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Culture Goods Trade: Data Tables Catalogue no. 87-007-X . Service bulletin Culture Goods Trade: DataTables .2009 Introduction These tables provide data on trade in culture goods, along with cross-tabulations for trade between Canada and selected countries. Culture goods include books, magazines, newspapers, postcards, calendars, films, videos, digital videodiscs (DVDs), sheet music, compact discs (CDs), cassettes, vinyl long-playing phonograph records (LPs), paintings (original and reproductions), photographs, sculptures, ornaments and figurines, architectural plans, designs and drawings, advertising materials, museum exhibits, coin and stamp collections, and antiques. Unrecorded media, such as blank CDs, are not included. Culture Goods Trade: Data Tables Statistical tables Table 1 International trade in culture goods, Canada, 2002 to 2009 - current dollars 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 thousands of dollars Imports Writing and published works Books 1,549,864 1,473,194 1,452,550 1,436,441 1,432,275 1,439,525 1,475,927 1,464,475 Newspapers and periodicals 1,014,365 1,126,063 1,134,364 1,165,403 1,173,752 1,151,887 1,140,262 1,050,272 Other printed materials 264,999 274,455 268,243 249,849 287,225 287,172 307,912 273,989 Subtotal 2,829,228 2,873,711 2,855,157 2,851,693 2,893,252 2,878,584 2,924,101 2,788,735 Film and video Film 13,495 10,178 8,732 6,144 6,213 6,716 7,606 8,602 Video 374,522 382,119 354,914 356,633 282,221 405,686 439,147 389,371 Subtotal 388,017 392,298 363,647 362,777 288,433 412,401 446,753 397,973 Sound recording and music publishing Sound recordings 126,179 133,485 143,020 152,436 137,135 31,422 30,133 31,596 Printed music 17,334 15,890 15,518 15,164 13,974 11,888 12,527 11,996 Subtotal 143,513 149,375 158,538 167,600 151,109 43,310 42,660 43,592 Visual arts Original art 109,836 137,391 120,416 221,888 140,290 184,050 183,128 166,333 Other visual arts 160,804 149,091 136,088 124,880 117,274 125,695 113,273 88,495 Subtotal 270,640 286,482 256,505 346,768 257,564 309,745 296,400 254,828 Architecture 2,711 3,339 2,635 1,532 1,585 1,910 1,299 1,364 Advertising 198,803 186,280 176,724 175,659 196,983 174,815 218,936 207,367 Heritage 51,673 57,023 34,560 34,691 47,394 54,548 53,511 24,646 Photography 183,082 152,227 126,110 144,296 147,398 142,334 156,135 128,002 Total 4,067,666 4,100,735 3,973,875 4,085,015 3,983,718 4,017,646 4,139,794 3,846,507 Exports Writing and published works Books 486,745 459,982 430,802 398,851 398,805 385,246 394,957 328,301 Newspapers and periodicals 228,252 224,090 183,078 211,197 205,903 154,020 112,259 84,858 Other printed materials 254,567 256,596 248,647 243,139 183,020 155,002 120,854 82,345 Subtotal 969,565 940,668 862,527 853,187 787,728 694,269 628,070 495,505 Film and video Film 241,123 339,540 344,430 384,577 367,174 353,043 353,652 381,186 Video 247,620 278,794 300,736 290,432 188,352 297,408 243,082 208,776 Subtotal 488,743 618,334 645,166 675,010 555,526 650,451 596,734 589,962 Sound recording and music publishing Sound recordings 152,783 154,879 145,040 138,991 122,817 25,427 23,071 23,446 Printed music 387 189 112 200 210 381 1,249 762 Subtotal 153,169 155,069 145,152 139,191 123,027 25,808 24,320 24,208 Visual arts Original art 57,739 55,599 63,231 83,895 72,717 109,378 73,841 67,182 Other visual arts 17,629 18,362 16,529 13,864 17,818 12,012 10,736 8,837 Subtotal 75,368 73,960 79,761 97,759 90,535 121,390 84,576 76,019 Architecture 2,928 2,111 1,332 2,381 3,048 1,077 657 1,040 Advertising 527,973 440,585 417,952 387,022 321,282 274,585 229,846 168,494 Heritage 23,921 18,479 17,655 18,561 22,156 33,388 23,205 45,759 Photography 216,375 216,761 228,878 200,993 169,154 154,721 122,680 112,487 Total 2,458,042 2,465,968 2,398,422 2,374,104 2,072,455 1,955,688 1,710,087 1,513,474 Note(s): Data used for culture goods trade tabulations are revised by the International Trade Division of Statistics Canada, on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. Due to these ongoing quality improvements, data in this table may differ from data found in previous published versions. Due to changes in the Harmonized System of Classification in 2007, there is a break in series for video and sound recording. Some sound recording activity may be found in the video data. 2 Statistics Canada – Catalogue no. 87-007-X Culture Goods Trade: Data Tables Table 2 Culture goods trade with the United States, 2002 to 2009 - current dollars 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 thousands of dollars Imports Writing and published works Books 1,158,884 1,074,000 1,057,912 1,034,275 1,024,647 1,024,077 1,043,993 1,054,683 Newspapers and periodicals 923,685 1,034,139 1,041,973 1,073,082 1,085,745 1,055,810 1,039,741 962,833 Other printed materials 222,594 219,504 205,096 181,298 212,818 199,229 196,172 162,563 Subtotal 2,305,163 2,327,643 2,304,981 2,288,655 2,323,210 2,279,116 2,279,905 2,180,078 Film and video Film 10,274 6,557 5,944 4,888 4,894 5,622 5,591 6,173 Video 358,891 356,262 325,785 333,862 252,742 329,923 356,180 325,620 Subtotal 369,165 362,820 331,729 338,750 257,637 335,545 361,771 331,793 Sound recording and music publishing Sound recordings 84,242 89,239 89,040 98,196 96,224 16,098 19,210 22,172 Printed music 16,372 14,762 14,609 14,372 13,327 11,329 11,717 11,188 Subtotal 100,615 104,001 103,649 112,568 109,551 27,427 30,927 33,360 Visual arts Original art 56,682 33,798 32,424 46,625 45,680 55,046 56,880 66,105 Other visual arts 15,315 12,953 11,233 9,586 9,989 11,836 12,818 8,706 Subtotal 71,998 46,751 43,657 56,212 55,668 66,882 69,697 74,811 Architecture 2,078 1,723 1,657 1,135 1,265 1,472 931 871 Advertising 179,377 166,735 158,115 154,883 174,926 152,253 194,369 186,519 Heritage 10,621 11,556 9,239 9,906 11,988 17,771 19,796 10,821 Photography 162,509 130,088 105,351 106,800 114,117 102,822 108,450 91,708 Total 3,201,525 3,151,316 3,058,380 3,068,910 3,048,363 2,983,288 3,065,846 2,909,961 Exports Writing and published works Books 446,225 404,872 386,576 352,499 340,758 340,118 347,297 290,854 Newspapers and periodicals 226,968 221,572 182,084 205,767 203,795 149,142 110,548 83,270 Other printed materials 250,852 249,548 233,947 217,006 165,029 131,700 97,520 70,716 Subtotal 924,046 875,992 802,607 775,272 709,582 620,959 555,365 444,840 Film and video Film 240,433 338,359 342,838 383,284 365,709 350,417 347,564 380,108 Video 231,932 247,288 240,974 207,216 133,410 269,449 204,906 165,672 Subtotal 472,365 585,647 583,812 590,500 499,119 619,866 552,470 545,780 Sound recording and music publishing Sound recordings 142,766 131,158 124,463 126,828 106,432 9,410 6,010 5,306 Printed music 377 113 40 121 187 355 1,006 718 Subtotal 143,143 131,270 124,503 126,949 106,619 9,765 7,015 6,024 Visual arts Original art 50,669 45,465 51,996 56,636 49,576 85,600 53,407 43,790 Other visual arts 17,006 16,894 15,644 12,412 16,687 10,945 9,461 8,027 Subtotal 67,675 62,359 67,640 69,048 66,263 96,545 62,868 51,817 Architecture 2,886 1,971 1,236 1,114 400 320 297 88 Advertising 524,369 436,288 409,213 369,691 310,623 264,121 221,239 164,690 Heritage 11,592 10,518 10,557 11,410 13,068 8,500 9,521 22,713 Photography 212,014 206,280 210,718 182,597 157,750 144,725 115,591 108,275 Total 2,358,089 2,310,326 2,210,286 2,126,582 1,863,425 1,764,801 1,524,367 1,344,227 Note(s): Data used for culture goods trade tabulations are revised by the International Trade Division of Statistics Canada, on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
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