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Alberta Economic Development ALBERTA INTERNATIONAL TRADE REVIEW - 1999 HSS GOV DOC CA2 Policy and Economic Analysis Division AL ECT A431 1999 ,i CXLIBRIS UNIVERSITATIS ALBERTENSIS Alberta International Trade Review 1999 /dlberfa ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Policy & Economic Analysis 4th Floor, Commerce Place 10155 - 102 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4L6 Telephone: (780) 427-6787 Fax: (780)422-0061 Website: v. a\av alherta-canada.com statpuh © 2000 Alberta Economic Development ISBN #0-7785-1252-5 ISSN 2 0844-6318 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 UNIVFRSITY LIBRARY i DIVERSITY OF ALRERTA 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 - ii - 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 - iii - Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive.org/details/albertintereview1999 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 -2- 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 Review $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 -3-

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