Trade and gender: The Canada-Germany story
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Two-way Canadian merchandise trade with Germany averaged $24.8 billion annually during 2018 and 2019. This was up 16.4% compared to 2016 – the last full year before preferential tariff treatment under CETA was put into force in 2017.
In 2019, Canada exported $6,297 million in goods to Germany and imported $19,325 million worth of goods.
In Canada, 27,059 jobs are directly or indirectly supported by merchandise exports to Germany. Women hold 8,571 of these jobs.
Top 5 industries
Jobs held by women that are directly or indirectly supported by goods exports to Germany:
- Miscellaneous manufacturing: 895
- Wholesale trade: 893
- Retail trade: 688
- Finance and insurance: 632
- Transportation and warehousing: 612
The number of Canadian businesses exporting goods to the Germany in 2019 was 3,089, while the number of Canadian businesses importing goods from the Germany was 23,585.
Women-owned and equally owned businesses in 2017:
- Export value: 18.8%
- Import value: 18.0%
- Exporters: 20.3%
- Importers: 22.6%
Men-owned businesses in 2017:
- Export value: 81.2%
- Import value: 82.0%
- Exporters: 79.7%
- Importers: 77.4%
Women-owned and equally owned Canadian businesses make up a larger portion of importers than exporters, but a smaller portion of imports by value.
Notes: Women-, men- and equally owned businesses refer to Canadian-controlled private corporations. The reported fractions are of those for which data on gender of ownership are available.
Direct jobs: Initial trade transactions support jobs directly.
Indirect Jobs: Additional jobs supported indirectly due to an increase in business-to-business (e.g. supply chain) transactions that result from the initial trade.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database 2017, Trade by Exporter Characteristics 2017, Trade by Importer Characteristics 2017 and Canadian Merchandise Trade Database 2019.
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