Question

In a well worded paragraph answer, What has been Canada's main imports and exports over the past ten years?

Answer 1

Canada is the world's twelfth largest export market, and according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI), the 24th most complex market. Canada exported $377B in 2017, and imported $326B, resulting in a $51.2B positive trade balance. Canada's GDP was $1.65 T in 2017 and its per-capita GDP was $46.7k.

Canada's main exports are Crude Petroleum ($54.1B), Vehicles ($46.5B), Refined Petroleum ($11.5B), Vehicle Parts ($10.4B), and Natural Gas ($10.2B), using the 1992 revision of the classification HS (Harmonized System).

Its top imports are Cars ($28.5B), Distribution Trucks ($15.6B), Crude Petroleum ($12.1B) and Computers ($7.19B). Canada's main export destinations are the United States ($274B), China ($18.4B), Japan ($9.7B), Mexico ($8.1B) and Great Britain ($7.47B). The top sources of imports are the USA ($149B), China ($50B), Mexico ($22B), Germany ($12.3B) and Japan ($11.7B).Canada shares on land with the United States, and by sea Greenland and Saint Pierre and Miquelon.