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International Trade Strategy for Manitoba
NextPrepared by The Council on International Trade

Section II Current State of Trade and Exports in Manitoba

2) Key Trade Data 3 (part 2)

Offsetting the decline in exports to the United States has been an increase in exports to non-U.S. markets of $1.1 billion. Table 1 also shows some of the markets where those increases occurred. In addition to the changes in domestic exports shown in Table 1, between 2006 and 2010 Manitoba’s exports to BRIC7 markets grew by $235.1 million or 42 per cent. In 2010, exports to BRIC were 7.7 per cent of Manitoba’s exports.8

Tables 5 and 6 show Manitoba’s top 25 export industries and top 25 export products.

Table 5. Manitoba’s Top 25 Exports by Industry (000s)
  2010 %

Non-Ferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining

$ 1,104,173 10.7%
Wheat Farming 886,744 8.6%
Oilseed (except Soybean) Farming 852,736 8.3%
Oil and Gas Extraction 509,507 4.9%
Animal Slaughtering and Processing 496,648 4.8%
Agricultural Implement Manufacturing 404,902 3.9%
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing 381,559 3.7%
Starch and Vegetable Fat and Oil Manufacturing 364,445 3.5%
Electric Power Generation 320,375 3.1%
Frozen Food Manufacturing 300,894 2.9%
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing 254,426 2.5%
Hog and Pig Farming 225,031 2.2%
Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing 205,566 2.0%
Other Grain Farming 184,699 1.8%
Unsupported Plastic Film, Sheet and Bag Manufacturing 179,169 1.7%
Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming, including Feedlots 167,172 1.6%
Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing 159,278 1.5%
Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing 155,756 1.5%
Heavy-Duty Truck Manufacturing 129,389 1.3%
Paper Mills 128,126 1.2%
Soybean Farming 126,315 1.2%
Dry Pea and Bean Farming 121,225 1.2%
Electrical Equipment Manufacturing 119,967 1.2%
Fertilizer Manufacturing 100,146 1.0%
Iron and Steel Mills and Ferro-Alloy Manufacturing 98,157 1.0%
SUB-TOTAL $ 7,976,405 77.5%
TOTAL (All Industries) $ 10,294,880 100.0%
* based on NAICS codes
Source: www.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/tdo/tdo.php#tag

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Table 6. Manitoba’s Top 25 Exports by Product (000s)
  2010 %

Cereals

$ 1,086,618 10.6%
Oil Seeds, Oleaginous Fruits, Industrial or Medicinal Plants, Straw and Fodder 1,017,842 9.9%
Mineral Fuels, Mineral Oils, Bituminous Substances and Mineral Waxes 949,605 9.2%
Nickel and Articles Thereof 870,804 8.5%
Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery and Mechanical Appliances 865,742 8.4%
Motor Vehicles, Trailers, Bicycles, Motorcycles and Other Similar Vehicles 564,062 5.5%
Meat and Edible Meat Offal 474,852 4.6%
Live Animals 404,921 3.9%
Aircrafts and Spacecrafts 320,600 3.1%
Plastics and Articles Thereof 314,846 3.1%
Preparations of Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts or Other Parts of Plants 301,632 2.9%
Fats, Oils, Their Cleavage Products and Waxes 291,265 2.8%
Pharmaceutical Products 246,121 2.4%
Paper, Paperboard and Articles Made From These Materials 188,703 1.8%
Copper and Articles Thereof 175,731 1.7%
Electrical or Electronic Machinery and Equipment 172,697 1.7%
Inorganic Chemicals and Compounds of Precious Metals and Radioactive Elements 163,249 1.6%
Edible Vegetables and Certain Roots and Tubers 158,128 1.5%
Furniture, and Stuffed Furnishings; Lamps and Illuminated Signs; Prefabricated Buildings 119,168 1.2%
Iron and Steel 114,832 1.1%
Printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures, Manuscripts and The Like 108,730 1.1%
Articles of Iron or Steel 105,340 1.0%
Zinc and Articles Thereof 97,551 0.9%
Products of the Milling Industry; Malt, Starches, Inulin & Wheat Gluten 96,644 0.9%
Fertilizers 92,653 0.9%
SUB-TOTAL $ 9,302,339 90.4%
TOTAL (All Products) $ 10,294,879 100.0%
* By HS2 Code

Source: www.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/tdo/tdo.php#tag21

7 Brazil, Russia, India, China
8 Industry Canada Trade Data Online

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