 9 % No substantive change in diversification 0.03% Increase in Diversification 0.41% T O P 1 0 E X P O R T S D E S T I N A T I O N S , 2 0 1 7 9 0 . 8 4 % T O P 1 0 E X P O R T S D E S T I N A T I O N S , 2 0 1 6 9 0 . 8 7 % T O P 1 0 I M P O R T S S O U R C E S , 2 0 1 7 8 3 . 2 8 % T O P 1 0 I M P O R T S S O U R C E S , 2 0 1 6 8 3 . 6 9 % No substantive change in diversification 0.03% Increase in Diversification 0.41%