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» I VP / Alberta Economic Development Alberta International Trade Review - 2 002 August 2003 Policy and Economic Analysis Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive.org/details/internationaltrade2002 International Trade Review Alberta International Trade Review 2002 Prepared by: Alberta Economic Development Policy & Economic Analysis Division Telephone: (780) 427 - 6787 Telefax: (780) 427 - 0061 www.alberta-canada.com August 2003 International Trade Review Table Of About the Data 1 Contents The Year in Review 2 Alberta Exports by Industry and Commodity 4 Alberta Exports by Industry, 1997 - 2 002 5 Agriculture, Food and Beverages 6 Mining 7 Manufacturing 8 Alberta's Major Manufacturing Exports 10 Forestry, Wood, Paper and Allied Products 1 1 Chemicals and Chemical Products 1 1 Computer and Electronic Products 12 Machinery 13 Alberta's Major Machinery Exports 14 Alberta Exports by Region 15 United States of America 16 Top US States 18 Asia 19 Japan 21 China 21 South Korea 22 Taiwan 22 Hong Kong 23 Western Europe 24 Germany 26 Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean 27 Mexico 28 South America 30 Middle East 31 Africa 33 Eastern Europe 35 Oceania 37 International Trade Review Country Profiles 39 Important Data Changes in 2002 40 Algeria 41 Australia 42 Belgium 43 Brazil 44 Chile 45 China, People's Republic 46 Colombia 47 Cuba 48 Ecuador 49 Egypt 50 France 51 Germany 52 Ghana 53 Guatemala 54 Hong Kong 55 India 56 Indonesia 57 Iran 58 Iraq 59 Ireland 60 Italy 61 Jamaica 62 Japan 63 Kazakhstan 64 Korea, North 65 Korea, South 66 Kuwait 67 Libya 68 Malaysia 69 Mexico 70 Morocco 71 Netherlands 72 New Zealand 73 Nigeria .74 Norway 75 Oman 76 Pakistan 77 Peru 78 Philippines 79 Russia 80 Saudi Arabia 81 Singapore 82 South Africa 83 Spain 84 Sudan 85 Switzerland 86 Taiwan 87 Thailand 88 - ii - International Trade Review Tunisia 89 United Arab Emirates 90 United Kingdom 91 United States 92 Venezuela 93 Yemen, Republic of 94 Appendices 95 Appendix A Standard Industrial Classification Codes (1980) 97 Appendix B Country Export Summary, 1 994 - 1 998 98 Appendix C Country Summary by Industry 103 Appendix D US Exports by State 1 07 Appendix E Foreign Offices 1 08 Offices with Government of Alberta Representatives 109 - iii - 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 $10 million worth of Alberta's goods in 2002. 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. Industry 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. Statistics Canada is the main source of information for the publication. Estimates for commercial and transportation service exports are developed by Alberta Economic Development and are based on special surveys conducted by Statistics Canada. The informational captions appearing at the top right corner of each country profile are from World Factbook 2002. 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, these exports, including travel and 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 The Year in Lower prices main cause of 12.4% drop in Alberta's international exports Review Alberta exported $55.0 billion worth of goods and services to more than 170 countries in 2002. This total includes $49.1 billion in commodity exports and $5.9 billion in service exports. Exports of goods and services declined by 12.4% in 2002, from $62.8 billion in 2001. Canadian exports of goods and services fell by 1 .6% in 2002, the second consecutive year of declines. Commodity The value of commodity exports fell by 13.7% from $56.9 billion in 2001 to $49.1 Exports billion in 2002. Of the 178 countries Alberta exported to, the top markets were the United States, Japan and China. The United States imported $43.4 billion worth of goods, Japan $1.2 billion and China $738 million. The main cause of Alberta's drop in exports was lower commodity prices, particularly for natural gas and chemicals. To a lesser degree, lower volumes of primary agricultural products and telecommunication equipment also played a role - overall commodity export volumes declined by just over 1% in 2002. The decline in Alberta exports was partly the result of the global economic slowdown. On a global scale, the manufacturing sector was in a recession in 2001 and remained weak in 2002, with output in the Information and Communication Technology sector falling for a second year in a row. This negatively affected Alberta's exports of telecom equipment, and also led to declines for many other manufacturing sectors. The events of September 1 1 and the uncertainty about the pending war in Iraq further aggravated the situation, impacting world trade in both goods and services. After peaking in 2000 with growth of more than 12%, world trade volumes declined marginally in 2001 and grew a weak 3% in 2002. The supply of primary agricultural products to world markets was constrained as a result of two consecutive years of drought in Alberta, which resulted in sharp reductions in export volumes of grains, oilseeds and pulse crops (such as peas). Regionally, Alberta's major markets were the United States, Asia and Western Europe. The US accounted for 88.5% of total commodity exports, Asia for 6.4% and Western Europe for 1 .9%. Exports to most regions, especially the US, the Middle East and South America, were lower than in 2001, while exports to Africa and Oceania increased. Exports to the US declined by 14.2% to $43.4 billion, to Asia by 7.6% to $3.1 billion, and to Western Europe by 7.0% to $924 million. Commodity exports can be classified into three sectors: mining and energy, primary agriculture, and manufacturing. The mining and energy sector accounted for the majority of exports at $30.5 billion, followed by the manufacturing sector at $15.5 billion and primary agriculture at $2.2 billion. In 2002, exports increased in all three sectors, with mining and energy down 16.2%, manufacturing down 7.2% and primary agriculture down 22.8%. Service Exports Service exports were estimated at $5.9 billion in 2002, the same as in 2001 . Included in this figure are $1.5 billion in international travel and tourism receipts and $4.4 billion in exports of commercial and transportation services. Service exports were influenced by the events of September 1 1 , u ncertainty about the war in Iraq and the possibility of further terrorist attacks. -2-
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