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Export Development Canada: Fall 2014 Forecast
A low Canadian dollar and surging U.S. economy will drive growth in Ontario’s key export sectors for the rest of this year and into 2015, according to the latest forecast by Export Development Canada. Shipments of industrial machinery, chemicals and plastics, in particular, are set to rise as demand in the world’s biggest economy —…
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Canada Wholesale Trade
Following three consecutive monthly gains, wholesale sales in Canada decreased 0.3 per cent to $52.9 billion in July, said Statistics Canada Friday. Declines in five subsectors, which together represented 81 per cent of wholesale sales, more than offset an increase in the motor vehicle and parts subsector. Excluding this subsector, wholesale sales declined 1 per…
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Canada Exports Improvement
Canada’s merchandise exports increased 1.4 per cent in July, while imports edged down 0.3 per cent, according to Statistcs Canada Thursday. As a result, Canada’s trade surplus with the world widened from $1.8 billion in June to $2.6 billion in July. Exports rose to $45.5 billion, led by motor vehicles and parts. Overall, volumes increased…
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British Columbia Exports to Asia 2000-2013
British Columbia Exports to Asia A new analysis of more than a decade’s worth of trade data show that the volume of shipped goods out of Canada varies widely by province and sector. British Columbia’s exports to Asia, for example, have nearly doubled between 2000 and 2013 from roughly 24 per cent of provincial exports…
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Lumber News Archives: Nov 2009
British Columbian Wood in Demand in Asia ; Madison’s Timber Preview; US Home Building and Real Estate Market ; Japanese Economy ; Tolko Announces Curtailments ;New Technology in Preservation of Softwoods ; Canadian Home Prices; Canada-British Columbia Rebuilding Schools in China ; Japan Housing Starts ; Canadian Trade Figures ;Timber Resource Perspectives ; Madison’s Timber…
