Table 7-4a,,,
Top Canadian International Trade Commodities,,,
by Value: 1996,,,
(ExcludingTrade With the United States and Mexico),,,
(Current value in millions of U.S. dollars),,,
,,,
,1996,,1996
,,,
  Overall exports,,  Land exports (road only),
     Cereals (10) ,"3,599","     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ",538
"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",,"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",
       parts (84) ,"3,109",       parts (84) ,516
     Wood and articles (44) ,"3,058",     Vehicles other than railway (87) ,458
     Pulp of wood and paperboard (47) ,"2,820","     Ores, slag and ash (26) ",114
"     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ","2,186",     Paper and paperboard (48) ,106
,,,
  Overall imports,,  Land imports (road only),
"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",,"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",
       parts (84) ,"9,009",       parts (84) ,"3,160"
"     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ","7,415","     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ","2,559"
"     Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) ","5,464",     Special classification provisions (98) ,"1,263"
     Vehicles other than railway (87) ,"3,307",     Vehicles other than railway (87) ,584
     Special classification provisions (98) ,"1,873",     Edible fruits and nuts (08) ,375
,,,
  Air exports,,  Water exports,
"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",,,
       parts (84) ,"1,597",     Cereals (10) ,"3,588"
"     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ","1,365",     Wood and articles (44) ,"3,029"
"     Aircraft, spacecraft and parts (88) ","1,040",     Pulp of wood and paperboard (47) ,"2,795"
"     Pearls, stones, metals and imitation jewelry (71) ",817,     Paper and paperboard (48) ,"2,049"
     Measuring and testing instruments (90) ,423,"     Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) ","2,036"
,,,
  Air imports,,  Water imports,
"     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",,"     Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) ","4,192"
       parts (84) ,"3,009","     Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and",
"     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ","2,500",       parts (84) ,"3,235"
     Measuring and testing instruments (90) ,723,     Vehicles other than railway (87) ,"2,597"
"     Aircraft, spacecraft and parts (88) ",709,"     Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) ","1,743"
     Organic chemicals (29) ,567,     Iron and steel (72) ,962
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NOTES,,,
Merchandise trade with the United States and Mexico is excluded from this 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).",,,