Table Of ContentAlberta Economic Development
ALBERTA INTERNATIONAL
TRADE REVIEW - 1999
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Policy & Economic Analysis
4th Floor, Commerce Place
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Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4L6
Telephone: (780) 427-6787
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Table Of About the Data 1
Contents International Market Profiles 2
The Year in Review 3
Alberta Exports by Industry and Commodity 4
Agriculture, Food and Beverages 6
Mining 7
Manufacturing 8
Forestry, Wood, Paper and Allied Products 10
Chemicals and Chemical Products 10
Machinery 11
Electrical and Electronic Equipment 12
Primary Metal Products 12
Refined Petroleum & Coal Products 13
Transportation Equipment 13
Alberta Exports by Country and Region 14
United States of America 17
Asia 19
Japan 20
China 21
South Korea 21
Taiwan 22
Indonesia 22
Hong Kong 23
Western Europe 24
United Kingdom 25
Italy 26
Germany 26
Netherlands 27
Belgium 27
South America 28
Brazil 29
Venezuela 30
Chile 30
Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean 31
Mexico 32
Cuba 33
Guatemala 33
Middle East 34
Iran 35
United Arab Emirates 35
Africa 36
Algeria 37
Morocco 38
South Africa 38
Oceania 39
Australia 40
New Zealand 40
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Eastern Europe 41
Russia 42
Poland 43
Croatia 43
1999 Country Profiles 45
Algeria 47
Argentina 48
Australia 49
Austria 50
Bangladesh 51
Belgium 52
Brazil 53
Chile 54
China, People's Republic 55
Colombia 56
Costa Rica 57
Croatia 58
Cuba 59
Denmark 60
Dominican Republic 61
Ecuador 62
Egypt 63
France 64
Germany •. 65
Ghana 66
Greece 67
Guatemala 68
Hong Kong 69
India 70
Indonesia 71
Iran 72
Iraq 73
Ireland 74
Israel 75
Italy 76
Japan 77
Korea, South 78
Libya 79
Malaysia 80
Maldives 81
Mexico 82
Morocco 83
Netherlands 84
New Zealand 85
Nigeria 86
Norway 87
Oman (Muscat) 88
Pakistan 89
Peru 90
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Philippines 91
Poland 92
Portugal 93
Russia 94
Saudi Arabia 95
Singapore 96
South Africa 97
Spain 98
Sri Lanka 99
Sudan 100
Sweden 101
Switzerland 102
Taiwan 103
Tanzania 104
Thailand 105
Togo 106
Turkey 107
United Arab Emirates 108
United Kingdom 109
United States 110
Venezuela 111
Vietnam 112
Appendices 113
Appendix A Standard Industrial Classification Codes (1980) 115
Appendix B Country Export Summary, 1 995 - 1 999 116
Appendix C Country Summary by Industry 120
Appendix D Foreign Offices 126
Offices with Government of Alberta Representatives 126
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International Trade Review
About the Data This publication provides a data source for Alberta's international trade, and is
intended to provide businesses with information on current export markets.
A profile is included for each country that imported over $5 million worth of Alberta's
goods in 1999. Each profile lists the top 15 commodities Alberta exported to that
country and also compares them with Canadian exports. A summary of export
totals to all countries is included in Appendix B.
The trade commodity nomenclature used is the Harmonized Commodity Description
and Coding System (Harmonized System or HS), adopted by Statistics Canada in
1988.
Exports by geographic region, industry, and commodity are also provided in the
following sections. Statistics Canada's regional groups are used. Industry
groupings are based on Statistics Canada's publication on concordance between
export commodity and industry classifications (see Appendix A).
For the purposes of this publication, six-digit HS codes are presented in the country
profile tables. For simplicity, some commodity descriptions accompanying these
codes have been revised from their standard format. Readers requiring the exact
content of a particular HS number are referred to the Customs Tariff Schedule of
Canada.
With the exception of non-tourism service exports, Statistics Canada is the main
source of information for the publication. Estimates for non-tourism ("other") exports
are based on the Alberta Service Exports Survey - 1996. The informational
captions appearing at the top right corner of each country profile are from World
Factbook 1999. The term "nes" refers to "not elsewhere specified."
The term "exports" refers to "domestic exports," goods grown, extracted or
manufactured in Canada. The term includes goods of foreign origin which have
been materially transformed in Canada and then re-exported.
Unfortunately, service exports cannot be included on a country specific basis since
these data are not presently available. However, total service exports, including
tourism, have been provided in the "Year in Review" section. Throughout the
remainder of this document, "exports" will refer strictly to merchandise exports.
For more information on Alberta's exports, contact:
Alberta Economic Development
Policy and Economic Analysis Division
4th Floor, Commerce Place
10155- 102 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 4L6
Telephone: (780) 427-6787
Fax: (780)422-0061
Internet Address: http://www.alberta-canada.com
International Trade Review
International Alberta Economic Development has developed a website, which contains a
series of international market profiles intended to help Alberta businesses
Market Profiles
identify international market opportunities.
Profiles have been prepared for over 50 countries and regions, and are updated
quarterly. Each profile offers an in-depth look at a country or region covering
critical information on its trade and investment environment, financing
availability, Alberta's current exports, and sector-specific opportunities for
Alberta businesses.
The webpage can be accessed at: www.alberta-canada/markets
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International Trade Review
The Year in Alberta exported $38.1 billion worth of goods and services to more than 150
countries in 1999. This total includes $34.5 billion in commodity exports and
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$3.6 billion in service exports. Exports of goods and services increased by
11.1% in 1999, from 1998's value of $34.3 billion.
Commodity Exports
The value of commodity exports increased strongly by 1 1 .4% from 1998 to a
value of $34.5 billion in 1999. Of the 158 countries Alberta exported to, the top
markets were the United States, Japan and China. The United States imported
$29.2 billion worth of goods, Japan $1.3 billion and China $543 million.
The main causes for the rise in Alberta's exports were higher commodity prices,
for instance for crude oil, natural gas and lumber, increased volumes of natural
gas, beef, telecommunication equipment and other commodities exported, and
a very strong U.S. market.
Regionally, Alberta's major markets were the United States, Asia and Western
Europe. The United States accounted for 84.5% of total commodity exports,
Asia 8.8% and Western Europe 2.8%. While exports to the United States
increased by 15.4% to $29.2 billion, those to most other regions declined.
Exports to Asia fell by 1.5% to $3.0 billion, and those to Western Europe by
10.0% to $1.0 billion.
Commodity exports can be classified into three sectors: mining, primary
agriculture, and manufacturing. The mining sector accounted for the majority of
exports at $18.7 billion, followed by the manufacturing sector at $12.7 billion and
primary agriculture at $2.4 billion. Increases occurred in the mining (16.5%) and
manufacturing (11.8%) sectors, while a decrease occurred in primary
agricultural exports (18.7%).
Service Exports
Service exports were estimated at $3.6 billion in 1999, an increase of 8.0% over
1998. Included in this figure are $1.3 billion in international tourism receipts and
$2.3 billion in exports of other services.
Unlike commodity exports, services cannot be included on a country specific
basis. Therefore, unless otherwise specified, the term "export" in the remainder
of this publication will refer strictly to commodities.
Market influences
Some of the factors that influenced Alberta's 1999 trade include:
• higher commodity prices, e.g. for crude oil, natural gas, beef, lumber, oriented
strand board and refined petroleum products
• low grain and oilseed prices
• strong US and Japanese currencies relative to the Canadian dollar
• weaker European currencies
• the strong U.S. economy
• slower growth in Europe
• economic recovery in most Asian countries
• continued weakness in Japan
• economic downturn in South America
• trend towards more local processing of Alberta beef cattle in the province
• economic and political instability in Eastern Europe
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