China is Canada’s 2nd biggest trading partner in the world. Their two-way trade amounted to more than 70 billion CA$ in 2013, accounts for 9% of the total trade of Canada’s top 10 trading partners.

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China is Canada’s 2nd Largest Trading Partner
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China is Canada’s 2nd biggest trading partner in the world.
Their two-way trade amounted to more than 70 billion
CA$ in 2013, accounts for 9% of Canada’s top 10 trading
partners.
There is more than 50 billion CA$ imports and 20 billion exports
with China. Obviously, Canada is a country with big deficit in China-
Canada trade.
Present
US China Mexico UK Japan Germany Korea France Netherland
73.7% 9.0% 4.0% 3.5% 3.3% 2.3% 1.3% 1.1% 1.0%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Canada-China Trades Has a Long History
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History
Start
Grow
Boo
m
From the beginning of 20th cent, China had
already been Canada’s most important trading
partner in far east. Canada established trading
offices at Shanghai, Dalian and Tianjin in 1908 and
1931. Two-way trade of Canada and China
amounted 8.3 million CA$ with Canada’s 0.8
million surplus in 1936.
There are small amount of trades after 1949. The
big increment happened after “Canada-China
Wheat Agreement” in 1961. The trades exceed
100 million in 1961, and more than 200
million in 1966.
Canada establish diplomatic relations with China
in 1970, and it was one of the earliest west
countries to do so. Canada-China trades began to
have a political protection afterwards. In 1970s, the
trades increased to more than 0.5 billion CA$,
1.3 billion in 1980s and 8.1 billion in 1995.

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Imports from China Increased the Most
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Import
from China
1.07
3.99
1.03
2.11
0
1
2
3
4
5
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
US
China
Mexico
Japan
Assign 2001=1
Increase of Canada’s Imports – Top 4
Partners
Among Canada’s top 4 imports partners, the biggest
growth is China. The amount is 4 times in 2012 than in
2001, and the trend goes on.

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Imports of Arms Increased the Most
5
11.1
8.0
7.4
6.4
6.4
5.1
4.8
4.4
4.3
3.7
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Increase of Canada’s Imports from China – Top 10
Industries
There are 3-11 times increments among top 10 products
categories, includes Arms, Transportation Tools,
Oils/fats/waxes and so on.
Import
from China
Arms
Transportation
tools
Oils/Fats/Waxe
sJewellery/
Precious
metals
Assign
2001=1
Machinery/
Electronics
Woods and articles thereof
Base metals
Paper/Pulp of wood
Plastics/Rubber and articles thereof
Food/Beverage
s/ Tobacco

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1.0
4.5
3.7
1.2
0
1
2
3
4
5
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Exports to China Increased the Most
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US
China
UK
Japan
Assign 2001=1
Increase of Canada’s Exports – Top 4
Partners
China and UK are Canada’s exports partners with the
fastest increasing speeds, the increments were 4.5 and
3.7 times in past 12 years.
Export
to China

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77.3
65.1
43.7
26.1
22.3
9.4
8.2
7.5
6.4
6.10
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Exports of Jewellery/Precious metals Increased the
Most
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Increase of Canada’s Exports to China – Top 10
Industries
In 2012, The trades of Jewellery/precious metals,
Oils/fats/waxes and Woods and articles thereof was 77, 65
and 44 times of 2001.
Jewellery/
Precious
metals
Oils/Fats/Waxe
sWoods and
articles thereof
Mineral
products
Assign 2001=1
Food/Beverag
e/ Tobacco
Base metals
Articles of
stone/GlassRaw leather and
articles thereof
Optical/Watches/
Musical
instrumentsFootwear/Headgea
r/
Umbrellas/Others
Export
to China

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Research Reference:
1. “Canadian International Merchandise
Trade Database”, Statistics Canada;
2. “List of the largest trading partners of
Canada”, Wikipedia;
3. “中加经贸关系三十年回顾与展望”，韩经纶，南
开大学国际商学院.
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