Table 4
Enterprises' rate of importance of obstacles to exporting or attempting to export, Canada, all surveyed industries
High – 2007 to 2009 | Medium – 2007 to 2009 | Low – 2007 to 2009 | High – 2010 to 2012 | Medium – 2010 to 2012 | Low – 2010 to 2012 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | % | % | % | |
Canadian legal or administrative obstacles | 7.4A | 13.6A | 37.1B | 7.4A | 15.0A | 29.3B |
Canadian export taxes or trade obstacles | 10.7A | 10.9A | 36.6B | 8.7A | 22.0B | 26.3B |
Uncertainty of international standards | 16.4B | 23.0B | 27.0B | 9.0A | 26.9B | 24.3A |
Access to financing | 7.8A | 17.8B | 24.5B | 7.3A | 10.4A | 30.7B |
Concern of violation of patents and/or intellectual property rights | 5.5A | 5.7A | 36.1B | 4.0A | 8.5A | 31.6B |
Foreign tariffs or trade barriers | 13.4A | 17.9A | 31.1B | 12.6B | 19.4A | 27.4B |
Border security issues | 25.0B | 27.0B | 25.3B | 11.5B | 17.0A | 27.6B |
Distance to customers | 20.8B | 23.0B | 27.3B | 16.4A | 28.6B | 22.9B |
Linguistic or cultural obstacles | 7.0A | 11.9A | 29.7B | 4.3A | 16.3B | 29.7B |
Customer requirements to use specific technologies/systems | 4.9A | 10.2A | 36.0B | 4.3A | 16.9B | 29.8B |
Meeting cost requirements of customers | 29.5B | 26.8B | 19.9B | 29.7B | 30.2B | 16.8B |
Meeting quality requirements of customers | 17.6B | 13.9A | 23.7B | 11.9A | 19.3B | 27.7B |
Other obstacles | 2.5A | 1.3A | 4.0A | 0.7A | 0.0A | 0.6A |
very reliable (standard error between 0% and 2.49%)
reliable (standard error between 2.50% and 7.49%)
Note(s):
Survey of Innovation and Business (SIBS) 2012 estimates are provided as percentages accompanied by quality indicators. Data quality indicators are based on the standard error (SE) and number of observations in the estimates. Quality indicators for SIBS are the following: A is very reliable (SE between 0% and 2.49%); B is reliable (SE between 2.50% and 7.49%); E is use with caution (SE between 7.50% and 14.99%) and F is too unreliable to be published (SE greater than or equal to 15.00%).
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