International Trade Strategy for Manitoba
Prepared 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 |
| 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
