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The importance attached to trade in the context of Canadian economic performance has grown in recent years, in part as a result of the free trade agreement with the United States and a new round of multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT. As a consequence, questions about the relative strength of Canadian exports on foreign markets and import penetration in Canada have become increasingly topical.

The World Trade Database (WTD), constructed by the International Trade Division of Statistics Canada, provides a rich data source for analysis of such questions. It reflects all international trade flows between members of the United Nations, broken down by partner country and commodity. The database on CD-ROM consists of annual data from 1980 covering some 170 countries trading with one another, and 600 commodities .

Because the concepts and definitions underlying the U.N. data are not rigorously adhered to, data are harmonized to conform to a standard classification system applying to all countries, commodities and industries. The classification system underlying the WTD for commodities is the Canadian version of the Standard International Trade Classification,

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