Description of chart 3 
Cross-border shopping components and the exchange rate

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The title of the graph is "Chart 3 Cross-border shopping components and the exchange rate."
This is a combined line chart.
There are in total 7 categories in the horizontal axis. The primary vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 9,000 with ticks every 1,000 points. The secondary vertical axis starts at 0.5 and ends at 1.05 with ticks every 0.1 points.
There are 6 series in this graph.
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 2006 to 2012.
The title of series 1 is "Overnight trips to the United States."
This series is a column stacked chart.
The vertical axis is "millions (CAD)."
The minimum value is 1,800 occurring in 2006.
The maximum value is 3,642 occurring in 2012.
The title of series 2 is "Same-day trips to the United States."
This series is a column stacked chart.
The vertical axis is "millions (CAD)."
The minimum value is 370 occurring in 2006.
The maximum value is 844 occurring in 2012.
The title of series 3 is "Motor vehicles imports."
This series is a column stacked chart.
The vertical axis is "millions (CAD)."
The minimum value is 422 occurring in 2012.
The maximum value is 1,105 occurring in 2008.
The title of series 4 is "Postal and courier imports."
This series is a column stacked chart.
The vertical axis is "millions (CAD)."
The minimum value is 2,082 occurring in 2006.
The maximum value is 3,128 occurring in 2012.
The title of series 5 is "Exchange rate (USD/CAD)."
This series is a line chart.
The vertical axis is "exchange rate (USD/CAD)."
The minimum value is 0.876 occurring in 2009.
The maximum value is 1.011 occurring in 2011.
The title of series 6 is "Parity."
This series is a line chart.
The vertical axis is "exchange rate (USD/CAD)."
The minimum value is 1 occurring in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
The maximum value is 1 occurring in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Data table for chart 3
  Overnight trips to the United States Same-day trips to the United States Motor vehicles imports Postal and courier imports Exchange rate (USD/CAD) Parity
  millions (CAD) millions (CAD) millions (CAD) millions (CAD) exchange rate (USD/CAD) exchange rate (USD/CAD)
2006 1,800 370 426 2,082 0.882 1.00
2007 2,148 429 1,050 2,326 0.931 1.00
2008 2,437 447 1,105 2,392 0.937 1.00
2009 2,466 421 560 2,248 0.876 1.00
2010 2,949 628 807 2,376 0.971 1.00
2011 3,261 794 619 2,775 1.011 1.00
2012 3,642 844 422 3,128 1.001 1.00
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM Table 176-0064.
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