• Import Regulatory / Legal
• Import Funding / Financing
• Import How-To / Educational
• Import Contacts / Directories
• Import Market Data / Statistics

Import Market Data / Statistics

Market Data and Statistics

The entrepreneur who is considering an import business will find market data and statistics extremely helpful to learn more about how their product might benefit from importing. This section offers a number of helpful websites for importers to learn more about the market in which they are doing business.

Sources of Market Data

Business Information by Sector

Industry Canada’s Strategis website provides comprehensive information for Canadian market by industry sector.

Globus & National Trade Databank - STAT-USA
GLOBUS (Global Business Opportunities) offers daily trade leads from the Trade Opportunities Program (TOPS), as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture. GLOBUS also offers daily procurement activity from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, the United Nations and the Commerce Business Daily.

Historical trade leads are available for up to three months. Historical TOPS leads are provided for up to two years.

The NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) provides access to Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports, Best Market reports. The NTDB also provides U.S. import and export statistics, as well as over 75 other various reports and programs.

This website is accessible by subscribers only. You can access this at Small Business BC.

Statistics

Trade Data Online
Trade Data Online is a product designed to facilitate access to Canadian and U.S. trade statistics by commodity (HS code), industry (SIC code) and geographical location. The data is obtained from Statistics Canada and the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Average Household Expenditures
Average Household Expenditures What does the average household spend in a year? Other family expenditures include, among others, Food, Shelter, Household Operation, Clothing, Transportation and Education.

BC Stats: Neighbour Income and Demographics
BC Stats: Neighbour Income and Demographics
How many males earn over $100,000 in your neighbourhood? These tables are sorted by Forward Sortation Area (FSA). The FSA represents a geographic that corresponds to the first three characters of a postal code.