$'000
%
Chg.
$'000
%
Chg.
$'000
%
Chg.
1989 (1)...................................................…...........................…
2,286,567
722,102
1,564,465
1990.......................................................….............................
2,356,367
3.1
727,005
0.7
1,629,362
4.1
1991........................................................................................
2,200,140
-6.6
741,843
2.0
1,458,297
-10.5
1992.......................................….............................................
2,707,788
23.1
1,078,736
45.4
1,629,052
11.7
1993........................................…............................................
2,632,560
-2.8
1,331,947
23.5
1,300,613
-20.2
1994 (2).............................................................................…
3,640,691
38.3
1,816,245
36.4
1,824,446
40.3
1995....................................................................................…
4,001,269
9.9
1,882,490
3.6
2,118,779
16.1
1996....................................................................................…
4,691,087
17.2
2,186,300
16.1
2,504,788
18.2
1997....................................................................................…
4,867,307
3.8
2,254,525
3.1
2,612,783
4.3
1998..................................................................................…
4,708,430
-3.3
2,511,198
11.4
2,197,232
-15.9
1999..................................................................................…
4,544,994
-3.5
2,566,030
2.2
1,978,964
-9.9
2000...................................................................................…
5,297,317
16.6
2,779,189
8.3
2,518,128
27.2
2001..................................................................................…
5,987,232
13.0
3,288,223
18.3
2,699,008
7.2
2002................................................................................…
5,201,917
-13.1
3,035,205
-7.7
2,166,713
-19.7
2003...................................................................................
4,087,581
-21.4
2,019,356
-33.5
2,068,225
-4.5
2004...................................................................................
5,251,513
28.5
2,301,903
14.0
2,949,610
42.6
2005...................................................................................
5,336,306
1.6
2,495,672
8.4
2,840,634
-3.7
2006.................................................................…
5,813,428
8.9
2,606,735
4.5
3,206,692
12.9
2007.................................................................…
6,491,477
11.7
2,697,170
3.5
3,794,307
18.3
2008.................................................................…
8,385,912
29.2
3,212,989
19.1
5,172,924
36.3
2009.................................................................…
7,428,837
-11.4
2,703,726
-15.9
4,725,111
-8.7
2010
r.................................................................…
6,775,409
-8.8
2,431,171
-10.1
4,344,238
-8.1
2011
r.................................................................…
8,061,006
19.0
2,550,690
4.9
5,510,316
26.8
2012
p.................................................................…
9,210,002
14.3
2,967,019
16.3
6,242,983
13.3
(1)
Establishment of the 1989 Canada and United States Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
(2)
Establishment of the 1994 Canada, United States and Mexico North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Source: Statistics Canada; and Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Statistics and Data Development Branch
Table 35: Alberta International Agri-Food Exports - Value, 1989-2012
Exports to
Exports to the
Exports to All
All Countries
United States
Other countries
Source: Statistics Canada; and Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Statistics and Data Development Branch
Fig. 18 Growth in Alberta Agri-Food Exports Since Establishment of Free Trade Agreements
1994
North American
Free Trade Agreement
(
NAFTA): 1994-2012
1989
Free Trade
Agreement
(
FTA): 1989-2012
299%
242%
311%
63%
USA
Other Countries
Fig. 19 Value of Alberta Agri-Food Exports to All Countries, 1989-2012
0
2
4
6
8
10
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
$ Billions
Ten-Year Average
2003-2012
$6.7 Billion
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Alberta Agriculture Statistics Yearbook, 2012