Table 1
Average commodity value per tonne by trade type, 2004 to 2009
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| Standard classification of transported goods (2-digit commodities) |
Value per tonne | Deviation, import from export | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | Import | Export | ||
| dollars | percent | |||
| Live animals and live fish | 1,888 | 2,186 | 1,973 | 10.8 |
| Cereal grains | 234 | 275 | 256 | 7.4 |
| Agricultural products Note 1 | 917 | 1,842 | 1,003 | 83.6 |
| Animal feed and feed ingredients Note 2 | 668 | 749 | 660 | 13.5 |
| Meat, fish, seafood, and preparations | 4,615 | 4,205 | 4,849 | -13.3 |
| Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products |
1,183 | 2,168 | 1,962 | 10.5 |
| Prepared foodstuffs not elsewhere classified and fats and oils |
1,062 | 1,646 | 1,062 | 55.0 |
| Alcoholic beverages | 1,458 | 1,626 | 1,608 | 1.1 |
| Tobacco products | 9,260 | 43,458 | 21,690 | 100.4 |
| Monumental or building stone | 709 | 538 | 888 | -39.4 |
| Natural sands | 118 | 117 | 133 | -12.0 |
| Gravel and crushed stone | 27 | 34 | 30 | 13.3 |
| Non-metallic minerals not elsewhere classified |
305 | 306 | 495 | -38.2 |
| Metallic ores | 2,619 | 5,702 | 6,104 | -6.6 |
| Coal | 39 | 92 | 41 | 124.4 |
| Crude petroleum | 575 | 650 | 560 | 16.1 |
| Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel |
621 | 866 | 592 | 46.3 |
| Fuel oils | 508 | 667 | 489 | 36.4 |
| Products of petroleum refining not elsewhere classified and coal products |
739 | 1,110 | 712 | 55.9 |
| Basic chemicals | 1,203 | 1,883 | 1,076 | 75.0 |
| Pharmaceutical products | 53,325 | 51,373 | 61,011 | -15.8 |
| Fertilizers and fertilizer materials | 469 | 379 | 418 | -9.3 |
| Chemical products and preparations not elsewhere classified |
3,310 | 4,019 | 4,327 | -7.1 |
| Plastics and rubber | 4,984 | 4,385 | 5,758 | -23.8 |
| Logs and other wood in the rough | 284 | 387 | 307 | 26.1 |
| Wood products | 691 | 895 | 769 | 16.4 |
| Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard | 915 | 1,223 | 1,133 | 7.9 |
| Paper or paperboard articles | 1,958 | 2,074 | 2,102 | -1.3 |
| Printed products | 4,550 | 3,835 | 4,553 | -15.8 |
| Textiles, leather, and articles | 13,423 | 13,149 | 12,359 | 6.4 |
| Non-metallic mineral products | 467 | 1,221 | 690 | 77.0 |
| Base metal Note 3 | 1,485 | 1,606 | 1,666 | -3.6 |
| Articles of base metal | 3,452 | 3,809 | 3,316 | 14.9 |
| Machinery | 9,649 | 10,689 | 11,342 | -5.8 |
| Electronic and other electrical equipment Note 4 |
15,958 | 20,110 | 18,721 | 7.4 |
| Vehicles | 6,736 | 8,538 | 6,664 | 28.1 |
| Transportation equipment not elsewhere classified |
6,913 | 15,620 | 32,771 | -52.3 |
| Precision instruments and apparatus | 42,834 | 38,351 | 43,020 | -10.9 |
| Furniture, mattresses and mattress supports Note 5 |
5,290 | 6,896 | 5,518 | 25.0 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured products | 20,947 | 6,678 | 17,394 | -61.6 |
| Waste and scrap | 1,738 | 1,321 | 3,396 | -61.1 |
Agricultural products except live animals,
cereal grains, and forage products.
Animal feed and feed ingredients, cereal straw,
and eggs and other products of animal origin not elsewhere classified.
Base metal in primary or semi-finished forms
and in finished basic shapes.
Electronic and other electrical equipment and
components, and office equipment.
Furniture, mattresses and mattress supports,
lamps, lighting fittings, and illuminated signs.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Trucking Commodity Origin and Destination Survey, 2004 to 2009;
and Bureau of Transportation Statistics, North American Transborder Freight
Data, 2004 to 2009, and Commodity Flow Survey, 2007.
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