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Product Highlights – DLI Atlantic, Wolfville, NS
Country Statements, Country Trade Profiles, International Merchandize Trade, Joint Canada/United
States Survey of Health
John Neilson, University of New Brunswick
DLI Atlantic
April 23, 2009
Country Statements, 2002-2007 - tracks imports and exports between Canada and its
trading partners
- deals with quantity and value of goods
- by commodity code (the Harmonized System to the six digit level) see Canadian Export Classification 2009 65-209-x
- each ‘statement’ covers one trading partner only
What does it look like?
Who would use this survey?
- economists, federal and provincial governments (impacts on NAFTA)
- exporters/importers, business/marketing researchers
- international organizations such as the OECD, the WTO, the FAO and UNCTAD
- trade associations such as the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters and the Canadian Association of Regulated Importers
What else is there? The Country Trade Profiles…
- values based companion database to “Statements”
- statistics for 2002 – 2007 and, like Country Statements, it is in spreadsheet format
- brief survey of two-way trade with Canada
- covers Canada’s six biggest trading partners
What does it look like?
limits to these two trade databases
- covers Canada’s six biggest trading partners
- H.S. 6 is as fine as it gets
- coverage is limited to 2002 – 2007
- no analysis of trade statistics – that’s up to you
But sometimes that’s all you need…
What if it’s not all you need…
Then there’s the International Merchandise Trade Statistical Program
“…[it measures] the change in the stock of material resources of the country resulting from the movement of merchandise into or out of Canada”
And it’s BIG - it monitors and records all goods which
cross Canada’s territorial boundaries - provides inputs into the System of
National Accounts, especially Balance of Payments and GDP
- trade statistics reported on a customs basis or balance of payment basis
How big is it? - the import side alone of IMT, using HS to
the 10 digit level is 458mb - variables include all countries of export or
destination, mode of transportation, month, province of clearance, quantity, unit of measure, if U.S. then State of origin, value and year
- goes back to 1988
What can you use it for? governments, to formulate trade and budgetary
policies, and the other groups mentioned with “Statements” to:
- monitor import penetration and export performance
- monitor commodity price and volume changes - examine transport implications & infrastructure
What does it look like? several flavours including; - The International Merchandize Trade Data
by Commodity Classification (HS) - Canadian International Merchandise
Trade, cat. no. 65-001-x (monthly) - International Merchandise Trade, Annual
review, cat. no. 65-208-x
Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health (JCUSH) - collaborative project by Statscan
and U.S. National Center for Health Statistics
- common set of questions to 3,500 Canadians and 5,200 U.S. Residents
- broad focus is on health status and access to health services
JCUSH – a one-time survey - collection period, November, 2002 –
March 2003 - cross-sectional design by Statscan &
NCHS - age groups 18-44, 45-64 and 65 and over - Canadian & American interviews done by
Statscan permanent employees
And even more detail... - questions on self-perceived health,
chronic conditions, functional status, life-style factors (smoking and obesity), health care utilization, and satisfaction with health care services
- results available in an analytical report (pdf) 82M0022-XIE and a PUMF from the Statistics Canada website
In addition to the pdf ‘findings’ report...
And these sources - a summary in ... au courant, October,
2005, cat. No. 82-005-XIE As well as - “Comparing Health and Health Care Use
in Canada and the United States”. Health Affairs: the policy journal of the
health sphere, v. 25, no. 4 (20060: 1133-1142