Trade and Gender: Denmark
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Canada and Denmark are members of the Canada–European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) which provisionally entered into force on September 21, 2017. Two-way merchandise trade between Canada and Denmark was almost $1.8 billion in 2021, up over 31.8% as compared to 2016 - the last full year before the implementation of CETA.
In 2021, Canada exported slightly over $299.4 million in merchandise to Denmark and imported almost $1.5 billion worth of merchandise.
In Canada, 1,692 jobs were directly or indirectly supported by merchandise exports to Denmark in 2020, 546 of which were occupied by Canadian women.
Top 5 Industries:
In 2020, the top 5 industries employing Canadian women in jobs supported directly and indirectly by merchandise exports to Denmark were:
- Food manufacturing: 92 jobs
- Wholesale trade: 59 jobs
- Crop and animal production: 47 jobs
- Retail trade: 41 jobs
- Finance and insurance: 33 jobs
The number of Canadian businesses exporting goods to Denmark in 2021 was 713, while the number of Canadian businesses importing goods from Denmark was 4,619.
Women-owned and equally owned Canadian businesses trading with Denmark make up a larger proportion of merchandise importers than of merchandise exporters. They also account for a larger proportion of imports than exports by value.
Ownership of Canadian businesses trading with Denmark in 2018:
Women-owned and equally-owned businesses in 2018:
- Export value: 9.6%
- Import value: 25.3%
- Exporters: 20.1%
- Importers: 24.5%
Men-owned businesses in 2018:
- Export value: 90.4%
- Import value: 74.7%
- Exporters: 79.9%
- Importers: 75.5%
Notes: The term “equally owned business” is used in reference to one in which men and women each own 50%. The reported percentages are those for which data on ownership by gender are available.
Sources: Statistics Canada (2021), Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database (2018), Trade by Exporter Characteristics (2021), Trade by Importer Characteristics (2021) and Canadian Merchandise Trade Database (2021).
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