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),,,
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,1996,,1996
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  Overall exports,,  Land exports (road only),
     Special transactions-trade (99) ,"66,977","     Ores, slag and ash (26) ",330
"     Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) ","38,313",     Paper and paperboard (48) ,170
"     Ores, slag and ash (26) ","21,608",     Edible vegetables and roots (07) ,111
     Cereals (10) ,"19,882",     Vehicles other than railway (87) ,101
     Pulp of wood and paperboard (47) ,"6,775",     Other made up textile articles (63) ,77
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  Overall imports,,  Land imports (road only),
"     Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) ","42,279",     Edible fruit and nuts (08) ,647
     Special transactions-trade (99) ,"4,490","     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",
"     Ores, slag and ash (26) ","3,833",       parts (84) ,370
     Inorganic chemicals (28) ,"3,245",     Special classification provisions (98) ,284
     Iron and steel (72) ,"2,792",     Iron and steel (72) ,256
,,"     Toys, games and sporting equipment (95) ",227
  Air exports,,,
     Iron and steel (72) ,68,  Water exports,
     Special transactions-trade (99) ,64,,
"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",,     Special transactions-trade (99) ,"66,849"
       parts (84) ,39,"     Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) ","38,304"
"     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ",35,"     Ores, slag and ash (26) ","21,278"
     Fish and crustaceans (03) ,16,     Cereals (10) ,"19,849"
,,     Pulp of wood and paperboard (47) ,"6,710"
  Air imports,,,
"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",,  Water imports,
       parts (84) ,125,"     Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) ","32,015"
     Special classification provisions (98) ,116,     Special transactions-trade (99) ,"4,413"
     Live trees and plants (06) ,113,"     Ores, slag and ash (26) ","3,619"
"     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ",93,     Inorganic chemicals (28) ,"3,218"
"     Ores, slag and ash (26) ",60,     Iron and steel (72) ,"2,533"
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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 third",,,
country that were transshipped via the United States). Canadian import data are based on the last mode of transport by which the,,,
cargo was transported to the port of clearance in Canada.,,,
"SOURCE: Statistics Canada. International Trade Division. Special tabulations. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).",,,