Canada Business
• Main exports: Motor vehicles and parts, wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, machinery, natural gas, aluminium, telecommunications equipment, aircraft, plastics and electricity.
• Main imports: Machinery and equipment, crude oil, chemicals, motor vehicles and parts, durable consumer goods and electricity.
• Main trade partners: China, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, UK and USA.
Economy
Agriculture and fisheries are particularly important; Canada exports much of its agricultural produce (principally grain and oil seeds) and is the world's sixth-largest exporter of fish. Timber is another important sector, given that more than 40% of the land area is forest.
As a mineral producer, Canada exports crude oil and natural gas, copper, nickel, zinc, iron ore, asbestos, cement, coal and potash. Energy requirements are met by a mixture of hydroelectric, nuclear, coal and oil-fired generating stations. Manufacturing covers a wide range of industries from heavy engineering and chemicals to vehicle production and agro-business to office automation and commercial printing.
Almost 80% of the country's trade is with the USA, making this the world's largest single bilateral trade relationship.
The 1989 free trade agreement signed with the USA formed the basis for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); Mexico has joined as the third signatory and other Latin American countries may sign up in due course.
Business Etiquette
Office hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1700.
Conferences & Conventions
Business Contacts
Head Office, Suite 420, 360 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X7, Canada
Tel: (613) 238 4000.
Website: www.chamber.ca
Canada-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce in the UK
38 Grosvenor Street, London W1K 4DP, UK
Tel: (020) 7258 6578 (trade information service; available to non-members for a fee). Website: www.canada-uk.org
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