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