Articles related to "Canada Trade"

The U.S. and Canada are strong trading partners and moves to shrink foreign investments or limit trade with buying American only schemes risks both countries.

Harper's government shows progress towards a free-trade deal with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) trading bloc.

Which countries are fueling the Great White North's healthy trade surplus?

In the past 5 years, Canada has signed only one free-trade agreement - with Costa Rica (population 4.3 million, GDP US$20 billion). Is Canada too complacent to compete?

Latest report from Statistics Canada shows that Canada is much more dependent on imported BRIC goods than the emerging BRIC economies depend on Canadian exports.

In 1991 an exciting diamond find was made at Point Lake in the Northwest Territories. Since then, Canada has become a major player in the international diamond trade.

The new Conservative Party of Canada has been very successful in gaining and maintaining power in the modern parliament.

Export Development Canada predicts that the value of Canadian exports will fall by 1% in 2007. This decrease follows gains of 5.4% in 2005 and 3% in 2006.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff met with American President Barack Obama at Ottawa Airport. The two leaders discussed issues of mutual concern for both countries.

One of the few products to increase sales during the recession, more cell phones imported into Canada are surprisingly sourced from a North American trade partner.

These sales figures show how much Canada spent on artificial Christmas trees and decorations by source country. As well, information on live Christmas trees is presented.

Liquor brands from the United Kingdom comprise about 75% of Canadian imported whiskies including scotch, bourbon and rye.

Inuit art sculptures represent lucrative business opportunities for Nunavut artists and their families, provided they can master international distribution channels.

Vehicle tires exported from Japan to Canada have the highest tariff rates yet made-in-Japan construction equipment and industrial robots are duty free.

In time for George Bush's 60th birthday on July 6 and Prime Minister Harper's Washington visit, the July 1 softwood deal is far from a gift to Canada's timber industry.

Canada may have many popular home-brewed beers, yet Canadian drinkers consumed 73% more imported beer than the total of all Canadian beer exports in 2008.

Canadian wine exports to the United States are slowing, but are gaining traction in mainland China with its vast market of 1.3 billion potential drinkers.

Most popular made-in-China products sold to Canada include computer notebooks, video games, toys and cell phones.

A diverse range of U.S. hair shampoo products gives American-made shampoos a world-class advantage in selling this personal care commodity to Canadian consumers.

Over 60 countries sell imported colognes and fragrances that Canadian consumers enjoy, led by perfumes from the US, France, UK and Italy.

Imported wines from France, Italy, Australia and California are bestsellers, yet Argentina's New World Wines represent the fastest-growing drinks over the past two years.

Internet set-top boxes, small cars and crude oil were Mexico's top exports to Canada in 2008, which also included tomatoes and Mexican malt beer.

These key research resources will help international trade professionals keep up with the superabundance of trade statistics currently available on the Internet.

Switzerland now sells almost 80% of cigarettes imported by Canada, benefiting from the European production of popular brands including world-leading Marlboro cigarettes.

Canadian imports of smaller motorbikes including mopeds from Taiwan were up 59.8% from January to June 2009, but other motorcycle-producing countries did not do as well.

Frozen poultry, tires and small cars exported from Brazil to Canada have the highest tariff rates yet Brazilian aluminum, orange juice, coffee and aircraft are duty free.

Among the top 25 exports from China to Canada, only 3 product categories are fully subject to import duties while 9 classifications have partial tariff responsibilities.

Top imported products from the United Kingdom include petroleum, aircraft parts, medications, whiskies and black tea.

Although exports of U.S. trucks fell 19.2% and medium to large cars delivered dropped 13.6%, Canada still imported US$17.1 billion worth of American vehicles in 2008.

A 15.9% gain in the dollar value of American natural gas imports from Canada in 2008 was quickly reversed by a 56% drop during the first 6 months in 2009.

China is a top 3 supplier of manicure and pedicure preparations, lipstick and beauty powders, while the USA remains the leader in all cosmetics including eye makeup.

Canada was once a leading global exporter of chocolate products but is now a nation that consumes over $120 million more in foreign-made chocolates than it exports.

Despite bans in 4 Canadian provinces on using handheld devices while driving, sales of wireless hands-free electronics dropped 14.6% during the first 9 months of 2009.

America and Europe lead in imported chocolate sales. Yet Mexico, Argentina and China continue to enjoy impressive gains by selling more imported chocolates in 2009.

A potential beneficiary of demand for green electric cars and trucks, Canadian sales of lithium batteries to America, France and China were up by double digits in 2008.