Canada - Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Canada was 8.96 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.07 in 1962 and a minimum value of 4.44 in 1999.

Definition: Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1962 24.07
1963 23.71
1964 22.74
1965 23.23
1966 21.35
1967 21.34
1968 21.24
1969 18.26
1970 20.37
1971 16.99
1972 15.33
1973 16.10
1974 15.35
1975 13.66
1976 13.65
1977 13.16
1978 11.82
1979 12.24
1980 13.86
1981 11.70
1982 9.72
1983 9.22
1984 8.84
1985 8.45
1986 8.46
1987 8.53
1988 8.66
1989 9.06
1990 8.46
1991 7.71
1992 7.19
1993 6.02
1994 5.89
1995 6.69
1996 6.12
1997 5.94
1998 5.31
1999 4.44
2000 4.61
2001 4.58
2002 4.44
2003 4.45
2004 5.47
2005 5.85
2006 7.97
2007 9.24
2008 8.25
2009 7.10
2010 7.99
2011 8.71
2012 7.28
2013 6.97
2014 7.07
2015 7.08
2016 6.85
2017 7.32
2018 7.53
2019 7.03
2020 8.34
2021 8.96

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports