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Top 5 BC Origin Exports to South Korea, 2012
CommodityCdn $MillionsShare of Total
1. Coal and solid fuels manufactured from coal$989.352%
2. Copper ores and concentrates$201.611%
3. Unwrought alumimum$167.39%
4. Wood in the rough$87.75%
5. Semi-chemical wood pulp $75.64%
Total$1,893.5100%
Top 5 Canadian Exports to South Korea, 2012
CommodityCdn $MillionsShare of Total
1. Coal and solid fuels manufactured from coal$1,132.131%
2. Copper ores and concentrates$201.66%
3. Unwrought alumimum$167.35%
4. Semi-chemical wood pulp $167.35%
5. Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades $156.54%
Total$3,659.9100%
Top 5 Canadian Imports from South Korea, 2012
CommodityCdn $MillionsShare of Total
1. Motor vehicles for passenger transport (other than buses/public transport)$2,224.135%
2. Electronic integrated circuits$293.25%
3. Motor vehicle parts (excluding body, chassis and engines)$288.65%
4. Telephone sets; other apparatus for transmission/reception of voice/image/data, nes$223.44%
5. Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals other than crude$153.52%
Total$6,370.4100%
Top 5 Exports from South Korea to the Rest of the World, 2011
CommodityUS $MillionsShare of Total
1. Electrical, electronic equipment$116,838.321%
2. Vehicles other than railway, tramway$67,097.012%
3. Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc$61,345.811%
4. Ships, boats and other floating structures$54,133.110%
5. Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc$53,088.410%
Total$555,208.9100%
Top 5 Imports into South Korea from the Rest of the World, 2011
CommodityUS $MillionsShare of Total
1. Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc$173,675.033%
2. Electrical, electronic equipment$69,020.513%
3. Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc$50,049.610%
4. Iron and steel$28,438.25%
5. Ores, slag and ash$21,387.64%
Total$524,405.2100%
Provincial Distribution of Exports to South Korea, 2012
CommodityCdn $MillionsShare of Total
1. British Columbia$1,893.552%
2. Alberta$616.217%
3. Ontario$446.312%
4. Quebec$342.19%
5. Saskatchewan$168.25%
6. Manitoba$90.72%
7. Yukon$42.21%
8. Nova Scotia$35.11%
9. Prince Edward Is.$10.80%
10. Newfoundland & Lab.$7.70%
11. New Brunswick$6.90%
12. Nunavut$0.10%
13. Northwest Terr.$0.00%
Canada Total$3,659.9100%

Data sources: Statistics Canada and OECD