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ND’s Export Market
North Dakota sells more goods to Canada
than to all other countries combined. The
total Canada-North Dakota goods trade
equals $5.8 billion. Forty-five percent of
North Dakota’s exports to Canada are energyrelated,
with crude petroleum making up
$1.1 billion in exports and fuel oil making up
$182 million. Here is a breakdown of North
Dakota exports to Canada:
• Energy (45%);
• Agriculture (19%);
• Equipment & machinery (16%);
• Transportation (10%);
• Chemicals (7%);
• Minerals & metals (2%); and
• Other (2%).
Source: www.can-am.gc.ca/businessaffaires/fact_sheets-fiches_documentaires/
nd.aspx?lang=eng
134 The Official Publication of the North Dakota Association of Oil & Gas Producing Counties