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February 18, 2020STUDY: CANADIAN EXPORTS OF GOODS TO CHINA BY PROVINCE, 2016 to 2018 Statistics Canada released a study today regarding the Canadian exports of goods to China by Canadian and Chinese provinces, 2016 to 2018. Highlights of their findings are reported below.
China is an important and one of the largest trading partners for Canadian businesses. In 2018, over 3,750 Canadian enterprises exported goods to China, up 12.5 per cent from 2016. Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shandong, and Jiangsu were the primary export destinations and accounted for approximately 70 per cent of exports to China ($21.3 billion). The most exported products by Canadian businesses were food, motor vehicles, wood pulp and lumber. A collection of destinations was targeted such as Shanghai, Beijing and Fujian were primary destinations for canola and soybeans. Shanghai, Shandong, Beijing, and Guangdong were targeted for the exports of lobster, crab, fish and other related products. Most of the vehicles were exported to Tianjin and Jiangsu.
Domestic exports were 96 per cent of the total exports to China in 2018. Re-exports (the exports originated in a foreign country and underwent some minor processing in Canada before being sold to China) were the remainder of these exports. Approximately one-third of the exporters were engaged in re-exporting activities with china in 2018. The re-exported goods were motor vehicles, electrical appliances and iron or steel products such as screws, bolts and nuts. The originated countries of these products were the United States, Japan, and Germany.
The top 10 exporting enterprises accounted for nearly about 50 per cent of all export sales to China in 2018. The top 50 enterprises were responsible for approximately three-quarters of all export sales. One enterprise can have several businesses that operate in different provinces and industries. On this basis, 3,808 businesses exported goods to China, up 12.3 per cent from 2016 to 2018. The largest increases were in Ontario (+165), followed by British Columbia (+98) and Quebec (+73). The most important province in terms of export values to China was British Columbia over the 2016 to 2018 and British Columbia exported to nearly all Chinese provinces except Qinghai and Tibet. Saskatchewan was less important with fewer exports to China.
Statistics Canada: Canadian exports of goods to China by Canadian and Chinese provinces, 2016 to 2018
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