PROFILE RELATIONSHIP OVERVIEW
Alberta’s annual exports to Utah have averaged Capital: Salt Lake City • $362 million over the last five years, making it th Alberta’s 24 largest export market. Population: 2.3 million (2002 estimate) • Mormon migrants from Utah settled much of Language: English southern Alberta in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Government: Bicameral • Utah is connected to Alberta by the I-15 highway, Head of Government: Governor Olene Walker (R) providing a link up to the CANAMEX intermodal Term expires November 2004 transportation corridor. • Based on Calgary’s experience in hosting the Currency: US Dollar 1988 Winter Olympics, the Calgary Olympic CDN$1 = 0.74 US (April 2004) Development Association provided the Salt Lake City organizing committee with a significant GSP: US$70.4 billion (2001) amount of information and assistance during the planning stages for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Per Capita Income: US$24,157 (2001) Salt Lake City.
Key Industry Sectors: DID YOU KNOW? Machinery, aerospace, mining, food processing, electric equipment, tourism, and agriculture. • The name "Utah" comes from the Native American "Ute" tribe and means people of the mountains. Unemployment: 5.0% (March 2004) The first party of Mormon pioneers arrived in the • Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Main Cities: - Salt Lake City: 181,266 (metro approx. • In 1848, Utah was ceded to the US following the 1 million, including within a 30 mile radius war with Mexico and in 1896 it became the 45th o Provo: 105,170 state. o West Valley City: 111,254 o Sandy: 89,244 • Utah is emerging as a high tech centre, with more o Ogden: 78,641) software enterprises than California's Silicon - St. George: 54,049 Valley and one of the nation's largest - Logan: 42,922 concentrations of biotech companies. • Former Utah Governor Mike Leavitt was appointed to the Bush Cabinet as head of the Environmental Protection Agency in November 2003.
Information Compiled by International Relations, Alberta International and Intergovernmental Relations April 2004 Alberta Exports to Utah 2003 Alberta Exports to Utah
Cattle Other 39% 600 459 494 37% 302 329 400 231 Particle Crude Oil 200 Board $ million 10% 0 11% Aluminum 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 3%
TRADE AND INVESTMENT EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES • Canada is Utah’s third largest export market, after • High technology Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In 2003, • Transportation Canadian imports from Utah totaled approximately $767 million. • Tourism
• Alberta’s exports to Utah were valued at $231 RECENT VISITS million in 2003, a sizable drop from 2002 due to a decline in cattle shipments. • Greg Melchin, Minister of Revenue, traveled to • Alberta’s top exports to Utah are cattle, crude oil, Utah in October 2003 to explain the status of the line pipe, particleboard, trucks, ventilation hoods, oilsands and highlight pipeline development in concrete mixers, and peat. Alberta.
• During the past five years, two-way trade between DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION Alberta and Utah averaged $362 million per year. Mr. Naim Ahmed is the U.S. Consul General in Alberta’s imports from Utah totaled more than • • Calgary. $128 million in 2003, including sanitary products, trailers, detergents, drilling tools, airplane parts, • Canada’s Consulate General located in Los and iron and steel rods. Angeles is responsible for Utah. The Consul General is Mr. Colin Robertson. CANAMEX • Alberta’s most important relations with Utah are based on the CANAMEX Corridor Project. • The CANAMEX coalition – which includes the states of Nevada, Idaho, Utah and Montana, as well as the involvement of Alberta and Mexico – emphasizes transportation, commerce and communications. • CANAMEX states feel the initiative will lead to further trade and social integration in the corridor. • The transportation component calls for the development of a continuous four-lane highway through Alberta and the US, to Mexico. • For Alberta, CANAMEX represents an opportunity to further continental trade integration and maximize the NAFTA potential.
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