71045 Canada: Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 2007 GDP 2007 GDP 2007 Share 2007 Trade Membership No. of RTAs/ EIAs (millions) per capita in World Trade per capita GATT WTO Goods Services $1,417,310 $43,148 2.97% $30,009 1948 1995 4 2 Canada TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ HI OECD Ranking Decile TP High inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 18 2 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 82 7 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 8 1 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 10 1 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 151 10 TF IE ‡ Rankings are based on the "representative" indicators (in bold) in each group below for the latest year Outer bound represents best value in latest year TRADE POLICY (TP)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Trade Tariff Restrictiveness Index (MFN applied tariffs)& 4.4 3.7 3.7 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 1.4 1.5 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 4.9 5.1 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 7.1 5.8 5.6 4.7 Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 4.0 6.6 3.7 2.6 tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate 923.1 1326.4 558.2 279.6 Agriculture - simple avg (%) 12.1 16.1 17.5 11.4 Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 6.4 4.2 3.8 3.7 duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 5.0 4.1 3.7 3.4 MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) 27.3 40.2 56.2 57.9 * Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 3.2 1.7 2.4 1.5 Nontariff measures Agriculture 10.2 14.9 22.1 10.4 Nonagriculture 2.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0 10 20 30 40 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. 3.2 2.3 * HI OECD High inc Canada Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) 3.4 3.8 3.9 Agriculture .. 4.9 22.2 14.1 Nonagriculture .. 3.5 4.4 4.4 Import duties (% of imports) 0.8 0.7 0.7 .. Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) -2.0 -0.7 1.2 2.2 Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) 2.3 1.1 3.9 4.6 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) .. 28.4 .. .. HI OECD High inc Canada Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 51.1 51.1 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 1.6 1.8 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 8.6 10.1 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 2.0 1.3 0.7 0.5 * MFN duty free Agriculture 15.8 11.5 5.8 2.5 * (exports) Nonagriculture 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.3 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 26.8 37.0 54.5 55.7 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 86.4 85.6 84.4 83.4 * Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 98.5 98.5 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 1.8 1.8 * HI OECD High inc Canada Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) -2.2 2.7 5.5 2.0 ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used(noted by *). For more infor., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008. ŸMFN: most favored nation; NTM: nontariff measures; MA: market access; ROW: rest of the world; FTA: free trade agreement; CU: customs union; WTO: World Trade Organization GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; WGI: World Government Indicators; ".." indicates missing value; RTA/EIA: regional trade arrangement / economic integration arrangement; & 2007 are preliminary estimates Canada Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 8 8 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 2 2 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 58 2 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 4 58 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 2.05 2.09 1.92 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 1.79 1.83 1.86 .. HI OECD High inc Canada WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 1.92 1.95 2.09 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 3.9 3.9 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 3.8 3.8 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 3.9 3.9 * International transportation costs .. .. 3.8 3.8 * Logistics competence .. .. 3.9 3.9 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 4.0 4.0 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 2.8 2.8 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 4.2 4.2 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 41 44 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 4 3 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 9 19 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 1,157 1,660 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 5 4 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 11 11 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 1,233 1,785 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 38.6 34.4 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 77.6 104.1 119.4 121.7 * Lowest 0 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 1.2 .. .. .. HI OECD High inc Canada Internet usage (per 100 people) 17.4 50.8 76.5 84.9 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) 106.0 111.0 .. .. TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 8.0 2.7 3.5 -0.6 10 8.7 8.4 Exports 8.4 2.0 1.2 -1.3 8 8.0 7.9 7.2 6.6 6 Imports 7.6 3.5 6.4 0.1 5.7 5.3 4 Other trade outcome indicators 2.7 3.5 2 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 76.7 77.9 71.6 77.5 0 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 2.5 3.4 5.4 3.5 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 -0.6 -2 World trade share growth (%) 1.7 -3.6 -2.4 -6.7 Trade Growth Rate Exports 2.3 -3.3 -3.2 -5.9 Canada HI OECD High inc Imports 1.1 -3.8 -1.4 -7.6 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 87.4 87.1 87.2 88.1 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 13.6 11.1 10.0 10.0 * Service, Agric, Manufacturing 56.2 54.1 49.8 49.1 * 12.8 10.0 Mining, fuel and others 17.7 21.9 27.3 28.0 * Service share in total exports (%) 12.6 12.9 12.8 11.9 Tourism 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.1 * Mining, Transportation 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.3 * 27.3 Other services 6.6 7.3 7.3 7.2 * Manuf, Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 13.0 13.1 12.6 12.4 * 49.8 Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 82.5 86.4 83.3 82.3 * Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. 32.2 32.1 * Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) ( 333) Petroleum crude (781) Passenger cars (343) Natural gas (784) Auto parts and accessories (334) Heavy petroleum oils ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used (noted by *). For more info., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008 ## Most outcome indicators (mostly through 2007) are from the WDI (World Bank, Data Group), UNCTAD or COMTRADE; for filling gaps and 2008, data from the Prospects Group are used.